Baseball: Coventry, Windsor Locks set for showdown

Jun. 1—On its way to the 2019 Class S state tournament title, the Coventry High baseball team had to beat an NCCC rival in the quarterfinals — SMSA — that it had swept two games from during the regular season.

History will repeat itself for the Patriots in Saturday's Class S quarterfinals and they can hope that history will repeat again next week at Palmer Field in Middletown.

Evan Menzel pitched six innings of six-hit ball in his first start of the season Wednesday as host and fourth-seeded Coventry rolled past No. 13 North Branford 10-2 in a second-round game.

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