Bristol American Legion Post 2 baseball hasn’t won a state championship since 2006, and they were looking to end their drought in 2019.
Bristol pushed its way into the super regional portion of the 19U tournament, but was ousted on Monday night in South Windsor. Post 2 lost 2-1 to Waterford at Rotary Field and saw its season end with an overall record of 24-9. Bristol went 1-2 in super regional play in the northern portion of the 19U tournament.
Stephen Warkoski took the loss for Bristol. He gave up two runs on just three hits over seven innings. Warkoski threw a total of 86 pitches.
Waterford’s Robert Zawacki claimed the win. He gave up one run on two hits and threw 88 pitches in the complete-game effort.
Bristol scored its one run in the bottom of the second inning. Joshua Nohilly and Warkoski drew back-to-back walks with one out, then Nohilly reached third on a fly ball hit by Alec DiLoreto. Warkoski stole second base, and a throwing error by the catcher allowed Nohilly to score and put Post 2 ahead 1-0.
Waterford scored both of its runs in the top of the fifth inning. Anthony Tonucci walked with one out, stole second base, then scored on Ryan O’Connell’s single to tie the game, 1-1. O’Connell advanced to second on a fielder’s choice, then scored on Robert Silva’s two-out double to put Waterford ahead, 2-1.
Bristol reached the super regional by going 3-0 in Pod “D” of the Northern Division Sectional Tournament. Post 2 rallied for a 5-4 win over East Hartford/Manchester, then beat Jewett City by scores of 11-4 and 9-3 to move on.
Bristol won its first game of the super regional, 12-3 over West Hartford, on Saturday at Rotary Field. Cory Fradette, Macgregor Goulet and Carson Sassu each had a double while Noah Plantamuro added a triple. Fradette drove in three runs and scored three runs while Goulet added two RBI. Sassu drove in two runs and scored a run while DiLoreto had two RBI and two runs scored. Nohilly drove in a run and scored a run. Alex Balfour was the winning pitcher.
Bristol lost 5-2 to Southington on Sunday, then was defeated by Waterford on Monday.
Photo caption: Bristol Post 2 reached the super regional portion of the 19U American Legion state tournament before being eliminated. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file)
