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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.
The Nashoba Valley Mustangs and Willis Tent sit one and two atop the leader board but the rest of the field is very competitive with only two wins the difference between third place and ninth. Nice wins by CSA Graphics and Healy Oil this week illustrate what will be a very tight race this summer for the seven playoff spots.
CSA Graphics 15 - Willis Tent 12
An all-around, well-played game by both squads, with lead changes in the top and bottom of the 7th inning. CSA Graphics took an early 2-0 lead courtesy of a two-run homer from Jonathan Ring. CSA added to the lead in the fourth inning with back-to-back solo shots from Ring and Bill Cullen. Wills came back to take a 7-4 lead, but the CSA bats responded in the bottom of the sixth inning. Singles by Jim Coveno and Josh Haskin were followed by a walk to Jonathan Ring. Bill Cullen then erased the Willis lead with a grand slam. A couple other hits put CSA on top 9-7. Willis responded in the top of the seventh, scoring five runs to take a 12-9 lead. Once again, though, CSA bounced back. As if deja vu... hits this time by Dave Luro and PJ Browne, were followed by hits from Coveno and Haskin. Willis intentionally walked Ring to load the bases for Bill Cullen who responded with his second grand slam of the game, this time in walk-off style.
Healy Oil 21- Drew Farms 16
Healy Oil, down 9-8 through five innings exploded for 13 runs in the sixth inning to put this one out of reach. Matt Dowling and Tony Pantoja had back-to-back solo shots for the second game in a row. Dave O'Keefe put one over the centerfield fence for a grand slam in the sixth as well. Other Healy home runs came from Nick Wilmot, Brian Herrmann, Colin MacDonald and Bruce Wilhelm with two. Drews started a rally in the top of the seventh putting seven runs on the board but fell short due to defensive plays by Matt Dowling, Frank Padron, Wayne Meadows and Tony Pantoja. Nick Wilmot continues to shine on the mound for Healy mixing up speed and trajectory on his pitches.
Floral Arts 16 - Pro Sports Therapy 3
Floral Arts improved its record to 7-2 with a 16-3 win over Pro Sports Therapy on Wednesday night. Roger Whittlesey led off the game with a home run to center field, and two batters later Simon Tripp hit a two-run homer, scoring Chad Kirby. Tripp made several outstanding plays at shortstop in the game. Floral hit seven home runs in the contest. Whittlesey (4-for-4, 2 home runs, 3 RBI), Rob Beaudette (3-for-4, 3 RBI), Mark Chambers (3-for-4, home run), and Mike Donaruma (2-for-4) were the offensive stars for Floral. Pitcher Larry Mardany gave up three runs in the first inning and then PST never scored again. Those runs came off the bats of Ryan Steele (2-run HR following a Ben Armstrong 2B) and a solo shot by Donald Slate.
Nashoba Valley Veterinary Hospital - Short Cuts Landscaping
The battle between last year's final 2 was shortened by a violent outburst by Mother Nature. The game will be continued on Sunday, June 25th, at 6:30.
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.
Floral Arts tops the standings at 5-1 and leads the league in runs scored. A spot usually reserved for the Nashoba Valley Mustangs who sit in second at 4-1. Pro Sports Therapy is still seeking their first win of the season while Burton's Grill, with over 100 runs scored, appear to be ready to make a decent showing this year.
Healy Oil 12 - CSA Graphics 7
Matt Dowling and Tony Pantoja led off the game with back to back homers for Healy in the 12-7 win. Matt Dowling added a second homerun and Dave O'Keefe provided a clutch three-run homer in the late innings to give Healy the lead for good. Nick Wilmot had four scoreless innings on the mound and was perftect at the plate. For CSA, Billy Ryan went 3 for 4 with a double and couple of runs and Tim Piwowar was 4 for 4 with a three-run homer for the second straight game.
Floral Arts 20 - Drew Farms 0
Floral Arts shut out Drew Farms, 20-0, on Wednesday night in four and a half innings. Larry Mardany pitched an outstanding game, giving up only three singles. Shortstop Jim Peloquin made some nice plays in the field and stroked two homers at the plate. Mark Chambers sent two shots over the fence too. Chad Kirby and Mike Donaruma also homered. Sexagenarian Frank Lancelotta legged out a triple on a liner to left field in the bottom of the fourth.
