The West Hartford 9U Warriors had a tough night Wednesday as they took their first loss, 15-7, at the hands of New Milford in the Cal Ripken State Tournament. The trouble started in the bottom of the first inning with New Milford scoring five runs to jump out to a 5-0 lead. The Warriors scored a single run in the top of the second to narrow the lead to 5-1 when Seth Ehrlich singled home Eli Salomons who had walked and advanced to third on a ground out and a wild pitch. In the bottom half of the inning New Milford struck back however, scoring two runs and increasing the lead to 7-1. The Warriors fought back with two of their own in the top of the third when Jack Kennedy singled, stole two bases, and scored on a wild pitch followed three batters later by Salomons singling home Christian Pedro who had reach on a fielder’s choice. Over the next two half innings the Warriors renewed their hope by getting their only three-up-three-down inning of the game on three outstanding defensive plays by Teddy Keegan and then in the top of the fourth the team scored four runs to knot the game at 7-7. Seth Ehrlich got the Warriors started with a single, followed by a single from Sam Heller, and a single by Jack Kennedy which scored Ehrlich. Mitch Baboff then scored Heller with a ground ball, followed by Drew Seidman doubling Kennedy home, and Christian Pedro singling Seidman home to complete the scoring for the inning. But the New Milford offense proved too much for the Warriors on this night as they posted two runs in the bottom of the fourth and six more in the bottom of the fifth to complete the scoring. The Warriors will be back in action Thursday night at 6:00 PM against Danbury where a win will give them the chance to avenge Wednesday night’s loss in the Ripken State championship against New Milford.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:44:27 +0000
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