Baseball Game Preview: Southington on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 2:34am

Baseball Preview: Southington Blue Knights vs. Glastonbury Guardians

The Southington Blue Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Glastonbury Guardians at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Southington will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.

Southington stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past Hall 14-8.

Gabe Hinkson tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Colin Crowley, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Shane Richters, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.

Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Glastonbury's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Bristol Central by a score of 7-5.

Southington's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-0. As for Glastonbury, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-2.

Southington skirted past Glastonbury 2-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Southington repeat their success, or does Glastonbury have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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