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Stamford Scores and Standings: July 18
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Stamford's two All-Star Babe Ruth All-Star teams dropped into the loser's bracket in their respective state tournaments Sunday. The 15s fell to Trumbull 9-5 and the 14s lost to host New Milford, 3-2.
On Saturday, Trevor Kane allowed five hits over six innings as the 15s defeated West Haven, 8-1.
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Matt Sciarretta and Michael Whitehead each had three hits for Stamford, which jumped out to 5-0 lead.
The Stamford 15s face Simsbury in an elimination on Monday at 5 p.m. in New Milford.
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The 14s opened with a 3-2 win over Ridgefield on Saturday as Tyler Pingol delivered a key two-run double in the sixth. J.P. Loughran tossed three scoreless innings in relief to earn the win.
On Sunday, the 14s took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on Cam Elkins' two-run double, but Waterford tied it in the sixth and won it in the seventh.
The Stamford senior American Legion team finished in fourth place in Zone Four with a 15-12 record following Sunday's 4-3 loss to Darien/New Canaan, which clinched a berth in the state play-in tournament with the win.
Stamford, the No. 30 seed, visits No. 19 Ellington in a play-in game on Tuesday. The winner plays at No. 14 seed RCP on Wednesday for a spot in the main Legion state tournament.
The Stamford junior Legion club, which is 20-6 with a game remaining on Monday against Westport, has clinched first place.
If Stamford loses to Wesport and Trumbull wins its finale, Stamford, Trumbull and Ridgefield will finish in a three-way tie at 20-7. However, Stamford has the tiebreaker edge based a better head-to-head record (4-2) against the other two teams.
Ridgefield concluded its season with a 5-0 victory over Greenwich and takes an 11-game winning streak into the postseason.
The pairings for the junior state tournament will be announced.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Fairfield Jr 8, Stamford Jr. 1
Stamford Jr. 20, Bridgeport Jr 2
Greenwich Sr. 6, Stamford Sr. 4,
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Stamford Jr 6, Norwalk Jr. 5
Darien/NC Sr 4, Stamford Jr 3
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Bridgeport Jr. vs. Norwalk Jr, 5:30 p.m., at Beardsley Park, Bridgeport
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STANDINGS
Team Record Points *Greenwich Sr 20-2-0 40 *Norwalk Sr 16-7-0 32 Trumbull Sr 13-7-0 26 Stamford Sr 10-10-0 20 Wilton Sr 11-12-0 22 Bridgeport Sr 10-11-0 20 Darien/NC Sr 10-12-0 20 Fairfield Sr 8-14-1 17 Westport Sr 5-15-0 10 Ridgefield Sr3-16-1 7 Team Record Points *Stamford Jr 17-4-0 34 Trumbull Jr 14-5-0 28 Ridgefield Jr 13-7-0 26 Norwalk Jr 12-8-0 24 Darien/NC Jr
11-11-0 22 Fairfield Jr
9-10-0 18 Wilton Jr 9-11-0 18 Westport Jr 8-12-0 16 Greenwich Jr 8-14-0 16 Bridgeport Jr 0-19-0 0
