Westford Over-30 Slow-Pitch Softball

Tonight’s games have been postponed due to field conditions. They will be made up on Sunday (the day after tomorrow), August 11th, beginning at 5:30. There will be 3 games.

5:30 Mario’s Restaurant @ Drew Farms

6:45 Short Cut Landscaping @ Floral Arts

8:00 Healy Oil @ Pro Sports Therapy

The single game between Drew’s and PST scheduled for Sunday will be moved back one week to Sunday, 8/18, at 5:30. Right now that is the only game scheduled and if it continues that way, it will be the last game of the regular season.

The play-offs are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 8/20, with the #6 seed @ #3 beginning at 6:30 and the # 5 seed @ #4 to follow at 7:45.

Floral Arts 21 - Mario’s Restaurant 2  On Friday evening, Floral Arts improved its regular season record to 19-2 and clinched first place for the first time in the team’s history. Floral Arts surrendered book end runs in the first and the fifth, but scored early and often to take a 21-2 victory over Mario's. Larry Mardany gave up a first pitch homerun to Murph McEwen to start the game, but didn't allow an earned run after that. Ken Delaney was the offensive star for Floral, going 4-for-4 with a pair of two run home runs. Roger Whittlesey and Simon Tripp also homered for Floral, and Dean Wormell added two more hits and RBI.

Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 12 - Willis Tent 11  Mark Cusano drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th, as the Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs pulled out a win against Willis Tent, 12-11. Don Cusano was the star at the plate, hitting two home runs and driving in five runs. Paul Liguori pitched a steady seven innings, keeping Willis from putting together any big innings. The win clinches 2nd place for the Mustangs.

Drew Farms 16 - Gutcheck 11  A 12-run third inning from Drews powered a strong hitting game. Drews posted 13 hits in the third, with home runs from Todd Shepherd and Steve Abbott, and a multiple hit inning from Mark MacAleese and Tom Menicci. Strong pitching from Don Barnas was supported by solid defense from MacAleese and Pat Pawlak. Mark Kost, Menicci, Bill Bowser and Barnas had three or more hits.

Mario’s Restaurant 21 - Short Cut Landscaping 12  Mario’s Restaurant extended their late season playoff push to 4 wins in a row, beating Short Cut by a 21-12 margin. Mario’s was down 6-2 early before back-to-back home runs by Dave Batchelder (3 run) and Jim DeMarco, and a sacrifice fly by Raghu Mantena put them into the lead for good. A seven run fifth inning broke the game open as Mario’s strung together 9 singles in 10 at-bats. Greg Fitzgerald chipped in with 3 hits, John Geary (a triple shy of hitting for the cycle) added a grand slam in the sixth and Brian Collamore closed out the seventh with a 3 rbi trip around the bases. Collamore also shined defensively in center with several running catches.

Mario’s 21 - Gutcheck 15  Mario’s Restaurant built up a 21-5 lead over Gutcheck before the skies opened up, allowing Gutcheck to rally with 10 runs late before Mario’s closed the door on a 21-15 victory. Mario’s pounded 5 home runs with newcomer Luke Boulanger finding the range from the left side of the plate, Thanh Nguyen adding 2 more to his team lead, and Keith Reynolds and Jon Russo connecting as well.

Floral Arts 10 - Pro Sports Therapy 7  Floral Arts prevailed in a tightly contested game thanks to the masterful pitching of Larry Mardany and a grand slam by Rob Beaudette. Jim Peloquin homered twice in the win and played a stellar shortstop. PST was led by Dave Chirokas, who was 3-3 with a long fly and 4 RBIS, and John Bodi, who was 3-4 with an RBI.

Floral Arts 19 - Gutcheck 8   Floral scored 7 in the 7th to break open an otherwise tight game. Larry Mardany settled down after a defensively challenged second inning and pitched well down the stretch. Mike Alonardo, Rob Beaudette, Simon Tripp, and Roger Whittlesey went deep for Floral, while Mark Priest and Gary Murphy homered for Gutcheck. Mike Alonardo made a bevy of sweet defensive plays in right field, including a strong throw from right center to double off a stray runner.

Floral Arts 14 - Willis Tent 7  Frank Lancelotta capped a 2 home run night with a grand slam in the 6th to give Floral its margin of victory over Willis Tent. Larry Mardany pitched well, and was supported by home runs from Tom Semeter, Rob Beaudette, and multi hit games from Mike Spanos and Dean Wormell. John Hunter homered for Willis, Brian Anderson pitched well, and Kevin Adolf played stellar D in left field.

Floral Arts 15 - Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 11 Floral Arts ran its record to 16-2 and secured a first-round bye with a win over league rivals Mustangs. Floral scored 6 in the 6th, then survived the heart of the Mustangs order in the 7th to prevail in a tightly contested game. Greg Marchand (2), Simon Tripp (2), Tom Semeter, and Rob Beaudette homered in the win for Floral. Don Cusano (2-for-3, walk and two home runs), Jack Erickson (2-for-3. home run, 2 RBI), and Mike Kennedy (3-for-4, home run, 2 runs scored) hit well for the Mustangs. Larry Mardany pitched well.

