The Stonington Bears will square off against the Joel Barlow Falcons at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Stonington 3.2, Joel Barlow 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Stonington is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Nonnewaug 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Meanwhile, Joel Barlow was able to grind out a solid win over Seymour on Tuesday, taking the game 5-1.
Gavin Maryott spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Joel Barlow's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was TJ Baer, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run. Another was Brennan Maryott, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Joel Barlow was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May.
Stonington pushed their record up to 20-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Joel Barlow, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That somehow still isn't as good as their 19-6 record this season.
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