The Canton Warriors will square off against the Simsbury Trojans at 3:45 p.m. on Monday.
East Granby hit Canton with a eight-run sixth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. 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 no matter where he played even without the win. He kept 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 were his first of the season.
In other batting news, Ethan Lindquist made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got 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.
Meanwhile, Simsbury won against Windsor on Thursday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Trojans' pitchers stepped up to hand Conard a 4-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Simsbury now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Canton, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-5.
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