Baseball Preview: Southington Blue Knights vs. Amity Regional Spartans
Southington has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Amity Regional Spartans on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Southington is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past West Haven 7-1. Seven seems to be a good number for Southington as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Gabe Hinkson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brycen Voisine, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Mark Zigmont was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Amity Regional came tearing into Saturday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Rams a 10-0 shutout.
Southington pushed their record up to 25-0 with that victory, which was their 14th straight at home. As for Amity Regional, their win bumped their record up to 18-5.
Southington came out on top in a nail-biter against Amity Regional in their previous matchup back in June of 2019, sneaking past 3-2. Will Southington repeat their success, or does Amity Regional have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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