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Baseball Clinches Playoff Berth Behind Marut
Warriors hold on after nearly squandering a 5-0 lead against McMahon.
Wilton ace Kurt Marut won his seventh game Friday, as the Warriors posted a 5-4 victory over McMahon to officially clinch a berth in the FCIAC playoffs.
Marut, who is undefeated this season, scattered eight hits with ten strikeouts and two walks.
Still, the Senators made the UConn-bound pitcher have to work, nearly rallying from a 5-0 deficit after Wilton (13-3, 12-3) scored all its runs in the top of the fourth.
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Marut was overpowering early, striking out eight of the first 11 batters he faced and takig a no-hitter into the fourth before McMahon's bats came alive.
The Senators had tying run on base with no outs in the seventh, but Marut (7-0) worked out of the jam to preserve the victory.
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Aaron Shapiro had a two-run double and Marut added a two-run single in Wilton's five-run fourth.
The Warriors are in a second-place tie with Greenwich with three conference games remaining. Wilton is looking to nail down a home game in the first round of the FCIAC playoffs by finishing in the top four.
