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WESTFIELD – The New Britain Bees hit a three-run home run in the first inning and never looked back in an eventual 15-1 win over the Westfield Starfires on Sunday.
Westfield fell to 11-12 on the season.
In a harbinger of things to come, Brady Paul led off for the Bees, and on a 3-2 pitch, hit a pop-up to shallow center field that Westfield’s defense could not find in the sun; it fell in for a double. A strikeout, a walk, and a pop-up put Westfield on the brink of escaping the inning, but Tim Hennig fouled off five straight pitches before cranking a 2-2 offering over the right-field fence for a three-run shot.
Westfield did get a run back in its half of the inning; University of Saint Joseph’s senior JJ Fox slapped the first pitch he saw down the left-field line for a double, and ultimately came home on a groundout by Louisiana Tech sophomore Easton Sanders.
That was the only hit for the Starfires, however, and New Britain hit its stride midway through the game. Three straight singles in the fourth plated another run, and another single thereafter made it 5-1, but the real blow was in the fifth as a leadoff fielding error precipitated an inning where the Bees sent 11 men to the plate, including Paul crushing another three-run blast to right and Hennig driving in another run. When the dust settled, the Bees led 11-1.
Not content with a 10-run lead, the visiting side batted around again in the sixth, sending 10 players to the plate and scoring four times. The rest of the game went quickly as the run rule went into effect after the seventh for the 15-1 final.
Incoming Franklin Pierce University freshman Jayden Ortiz took the loss in his first collegiate-level start, despite striking out three.
Westfield will get another chance to beat the Bees. The teams were expected to meet in New Britain, Connecticut, on Monday for the second game in the four-game stretch, but due to inclement weather was postponed and will now be made up as part of a double header Tuesday. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:35 p.m.
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