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Fairfield Wins Regional Opener

Matt Kubel and Will Lucas combined on a two-hitter as Fairfield American won its opening game over Maine, 3-0, in the East Region Invitational for 9- and 10-year-old Little League teams Saturday in Cranston, R.I.

Kubel pitched five innings before Lucas finished up for Fairfield. Fairfield scored in the first inning when Ryan Meury singled and advanced on three wild pitches. Fairfield added a run in the second inning when Drew McAvey scored on an error on a ball hit by Chris Meyers. Henrik de Jounge added an RBI single in the fifth.

Fairfield plays New Hampshire Sunday. The tournament continues through the week with the championship game between Mid-Atlantic and New England scheduled for Saturday.

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