Unionville Splits A Pair With Winsted

Unionville hosted Winsted Post 43 for a doubleheader Sunday night, June 24 at Tunxis Mead’s Grocki Field. Each team walked away with a win; Unionville taking the first game by a score of 5-4 in nine innings and Winsted the second game 5-2 in a regulation seven innings.

Juan Rojas started on the mound for Unionville in game one and held Winsted to one run in 5.1 innings.  John Arcidiacono came on to finish the sixth and Mac Crispino relieved for two.  Chad Morin faced three batters to close in the ninth and earn the win. 

At the end of seven innings the score was tied at 4 sending the game into extra innings. Neither team scored in the eighth and Winsted went down one two three against Morin in their half of the ninth.  Unionville’s Max Spracklin led off the bottom of the ninth with a single and was moved to second on a sac bunt by Jeff Schweighoffer.  A walk, a fly out and another single followed. Now Morin, who as a pitcher doesn’t typically take an at bat, came up for his first plate appearance in about a year. With two outs and the bases loaded, Morin calmly hit a hard grounder between second and short for a walk off single to earn the win for himself and for his team. 

Offensive contributions:  Matt LeBlanc, a single and a double; Max Spracklin, two singles; Travis Kozak, a single and a sac fly; and Harry Pacheco, a single. 

In his second appearance this season, Bailey Meccariello was on the hill for Unionville Post 32 in game two.  Meccariello pitched six full innings striking out three and walking three. Max Spracklin faced four batters to close in the seventh.  Winsted posted 9 hits for five runs and committed 3 errors through seven innings.  Unionville batters were limited to 4 hits by Winsted pitcher Austin Brochu. 

Offensive contributions by Unionville:  Justin Rappaport had an RBI triple, Johnny Arcidiacono hit two singles, Mac Crispino singled and scored a run, Jeff Schweighoffer had an RBI and Travis Kozak scored a run.

Next on the schedule for Unionville is a game with Bristol on Tuesday, June 26 at Muzzy Field. First pitch is 5:45 P.M.

Submitted by Unionville Legion Baseball.