JENNIFER ROYALS/For Register Citizen

The Torrington Titans and Tri-State Baseball League put on a good show all day on the Fourth of July at Fuessenich Park.

Tri-State led 2-1 entering the bottom of the ninth and had hard-throwing Litchfield Cowboy Chris Blazek on the mound. Titan batter Conor Bierfeldt looked at three of them for a 2-1 count, then blasted a fourth one for this solo home run to tie the game. The game ended in a 2-2 tie. Here's the story on the game. Included in the link are photos from Jennifer Royals.

During the day, two home run derbies were held. In the public Home Run Derby, Winsted's Justin Morhardt edged out Tri-State Hall of Famer Rich Scott in a swing-off. Morhardt needed three homers to win and got them on three consecutive swings. You can watch all of those swings here.

Before the All-Star Game, a helicopter made a special delivery of two baseballs to the park for the ceremonial first pitches. Those first pitches were thrown out by Sgt. Jonathon Conlin and Cpl. Jeffrey Fonti, who are both Marines. Conlin and Fonti are both long-time Tri-State players, Conlin with the Bethlehem Plowboys and Fonti with the Brass City Brew. The baseballs were presented to them by Gilbert Black, a former Negro League players who was on hand for the festivities. Black is the spokesman for the Negro League conventions held around the country. He had his memorabilia from his playing days on display at the park.

Look for more on the All-Star Game on this blog on Thursday night.