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WATERFORD—And on the third day, they played softball.

Finally.

The Connecticut State Little League Softball Final Four got under way on Wednesday at the Waterford Little League Complex and it was the two sectional champions who came away with wins in the opening round.

Section 1 champ Bristol defeated Madison-Clinton by an 11-1 score while Section 2 titlist East Lyme-Salem topped Fairfield by a 7-2 score.

The two winners will face each on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., while Fairfield and Madison-Clinton will play in an elimination game at 8 p.m.

Here’s a look a Wednesday’s games:

East Lyme-Salem 7, Fairfield 2

East Lyme-Salem jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, posting the win.

ELS scored twice in the first inning and once in the second to take a 3-0. Three more runs in the top of the sixth inning iced the game.

Charley Brennan (single) and Alexa Priest (double, single) both had two RBIs each for ELS. Lily Muscarelli and Nellie Simmons both had doubles, as well.

Simmons and Angeline Lloyd both scored two runs in the game.

Ava Menchaca went four innings, giving up just one earned run. She struck out six and walked two. Lloyd came on to pitch the final two innings, giving up just a hit while striking out one batter.

For Fairfield, Molly Flynn, Holland Pavlofsky, Lucy Moore and Sofia Domiziano all had singles.

Bristol 11, Madison-Clinton 1

Ava Lefurgey gave up one run and three hits in just four innings of work and Ellie Tiscia had three RBIs to lead Bristol to the win.

Bristol put the game away early, scoring five runs in the first inning, one in the second and five more in the third to give Lefurgey plenty of run support.

She aided her own cause with two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Avery Collins also had two hits with a run and an RBI.  Lucy Kalat scored twice and FaithMarie Soto had a triple.

For Madison-Clinton, Ryan Macellar had two hits while Genevieve Tomas had a triple and her team’s lone RBI.

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