By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER PLAINVILLE – Over the past couple seasons, Plainville pitcher Brett Snowden has been a real thorn in the side of the Bristol Eastern baseball team. The lefty has pitched the Blue Devils to some big victories against the Lancers and the Plainville squad was looking for some more of the same when the teams tangled in a CCC South clash on Wednesday, April 22. But Snowden wasn’t given much run support early during the affair and once Eastern got their bats swinging, there was no stopping the Lancers’ offensive attack. Eastern pounded out 15 hits- eight for extra bases- and got two-hit pitching by Nate Carney and the Lancers defeated Plainville 10-0 in a rain shortened game from Plainville high school. Eastern moved to 3-2 on the season while Plainville fell to 2-3 overall. Frankly, the contest was played in really windy conditions and eventually was called in the top of the sixth with Eastern batting as the storm arrived. The game was called at 4:46 p.m. but instead of rescheduling the event, the contest started early and the teams completed the minimum allotment of innings to make it an official game. Leading the 15 […]
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