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Thursday, June 28, 2012 — The Plainville Citizen
Post 33 hanging tough in Zone 7 By Nick Carroll The Plainville Citizen
It’s very early in the season, but the Plainville Post 33 American Legion baseball team already has reached a crossroads. Plainville manager Jim Tufts urged his troops to do some soul-searching following an 8-0 defeat at the hands of Hebron Sunday night. “This is one of those points where we have to ask ourselves: ‘how do we want to go about this season,’” Tufts said. “I told them, we can roll over after a game like this, or we can step up and play like I know they can play.” The good news for Post 33 is that, even after falling to Hebron, they owned a plus.500 record of 4-2 in Zone 7. So far, West Hartford,
Newington and RCP are the cream of the Zone 7 crop. “Hopefully we can get into the mix,” said Tufts. Brian Dostaler took the loss against Hebron. He threw well enough to win, however. “He pitched very well,” said Tufts. “When he came out of the game in the sixth inning we were down 4-0. And I would say at least three out of the four were unearned runs. We got a little sloppy defensively.” Dostaler was replaced by Tyler Favreau, who saw Plainville through to the end. The shutout loss was the back-end of a double-header with Hebron. In Game 1, Post 33 prevailed 2-0. Tyler Guimond went the distance in that one to earn the win. “Guimond looked great,” said Tufts. “He got into a lit-
Heading into this week, the Plainville Post 33 Junior American Legion baseball team owned a record of 3-4 in Zone 7, which put it in third place. “The zone is very competitive, with everybody battling in close games,” said Plainville manager Jason Bukowski. “A lot of pitching duels to start the summer.” Post 33 is led on the mound by Brett Snowden, Brian Dostaler and Tyler Favreau. After a slow start at the plate, Bukowski said his club is beginning to come around with the bats. Plainville’s leading hitters are Kyle Beloin, Cody Charneski and Tyler Pina. Bukowski’s 17-man roster includes 12 guys from Plainville High School’s 2012 state championship club, “which will prove pivotal down the stretch of this season,” said the coach.
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in the sixth and was brought home on a squeeze bunt by Erik Perrotti to seal the deal for Plainville. Tufts said Marc DeMartinis has been Post 33’s most consistent bat man. Also, the coach is pleased to report that his team’s collegeage guys continue to shake off the rust they accumulat-
tle bit of trouble here and there, but he worked himself right out of it every time. “The reason why he was in trouble a few times was because we had some mental lapses on defense; but nothing horrible. We were good enough to win.” Clinging to a 1-0 lead over Hebron, Chris Kuzia tripled
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