Simsbury shuts out Bristol Eastern in baseball Friday afternoon

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Posted By: Jack Krampitz April 27, 2024

The Bristol Eastern baseball team was shut out by Simsbury on Friday afternoon, losing a 4-0 decision at the Lancer Dome.  Eastern was let down by their defense, and wasted an excellent pitching performance by Caleb Molinsky.

Molinsky threw a complete game, giving up just four singles, walking two, striking out five, and allowing no earned runs.  But Eastern was guilty of five errors, accounting for all of the Trojans’ runs.

In the Simsbury third, Mitch Wallman reached on an infield error, went to third on a single to right by Cameron Denalsky, and scored on a wild pitch.  A walk and an rbi single by Colby Wilhelm scored Denalsky, giving Simsbury a 2-0 lead.

In the Simsbury fourth, Lucas Gifford opened the inning with a single to center and promptly stole second base.  A walk and a sacrifice put the runners on second and third with one out. Molinsky recorded a strikeout for the second out, but then an outfield error allowed both runners to score, and Simsbury now led by 4-0.

Simsbury pitcher Ty Petras was just as effective as Molinsky.    Petras, a senior lefthander, threw a complete game, allowing four hits, walking two and striking out four.  Petras threw just 81 pitches in the game, which took only an hour and thirty-five minutes to complete.

For Eastern, Mason Harris had two singles, and Caleb and Noah Molinsky had a single apiece.

SIMSBURY (7-3):                 0  0  2    2  0  0    0     – – – –   4    4    1                                          BRISTOL EASTERN (3-5):     0  0  0    0  0  0    0      – – – –  0    4    5

Simsbury:  Ty Petras     &     Patrick Matyczyk                                                                             Bristol Eastern:  Caleb Molinsky     &    Owen Myers

WP:  Petras     LP:   Molinsky    

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