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Baseball Holds Off Westhill

John Morrison goes the distance in the Tigers' 6-5 win over the Vikings.

 

John Morrison tossed a complete-game six-hitter as the Ridgefield High School baseball team held off Westhill, 6-5, in Stamford on Monday.

The Tigers rebounded from a 3-1 loss at St. Joseph to improve to 3-2, including 2-1 in the FCIAC.

Ridgefield's Shane Beckwith opened the top of the first with a triple and scored on a single by Mark Giles, who come home later in the inning to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

Ridgefield increased its lead to 5-1 in the third on consecutive two-out RBI singles by Dennis Ashley, Tom Payne and Beckwith.

Westhill (3-4, 2-3) answered with three runs in the bottom of the third, however, pulling within 5-4 on Morgan Williams' two-run single.

Another RBI single by Ashley gave the Tigers an insurance run in the top of the seventh, and they withstood a rally in the bottom half of the inning.

Alex Rough's RBI double pulled the Vikings within a run again, but Morrison (2-1) got the final two outs to preserve the win.

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