Waterford's Elijah Martinez named Zone 6 Legion MVP

Waterford infielder Elijah Martinez has been named Most Valuable Player of the 2019 American Legion Zone 6 baseball season.

Martinez helped lead Waterford to the championship round of the Connecticut Northern Division Super Regional before losing to Southington.

Martinez was joined on the Zone VI all-star first team by teammate Ryan Bakken, a pitcher.

Also named to the first team were catcher Evan Zanauskas (Tri-Town), first baseman Ryan King (Norwich), middle infielders Martinez, George Etzel (Jewett City) and Chris Malcom (Niantic), third baseman Luke Mathewson (Tri-Town), outfielders Tyler Cournoyer (Danielson), Alex Fraser (Niantic) and Kevin Pomroy (Norwich), pitchers Bakken, Bryce Mileski (Jewett City) and Mitchel Barylski (Tri-Town) and utility Riley Burke (Norwich).

Mileski was also named winner of the Outstanding Pitcher award while Tri-Town's Jason Akana was named Coach of the Year.

All-star reserves were Ben Jerome (Waterford), Jacob Tarryk (Danielson), Daniel Eggler (Norwich), Ethan Preston (Danielson), Liam Milewski (Niantic) and Ron Losacano (Niantic), while the Sportsmanship Award winners were Jacob Jones (Danielson), Derek Taylor (Jewett City), Noah Smith (Ledyard/Pawcatuck), Cole Lafleche (Moosup), Joey Grubb (Niantic), Becker Bordeau (Norwich), Kobe Akana (Tri-Town), Bob Silva (Waterford) and John Boutin (Willimantic).

New York-Penn League

• The Batavia Muckdogs scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally for a 6-5 win over the Connecticut Tigers on Friday night. Trailing 3-0, Kingston Liniak had a two-run double for the Tigers in the top of the fifth inning. The Tigers took a 5-4 lead with three runs in the top of the sixth. Hector Martinez had a two-run double and Eric De La Rosa doubled home the go-ahead run. Liniak was 3-for-5 and Jose King, Martinez and De La Rosa had two hits each for the Tigers (20-26).