KEVIN D. ROBERTS/Register Citizen

Torrington Sports Palace won its NW Connecticut Connie Mack Baseball League home opener, 2-1 over Winsted on Thursday night at Fuessenich Park. Cody Lemieux (complete game, 1 run, 5 hits, 9 strikeouts, 2 walks, 1 hit batter) was able to outduel Jimi Phillips (6 innings, 2 runs, 3 hits, 8 strikeouts, 1 walk) to pick up the win. Ben Stone's RBI single in the fourth inning to score Corey Lafrance gave Sports Palace the 2-1 lead it would never give up. Sports Palace improved to 1-1 on the season. Winsted dropped to 0-1.
Both teams took part in Flag Day festivities before the game. Here's video from the Flag Day event. Look for more on the Flag Day festivities in another blog post here on Friday evening.