Announcement
Final night of the regular season and playoff seeding is still in flux. A PST win could put the Burton's squad in a very tough first round match-up with the Mustangs. Floral Arts officially has the bye and CSA is out recruiting for next season.
Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 27 - Burton's Grill 18
Paul Selfrige Senior (4-for-5, HR, 4 RBI) and Mike Kennedy blasted grandslams early in the contest to help the Mustangs win a slugfest over Burtons. Paul Selfrige Junior joined Dad in the longball department with two of his own. Bill Knute and Don Cusano did their thing from the three and four slots with five hits apiece, including a homerun for each of them. Jack Erickson added four hits, including a bomb of his own. Jay Lincoln chipped in with 4 hits and Paul Liguori contributed three hits, including an RBI double. For Burtons in the loss: Erik Pasters (4-for-5, 2 RS), Jerry Breen (4-for-5, 2 RS 4 RBI), Charlie Chungu (2-for-4, 2 RS, 1 RBI), Mike Santiano (3-for-4, HR, 3 RBI), Dave Batchelder (3-for-4 6 RBI), John Geary (3-for-4, 1 RS), Jerod Colley (2-for-4, 1 RBI)
Nashoba Valley Veterinary Mustangs 17 - Burton's Grill 4
Two home runs apiece from winning pitcher Don Cusano and Bill Knute led the Mustangs. The Paul Selfrige father-son combo homered in the same game for the fourth time this year. Jack Erickson also blasted a home run in his second straight game. Jim Ward made a great leaping catch at the fence and added three hits and three runs scored while Jay Lincoln and Cormac Bordes, fresh off the disabled list, chipped in with two hits each. Knute also made a nice catch in left field for the Mustangs. Dave Batchelder had a three-run shot for Burtons in the loss.
Floral Arts 22 - CSA Graphics 9
Floral Arts and CSA Graphics began their game, each scoring six runs in the first inning. After CSA took a 7-6 lead in the top of second, the sky opened-up and the tilt had to be postponed due to the rain. Upon resuming the game a few nights later, Floral posted four runs in the bottom of the second. CSA could not keep pace, only scoring two in the third, which was then followed by another six from Floral who continued the offensive onslaught and eventually put CSA away by mercy rule. Cody Freihofer went 3-for-3 with a home run and Garrett Quinlan was 2-for-3 with a double and homer on the losing side.
Drew Farms 22 - CSA Graphics 6
Drew Farms went right to work early, posting seven runs in the top of first inning. After two innings it was 10-4 in favor of Drew's, and then Drew's exploded for another seven runs in the third inning and five in the fourth. CSA Graphics had solo home runs from Cody Freihofer (3 for 3) and Garrett Quinlan (2 for 3) in the 5th inning. Great defense by Zak Smolkin at third and Ben Pacific at short kept the game from getting even more out of hand.
Healy Oil 16 - CSA Graphics 3
It seemed they might run out of zeros to use on the scoreboard, but Healy scored when it mattered, beating CSA Graphics 16-3. Healy scored four in the first inning and never gave up the lead, scoring another six in the third, and keeping CSA scoreless thru three innings. CSA got on the board with a Bill Cullen two-run homerun in the fourth inning, and added another run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly from Jim Coveno, scoring Chris Brisson. The CSA rally was cut short, though, after a sharp line-drive caught at third allowed Healy to double-up a CSA runner on second base. In the top of the seventh inning, Healy captured enough runs to end the game per mercy rule.
Floral Arts 17 - Healy Oil 11
The game began slowly with Floral scoring only once in each of the first three innings, highlighted by a Dave Janowsky home run, and Healy only scoring in the first inning. But then Floral plated ten runs in the next two innings, as Mike Alonardo and Jim Crowley each stroked three-run homers. Healy Oil plated five in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the game 13-8, but in the top of the seventh Ken Delaney hit a grand slam for Floral to add a little insurance to the lead. In the bottom of the seventh, Healy got five hits, including a three-run homer, but, with men on first and second, a hard shot to Delaney at third was followed by a race to the third base bag, which Delaney won to get the final out of the game. Healy's bats didn't come alive until the 4th inning with Nick Wilmot sending a line drive over the center field fence. Healy couldn't match the consistent hitting of Floral and had plenty of opportunities to bounce back but stranded 14 base runners during the contest. Home runs for Healy came from Nick Wilmot (2) and Tony Pantoja. Defensive standouts were rookie Dan VanShalkwyk who continues to shine in left field as well as Wayne Meadows at third base.
Short Cut Landscaping 30 - CSA Graphics 3
CSA Graphics scored three in the top of the first inning, but Short Cuts rebounded with four in the bottom half of the frame. After a 1-2-3 second inning for CSA, they made roughly a dozen errors in the bottom of the second, allowing SCL to score 23 in the inning. It was no longer a game after that, another 1-2-3 in the third followed by three more runs for SCL made it 30-3, and that is how the tilt ended. Jeff Bernier played in his first game of the year for CSA, and brought his usual swagger, but it was just not enough.
