Windsor rallies to beat Newington in CCC battle
WINDSOR - — The Windsor baseball team may be unbeaten, but the Warriors haven’t exactly coasted through the season.
They know what it’s like to be down in a game.
Monday, they trailed Newington by two runs after two innings, but the Warriors remained unfazed. The only one who was slightly nervous was coach Joe Serfass, and that was only because Mason
Glickman’s pitch count was high a little earlier than he would have liked.
But everybody settled down. The Windsor defense made plays. Glickman, a senior, got in a groove on the mound and at the plate, doubling in two runs and scoring two runs, and the Warriors rallied for a 5-2 CCC victory over Newington.
Glickman gave up one hit and struck out nine for Windsor (14-0).
ing baseball since I was 4. I feel like that’s the only thing I know how to do. I came out of high school; I don’t have anything to fall back on, so I was going to ride this as long I could.”
Cortes focused on fastballs and cutters, improved his conditioning, boosted his average fastball velocity by 2 mph and joined the Yankees rotation at midseason.
“The game’s littered with people that weren’t always the high pick or the top prospect,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s persevered. He’s experienced everything. He’s had to fight for everything.”
At 90.4 mph, Cortes’ fastball velocity ranks just 134th among 158 pitchers who had thrown 250 or more pitches entering the week.
“It seems to jump on guys, regardless of the velocity,” said Yankees teammate Gerrit Cole, fourth in the majors at 97.6 mph.
Boone cautioned: “Don’t get enamored with the number. There’s guys throwing 96, 97 that are getting hit.”
Making his 22nd big league start and sixth this season, Cortes pitched a big league career-high 7 ⅓ innings, walked four and struck out 11, one shy of his high.
New York has won 13 of its past 15 games, taking two of three in the series despite scoring just five runs.