19U American Legion Baseball: Fairfield Tops Greenwich To Advance To Regional Qualifying Championship Game
Fairfield 19U Militia defeated Greenwich 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at Muzzy Field in Bristol. The win advances the Militia to the Regional Qualifying Tournament Championship Game. They will face NCL later Saturday afternoon at 4pm.
Greenwich got on the board in the top of the first. With runners at the corners and one out, Hunter Gruenstrass grounded back to pitcher Joey Sangiuolo to score Tyler Cusumano.
In the bottom of the second, Fairfield got on the board and then took the lead. With the bases loaded and two outs, Liam Grady singled to right field to plate Jack Corcoran and Sam Swanson. The next batter, Matt Sawyer, reached on an error which allowed Nick Hios to come in and score and put the Militia up 3-1.
Fairfield tacked on a run in the third. With Joey D'Elia at second and one out, Swanson singled to center field to bring in D'Elia.
Greenwich got a run back in the top of the fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Cusumano grounded into a fielders choice on a ground ball to first where Matt Sawyer threw to shortstop Sean McAdams covering the second base bag to get the force. A fly ball got Sangiuolo out of the inning without further trouble.
Sangiuolo would throw a complete game, allowing just two runs, one earned, on three hits. He struck out five and walked two.
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