MONROE, Conn. — Masuk High’s baseball team held on to defeat Brookfield 2-1 in the South-West Conference quarterfinals on Friday. Masuk is the No. 3 seed and Brookfield was the No. 6 team in the bracket.
Graham Gabriel threw a complete game with eight strikeouts and allowed only one unearned run.
Al Morgenthaler and Ethan Fonck had two-out RBI singles in the bottom of the fifth, Matt Boyle singled and scored a run,
Nico Convertito made a great running catch in right field and threw to first to double off a runner to end a big threat in the sixth inning.
Masuk will take on No. 2 New Fairfield in the semis on Tuesday, May 26 (time and location to be announced).
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