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Housy baseball beats Gilbert, 7-2

Housy baseball beats Gilbert, 7-2

Anthony Foley plays short stop.

Riley Klein

WINSTED – Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s varsity baseball team defeated Gilbert School 7-2 on Friday, April 10.

Chris Race pitched the full game for HVRHS and rang up 12 strikeouts in a dominant performance. The junior surrendered two hits and walked two batters.

It was the first win of the year for the Mountaineers, who opened their season the day prior at Eastern Connecticut State University baseball stadium. HVRHS lost 7-3 against Nonnewaug High School in that one.

The game against Gilbert was played at Walker Field in downtown Winsted. Conditions were ideal for a day on the diamond – partly cloudy and about 65 degrees.

Chris Race pitching.Riley Klein

The fast-paced match moved quickly through the innings and remained scoreless through five. Cole Scacca was the starting pitcher for Gilbert and gave up no runs during his five innings on the mound.

HVRHS got on the board in the sixth inning when Carson Riva hit a double that sent Race home and advanced Wes Allyn to third base. In the next at bat, Wyatt Bayer brought them both home to put HVRHS up 3-0.

Gilbert scored in the bottom of the sixth inning with an RBI double by Jackson Decker.

Jerron Nirschel swings.Riley Klein

In the top of the seventh Anthony Foley launched a fly ball deep to center field, driving in two more runs for HVRHS. Race and Riva both logged RBIs in the inning to improve HVRHS’s lead to 7-1.

In the seventh inning, Gilbert scored the final run of the game: a one-run single by Ben Jacquemin that brought the final score to 7-2.

HVRHS tallied 11 hits total. Allyn, Race, Bayer and Hunter Conklin each collected two hits. Foley, Riva and Tyler Roberts got one hit each.

The result improved HVRHS’s record to 1-1 and Gilbert moved to 1-2. The Mountaineers hosted O’Brien Tech in their home opener on Wednesday, April 15.

Wyatt Bayer after hitting a 2-RBI double.Riley Klein

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