The Wolcott Scrappers found themselves in a tie ballgame against the Southington 66ers on a cloudy Thursday night at Recreation Park in Plantsville.
The score was 3-3, and Wolcott’s Tyler Smith stepped up to the plate with one out in the top of the sixth inning and Alan Stinson on first base. Smith lifted a fly ball to center field, and it kept carrying until it fell over the fence for a two-run home run. The Scrappers added two more runs in the frame, and Smith came on in relief of Jay Palais to shut down the 66ers in the sixth and seventh innings to preserve a 7-3 win. Wolcott improved to 4-3 while Southington dropped to 1-8.
Smith homered, doubled, drove in two runs and scored a run, and Brendan Clark was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, a stolen base, a run scored and four RBI. Jeff Nicol drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Jack Drewry walked four times, singled, stole a base and scored two runs. Steve Urbanski singled, walked and scored a run while Stinson singled and scored a run. Matt Warren had a walk, stolen base and run scored. Palais pitched the first 5.1 innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits. He struck out eight and walked four. Smith walked two and struck out one in 1.2 innings of work.
Wolcott struck first, scoring three runs in the top of the third inning. Warren and Drewry drew back-to-back walks to lead off the frame, then Clark doubled both of them home for a 2-0 advantage. Clark reached third on the throw on the same play, then scored on Nicol’s sacrifice fly to make the score 3-0.
Southington scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the game. After Smith’s homer gave Wolcott a 5-3 lead in the top of the sixth inning, Urbanski singled with one out and Drewry walked with two outs. Clark doubled again, driving in Urbanski and Drewry for a 7-3 advantage.
The Scrappers host the Tribury Cave on Sunday at 6 p.m. at the B.A.W. Complex.
Gallery
Here are my Wolcott photos from the game.
Photos: (Cover) Brendan Clark makes contact in the first inning of Thursday night’s game. (Above) Jeff Nicol gets hit by a pitch for the first of two times in Thursday night’s game. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file)
