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Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 6 - Shortcut Landscaping 4 On Tuesday night, the third-place Mustangs edged second place Shortcut Landscaping in a game characterized by strong pitching. SCL’s Dave Libby and Mustangs’ Donnie Cusano duked it out on the mound in this pitcher’s duel. Chris Clark hit two home runs for SCL. Jack Erickson generated half of the offense for the Mustangs, with two home runs and 3 RBI. Jim Ward and Mike Kennedy each contributed two hits.
Healy Oil 9 - Mario’s Restaurant 3 Healy Oil broke open a close game with five runs in the 5th inning to post a cold-weather 9-3 victory over Mario’s Restaurant. Healy Oil pitcher Matt Critch spun a beauty, allowing only one extra-base hit, by Mario’s Dave Batchelder, who had a 2-run homer among his 3 hits. Mario’s Raghu Mantena and Thanh Nguyen contributed two hits apiece on a night Healy played solid defense, especially Al Boisvert, and got timely hitting from Joe Arsenault.
Floral Arts 22 - Drew Farms 9 On Wednesday night, Floral Arts used an 8 run top half of the first to take a quick lead, and never looked back against a resurgent Drew Farms team. Roger Whittlesey, Jim Peloquin (2), Rob Beaudette (2), and Simon Tripp (2) all homered for Floral, while Todd Shepherd and Pat Pawlak hit two of the three Drew Farms home runs. Frank Lancelotta pitched well in front of an undermanned Floral defense, and Larry Mardany, Tom Semeter, and Dave Janowsky all had multiple hit games.
Pro Sports Therapy 11 - Willis Tent 9 Pro Sports Therapy defeated Willis Tent, 11-9, on Wednesday night in a game shortened by Mother Nature as lightning struck in the sixth, causing a game stoppage. Jerry Cressman led the PST offense with a home run and 4 RBI. Mark Strzegowski had a 3-run homer and John Bodi chipped in with 3 hits. Willis went the long ball route, blasting 5 homers in 5 innings, including home runs from Kevin Adolph (2 HR, 5 RBI), Rob Swinamer (3-for-3), John Mangiaratti (3-for-3), and Bill Andrews (2-for3).
Willis Tent 14 - Mario’s Restaurant 13 On Friday night, Willis Tent was involved in another tightly contested game, and just managed to squeak out a 14-13 win against Mario’s. Rob Swinamer (HR, 3-for-3), Glen Harding (grand slam), and Jeff Briggs, who hit the game-winning homer in the top of the seventh, were the Willis offensive stars. Keith Wauters went 3-for-4 and was outstanding at shortstop, making several impressive plays. Dave Harrington pitched a great game. Mario’s settled down after spotting Willis a 13–5 lead after 3 innings, and then mounted a comeback over the next 3 innings to tie the score at 13. Thanh Nguyen, Dave Batchelder (2) and Jim DeMarco slammed home runs. Kieran Murray reached base all 4 times, and Brian Collamore hit a key triple during the late-inning rally.
Floral Arts 17 - Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 4 Floral Arts rode a dominant pitching performance by Larry Mardany, timely hitting by Geoff Pavao (2 HR), and sparkling defense from John Haslam and Tom Semeter, to a 17-4 victory over Mustangs. Jim Peloquin, John Haslam, and Greg Marchand also contributed home runs, and the top of the Floral Arts lineup went a combined 10 for 10. Donnie Cusano homered for Mustangs, and Jay Dolan and Mark Cusano added RBIs.
Shortcut Landscaping 26 - Healy Oil 13 In the final game on Friday, SCL won what appears on the page as a laugher, but was actually a close game until the top of the seventh, when SCL began to tear the cover off of the ball and scored 12 runs to pull ahead, 26-13. Brent Oakleaf led SCL with 2 towering home runs.
Shortcut Landscaping 11 - Willis Tent 10 Sunday evening was windy, a wind that kept the ball inside the park for most of the game. The game was tied after seven innings, but in the top of the 8th Willis' Rob Swinamer hit a 2-run home run to put Willis on top. But SCL strung together five straight hits in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored three runs to pull ahead and earn the victory. Dave Sullivan hit a sacrifice fly to win the game. Rob Prendergast and Dave Libby led SCL with 3 hits each. Swinamer (2-for3, HR, walk) and Paul Duato (2-for-4, grand slam, 6 RBI) were the offensive stars for Willis, and Bill Andrews, Andrew Metters, and Kevin Rudolph each had got two hits in the game. Brian Anderson pitched stellar in relief for the final six innings.
Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs 22 - Drew Farms 13 Although only seven innings, this game went an hour overtime because of a 30 minute rain delay and lots of offense. For the Mustangs, Mike Kennedy was 4-for-4, with a home run , 5 RBI, and 4 runs scored, and Andy Mastandrea was 3-for-4 with 3 runs scored. Jim Ward and Bill Knute played excellent defense, patrolling the left side of the outfield.
Gutcheck 20 - Pro Sports Therapy 12 With great starting pitching by Rob Rohlfs and an explosive 13-run 5th inning, Gutcheck won their first game of their inaugural season over PST, 20-12. Gutcheck got big hits from David Guthrie (2-run HR) and three hit nights from Bob Wilson, Darrin Wizst and Bill Cullen. Gutcheck played their best game defensively and had great outfield play by Jim Curley, Matt Sepe and Gary Murphy. PST’s Jeff Morse and Al Nudler put up 3 hits games. Not to be outdone, Jerry Cressman went 4-for-4 with 2 RBI. Jeff Fuller also contributed a bases loaded double for 3 RBI.
