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Burtons Grill 15 - Drew Farms 0
Drew Farms will continue to have to look straight up in the standings in order to see Burtons after this 15-0 run-rule shut out domination. The score was close at 3-0 after three innings when Burton's strung together seven straight singles and a couple of home runs to score 12 before the first out was tallied by a great Drew Farm's defensive catch by Todd Shepherd. Burton's received outstanding pitching from Jerod Colley who only had one Drew's player make it as far as third base. Burton home runs were hit by Jerry Breen, Dave Batchelder and Mike "Beef" Santiano. Jason Lenicheck was 2-for-3 with two RBI and good defense at third and Greg Fitzgerald managed two-bases loaded walks yielding two RBI on eight straight pitches.
Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 17- Floral Arts 12
The Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs defeated Floral Arts on Tuesday night, 17-12. The Mustangs eliminated a three-run lead that Floral built in the sixth inning by scoring eight runs in the top of the seventh. Both teams played great defense. Floral's Mike Alonardo made a leaping catch at the center field fence in the fourth inning. Floral hit six home runs in the contest. Those homering were Roger Whittlesey, Alonardo, Geoff Pavao, Simon Tripp, Mike Donaruma, and Jim Peloquin. The Mustangs were able to shut the powerful Floral arts offense down in the bottom of the 7th to claim the come from behind victory. Southpaws Jack Erickson (4-or-4, home run, two RBI) and Bill Knute (two home run, six RBI) led the offensive charge for the Mustangs. Fellow lefty Mark Cusano and Keith Reynolds both added home runs for the winners. The Mustangs defense was also evident throughout the game as Jim Ward made an outstanding leaping catch at the center field fence in the last inning to help close out the game and Dan Crogan (2-for-3, 2 runs scored) made several good plays at second base and catcher.
Short Cuts Landscaping 30 - Willis Tent 26
Short Cuts Landscaping scored 30 runs and only won by four over a young Willis Tent squad. Willis put up nine runs in the top of the first but over the next three innings Short Cuts chipped away at the Willis lead. Into the fourth the game was tied at 10 apiece. Short Cuts then exploded for 16 runs in the fifth and were looking at a possible run-rule win, but, in the bottom of the frame, Willis fought back cranking out seven runs and adding an additional eight in the sixth. Short Cuts would then add four more to their total to take the win in this high scoring affair. Contributing to the Willis effort were, Stephen Damiani going 4-for-4 with two home runs and two singles. Darren Swanson 3-for-4 , two home runs and a triple. Roger Neild 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a double and a single. Brian Gallardo 3-for-4 with three home runs but, because of the home run rule, two were counted as singles. And Kurt Andjus 3 -for-4 with two singles and a triple and Paul Duato contributed to the effort with a home run as well.
Floral Arts 22 - Drew Farms 7
Floral Arts won its tenth game of the season with a 22-7 win over Drew Farms. Kenny Delaney played a great shortstop, putting nine outs in the game. Delaney was 4-for-4 with a triple and three runs scored. Simon Tripp made a nice catch in left center and hit two home runs in a 3-for-4 performance that included six runs batted in. Mark Chambers also homered for Floral and knocked in three, while playing a rangy second base. Dave Janowsky was 3-for-3, with a base on balls, Tom Semeter was 3-for-3 and played a solid first base, and Roger Whittlesey went 4-for-5 with three doubles and four RBI.
The Nashoba Valley Mustangs and Floral Arts sit one and two in the standings with records of 9-1 and 9-2 respectively. The remaining teams are tightly packed with the top seven in the league ultimately landing playoff spots at season's end.
Short Cut Landscaping 16 - Healy Oil 9
Healy got off to a great start putting up six unanswered runs in the first inning with Tony Pantoja and Bruce Wilhelm going deep.
SCL rallied in the fourth & fifth posting a combined 12 runs that went unanswered by Healy. Healy tried to rally in the bottom of the seventh with a Nick Wilmot lead off line drive over center, but, ended up short while stranding two.
Burtons Grill 16- Healy Oil 9
Healy Oil jumped out early putting up six runs in the first only for the bats to fall silent with the exception of Nick Wilmot's third inning solo shot. Burton's hit well and extended their lead as the game wore on ultimately winning 16-9. Rick Waldron, playing injured, and in his first game of the season, pitched six solid innings giving up only three runs. Eric Cataline 3-for-4 with four runs scored. Mike Santiano 4-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBI and Dave Batchelder 3-for-4 with a home run all contributed to the Burton's victory. Matt Dowling also went deep in the first for Healy with a two-run shot to left-center.
Pro Sports Therapy 17- Healy Oil 8
Healy lost to PST 17-8 while the team continues to struggle putting runs. Healy hit the ball well but couldn't convert with the bases loaded on two situations and stranding nine runners overall. Wayne Meadows went deep with a three-run shot over right field in the first and Bill Eaton had a two-run double in the second. The PST offense was active, putting up four runs in each of the first three innings to counter the Healy early offensive output. PST finished with five runs over the last two innings to seal the win in this long-time rivalry. The PST offense was led by Donald Slate (4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI) and Ryan Steele (3-for-3 with a double, home run, and three RBI). Ben Armstrong added a home run, Jeff Morse and Mark Pelosky added three hits each, and Steve Sawyer not only had three hits (including a home run), but came in to relieve Dave Chirokas in the seventh after Chirokas went down with an injury on a brilliant play fielding a swinging bunt. Sawyer finished off Chirokas' strong starting effort to seal the PST win.
