Baseball Recap: Newtown Comes Up Short

Nighthawks

Previous 5 Games

05/19/26 @ Nonnewaug	2-4
05/18/26 vs Harding	19-1
05/16/26 @ Joel Barlow	14-8
05/15/26 @ Bassick	14-0
05/13/26 vs Masuk	9-12

Newtown dropped down to 10-13 on Tuesday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the Nonnewaug Chiefs by a score of 4-2. The Nighthawks were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Chiefs' pitchers proved too tough.

As for Nonnewaug, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games.

For Nonnewaug's part, the team relied heavily on Derek Chung, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. That's the most RBI Chung has posted since back in April.

Newtown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Nonnewaug, they will venture away from home to challenge Northwestern Regional at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.