Fairfield 19U defeated Westport 1-0 on Saturday morning at Kiwanis Field to advance in the losers bracket of the Fairfield County Baseball Playoffs.
It was a pitcher's duel between Fairfield's CJ Montiero and Westport's Ty Pauley.
Both pitchers threw up zero's for the first five innings. Westport had two men on in the second and fourth innings but could not push any runs across. For Fairfield, they had runners on in the first two innings but were then held without a base runner for innings three through five. .
Fairfield's run came in the bottom of the sixth. Jay Joliet led off with a single to center field. After Joey D'Elia sacrificed, Joliet to second base, Christian Homa came up to the plate. The left-handed hitting Homa lined the first pitch he saw into left-center field and Joliet was able to come in and score.
Westport threatened to tie the game and take the lead in the top half of the seventh. With the bases loaded and one out, Brian Rabacs lined an 0-1 pitch down the third base line that Joliet snagged on a line for the second out. Joliet dove to third to try to double the runner off but Kevin Rabacs, who had singled to lead off the inning, was able to scamper back before Joliet's tag.
Montiero was able to finish off the win by enduing a fielders choice to shortstop.
In addition to the great defensive play from Joliet, Fairfield got some great defense from D'Elia and Montiero.
In the fifth, Brian Rabacs hit a slow roller between the pitcher's mound and first base. Montiero pounced off the mound and picked up the ball with his glove and in one motion, flipped it over the Blake Benway at first for the out. In the sixth, D'Elia made a great catch going back on a ball in center field.
Fairfield will host Greenwich on Sunday at 10am at Kiwanis.
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