Nashoba Valley Mustangs 21- CSA Graphics 1
Mark Cusano and Keith Reynolds both went 3-for-3 with two home runs apiece to lead the Mustangs offense. Jay Lincoln added his first longball of the year as well. Mike Kennedy and Don Cusano also added big flies in support of winning pitcher Paul Ligouri (2-for-3). Bill Knute added four hits, three runs scored, three RBI, and made an outstanding leaping catch at the fence in left for the winners.
All games tonight (Friday, June 16th) have been postponed due to the weather conditions.
Make-up dates and times will be as follows:
The CSA Graphics - Drew Farms game has been moved to Sunday, June 25th, at 5:15 PM.
The Burton's Grill - Mustangs game has been moved to Sunday, July 16th, at 7:45 PM.
The Willis Tent - Healy Oil game has been moved to Sunday, June 25th, at 7:45 PM.
There will now be 3 games on Sunday, June 25th, including the continuation of the Mustangs-SCL game.
There will be 2 games on Sunday, July 16th, including the previously rescheduled Drew Farm-Short Cut Landscaping game.
Burtons Grill 28 - CSA Graphics 12
Burton pulled to even on the season with a run-rule win over CSA Graphics 28-12. Dave Batchelder led the way with two home runs, five RBI, two runs scored, fine defense work at first and two innings pitched. CSA had two good innings at the plate but with only three in the outfield, the Burton's batters found, and took advantage, of the gaps. Mike Santiano (4-for-5, four RBI, three runs scored and a home run). Murph McKeon, also with a home run, went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Charlie Chungu (4-for-4, four RS and three RBI), Jason Lenicheck (4-for-4, three runs scored), John Geary (2-for-4, double, triple, three runs scored and three RBI), Raghu Mantena (2-for-3, two doubles, two runs scored and two RBI), Mike Jerzlyo (2-for-3, BB, and two RBI).
Floral Arts 19- Willis Tent 6
Floral Arts run-ruled Willis Tent, 19-6, on Wednesday night to improve its record to 8-2. Floral hit seven home runs in the contest, two by Geoff Pavao, and one each by Ken Delaney, Matt Critch, Mike Donoruma, Simon Tripp and Ryan Dunn. Larry Mardany pitched a gem, and Tripp made several nice plays at second base.
Nashoba Valley Mustangs 28 - Pro Sports Therapy 12
Lefties Cormac Bordes and Bill Knute hit two homers apiece to lead the Mustangs' offensive barrage. Other home run hitters were Jack Erickson and Don Cusano. Craig Smith and Jim Ward added four hits each, while Jay Lincoln, Dan Crogan, and Mark Cusano chipped in with three hits apiece. The Mustangs infield turned two double plays to aid winning pitcher Paul Liguori Offensively for PST, big nights from Ben Armstrong (3-for-3 with a double, home run, three RBIs, and three runs scored) and sophomore sensation Brian Dubey (2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI). In the 10 run inning, everyone in the PST lineup either scored or drove a run in (or both).
Nashoba Valley Mustangs 18 - Willis Tent 5
The veteran Mustang squad got some revenge against the young Willis team after an early season defeat of the 2016 champs. Jack Erickson had three hits, including a home run to lead the Mustangs. Bill Knute, Paul Selfrige and Don Cusano also went deep for the winners. Mark Cusano and Jim Ward added three hits apiece while the Mustangs' corner infielders of Mike Kennedy and Keith Reynolds combined to make some outstanding defensive plays in support of winning pitcher Don Cusano.
Willis Tent 9 - Burtons Grill 3
With both teams fielding just ten players, Burtons was missing their big guns and thus came up short when they needed the runs, including with no outs and the bases loaded. The Burtons highlight was the play of Chris Brooks filling in from the reserve list and playing for the first time since last August. Chris not only pitched well but made a stellar defensive play in his return.
Drew Farms 13 - Pro Sports Therapy 12
Drews walked off in the bottom of the 7th as the top of their order came through when needed and down two. This was a case of the last team with the ball was likely going to score and win.
PST once again got big games from Armstrong (3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI), Dubey (3-for-4 with a rocket of a home run, three runs score and three RBI), joined by Ryan Steele (3-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored) and Jeremy Joyce (3-for-4 with a double and two big RBIs late in the game).
With the rainy weather in the area, the fields are closed and tonight's games have been postponed. The make-up dates are as follows:
The Burton's Grill - Willis Tent will be played on Sunday, June 11th, at 5:15 PM.
The Drew Farms - Short Cut Landscaping game will be played on Sunday, July 16th, at 6:30 PM.
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