Healy Oil 16 - Burtons Grill 14
Clutch home runs from Nick Wilmot and Wayne Meadows brought Healy's, down by one in the top of the seventh, up by four after a nice rally. Burton's scored only two in the last half thus securing the win for Healy's Oil 16-14. A key defensive play in the fifth by Healy included a standard 9 to 10 output with Keith Mager and Mike Finegan connecting on a tip play to rob Burton's Tim Scott of a hit. Burton's Jerod Colley, (3-3, three RBI), John Geary, (3-3 three RBI), and Mike Santiano, another three RBI, was not enough in the loss.
Burtons Grill 28 - CSA Graphics 11
Close for two innings at 11-10, Burton's scored another 17 over the next three innings to defeat CSA by the run rule. Burton's leadoff batter Tim Scott went 5-5 with four doubles, a homerun, five runs scored and six RBI. Batting second, behind Scott, Eric Cataline went 3-4 with eight RBI of his own. Scott and Cataline were also responsible for many of the put-outs for Burtons. Erik Pasters hit another homerun, his fourth and had three RBI. Charlie Chungo, (4-4 four RBI), Jason Lenicheck, (3-3 three runs scored), also contributed to the win. CSA's Jonathan Ring was 2-3 with a couple runs, RBIs and doubles. Bill Cullen had a solo homerun, and Jim DeMarco was three for three with two runs scored, a double, and three RBI. DeMarco also made two stellar defensive plays against his old team throwing out two runners from deep behind second base.
Willis Tent 12 - Pro Sports Therapy 7
In search of their first victory of the season, PST jumped out early on the new-look Willis Tent Squad powered by a Ryan Steele solo HR in the first, a Ben Armstrong grandslam in the second, and a Brian Dubey lead-off HR in the third. The PST bats would go cold after that and the Willis bats finally caught up to the valiant effort of Steve Sawyer on the mound. Powered by a series of three-run homers, Willis put up six in the fourth, tied it in the fifth, then sealed it with another five in the sixth. PST offensive leaders were Steele, Armstrong, and Dubey, who were each 2-4 with a homerun and a double, and Donald Slate, who went 3-4 on the evening with an RBI. First three innings it was all PST, but, that would be all PST would do on the evening, Willis offense woke up scoring six runs in the bottom of the fourth, one run in the fifth and five more in the sixth. Willis defense held PST scoreless from the third inning on. Willis Wins over PST 12 to 7. Contributions to another Willis come from behind win were , Justin Swanson going 3 - 3 with three singles, Rick Devanna, Dennis Kane, Stephen Damiani and John Lutatti each contributing with a homerun.
Floral Arts 19- Healy Oil 6
On Friday night, Floral Arts raised their record to 5-1 with a 19-6 win over Healy Oil. Rob Beaudette (two home runs, 3-for-4, four RBI), Roger Whittlesey (2-for-2, two BB, home run, two RBI), Ken Delaney (4-for-4, homer), Dave Janowsky (2-for-3, two-run homer), and Chad Kirby (3-for-4, grand slam, four RBI) led the offense for Floral. Simon Tripp made several great plays at second base. Kirby made a couple sliding catches in right center, and Larry Mardany pitched well, keeping the opponent to just six runs in five innings. Healy's Bruce Wilhelm continues to excel with an opposite field homer. Wayne Meadows had a solid defensive night at third with numerous put outs and Frank Padron delivered at the plate with some timely hitting.
Willis Tent 29 - Short Cut 28
It was a game of catch up for most of the night for Willis Tent. In the second inning Willis would score one to tie it up only to see Short Cut add five more runs to their total. In the third, Willis loaded up the bases for Justin Swanson who quickly cleared them with a grand slam. After four, it was 15 to 11 Short Cut. In the top of the fifth, Willis scored a couple of more run but in bottom of the Short Cut tried to break away coming up with eight to take a 23 to 13 lead. Un-phased , Willis exploded for 13 runs in the top of the sixth taking the lead for the first time 26 to 23. Top of the seventh Willis added three more insurance runs which would ultimately be needed as Short Cut came charging back with five but Willis Tent would hold on to take the win. Willis 29, Short Cut 28. It was a total team effort with every Willis team member scoring runs. Huge night at the plate for Justin Swanson, going 4 for 5 with four homeruns. Other notable contributors were Stephen Damiani going 4 for 4 with three singles and a homerun, Roger Nield 4 for 5, three singles and a homerun, Rick Devanna 3 for 5 a single and two doubles, Brian Gallardo, 3 for 5 a single and a double and a homerun, Zach Ellis 3 for 4 with three singles, John Beebe 3 for 4 with two singles and a double and Stephen Young 3 for 4 with three singles.
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