19U American Legion Baseball: Fairfield Opens Season With Convincing Win Over Ridgefield

Reese Palumbo waits for a pitch during the game

The Fairfield 19U Militia team defeated Ridgefield 11-1 in five innings on Thursday afternoon at Kiwanis Field in Fairfield. 

Fairfield got strong pitching from Phil Hogan (5IP, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 9K) and timely hitting to pick up the win.  

Ryan Cowles led off the bottom of the first with a single and Blake Benway walked. With Matt Sawyer at the plate, Cowles and Benway attempted a double steal and the throw to third went into left field allowing Cowles to come in and score. Later in the inning, Jack Corcoran grounded out to short to bring home Benway and put Fairfield up 2-0. 

Fairfield added on in the second. Reese Palumbo led off with a single. Cowles then walked. With Benway at the plate, a wild pitch and then a passed ball allowed Palumbo to score and moved Cowles to third before Benway walked. 

The next batter, Sawyer hit a ground ball to third and Cowles beat the throw home in increase the Fairfield lead to 4-0. Three batters later, with the bases loaded, Sam Swanson blooped a single down the right field line to plate two more runs. 

Ridgefield got on the board in the fourth. Andrew Filippelli reached on an error to lead off the inning. Three batters later, Jack Bohrer singled to center to bring home a run. 

In the fifth, Fairfield would blow it open and end the game due to the run-rule. Sean McAdams and Brady Pomer each walked and Palumbo singled to load the bases. Cowles followed up with a single of his own to plate McAdams. Benway then worked a walk to force in another run and put Militia up 8-1. Sawyer then hit a fly ball deep enough to left to plate Palumbo. The game would end on Corcoran's two-run double to left field. 

Fairfield improves to 1-0 and will be back in action on Sunday against Greenwich at Kiwanis Field. 

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