Announcement
Floral Arts and Nashoba Valley Mustangs have risen to their usual spots sitting one and two in the standings, each with six wins. The next four spots are tight, and include Burton's who strung together three good wins to join this group. The last three spots, all with two wins, include Short Cut Landscaping, Pro Sports Therapy and CSA Graphics.
Burtons Grill 19 - Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 18
Burtons rallied in bottom of seventh to squeak by the Mustangs in their usual tightly contested game. Both Selfridges and both Cusanos all homered, led by Don Cusano (2 HR, 4 RBI), Paul Selfridge Senior (4 hits, HR, 3 RBI), Mark Cusano (3 hits, HR), and Paul Selfridge Junior (2 hits, HR). Bill Knute also blasted two home runs (3 RBI) for the Mustangs. Jack Erickson added four hits, while Paul Ligouri chipped in with a walk and a hit and several good plays at third. For Burtons, Jerry Breen went 2-for-4 including the game winner with a triple and four RBI, Dave Batchelder 3-for-4, two home runs and six RBI, Eric Cataline, 4-for-5, four runs scored, and Brian Collamore 2-for-4, two runs scored and an RBI. Charlie Chungu made a game winning stop at short and turned it into a double-play.
Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 17- Healy Oil 4
Mustang southpaws Cormac Bordes and Bill Knute both blasted two home runs apiece to lead the winners. Both had identical boxscores of three hits, three runs, two home runs, and four RBI in the five inning game. Winning pitcher Don Cusano made his only hit count with a long three run bomb. Paul Selfridge Sr. (home run, 2 RS) and Jim Ward (3-for-3, 3 RS) set the table at the top of the Mustang order per usual. Mike Kennedy played well at third and went 3-for-3 with a homer, as well. At second Dan Crogan made a strong relay throw to cut down a Healy runner trying for a triple early in the game, and also contributed a sacrifice fly and a double.
Burton's Grill 18 - Pro Sports Therapy 14
Dave Batchelder continued his torrid hitting with a game winning grand slam to cap a 3-for-4 four RBI night in the win over PST. Jerrod Colley went 3-for-5 with three runs scored, Peter Morano 3-for-4 one run scored and one RBI and Hustin Randall, 4-for-5 two RBI and two runs scored. Mike Santiano made a stellar diving catch in the outfield to stop a late PST threat. On the PST side, the offense was led by rookie Anthony Cadorette (4 hits including a 2-run HR, 4 RS and 3 RBI), Ryan Steele, (4 hits including 3 HR and 7 RBI), Kirk Legatos (HR), and veteran Tim Schutt’s 4 hit night.
Floral Arts 13 - Pro Sports Therapy 4
On an extremely humid Friday evening, when the softball felt like sponge, Floral Arts defeated Pro Sports Therapy, 13-4. One run crossed the plate in the first four innings of the game, a solo shot by Floral’s Pat Woods. In the top of the fifth, PST plated one before Floral exploded in the bottom of that inning—hitting five home runs. Roger Whittlesey (3-for-4) hit two home runs in the fifth inning and knocked in four runs. Jim Crowley also hit a two-run shot, followed by a three-run homer by Simon Tripp (4-for4). A two-run homer by Mike Donaruma capped off the inning. Pitcher Larry Mardany was greatly helped defensively by fielders Woods, Crowley, Walter Carmichael, and the limber and acrobatically inclined first baseman Matt Critch. Dave Janowsky, recently returned from a hand injury, chipped in with two solid hits and a couple of runs scored. For PST, Brian Dubey also had a 3-run home run in the loss.
3E Moving 14 - Burton's Grill 12
Dave Batchelder was 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI, Erik Pasters 2-for-3, home run and two runs scored and Murph McKeon 3-for-3 and two RBI in the loss to 3E.
Burton's Grill 17 - Drew Farms 12
Charlie Chungu and Brian Collamore turned a record five double plays and Burton;' scored five runs in the top of the seventh to put away the Drews squad. Offensive contributions were many and included: Jerry Breen, 4-for-4, three runs scored and one RBI, Dave (Henry Aaron) Batchelder with three more home runs and eight RBI, Charlie Chungu, 2-for-4, home run and three RBI, Murph McKeon 3-for-4, three runs scored and three RBI, Peter Morano 3-for-3 and Justin Randall 3-for-4, two runs scored and two RBI.
CSA Graphics and 3E Moving split a Friday/Sunday double-header this past week. On Friday night, the teams had a solid back-and-forth affair until 3E pulled away for the win. CSA had a 9-7 lead going into the final frames, built on man single and helped by home runs from Jim DeMarco and Bill Cullen. 3E took the lead in the 6th inning by a couple runs, and then posted eight more runs in the 7th to seal the victory, 19-10.
On Sunday, it was a similar story. CSA scored five runs in the second inning and four more in the third inning to capture another 9-7 lead over 3E. The offense for CSA was led by Bob Cullen (2-run and 3-run homers) and Jonathan Ring, who added a home run. This time CSA held onto the lead, playing respectable defense and the teams went scoreless the rest of the game, earning CSA the victory.
