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Burtons Grill 15 - Drew Farms 0
Drew Farms will continue to have to look straight up in the standings in order to see Burtons after this 15-0 run-rule shut out domination. The score was close at 3-0 after three innings when Burton's strung together seven straight singles and a couple of home runs to score 12 before the first out was tallied by a great Drew Farm's defensive catch by Todd Shepherd. Burton's received outstanding pitching from Jerod Colley who only had one Drew's player make it as far as third base. Burton home runs were hit by Jerry Breen, Dave Batchelder and Mike "Beef" Santiano. Jason Lenicheck was 2-for-3 with two RBI and good defense at third and Greg Fitzgerald managed two-bases loaded walks yielding two RBI on eight straight pitches.
Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 17- Floral Arts 12
The Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs defeated Floral Arts on Tuesday night, 17-12. The Mustangs eliminated a three-run lead that Floral built in the sixth inning by scoring eight runs in the top of the seventh. Both teams played great defense. Floral's Mike Alonardo made a leaping catch at the center field fence in the fourth inning. Floral hit six home runs in the contest. Those homering were Roger Whittlesey, Alonardo, Geoff Pavao, Simon Tripp, Mike Donaruma, and Jim Peloquin. The Mustangs were able to shut the powerful Floral arts offense down in the bottom of the 7th to claim the come from behind victory. Southpaws Jack Erickson (4-or-4, home run, two RBI) and Bill Knute (two home run, six RBI) led the offensive charge for the Mustangs. Fellow lefty Mark Cusano and Keith Reynolds both added home runs for the winners. The Mustangs defense was also evident throughout the game as Jim Ward made an outstanding leaping catch at the center field fence in the last inning to help close out the game and Dan Crogan (2-for-3, 2 runs scored) made several good plays at second base and catcher.
Short Cuts Landscaping 30 - Willis Tent 26
Short Cuts Landscaping scored 30 runs and only won by four over a young Willis Tent squad. Willis put up nine runs in the top of the first but over the next three innings Short Cuts chipped away at the Willis lead. Into the fourth the game was tied at 10 apiece. Short Cuts then exploded for 16 runs in the fifth and were looking at a possible run-rule win, but, in the bottom of the frame, Willis fought back cranking out seven runs and adding an additional eight in the sixth. Short Cuts would then add four more to their total to take the win in this high scoring affair. Contributing to the Willis effort were, Stephen Damiani going 4-for-4 with two home runs and two singles. Darren Swanson 3-for-4 , two home runs and a triple. Roger Neild 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a double and a single. Brian Gallardo 3-for-4 with three home runs but, because of the home run rule, two were counted as singles. And Kurt Andjus 3 -for-4 with two singles and a triple and Paul Duato contributed to the effort with a home run as well.
Floral Arts 22 - Drew Farms 7
Floral Arts won its tenth game of the season with a 22-7 win over Drew Farms. Kenny Delaney played a great shortstop, putting nine outs in the game. Delaney was 4-for-4 with a triple and three runs scored. Simon Tripp made a nice catch in left center and hit two home runs in a 3-for-4 performance that included six runs batted in. Mark Chambers also homered for Floral and knocked in three, while playing a rangy second base. Dave Janowsky was 3-for-3, with a base on balls, Tom Semeter was 3-for-3 and played a solid first base, and Roger Whittlesey went 4-for-5 with three doubles and four RBI.
