By Michael Letendre
BRISTOL – After thrashing Windsor for its first victory of the season, what would the encore be for the Bristol Eastern softball against Lewis Mills on Tuesday?
Another resounding victory of course.
And the Lancers needed just five innings to put away the Spartans, picking up a 22-0 victory from the softball field on King Street.
Eastern moved to .500 over the winning endeavor while Mills fell to 1-2.
The Kingstreeters have hit their stride as of late, piling up the runs as Eastern has won two straight games.
Offensively, Sarah Snedeker collected three hits for Eastern – leading to three RBI.
Janessa Gonzalez cranked out her second homer in as many games while Ashley Serafin added a round-tripper – her first of the campaign.
Now at 2-2, Eastern has won back-to-back games and stays home this Friday for an out of conference attraction.
Pomperaug invades the famed Thunderdome at 4:15 p.m. as the Lancers look to go over .500 for the first time this season.
It will be Pomperaug’s fifth game in seven days by the time the program reaches the Mum City.
In other games around the area:
PLAINVILLE 3, BRISTOL CENTRAL 2
In a rare occurrence, the Plainville softball team hung a loss on Bristol Central on Monday – sneaking away with a 3-2 victory.
The contest was the Rams’ first of the year (0-1).
The Blue Devils improved to 2-0 on the season.
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PLAINVILLE 3, BRISTOL CENTRAL 2
Also on Monday, the baseball squad from Bristol Central battled back from a significant deficit against Plainville on Monday but ended up on the wrong side of a 4-3 decision.
The Rams allowed two runs in the first inning and another in the third as Central trailed by three runs going into the top of the fourth.
But the locals notched a run in the fourth and tallied two more in the top of the sixth to tie the game up at 3-3.
The contest went into the ninth stanza where Plainville notched the winning run for the program’s first victory of the year.
Central’s Frank Spirito drew a tough loss as Plainville head coach Lou Mandeville won his 100th game of his career.
The Blue Devils moved to 1-3 overall while the Rams fell to 0-2.
