By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington American Legion Post 72 baseball began last week with a tough 5-3 home loss to Avon Post 201 in the first game of their July 8 doubleheader. What followed after that defeat was a masterful performance by Brandan Kavanagh that ended in a no-hitter and a 10-0 victory. Southington took two of three games from Newington, then beat West Hartford and Simsbury over the weekend on the road to finish the week with a 5-2 record. Post 72 had a 17-6 record entering the regular season finale on Monday at home against Simsbury. Here’s what happened last week: Avon 5, Southington 3 (Game 1) JULY 8—One inning was all it took for Post 201 to seize control of the first game of the doubleheader. Avon scored four runs in the top of the third inning to snap a 1-1 tie, and the five runs total wound up being enough for winning pitcher Jake Coppen. Southington hit the ball hard off of Coppen, but more often than that, the balls that were solidly struck were right at Avon fielders. Kyle Leifert pitched four scoreless innings in relief to keep Post 72 in the game. He […]
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