H.S. Baseball: Battling the elements in Montville

Just ask Terrance Farina how bad the wind was on Monday afternoon at Montville High School.
The Waterford shortstop called for a pop up that looked like it would fall into his glove on the shortstop side of the pitcher’s mound. By the time he finally tracked down the wicked, wayward ball, it was almost on the first base line and his long trek resulted in it trickling out of his glove and on to the ground.
It was that kind of day for infielders and outfielders alike in Montville’s, 12-4, high school baseball win over Waterford.
“The wind was just whipping — it was swirling all over the place — you couldn’t get a read,” Montville outfielder Max Hart said.
The leftfielder had it easy, he was only challenged once late in the game; others weren’t so lucky.
Montville (12-2) had its own field betray it in the second inning when a fly ball by Pat Rogers got caught in the jet stream and blew over Tyler Seeley’s head for an RBI triple.
“You want it to be caught,” Indians’ winning pitcher Tre Gonzalez said. “Any time a pitch goes over your head, you cringe a little bit and want it to be caught, but you can’t be mad at anyone.”
The Indians got a measure of revenge in the bottom of the third when Hart slapped a long shot of his own to center field that resulted in a two-run triple and ignited a six-run inning for the Indians.
The wind was bad for the players; the fans had their own complaints about the weather. The game started at 5 p.m. due to testing in Waterford and when the sun went down, those left watching the game huddled close for warmth.