Ava Inesta ’22
EE Sports Writer
The Trumbull baseball team convincingly beat Ridgefield 7-0 at home on Friday April 22nd.
FCIAC baseball has been very competitive this season, and outcomes of games aren’t always as expected. With this game being Ridgefield’s next game following their statement win over top seeded Fairfield Warde, the Eagles were aware that the Tigers had some momentum rolling. Trumbull knew that they had to come into this game playing their best baseball.
Starting pitcher Connor Johnston took the mound for the Eagles at home with junior Scott Gell as catcher. Throughout the game, with Gell at the plate and the rest of the fielders playing tough defense against the Tigers, they prevented any runs from scoring. Senior captain, Johnston, pitched a shutout for the Eagles through six innings. He allowed four hits and had 10 strikeouts.
With Johnston’s performance, he made the Ruden Report Fairfield County Bank player of the week voting poll for the week of April 25th.
After scoring early in the game, senior captain Dylan Moran added to the score in the 3rd inning with a 2-run homerun putting Trumbull up 3-0. To add insurance for the Eagles, senior Paul Visconti scored and extended the Eagles lead to 5-0. Then, to top off the offense, in the bottom of the 5th, senior Kevin Katragadda hit a 2-run home run. At the end of 7 innings, Trumbull defeated Ridgefield 7-0 and improved their record to 5-4.
“It was a great team win all around”, said Katragadda of his team’s performance. “We knew coming into the game that we were up against a really solid team, and we came to play. Connor threw a gem, we played solid defense and obviously the bats came alive. Dylan put some runs up early for us with that big swing and it felt good to tack on some more with my homer”, he added.
The Eagles continue to compete multiple times a week as they are in the middle of their regular season. They hope to keep up these kinds of wins and gain a spot in the FCIAC and CIAC playoff brackets.