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With tonight's win, PST and SCL advanced tonight, setting up match ups with Floral Arts and the Mustangs respectively. Games start on Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday is an off-day due to the holiday weekend.
Schedule is as follows:
8/27/13 6:30 PM -7:45 PM Floral Arts - Pro Sports Therapy
8/27/13 7:45 PM -9:00 PM Mustangs - Short Cut
8/28/13 6:30 PM -7:45 PM Short Cut - Mustangs
8/28/13 7:45 PM -9:00 PM Pro Sports Therapy - Floral Arts
9/3/13 6:30 PM -7:45 PM Floral Arts - Pro Sports Therapy
9/3/13 7:45 PM -9:00 PM Mustangs - Short Cut
9/4/13 6:30 PM -7:45 PM Short Cut - Mustangs
9/4/13 7:45 PM -9:00 PM Pro Sports Therapy - Floral Arts
9/6/13 6:30 PM -7:45 PM Floral Arts - Pro Sports Therapy
9/6/13 7:45 PM -9:00 PM Mustangs - Short Cut
As the regular season concludes, Floral Arts, a team that finished the season 21-3 and gained a first-round playoff bye, will attempt to win a third consecutive championship. But there are five other strong teams standing in the way, including powerhouse Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs (18-6). The Mustangs finished the season in second place and also earned a first-round bye. Third seed Drew Farms (14-10) will finish in third place and will face sixth seed Pro Sports Therapy (10-14) in the best-of-three first round of playoffs. Fourth seed Shortcut Landscaping (14-10) will face fifth seed Willis Tent (12-12) in the first round of playoffs. Mario’s Restaurant (9-15), Healy Oil (6-18) and Gutcheck (4-20) all had good seasons but did not earn a spot in the playoffs.
Floral Arts 20 - Shortcut Landscaping 7 Jim Peloquin hit a three run home run, his third of the game, to cap an explosive offensive night for Floral. Geoff Pavao, Rob Beaudette, and Simon Tripp (2) also homered, and Billy Luppold, Larry Mardany, and Frank Lancelotta had multiple hit games. Larry Mardany pitched well to earn the victory, touched up only by home runs to Carl Dean, Chris Smith, and Brent Oakleaf, and three hits to Mike Gross.
Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 6 - Pro Sports Therapy 5 The Mustangs won a low scoring contest over Pro Sports Therapy on Wednesday night, coasting out to a 6-0 lead, then withstanding a 5 run 6th inning outburst. Jerry Cressman led the PST offense, going 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
Drew Farms 6 - Mario’s Restaurant 5 In a low scoring game, Drews prevailed 6-5 over Mario’s thanks to three solo home runs from Tom Menicci. Jason Goldthwaite pitched in with a double and single, while Matt Chamberlain contributed three singles and Rob O'Neil two singles. Nice defense also helped Drews, as Mark MacAleese turned two double plays from third, and Menicci threw out a runner trying to take third on a long single.
Pro Sports Therapy 21 - Healy Oil 2 Sunday night Pro Sports Therapy offense broke out against an under-manned Healy Oil squad, scoring 9 runs in the 3rd inning and 11 runs in the 4th to take a 21-2 victory. A number of the PST squad had big nights, notably Jerry Cressman, who hit two home runs and drove in 7 runs in a 3-for-4 outing. Also having big nights were Derek Donegan (3-for-4 with 3 RS), Tom Coffey and John Bodi were both 3-for-3 with 2 RS and 3 RBI. Gordon Eddy was also 3-for-3 with 2 RS and 2 RBI.
Shortcuts Landscaping 18 - Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 10 It was a game that, from afar, appeared like a home run hitting contest, as both teams banged out numerous tape-measure shots. Mike Kennedy hit two home runs for the Mustangs in the loss and knocked in five runs. Also hitting home runs for the Mustangs were Don Cusano, Bill Knute, Jack McGrath, and Dan Crogan. Craig Smith played well defensively in the outfield for the Mustangs.
Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 23 - Mario's Restaurant 10 On national Lefthander’s Day, Mustang southpaws Bill Knute and Jack Erickson hit 2 homers apiece and combined for eleven RBI to lead the Mustangs over Mario's. Mike Kennedy and Don Cusano also homered to help the winners. Craig Smith added 3 hits.
With tonight’s Drew Farms win, the seedings are set for this year’s playoffs. Floral Arts are the number one seed and the Mustangs are the number two seed. They both get byes into the second round.
Seed #3 – Drew Farms
Seed #4 – SCL
Seed #5 – Willis Tent
Seed #6 – PST
The first round will begin on Wednesday, August 21. Game 2 will be Friday night. Game 3, if necessary, will be Sunday. If there is only game Sunday because the other series is completed, the time will be adjusted to 7 PM. If both series finish on Friday night, then the second round will begin immediately on Sunday.
Wed @ 6:30 PST @ Drew Farms
Wed @ 7:45 Willis Tent @ SCL
Fri @ 6:30 SCL @ Willis Tent
Fri @ 7:45 Drew Farms @ PST
Sun @ 5:30 PST @ Drew Farms
Sun @ 6:45 Willis Tent @ SCL
NOTE: Single game means a 7 PM start time.
Wednesday night's game between Short Cut Landscaping and Drew Farms has been postponed to Tuesday, August 20th, at 6:30 PM.
Wednesday night's schedule will now consist of one game between Pro Sports Therapy and Willis Tent at 7:45.
Going into the final week of the 24-game season, Floral Arts (21-2) and the Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs (17-5) sit at the top of the standings, and each has clinched a first round playoff bye. Drew Farms (12-9) and Shortcut Landscaping (12-10) will earn either the third or fourth playoff seed, and Pro Sports Therapy (10-12) has clinched one of the last playoffs seeds, but play this week will determine whether Willis Tent (10-12) or Mario’s Restaurant (8-14) will earns the last playoff seed. Mario’s cannot catch Pro Sports Therapy because the tie-breaking scenario (head-to-head) plays in PST’s favor, but Mario’s would win the tie-breaker if they can match their record with Willis’.
Floral Arts 20 - Shortcut Landscaping 7 Jim Peloquin hit a three run home run, his third of the game, to cap an explosive offensive night for Floral. Geoff Pavao, Rob Beaudette, and Simon Tripp (2) also homered, and Billy Luppold, Larry Mardany, and Frank Lancelotta had multiple hit games. Larry Mardany pitched well to earn the victory, touched up only by home runs to Carl Dean, Chris Smith, and Brent Oakleaf, and three hits to Mike Gross. Nashoba Valley Veterinarian
Mustangs 6 - Pro Sports Therapy 5 The Mustangs won a low scoring contest over Pro Sports Therapy on Wednesday night, coasting out to a 6-0 lead, then withstanding a 5 run 6th inning outburst. Jerry Cressman led the PST offense, going 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
Drew Farms 6 - Mario’s Restaurant 5 In a low scoring game, Drews prevailed 6-5 over Mario’s thanks to three solo home runs from Tom Menicci. Jason Goldthwaite pitched in with a double and single, while Matt Chamberlain contributed three singles and Rob O'Neil two singles. Nice defense also helped Drews, as Mark MacAleese turned two double plays from third, and Menicci threw out a runner trying to take third on a long single.
Pro Sports Therapy 21 - Healy Oil 2 Sunday night Pro Sports Therapy offense broke out against an under-manned Healy Oil squad, scoring 9 runs in the 3rd inning and 11 runs in the 4th to take a 21-2 victory. A number of the PST squad had big nights, notably Jerry Cressman, who hit two home runs and drove in 7 runs in a 3-for-4 outing. Also having big nights were Derek Donegan (3-for-4 with 3 RS), Tom Coffey and John Bodi were both 3-for-3 with 2 RS and 3 RBI. Gordon Eddy was also 3-for-3 with 2 RS and 2 RBI.
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