Celebration Time: Newtown 12s Win Southbury Tournament

The Newtown Silver 12-year-old baseball team won the Southbury Tournament this week by beating Bethwood 5-4 in the championship game. Newtown had defeated Bethwood previously in the tournament and also topped Southbury, Westport and Redding before reaching the championship game. Here are the highlights:

Newtown 8, Southbury 5: Patrick Pierce pitched a complete game and Newtown jumped out to a 6-0 lead before allowing three unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth. Ryan Pisani reached base in his first two at bats with a single and a walk and scored to runs.

Newtown 12, Bethwood 10: Miles Lobuglio pitched five strong innings and Cooper Gold came in to close the game.

Newtown fell behind 4-0 but came back to tie the game on singles by Brock Chimileski, Patrick Pierce, Miles Lobuglio, Greg Hennessey and a double by Eric Pisani in the bottom of the second. Dan Harrison had two doubles and Hennesey and Max Temple both added a single and a double. Gold and Colin Dutt both singled and scored for Newtown.  

Newtown 10, Westport 3: Eric Pisani used his knuckle ball to keep the Westport bats quiet in his second complete game of the tournament. Brock Chimileski got the offense in gear in the first inning with a two-run home run to left which scored Matt Hoyt. Dutt, Jamie Macdonald, and Temple all singled and a doubled.

Newtown 8, Redding 6: Hoyt pitched a complete game and Newtown jumped on top with five runs in the first. Pierce hit a three-run home run over the center field fence. Brenden Peterson and Eric Pisani both singled and doubled, and Lobuglio, Dutt, Gold and Harrison all singled.

Newtown 5, Bethwood 4 (championship): Peterson hit a two-run home run in the win. Newtown trailed 4-3 going into the bottom of the fourth before battling back. Peterson and Jamie Macdonald reached base on a single and a walk and with two outs, Ryan Pisani ripped a double off the left-center fence to bring in the go-ahead run. Pierce pitched five strong innings (allowing two earned runs and striking out five) and Hoyt came in to close the game in the sixth. Pierce struck out five and only gave up two earned runs. Three of the first four batters reached base in the sixth but Hoyt got out of the jam with two strikeouts to end the game.