The Simsbury Trojans are taking a road trip to challenge the Canton Warriors at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Simsbury will be strutting in after a win while Canton will be coming in after a defeat.
If Simsbury beats Canton with four runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Trojans never let Conard get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Meanwhile, while it was Canton who put the first runs on the board on Tuesday, it was East Granby who put up more. The Warriors fell just short of the Crusaders by a score of 10-9. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Crusaders 4-0 in the first period.
Michael Archangelo was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Archangelo was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Those runs marked the first that he has scored this season.
In other batting news, Ethan Lindquist was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. Noah Asmar was another key player, going 1-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Canton dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Simsbury, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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