Baseball Preview: Litchfield Cowboys vs. Housatonic Mountaineers
Litchfield has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Housatonic Mountaineers at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Litchfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Litchfield had to settle for an 11-9 loss against Northwestern Regional. The loss was Litchfield's first of the season.
Chase Reynolds and Elian Vega stepped up to the plate in a big way. Reynolds scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Vega scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Housatonic fell victim to Nonnewaug and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Chiefs. The defeat means Housatonic is still on the hunt for the season's first 'W'.
Having lost for the first time this season, Litchfield fell to 3-1. As for Housatonic, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Litchfield suffered a grim 16-3 defeat to Housatonic when the teams last played back in May of 2017. Can Litchfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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