Masuk baseball team edges Brookfield in quarterfinals

Al Morgenthaler bats late this season. Morgenthaler and the Panthers advanced to the SWC semis.

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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