The Danbury Hatters (Danbury, CT) baseball the host Norwalk Bears (Norwalk, CT), 7-2 in Thursday's non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Hatters encounter the Staples Wreckers (Westport, CT) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, May 28. Danbury will attempt to better on its 17-5 season record.

The Bears now sport a 14-8 record.

Senior lefthander Abe Almonte allowed two runs and 5 hits over six-plus innings to lead the Hatters to a 7-2 semifinal win over the Norwalk High Bears. The Hatters got on the scoreboard in the fourth on a leadoff walk to Rocky Fermin and a triple by Chris DelDebbio. B.J. Nimer squeezed in DelDebbio for the second run of the inning. The Hatters added five more in the fifth on a series of walks, sacrifice fly by Fermin, and a two-run double by DelDebbio. The Bears got on the board in the seventh on one-out walks to Tom Sullivan and Mike Parlanti, an RBI double by John Lautenbach, and an RBI single by James Cooksey. Danbury will face Staples in the final at noon on Saturday. The Wreckers held on to defeat St. Joseph 7-6 in the nightcap.