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New Canaan's bats come alive in 11-5 victory!

Posted by Richard Grenier on Jul 26 2008 at 05:00PM PDT

New England Championship – Game One:

New Canaan, Connecticut 11 West Warwick, R.I. 5

            After being upset by West Warwick, 5-4, in the Loser’s Bracket Tuesday night, New Canaan’s dream of traveling to Abbeville, Louisiana became more difficult, but still a reality to the tournament favorites.  With a little help from Mother Nature, New Canaan was able to get two extra days of rest for their pitching ace, Zach Allen.   Because Wednesday night’s game was suspended after three innings due to rain, the game was completed on Friday night.  Allen, who had pitched three solid innings on Wednesday, received two additional days rest for Saturday – rest which meant trouble for the West Warwick nine.

            Led by Allen’s two hit pitching and an offensive blitzkrieg of 13 hits (seven of their nine starters had hits), New Canaan jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings and coasted to an 11-5 victory in game one of the championship.

            Allen, who had given up two runs on three hits, two walks, and one hit batsmen on Tuesday night, was sharp on Saturday morning.  The burly right hander allowed only two hits (Matt Grenier and Kyle Henseler), struck out five and did not walk a batter during the first three innings of the game.

            While Allen was keeping West Warwick off the scoreboard, New Canaan opened up the game in the top of the third inning by scoring seven runs on five hits and three walks.  Providing the hits for New Canaan were Zach Smith (two run single), Thomas Williams (r.b.i. double), Jimmy Fahey (r.b.i. double), David Giusti (two singles and 1 r.b.i. in the inning). 

            In the bottom of the fifth inning, West Warwick rallied for two runs when Ray Zincone reached on an error, Matt Grenier doubled to left center, and Tyler Boisclair doubled to right center. 

            In the bottom of the sixth inning, West Warwick rallied for three more runs on hits by Andrew In (single), Kyle Henseler (single), Ray Zincone (r.b.i. double), and Matt Grenier (two run single).  The rally, however, fell short as reliever, Thomas Williams, got the last two batters of the game on a groundout and strikeout. 

            Offensively, West Warwick was led by Kyle Henseler (2 for 4, one run scored), Ray Zincone (1 for 4, one double, two runs scored, and 1 r.b.i.), Matt Grenier (3 for 4, one double, one run scored, and 2 r.b.i.’s), Tyler Boisclair (1 for 4, one double, and 2 r.b.i.’s), Joe Maynard (1 for 2), Andrew In (1 for 2, one run scored). 

            New Canaan was led by the hitting of Harry Molloy (1 for 2), Kyle Levasseur (1 for 3, two runs scored), Zach Allen (1 for 3, one run scored), Zach Smith (2 for 3, two run scored, and 3 r.b.i.’s), Justin Clark (2 for 3, two doubles and one run scored), Thomas Williams (1 for 4, one double and 1 r.b.i.), Jimmy Fahey, 1 for 3, one double, one run scored, and 1 r.b.i.), David Giusti (3 for 4, two runs scored and 1 r.b.i.), and Liam Lisec (1 for 1). 

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