Walkoff Winner

The scoreboard tells the story

Some games just defy explanation.

But most of the time, exaggeration is not necessary. It's just a beautiful thing to watch or listen to.

That's what I saw tonight in Trumbull.

Fairfield Ameican held a 1-0 lead through six innings, on a Cooper Seek home run in the third.
 
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But Westport put three hits together in the sixth to tie the game.

We went to the seventh. Nothing.

To the eighth, and the ridiculous rule of starting the inning with a runner on second. Still nada.

To the ninth. Finally, Westport pushed two across to take a 3-1.

But the Big Red Machine (or Red Army, your call) wouldn't quit.

They also scratched to get a run in and cut it to 3-2.

Still, there were two outs. Bases loaded.

Carson Dodder had a 1-2 count on him. Down to the last strike in a playoff game.

Pressure? Oh yeah. Lots. But Dodder didn't flinch.


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Seriously, that's guts.

Thanks to Stacey Scruggs, and my minimal editing abilities, we have a video version.


Great game. Westport is still alive, but they'll play Thursday against Fairfield National.

Fairfield American awaits on Saturday. You can hear that game that on Robcasting.

I'm sitting outside my old office at 1000 Bridgeport Ave in Shelton. I've broadcast a few things out of this building.

It's time to go home.



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