The boys of summer were back in action as the Nashua Silver Knights traveled to New Britain, looking to bounce back after a tough loss the night before.
Currently sitting in third place in the Futures League, the Knights know that every win matters as August approaches — and tonight, they showed exactly the fight a playoff team needs as they drew a big victory on the road 4-0
The Knights would trot onto the field in Connecticut and get to work fairly early, as the pitching was again dominant for them, along with the bats. The pitching would all start with Matt Fitzgibbon who has been Mr. Reliable for the Knights this year. Fitzgibbon in this one would do great as he was able to toss a shutout in his five innings of work. He also threw in eight strikeouts while allowing six hits.
The bats would not help out Fitzgibbon a lot however in the 3rd Nashua was able to gain some momentum. The Knights would get Jack Balcer to third base and he would score on a sacrifice fly from Will Burns to give them a lead. Nashua would tack on more in the 5th as this time they got a big rally started. Patrick Shrake and Burns would both get aboard to start the inning with singles. Shrake would advance to third on the Burns single and would be driven in by Joe Zorc on a sacrifice fly to double the Knights’ lead. They would tack on one more before the inning was over as Nigel Sebastianelli would single in a run.
Nolan Mederos would come into the game following the starter and he was great as he continued the dominance on the mound. He would get an extra run from the offense in the 8th by Balcer to get another insurance run. Mederos in his four innings of work was perfect as he allowed only one runner to reach base on a walk, sealing a big Knights win on the road.
