Conard is 0-10 against Southington since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Conard Red Wolves will be playing at home against the Southington Blue Knights at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Conard beat Farmington 9-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Conard.
Meanwhile, Southington put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against East Catholic as Southington made off with a 10-1 win. Considering Southington has won 12 matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Southington got a great performance from Ryan DeGumbia as he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Carson Lentini was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Shane Richters, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Conard's victory bumped their record up to 3-14. As for Southington, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-0.
Conard suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Southington when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southington's Frank Boutot Jr., who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 3-for-4. Now that Conard knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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