Westford Over-30 Slow-Pitch Softball

The Nashoba Valley Mustangs sit atop the standings at 6-1 with Floral Arts right behind with a solid 6-2 record. Short Cut Landscaping and Willis Tent, both at 4-2, complete the teams with winning records.  Pro Sports Therapy, the last team to post a win, took two in a row this week and put themselves right back in the running while sending CSA to the ninth spot in the standings.

Nashoba Valley Mustangs 19 - Drew Farms 6

Lefty slugger Jack Erickson (4-for-4, two home runs, four RBI, four runs scored) led the balanced Mustang offense with long home runs to both sides of the field, but he had plenty of support. Mike Kennedy (3-for-4, home run, five RBI, three runs scored) followed up an intentional walk to recent marathon runner Bill Knute (2-for-3, home run, three RBI, three runs scored) with a two out grand slam to make Drew's pay.  All game long the top of the Mustangs' order, Paul Selfrige and Jim Ward, set the table nicely combining for eight hits and six runs scored.  Coach and GM, Dan Crogan chipped in with three hits to help his squad.  The Mustangs stellar defense turned two double plays, one involving good plays on each end by infielder's Paul Selfrige and Jay "Big Glove" Lincoln.

Nashoba Valley Mustangs 10 - Healy Oil 6

Cormac Bordes had two home runs and five RBIs to lead the Mustangs. Fellow lefty Bill Knute added another long home run blast in support of winning pitcher Paul Ligouri.  Jim Ward and Jay Lincoln chipped in with two hits apiece with Lincoln driving in two runs with a double.  The Mustangs infield turned three double plays in the win.  Standouts for Healy were Wayne Meadows at third and Matt Dowling in left field.  Tony Pantoja put a 2-run shot over center field and Nick Wilnot helped keep the Mustangs to 10 runs with mixing up the pitches on the mound. Keith Mager came up with some clutch catches in right field in bases-loaded situations. 

Shortcut Landscaping 5 - Floral Arts 3

Shortcut Landscaping defeated Floral Arts on Wednesday night, 5-3. Both teams, which are near the top in runs scored, stymied each other's powerful offense by playing solid defense throughout the entire game. Simon Tripp (3-for-3, solo home run, 2 RBI) and Geoff Pavao (solo shot) provided the Floral offense in the loss. SCL scored all of their runs on homers—three solo shots and a two-run shot. 

Pro Sports Therapy 14 - Burtons Grill 13

PST, fresh off of their win over CSA, added a second straight win with a great game and win over Burtons.  In a back and forth affair, PST held onto a one run advantage as Burton's came up in the final frame but ended the game with a one, two, three inning.  Burton's got home runs from Erik Pasters, Mike Santiano (2), Jerry Breen and Arkansas-bred Jerod Colley. Jerry Breen was 3-for-3, Santiano also 3-for-3 with three RBI and Tim Scott 3-for-4.  Offensively for PST, big nights for Brian Dubey (3-for-4 with 2 HRs & 6 RBIs), Mark Pelosky (3-for-3 with a 2-run blast in the 6th), Steve Sawyer (3-for-4 with a clutch 3-run HR in the 5th) and Ryan Steele (3-for-4 with a big solo shot in the 6th).  Critical to the PST effort was the defensive effort in the infield, with Donald Slate at SS and Al Nudler at 1B making a number of important plays.

Pro Sports Therapy 17 - CSA Graphics 6

For stretches of this game, both Jeff Fuller of PST and Bill Cullen of CSA were dominant on the mound.  A couple of big innings late in the game were the difference- PST broke through with six in the fifth and six more in the seventh.  In both cases, a Ben Armstrong 3-run home run was the key hit.  Lots of highlights for the PST offense:  Ben was 5for--5 with four runs scored and six RBI, John Bodi (5-for-5), Brian Dubey (best night of his young PST career, going 4-for-4 with a home run a double and three runs scored plus 2 RBI), Ryan Steele (solo home run), Jeff Fuller (3-for-4) and "Coach" Gary Royal lacing them up and adding two hits and his first RBI since, well, a long time.  Bill Cullen's solo home run for CSA was their only of the night.  Josh Haskin 3-for-4 with a double. Unfortunately, CSA had one hit from innings four thru seven.  CSA led-off the fourth with a hit and then went 0 for 12 the rest of the way.