Baseball Game Preview: Joel Barlow Falcons vs. New Fairfield Rebels

The Joel Barlow Falcons will venture away from home to take on the New Fairfield Rebels at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.

Brookfield hit Joel Barlow with a four-run sixth inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Falcons took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bobcats. Falcons fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against the Bobcats since Monday.

Eli Kress was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off seven hits.

Drew Gutowski

Runs

05/04/26 @ Weston	3
05/11/26 vs Brookfield	2
05/09/26 @ Immaculate	2
04/20/26 vs Bassick	2
04/18/26 @ Ridgefield	2
+ 8 more games

At the plate, Drew Gutowski was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Joel Barlow's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 6-1 (and 4-7 when he doesn't).

Meanwhile, New Fairfield had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against the Panthers. That's two games straight that the Rebels have won by just one run.

New Fairfield's win bumped their record up to 15-3. As for Joel Barlow, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8.

Joel Barlow beat New Fairfield 5-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2025. Do the Falcons have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rebels turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.