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Newtown 6, Brookfield 2
Varsity Baseball

Hawk Sluggers Top Tough Brookfield, Put Up Crooked Numbers In Win Over Kolbe (By Andy Hutchison of The Newtown Bee)

Brookfield, CT — Newtown High School’s baseball team visited Brookfield on May 3 and handed the Bobcats only their second loss with a 6-2 victory. Jake Hossler pitched a complete game four-hitter, walking two and striking out eight. Ryan Verdi had three hits, including a double and homer, knocked in two runs, and scored a run. Matt Pietrorazio had a hit, walk, two runs batted in, and run scored. Josh Rosen singled, drove in a run, and scored. Sam D’Aprile walked and scored. Hayden Conklin had two hits and an RBI. The Nighthawks fell behind 2-0 after two innings and put up all of their runs in the fourth inning.

New Fairfield 6, Newtown 8
Varsity Baseball

Picking Each Other Up: Hawk Sluggers Get Contributions From Throughout Lineup (By Andy Hutchison of The Newtown Bee)

Sandy Hook, CT — Perhaps more than in any other sport, baseball requires clutch contributions from different individuals on any given day. With a batting lineup of nine hitters and a pitching rotation of a handful of hurlers, along with a relief corps, not to mention bench players, there is no telling who will come through from one contest to the next. For Newtown High School’s baseball team, this has been all the more prevalent with some younger and bench players stepping in — and stepping up — in the absence of starters put due to injury and illness.

Newtown 7, Pomperaug 1
Varsity Baseball

Hawk Sluggers Bounce Back With Dominant Performance Against Pomperaug (By Andy Hutchison of The Newtown Bee)

Southbury, CT — A 7-1 victory over host Pomperaug of Southbury put Newtown High School’s baseball team back on the winning track following a pair of losses.

Newtown 10, Bunnell 1
Varsity Baseball

Sluggers Break Out The Bats In Win Over Bunnell Bulldogs (By Andy Hutchison of the Newtown Bee)

Stratford, CT — Pitching and power — anticipated to be the team’s areas of strength — were on full display when Newtown High School’s baseball team defeated the host Bunnell of Stratford Bulldogs 10-1 for their first win of the young campaign.