Mario’s Restaurant 7 - Pro Sports Therapy 3 Mario’s Restaurant pitcher Chris Brooks shut down the Pro Sports Therapy. Mario’s jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first powered Murph McKeon’s leadoff home run. McKeon literally stepped from his car into the batter's box to hit a first inning leadoff homer to get Mario's offense in gear. Mario's Restaurant rode the bats of Jerod Colley (2 doubles, 2 runs, 2 RBI) and Thanh Nguyen (3-for-3, 2-run homerun) for a 7-3 victory over Pro Sports Therapy. Defensively, Nguyen teamed up with catcher John Geary to throw out a PST runner at home and Mario's infield turned several double plays, with Pete Morano providing the decisive stretches at first base to seal the back end outs. Nguyen’s homer was on of the longer seen on the field in some time.PST’s offense was led by the late arrivals Gary Royal, Jeff Fuller, and Derek Donegan—all had perfect nights at the plate and scored all 3 of PST’s runs.

Shortcut Landscaping 19 – Pro Sports Therapy 6 SCL rang up 11 runs in the first inning, powered by two Mike Gross home runs, and never looked back, defeating PST by the run rule in the 6th inning by a score of 19-6. PST offense was led by Mark Urlage with 2 hits including the rare triple at Forge to go with 3 RBI.

Floral Arts 15 - Willis Tent 2 Larry Mardany pitched a gem and chipped in a 3 run homer as Floral Arts posted a 15-2 win. Rob Beaudette (2), Simon Tripp (2), Roger Whittlesey, and Mike Spanos also homered in the win. Greg Marchand contributed multiple hits and stellar defense in left center field, and Dean Wormell continued his hot streak, tallying two more hits.

Mustangs 12 - Healy 0 Mustangs scored 8 runs in the first inning and never looked back against Healy. Dan Crogan (3-3, double, 2 rbis, 3 runs scored) and rookie Justin Maly (3-3, 2 rbis) led the mustang attack. Crogan also threw out a Healy runner at first from deep in the shortstop hole to thwart a potential Healy rally. Don Cusano got the shutout win on the mound, only giving up a handful of hits. Paul Selfridge added two hits and his usual stellar infield defense for the winners

Floral Arts 18 - Healy Oil 15 Floral rallied early, and then again late to survive a 7-run sixth for Healy Oil. Frank Lancelotta and Mike Alonardo homered late to give Floral its margin of victory and Dean Wormell chipped in three timely hits. Jim Peloquin also homered for Floral, while Joe Ingalls and Pokey (2) hit long flies for Healy.

Willis Tent 4 – Pro Sports Therapy 3 Willis Tent jumped out to an early 3-run lead on a Rob Swinamer home run, added another run on a Swinamer RBI in the 3rd, then withstood a late PST rally for a 4-3 win in the only action on Sunday night. Swinamer (2-for-3) on the night, accounted for all 4 RBIs in a very tightly played game. Paul Duato also contributed a 2-for-3 night with 2 runs scored. Bob Fleury stepped in to pitch for the shorthanded Willis Tent and delivered a superb outing on the mound. Rookie Mark Strzegowski, who had a 3-for-3 night, was a bright spot for PST.

Mario’s 12 - Willis 11 Mario’s Restaurant spotted Willis Tent an 8 to 1 lead before rallying with nine runs over the last two innings to pull out a 12 -11 victory. Jim DeMarco and Thanh Nguyen led the offense by both going 4-for-4 with a combined 5 runs scored. Jon Russo had the game’s only home run, among his 3 hits, while Brian Collamore knocked in the winning run, doubling home Raghu Mantena, who had kicked off the rally with a single. Chris Brooks pitched 6 plus innings in relief for the win. Nashoba Valley Veterinarian

Mustangs 12 - Drew Farms 1 Mustangs broke open a tight defensive battle behind two home runs apiece from Don Cusano (3-for-3, 6 RBI) and Mike Kennedy (2-for-3, 4 RBI). Cusano also got the win on the mound, taking a shutout into the 6th inning. Brian Foley, following up his first home run of the year, stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one RBI. Foley also played well at first base for the Mustangs, who turned two infield double plays. Jay Dolan added 3 hits for the winners.

Pro Sports Therapy 13 – GutCheck 3 GutCheck put up 3 in the first, but Pro Sports Therapy scored in every inning after the first including a 7 run outburst in the 3rd inning. Steve Nolan continued putting up big numbers, with his grand slam being the big hit in the third. Nolan had 2 homers and 5 RBI on the night. Keith Davighi also had a big night, going 4-for-4 with a homer. Matt Dolan also homered for PST.

Sunday's 8 PM game between Willis Tent and Floral Arts has been postponed. It will now be played on Sunday, August 4th at 5:30 PM. Sunday night's schedule will now consist of two games beginning at 5:30.