Reading Bulldogs

Reading vs. Melrose Americans  7/19/13 at Endicott College

 

Melrose (5)-  Hicks 4-1, Burke 2-0, Davis 4-0, Perry 3-2, Powers 4-2, Kalfopoulos 3-1, Azzarello 2-0,  Gray 3-2,Fusco 4-0  Totals 29-8

 

Reading (11)– Hartwell 3-3, Oringer 3-1, Talis 4-0, N. Conti 3-1, Z. Conti 1-0, Bingel 3-1, Cataldo 2-1, Taylor 0-0,  Padovani 3-2, Buitkus 3-1, Crehan 3-0  Totals 29-10

 

Melrose   013 100 0   5

Reading  107 300 x   11

 

Doubles – Buitkus, Hartwell, Buitkus, Powers, Perry, Burke, N. Conti

Triples- Oringer, Padovani, Perry

 

WP- Levine

LP- Richard

 

 

Wrap: by Jeff Pierce Daily Times Chronicle

 

The Bulldogs (13-6-2) prevailed in a hit fest on Friday night at a stifling hot Endicott College by a score of 11-5.

 

The first two swings of the night by Reading gave an indication of the type of night it would be when Darrren Hartwell (3 for 3, 3 stolen bases) doubled and Hank Oringer tripled. However the Bulldogs only scored one run out of that threat on a night where runs would be needed.

 

On the strength of a double by Devin Perry and a triple by Manny Powers followed by RMHS graduate Andrew Gray's single it was quickly a 4-1 American lead entering the bottom of the third.

 

In their half of the inning the Bulldogs had their biggest run production of the season with seven. In that inning Nick Conti and Dante Padovani (4 rbi) had two run hits with Conti's being a double.

 

From there the scoring calmed down except for a Padovani two run triple in the fourth, and Bulldog starter Zac Levine (team leading three wins) gutted out the heat through the fifth inning throwing 103 pitches.

 

The game was finished off nicely by reliable closer Brian Pedrotti who has not given up a run in five relief innings on the season.

 

The Bulldogs enter their final nine games solidly in second place and with a four game week, starting at Morelli Field on Wednesday in a rematch with the Americans, and after battling the heat for three nights the cooler projected temperatures will be welcomed.

 

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