Trenton Maintains District Lead With Big Win Over Branford

The Tigers celebrate after their second straight win this week.
*Photo courtesy of @trentontigerbaseball.

The Trenton Tigers left no question where the road to the district title will go through this season, as they secured sole possession of first place in 1A-7 following a 7-1 win over Branford on Thursday. The defending district champion Tigers (10-4) improved to 6-0 in district play and hold a nice lead over the Buccaneers (10-4), who are 7-2 in district play.

Trenton grabbed the lead with a run in the first inning when Wyatt Langford drove in Chase Malloy with an RBI single, and they pulled away with a five-run second inning. Malloy came up with bases loaded after Landon Kennedy and Landon Parrish walked and Blake Hall was hit by a pitch, and he cleared the bases with a single to right field. Daniel Plank followed with an RBI double, before Langford drove him in with an RBI double as well.

The Tigers added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth when Malloy and Plank both reached and scored on errors.

Branford avoided the shutout with a run in the seventh. Trey Sapp doubled with one out, advanced to third on a ground out from Seth Heiderman and then scored thanks to an RBI single from Cameron Noling.

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