19U American Legion Baseball: Fairfield Sweeps Doubleheader From Stamford

CJ Montiero (left) and Joey Sangiuolo both pitched complete games in Fairfield's doubleheader sweep

Fairfield 19U Militia swept a doubleheader from Stamford on Saturday at Cubeta Stadium in Stamford. With the sweep, they improve to 19-5 overall and 16-3 in Zone 4 play. 

The Militia won game one 3-2 and then took game two 4-0. They got great pitching in both games as Joey Sangiuolo threw a complete game striking out eight in the first game and CJ Montiero followed that up with a complete game shutout striking out 10. 

In game one, Fairfield got on the board in the second inning on an RBI single by Matt Sawyer to score Sean McAdams who walked to lead off the inning. 

In the third, they added another run. With the bases loaded and one out, Nick Hios grounded into a fielders choice to score Sam Swanson who walked earlier in the frame. 

Fairfield got the decisive run in the sixth. Liam Grady reached on an error with one out. After a single by Sawyer put two on, Joey D'Elia's groundout to first brought home Grady. 

In game two, Fairfield got on the board in the first. D'Elia walked with out out and two batters later, Sam Swanson singled him home. 

The Militia added another run in the fourth. Charlie Mulhall doubled to lead off the inning and went to third on a single by Hios. Brady Pomer then came up and hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Mulhall. 

Fairfield capped the scoring in the fifth as they put up two more runs on a trio of doubles. D'Elia doubled to lead off the inning. Three batters later, with two outs, McAdams doubled to bring in D'Elia. THey next batter, Edmund Hogan, doubled to score McAdams. 

Fairfield will be back in action on Sunday at Greenwich at 10am at Julian Curtiss School. Then on Monday, they will travel to Trumbull before returning home on Tuesday for an out-of-zone game against Bethel. 

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