Westford Over-30 Slow-Pitch Softball

Floral Arts, Mustangs, Drew Farms and Healy Oil round out the top four spots a week before the July 4th holiday break.  Burtons, 3E Moving and Pro Sports Therapy take the next three ever-important playoff spots at this early point.  Fourth place through eighth are so close in their win totals that these spots will change numerous times over the next eight weeks.

Floral Arts 19 - CSA Graphics 6

Floral Arts defeated CSA, 19-6, on Wednesday in six innings. The score sat at 18-6 for a couple of innings, while several Floral hitters tried and failed to get the 19th run across to end the game until Simon Tripp hit a solo shot to begin the sixth. Jim Peloquin (2), Jim Crowley, Mark Chambers, and Ken Delaney hit homers. Dave Janowsky continued his hot hitting, going 3-for-3 with 3 RBI. 
CSA hit three home runs in the first and then got out-scored 19-1 the rest of the way.  Breaking out to an early 5-0 lead in the first inning versus Floral Arts, fueled by home runs from Jonathan Ring, Cody Freihofer, and Billy Cullen.  Floral came back with three runs in the second inning, and CSA added to their lead with one in the third, making the score 6 to 3.  Then CSA fell apart, stopped hitting, and Floral ran away with the game out-scoring CSA 15-0 in the next three innings.  

Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 25 – Pro Sports Therapy  5  

In a five-inning run rule victory, the Mustangs put up seven in the first over PST. Pro Sports got two back quickly and then added another two to make it close at 7-5.  The second ranked Mustangs then scored 18 runs to finish this one off.  The PST offense was led by Ryan Steele’s two-run bomb in the first.  For the Mustangs, Keith Reynolds (4-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RS, 8 RBI) led the offensive charge with a grand slam and a 3-run homer for the Mustangs.  Fellow Mustangs Paul Selfrige Jr. (4-for-4, HR, 3 RS), Bill Knute (3 RS), and Paul Selfrige Sr. all added four hits apiece in the win.  Winning pitcher Paul Liguori (3 RBI, 2 RS) and Jim Ward (2 RS) chipped in with three hits each.

Burtons Grill 20 - CSA Graphics 7

CSA Graphics tried to battle Burton's with nine players again, but were not as lucky this time.  Burton's jumped to the early lead, and never looked back.  CSA was in the game, losing 8-5, when. a couple costly errors led to a nine run third inning for Burton's.  CSA put up a couple runs in the fifth, but a run on a couple hits for Burton's, and then a two-run homer ended the game with the mercy rule in the bottom half of the frame.  Tim Piwowar and Cody Freihofer homered for CSA in the loss. Burton's offense was fueled by Eric Pasters with a (HR, 3 RBI), Charlie Chungu (3-for-3, 4 RBI), Jerry Breen (HR, 3 RBI), Dave Batchelder (HR, 2 RBI), and Jerod Colley 3-for-3 and another fine pitching performance.

Burtons Grill 19 - Healy Oil 6

Burton's won this one in another run rule fashion scoring early and often.  Eric Cataline closed it out with a walk off home run in the sixth.  Rookie Justin Randall had another big night, (3-for-3, HR, 3 RBI), Mike Santiano, (2-for-2, 2 RBI), Luke (3-for-3, HR, 3 RBI), and batting in the thirteenth spot...Charlie Chungu, (3-for-3, 2 HR, 5 RBI). Raghu Mantena, Peter Morano and Jerod Colley also played well in the win.

Pro Sports Therapy 12 – Drew Farms 11  

Drews led for the whole game, as PST was limited to just four hits and no runs thru the first five innings. Drew's lead was powered by a Todd Shepard home run and another blast by their pitcher.  PST broke through for four in the top of the sixth, energized by an RBI double from Jeff Fuller and a John Bodi single that drove in two.  Drews matched that four in the bottom to go up 9-4.  PST then exploded for eight more in the top of the last frame led by 3-run home runs from both Ryan Steele and Derek Donegan.  Drews got two back on another Todd Shepard dinger but PST hung on for the W.

CSA Graphics 17 - Short Cut Landscaping 16

A good battle, through the rain, between Short Cut Landscaping and CSA Graphics.  Short Cut opened an early 12-6 lead after two innings but CSA scored four in the third and five in the fourth, while keeping SCL scoreless, to take a 15-12 lead.  SCL got two runs back in the fifth, and took the lead 17-16 at the end of six innings.  A lead-off single for CSA by Sean Troy (4 -for-4 ) was followed by three put outs, ending the game.  Cody Freihofer led the way offensively for CSA, going 3-for-4 with 2 home runs.  Chris Brisson, Zak Smolkin, and Tim Greenwood also had home runs for the winning side.