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West Warwick holds off Flood Ford, 7-5!

Posted by Rhode Island Connie Mack Baseball - 2020 on Jul 02 2020 at 06:22PM PDT
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After missing the entire spring season of high school baseball, the players from West Warwick and Flood Ford were able to “play ball” for the first time this year.

In a game that featured a combined five pick-offs and six errors between the two teams, the Orange and Black held on to a 7-5 victory.

In the first inning, Flood took an early 2-0 lead on rbi hits by Rob Whalen (single) and Chris Manzo (double).

After Ty Condon pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the second inning, West Warwick tied the game at 2-2 when Quinn Kortick (walk) and Chase Joubert (single) scored on a rbi single by Kyle DaSilva and a sacrifice fly by Andrew Sears.

In the top of the fifth inning, West Warwick scored five runs on four hits and two errors. Chase Joubert, who reached on a fielder’s choice, scored on a Kyle DaSilva double to right-center. Andrew Sears followed with a single to put runners at the corners. After DaSilva scored on a fielder’s choice by Brendan Griffin, Sam Corrado (rbi double) and Calvin Battersby (rbi single) followed the rally with back to back hits for a 7-2 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Flood Ford scored two runs on a single by Chris Manzo, walk to Connor Kennedy and two errors.

Flood rallied in the seventh inning when Xavier Quezda walked and scored on a Rob Whalen double to left field. AFter Chris Manzo followed with a single, West Warwick’s Andrew Sears struck out the final two batters to earn his first save of the year.

West Warwick 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 7-9-3
Flood Ford Au 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5-8-3

WW: Condon, Pedus (4), Sears (7) and Joubert
Flood Ford: Kendra, Mitchell (3), Coutcher (5) and Whalen

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