Baseball Recap: Newtown Comes Up Short

Nighthawks

Previous 5 Games

04/07/26 @ Ridgefield	9-13
04/06/26 vs Shepaug Valley	11-2
04/01/26 @ Trumbull	0-10
03/31/26 @ St. Joseph	2-5
03/30/26 vs Oxford	7-12

After flying high against Shepaug Valley on Monday, Newtown came back down to earth. The Nighthawks took a 13-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Ridgefield Tigers on Tuesday. Even though they lost, the Nighthawks' still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 6.3 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).

Kieran Garrity put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Garrity was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run. Those RBI marked the first that he has brought in this season.

Garrity wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Chris Moseman, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Moseman has brought in this season. Lucian Place was another, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.

Newtown's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Ridgefield, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.

Coming up, Newtown will host Westhill at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Ridgefield, they will head out to face off against Guilford at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.