Rhys Jamali belts his first homer of the season during Monday’s 13-6 victory over New Canaan. / Photos Mark Sikorski
Jack Farnen reaches on a line drive single.

By Andy Hutchison

WESTPORT — Playing the first of three back-to-back games scheduled this week, the Staples baseball team got its bats going Monday.

The Wreckers defeated visiting New Canaan 13-6 behind Cooper Brundige’s 4-for-4 effort. Brundige had two doubles and two singles along with three runs batted in and a pair of runs scored.

Andrew Oppenheimer went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in and three runs scored. Rhys Jamali hit a solo homer as part of Stapels’ 12-hit barrage.

Mason Tobias pitched in the Wreckers’ Monday win at home.

Staples trailed 4-1 in the third inning, but scored the next 12 runs with two in the bottom of the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth to take the lead and seven in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

Leadoff batter Luke Oakley had a hit and scored twice; Jack Farnen collected two hits, an RBI and run scored; and Noah Saed added a double, RBI and run scored.

Staples was coming off a 10-0 win over Norwalk and has scored double digits in all three of its wins — including a 12-0 victory over Greenwich. The Wreckers are  set to visit Ridgefield at 2 p.m. Tuesday. (Game schedules are subject to change; click for the latest updates.) 

Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s.

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