DARIEN, Conn. Stephen Barston's RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Darien 13-year-old baseball team a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bethel on Tuesday in the first round of the I-84 playoffs at Holohan Field in Darien. Darien advances to play No. 1 seed Newtown on Wednesday.
Michael O'Malley led off the winning inning with a walk, stole second base, went to third on an error and scored on Barston's hit.
Tyler Costantino pitched four solid innings, striking out four batters. Barston relieved him in the fifth and pitched three scoreless innings, striking out five for the win.
Barston (single, double, RBI) and Andrew Enzor (single, double) led the offense. Costantino, Jake Frasca and Danny O'Boyle also had hits. Jamie Schofield drove in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly.
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