19U American Legion Baseball: Fairfield Wins Tight Battle With Greenwich

Tim Donahue waits for a pitch during Fairfield's game on Tuesday. 

Fairfield 19U Legion defeated the Greenwich Cannons 5-4 on Tuesday evening at Kiwanis Field in Fairfield. 

Greenwich got on the board in the top of the second on Tyler Cusimano's RBI ground out to first base. 

Fairfield came back to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. Luke Anderson and Tim Donahue each singled to put runners at the corners with none out. 

Two batters later, after a strikeout, Aidan Gouley laced a single to left field to bring in Anderson and tie the game at one. 

An inning later, Fairfield took the lead. Matt Vivona led off with a double. Charlie Swanson then reached on a bunt single and Vivona moved to third. 

Jack Corcoran then came up and hit a ground ball to short that was thrown away attempting to get the force at second. Vivona scored and Swanson and Corcoran were on base. 

Two batters later, with the bases loaded, Anderson was hit by a pitch to force in a run. 

Donahue then hit a ground ball to shortstop that was misplayed allowing two runs to come in and score to put Fairfield ahead 5-1. 

The Cannons cut into the lead in the fourth. With the bases loaded and one out, Riley Redahan grounded out to second base to bring in one run. Marc Thibeault then scored on a wild pitch to cut the Fairfield lead to 5-3. 

Greenwich got within one run in the fifth. Justin Zych led off with the triple to right field. Three batters later, with runners at the corners, Zack Alza singled to left to bring in Zych and Fairfield only led 5-4. 

The Cannons loaded the bases in the sixth but Steven Titus was able to work out of the jam and preserve the lead for Fairfield. 

In the seventh, Greenwich was able to get the tying run to third, but Griffin Dodder was able to get a ground out to end it. 

Fairfield's defense was a big part of their win, especially at second base. Liam Grady with three sold plays in the seventh inning and Dodder with a couple of stellar plays earlier in the game, including a diving play on a line drive hit towards the middle of the diamond. 


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