Legion 

season

off to a

flying start

By Ron P. Coderre

The Zone VI American Legion Baseball season is barely more than one week old but it appears that Danielson means business as it’s jumped out to a 7-2 start on the 30-game schedule.  Barely one third of the way into the season Danielson is currently positioned in second place in the zone behind Waterford, which is undefeated at 6-0.

Moosup Post #91, which was late out of the gate because its high school team played into the Class M semifinals, got off to a perfect start at 2-0 before splitting a doubleheader with Willimantic.  TriTown after six games is sitting at 2-4.

Danielson Riding Six-Game Win Streak

Danielson, which is waiting for its big bats to come alive, rode the strong arms of its pitching staff in picking up three wins last week.  The team opened with a 2-1 squeaker over Montville as Travis Zurowski scattered eight Montville hits while sitting six batters down via the strike out route.  Derek Griffiths scored the winning run on a bases loaded walk to Tre Belanger.

Next Conor Hanlon took the mound and spun a 2-0 shutout over Norwich.  Hanlon limited Norwich to three hits.  J.P. Dufault had two hits including a double to pace the Danielson offense.  Derek Grzysiewicz also had a double for the winners.  The team completed a perfect week with a 4-1 over Norwich, stretching its winning streak to six games.  Corey Sipos was the winning pitcher, allowing Norwich only five hits.  Ian Burgess had a double and Belanger contributed a triple to the winning cause.

Norwich was Moosup’s first victim as Post #91 logged a 9-0 win in its first game of the season.  Ryan Pambuku, fresh off a great season with Plainfield High School, was the winning hurler.  Garet Griffin with a home run and double was the big gun for Moosup.  Mike Esposito took the hill against Willimantic and threw a four-hitter in leading Moosup to a 3-1 victory.

In game one of a twinbill Moosup kept its early season winning skein alive with a 6-3 win over the Thread City nine.  Jordan Federer pitched and hit Post #91 to the win, as he contributed a triple to the victory.  Colby Cyrus had a double for Moosup.  A four-run uprising in the seventh inning wasn’t quite enough in the second game as Moosup lost its first game of the season 7-6 to Willi.  David Carpenter suffered the loss.

TriTown was dropped by Niantic 9-3 despite two hits apiece by Kyle Tyler, Sean Falvey and Ty Anderson.  The Towners were then shutout by Jewett City 9-0 and Jesus Garcia.  The Towners were only able to garner four hits for losing pitcher Josh Allard.

Josh Malboeuf halted TriTown’s four game losing streak as he shut down the Jewett City bats in a 4-2 route going performance.  Will Bourgeois and Jacob Guertin with doubles were the main offensive force for TriTown.

TriTown Jrs. Pick Up Second Win

Nick Foucault and Ryan Gadoury had big nights with the bats as they led the TriTown Jr. entry to its second victory of the season, an 8-7 win over Jewett City.  Foucault was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored.  Jared Carigan was the winning pitcher.

In two games against Ledyard Pawcatuck, TriTown went down to 2-1 and 14-0 defeats.  The Towners are 2-5 after seven games.