Baseball Recap: Joel Barlow Gets the Win

It's playoff time, and Joel Barlow had no trouble coming through when it counted. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Norwich RVT Warriors a 16-0 shutout on Monday.

Eli Kress tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched.

Quinn Kirik

Runs (Career)

06/01/26 @ Norwich RVT	2
04/20/26 vs Bassick	1
05/25/25 @ New Fairfield	1
05/13/25 vs Pomperaug	1
05/13/25 vs Pomperaug	1

On the hitting side, Joel Barlow got a massive performance out of Quinn Kirik, who got on base in all six of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Those two runs gave Kirik a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Drew Gutowski, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.

Joel Barlow now has a winning record of 13-12. As for Norwich RVT, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8.

Coming up, Joel Barlow will take on Waterford at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Lancers' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so the Falcons' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Norwich RVT does not have any more games scheduled as of now.