By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Through the first three games of the 2019 American Legion baseball season, Southington Kiltonic Post 72 had seen the No. 1 pitcher from each opponent. Southington was off to an 0-2 start entering its June 19 home game against West Hartford Post 96, but it had one of its best, Ryan Henderson, on the mound. Henderson succeeded in notching up a complete-game effort as Post 72 emerged with a 1-0 victory over Post 96 at Southington High School. It was just the starting pitching performance Southington needed as it continued to wait for its offense to get into gear. “Our hitting’s been struggling, but we’re going to get used to the wood bat, we’re going to get better,” coach Marc Verderame said. “Every year, we kind of come out here and struggle. We coach them up, get better, get some more swings. Our opponents, they’ve got to get us now, because we’re only going to get better.” Southington followed up the win over West Hartford with a doubleheader sweep of Winsted Post 43 this past Sunday at Walker Field in Winsted. Post 72 won the first game 5-3 and the second game 2-1. Add in […]
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