Mustangs

With tonight’s Drew Farms win, the seedings are set for this year’s playoffs. Floral Arts are the number one seed and the Mustangs are the number two seed. They both get byes into the second round.

Seed #3 – Drew Farms

Seed #4 – SCL

Seed #5 – Willis Tent

Seed #6 – PST

The first round will begin on Wednesday, August 21. Game 2 will be Friday night. Game 3, if necessary, will be Sunday. If there is only game Sunday because the other series is completed, the time will be adjusted to 7 PM. If both series finish on Friday night, then the second round will begin immediately on Sunday.

Wed @ 6:30 PST @ Drew Farms

Wed @ 7:45 Willis Tent @ SCL

Fri @ 6:30 SCL @ Willis Tent

Fri @ 7:45 Drew Farms @ PST

Sun @ 5:30 PST @ Drew Farms

Sun @ 6:45 Willis Tent @ SCL

NOTE: Single game means a 7 PM start time.

Wednesday night's game between Short Cut Landscaping and Drew Farms has been postponed to Tuesday, August 20th, at 6:30 PM. 

Wednesday night's schedule will now consist of one game between Pro Sports Therapy and Willis Tent at 7:45.

Going into the final week of the 24-game season, Floral Arts (21-2) and the Nashoba Valley Veterinarian Mustangs (17-5) sit at the top of the standings, and each has clinched a first round playoff bye. Drew Farms (12-9) and Shortcut Landscaping (12-10) will earn either the third or fourth playoff seed, and Pro Sports Therapy (10-12) has clinched one of the last playoffs seeds, but play this week will determine whether Willis Tent (10-12) or Mario’s Restaurant (8-14) will earns the last playoff seed. Mario’s cannot catch Pro Sports Therapy because the tie-breaking scenario (head-to-head) plays in PST’s favor, but Mario’s would win the tie-breaker if they can match their record with Willis’.

Floral Arts 20 - Shortcut Landscaping 7 Jim Peloquin hit a three run home run, his third of the game, to cap an explosive offensive night for Floral. Geoff Pavao, Rob Beaudette, and Simon Tripp (2) also homered, and Billy Luppold, Larry Mardany, and Frank Lancelotta had multiple hit games. Larry Mardany pitched well to earn the victory, touched up only by home runs to Carl Dean, Chris Smith, and Brent Oakleaf, and three hits to Mike Gross. Nashoba Valley Veterinarian

Mustangs 6 - Pro Sports Therapy 5 The Mustangs won a low scoring contest over Pro Sports Therapy on Wednesday night, coasting out to a 6-0 lead, then withstanding a 5 run 6th inning outburst. Jerry Cressman led the PST offense, going 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.

Drew Farms 6 - Mario’s Restaurant 5 In a low scoring game, Drews prevailed 6-5 over Mario’s thanks to three solo home runs from Tom Menicci. Jason Goldthwaite pitched in with a double and single, while Matt Chamberlain contributed three singles and Rob O'Neil two singles. Nice defense also helped Drews, as Mark MacAleese turned two double plays from third, and Menicci threw out a runner trying to take third on a long single.

Pro Sports Therapy 21 - Healy Oil 2 Sunday night Pro Sports Therapy offense broke out against an under-manned Healy Oil squad, scoring 9 runs in the 3rd inning and 11 runs in the 4th to take a 21-2 victory. A number of the PST squad had big nights, notably Jerry Cressman, who hit two home runs and drove in 7 runs in a 3-for-4 outing. Also having big nights were Derek Donegan (3-for-4 with 3 RS), Tom Coffey and John Bodi were both 3-for-3 with 2 RS and 3 RBI. Gordon Eddy was also 3-for-3 with 2 RS and 2 RBI.

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.