Reading Bulldogs

Reading vs. Wakefield Merchants  7-17-13 at Walsh Field

 Reading (1)–  Oringer 4-0, N. Conti 4-0, Talis 4-2, Taylor 4-0, Cataldo 3-2, Levine 1-1, Padovani 4-1, Wolfsberg 3-0, Z. Conti 3-1, Halsey 2-0, Crehan 0-0  Totals 32-7 

Wakefield (1)-  Tarantino 4-0, Searles 4-0, Townsend 4-1, Ramsey 3-2,Gendron 2-0, Langone 3-0, Losanno 3-1, Murray 3-0, Barry 3-0  Totals 29-4 

Reading    000 000 100 -1

Wakefield  000 000 100 -1 

Doubles -Padovani, Ramsey 

TP- ChurchTP- Marchesi  

Wrap:  by Jeff Pierce Daily Times Chronicle

The Bulldogs (12-6-2) entered a hot box at Walsh Field on Wednesday evening and came close to stealing a last inning win versus the league's top statistical pitcher Jared Marchesi, who had only given up one run in 30 innings, before settling for a 1-1 tie in nine innings. With the Bulldogs being stifled by Marchesi and on a streak of fourteen straight innings without scoring a run they were picked up by Kevin Church who stopped the Merchants on two hits and only one free pass over the first six innings. In the top of the seventh it looked like Reading would prevail after they broke through with their first run in fifteen innings. With two outs Bill Cataldo had the second of his two hits and scored all the way from first with a nifty hand touch of the plate on Dante Padovani's double. In the bottom of the inning, Church was victimized on a bad hop double of the glove of the first baseman that put the tying run on second with no one out. The runner eventually scored on a pitch that scooted to the backstop after the runner had advanced to third. Church retired the side from there aided by a nice double play started by Hank Oringer. The game went two extra innings and both teams failed to bring in a runner that reached second base in the ninth. The last of which brought Reading HS Hall of Famer Steve Langone to the plate for Wakefield with a chance to win the game. However Bulldog coach Matt Morrison did not want to take his chances with the Red Sox Advance Scouting Coordinator and he was intentionally walked and Bulldog reliever Nick Kelley recorded the final out with a strikeout securing the tie.