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Keene SwampBats win close game at Valley
The SwampBats scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in a 5-4 victory at the Valley Blue Sox on Wednesday. Joe Jaconski (Penn State) walked as the first batter of the game and advanced to second when David Mendez (Vanderbilt) reached on an error by the third baseman. Sam Biller (Connecticut) then hit a deep fly ball to left but the Valley left fielder made an unbelievable catch as he dove toward the outfield wall to take away an extra-base hit. The next hitter, Nick Romano (Florida Atlantic) singled in Jaconski. In the second, Andrew Wiggins (Indiana) singled through the left side and JD Jones (Rutgers) was hit by a pitch. Wake Forest’s Austin Hawke absolutely clobbered a double 383 feet to straight away center field to score Wiggins, and Jones scored on Jaconski’s subsequent sacrifice fly to make it 3-0. Connecticut’s Joe Carrea allowed no runs through two innings, but the Blue Sox got on the board with a single, a walk, and two flyouts in the third.
Valley Blue Sox’s comeback falls short at home against Keene Swamp Bats
HOLYOKE – In the bottom of the eighth inning of Wednesday’s matchup between Valley and Keene, the Blue Sox loaded the bases with one out with the tying run on third. But Swamp Bats pitcher Sean Finn got an out with a play from the plate and a strikeout en route to leading the road team to an eventual 5-4 victory on Wednesday night.
Digging Deep With Denise: Visiting With Craig Lutz
“Digging Deep With Denise” is a semi-regular question and answer feature with local racers and racing personalities produced by RaceDayCT’s Denise DuPont. On Saturday the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour raced at Monadnock Speedway, a paved one-quarter-mile oval track in Winchester, N.H. Twenty-one teams were on hand to compete in the 250-lap feature event. Craig Lutz of Miller Place, NY, qualified fourth and with the luck of the draw started on the pole. Lutz held off the hard chargers for 99 laps until reigning series champion Ron Silk passed him for the lead. Lutz was in the top five with 40 laps remaining and then the car was off its mark. Lutz raced hard and brought home a 12th place finish.
Picture This: Jim DuPont Photo Gallery From Whelen Modified Tour At Monadnock Speedway
WINCHESTER, N.H. – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returned to action Saturday after nearly a month off with the running of the Duel at the Dog 250 at Monadnock Speedway. In the end it was 17-year old Trevor Catalano celebrating his first career Whelen Modified Tour victory. RaceDayCT’s Jim...
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