The American Legion Wellington Post 390 Blue team kicked off its baseball season Tuesday, May 6 at Village Park in Wellington against the Wellington Post 390 Grey team.
Opening day activities included the first pitch being thrown by Vice Mayor John Greene and the second pitch thrown by Post 390 Commander Max Nelson.
The Post 390 Blue team defeated a determined Post 390 Grey team by a score of 5-0 behind the strong pitching of Logan Pittman.
Timely hitting by Eric Scott, Alex Viscusi, Jonathan Weid and Matt Brewster was instrumental in the victory.
“We were very excited to get the season started because of the expansion to two teams,” Manager Tony Viscusi said. “Both teams worked really hard preparing for this.”
Home games for the Wellington Post 390 Blue and Grey teams will be played at Village Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (561) 670-4675.
ABOVE: Vice Mayor John Greene throws out the first pitch to Grey team player Matt Miller.
