Baseball
On Saturday, Griswold defeated Lyme-Old Lyme- 12-4.
Sean Garvin (3-5, 2 RBI, 3 R) had a 3 hit game, as Griswold beat Lyme- Old Lyme 12-4 on opening day.
Griswold scored eight runs in the fourth inning to help them secure the lead for good after a previous half inning 2 run home run to left field by Rowen Meiser (1-4, 2 RBI, 1 R) put Lyme- Old Lyme up 2-0 in the bottom of the third. Colin Mitchell (2-5, 3 RBI, 1 R) singled, scoring a run, Jake Duthrie (1-3, 1 RBI, 2 R) singled, scoring one run, Sunny Botello (1-3, 1 R) drew a walk, scoring one run, Garvin singled, scoring one run, Andrew Hardin (2-2, 2 RBI, 1 R) drew a walk, scoring one run, and Mitchell singled, scoring two runs.
Mitchell earned the win for Griswold. He allowed four hits and four runs (two earned) over five innings, striking out eight and walking four.
Grady Lacourciere (1-3, 2 R) took the loss for Old Lyme. He went three and two-thirds innings, surrendering eight runs on four hits, striking out seven and walking five.
Garvin relieved Mitchell and pitched two innings of no-run ball for Griswold. He gave up three hits, striking out one and walking none.
Softball
Old Lyme defeated Portland 16-0 in a game which saw Ava Roth collect the 100th hit of her career in her second at bat.
The winning pitcher was Emma Bayor 1-0 and the losing Pitcher was Hailey Bustamune
For Old Lyme, the stats were as follows:
Ava Roth 3-3, 2 runs scored, 3 doubles, 4 RBI’s
Sybil Neary 3-3, 3 runs scored, Double, 1RBI
Anna Eichholz 2-2, 2 runs score, triple, 1 RBI
Grace Phaneuf 2-3, 1 run scored, 1 BB, 1 RBI
Emma Bayor 2-2, 2 BB’s
Emma Bayor-5 innings, 13 K’s, 1 hit
Old Lyme is now 1-0 in the Shoreline Conference League and 1-0 overall.