The Putney Fossils moved to the top of the Connecticut River Valley Baseball League standings with its second victory, while the Newport Polar Bears picked up their first win of the year in the most recent CRVBL games.
Putney relied on strong pitching by Danny Lichtenfeld and Richard Bissell, to beat the Claremont Cardinals 6 to 4. Offensive contributions were team-wide for the Fossils with Chris Jensen collecting two RBIs and Steve Kapral, Steve Stanley, and newcomer Chris Larro each collecting a hit and two stolen bases respectively. For Claremont, Jon Nicholas banged out three hits and scored a pair of runs, while John Grainger collected two hits and drove in two runs.
In Walpole, the Newport Polar Bears pounded out 14 hits to defeat the league’s newest team, the Walpole Maples. Newport plated six runs in the fifth inning to cement the win, but Walpole fought to the end, scoring three times in the bottom of the ninth.
This weekend’s action begins on Saturday at 4:00 as the Walpole Maples host Claremont. Three games are set for Sunday; with Putney taking on Keene at Dummerston Field at 10, followed by Brattleboro hosting the Walpole Wild Blue on the same field at 1. At 11am, the Sunapee Old Lakers host Newport. Admission to all CRVBL leagues, and to learn more about the area’s town teams, visit the league website at http://www.crvbl.org/ .
2014 STANDINGS
TEAM W L GB
Putney 2 0 –
Walpole WB 1 0 ½
Sunapee 1 0 ½
Newport 1 1 1
Claremont 1 1 1
Brattleboro 1 2 1½
Keene 0 1 1½
Walpole M 0 2 2
