Danbury is 2-8 against Warde since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Danbury Hatters will head out on the road to face off against the Warde Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. Warde took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Danbury, who comes in off a win.
Danbury will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by six) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Stamford. Seven seems to be a good number for Danbury as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Dustin Pitti tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Danbury let Luke Ciccone and Giani Chieffalo loose on the outfield. Ciccone scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5, while Chieffalo scored a run and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Matt Morehouse was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Warde unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Ridgefield by a score of 4-3.
Danbury's victory bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Warde, their loss dropped their record down to 10-2.
Danbury might still be hurting after the 7-1 defeat they got from Warde in their previous meeting on April 8th. Can Danbury avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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