Baseball Preview: Coventry Patriots vs. Somers Spartans
The Coventry Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Somers Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Coventry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Rockville, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Coventry was ranked eighth). Everything went Coventry's way against Rockville on Wednesday as Coventry made off with a 7-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Coventry.
Coventry got a great performance from Ethan Hunt as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits.
At the plate, Gavin Covell was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Wojtkowiak, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Somers won against Bullard-Havens last Monday with nine runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Somers was the clear victor by a 9-3 margin over Cromwell.
Coventry pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Somers, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
Coventry took their win against Somers when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 8-2. Does Coventry have another victory up their sleeve, or will Somers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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