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07/10/2016 12:00 AMSenior American Legion Baseball
The Guilford Senior Legion baseball team completed its regular season by winning several contests to considerably help its chances of qualifying for the State Tournament. The top-four teams in the zone make states and, upon the conclusion of last week’s slate, Post 48 was in third place with a record of 12-12—ahead of East Haddam (10-10), Meriden (9-11), and Madison (8-11). The State Tournament begins on Saturday, July 16.
Post 48 first split a pair of lopsided contests with Wallingford on July 2. Guilford prevailed 14-5 in the opener before Wallingford responded with a 14-1 victory for the second game. Post 48 nabbed a 13-2 command following an eight-run fourth inning for the 14-5 victory.
The following day, the two clubs again split a double dip with Guilford winning 6-4 and losing 3-2. Tripper Rams went the distance in the victory, as did Cargos in the loss.
Post 48 then took on East Haddam and lost a 9-4 contest in the series opener on July 5. Guilford rebounded with a 4-1 victory the next day.
Guilford scored a big 9-1 win over rival Madison on July 8 with Jack Strand pitching a full seven innings. Post 48 kept the winning vibes going with a doubleheader sweep of Madison the next day by final scores of 11-0 and 15-6. Post 48 completed the series sweep with a 3-2 win on July 10.
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Post 48 picked up a couple of recent victories to improve to 3-15.
First, Guilford was swept in a doubleheader by Wallingford on July 2 by 2-1 and 11-1 finals. In the one-run contest, Wallingford struck with a run in the first before Post 48 tied it in the top of the fourth. Wallingford then plated what held up as the game-winning run in the fifth.
On July 3, Guilford earned its second win of the summer with a 3-2 triumph against Wallingford. Austin Fix and JP Murtaugh pitched for Post 48 in the victory.
Post 48 resumed action on July 6 and took a 6-0 loss to East Haddam.
On July 8, Guilford split a doubleheader with rival Madison by shutting out Post 79, 5-0, in the first game before taking a 2-1 loss.