Reading Bulldogs

Reading Bulldogs vs. Watertown Reds  6/8/14 @ Endicott College

 

Watertown (9) – Lavigne 4-1, Kelley 4-1, Callahan 4-2, Brennan 4-1, Forman 4-2, Poli 4-1, Tramatozzi 4-1, Giordano 3-1, Samko 2-2, Totals 33- 12  Totals  28-5

 

Reading (0) – Hartwell 3-1,  Padovani 3-1, Smoske 3-1, Taylor  3-0, Wolfsberg 2-1, Bouvier 3-0, Gagnon 3-0, Levine 1-0, Cataldo 3-0, Deady 1-0, Totals 25-4

 

Watertown  003 600 0 -9

Reading        000 000 0 -0

 

Doubles – Forman, Brennan

Triples- Forman

 

WP- Ahern

LP-  Pajatezovic

 

Wrap:

 

The Bulldogs continued their early season struggles both on the mound and at the plate losing handily the Reds 9-0, in a game that was out-of-hand even before the Bulldogs had their fourth inning at-bat.

 

The Bulldogs are enduring some transitional pains in the first 10 days of the season as their new coach Dante Padovani assesses a roster which has had significant turnover from the prior season.

 

Reading put itself in a large hole early for the third straight game as they have now given up innings of five runs or greater in each of their losses.

 

After giving up three in the third inning, the Reds scored six runs with two outs in the fourth. The seven hit inning was topped by Justin Forman's base clearing triple which was his second extra base-hit in the game.

 

The Bulldogs received shutout relief from Padovani for three and a third innings which extended the teams scoreless relief streak to 14 innings in their lone bright spot on the season so far.

 

It doesn't get easier for the Bulldogs as they visit the Andre Chiefs at Maplewood Park in Malden on Monday evening at 8:00.