WHYBL Scores May 13th - May18th

Major League Games

Tuesday, May 13th

Venora Electric 10, Talcott Transmissions 5

Venora Electric won this heavyweight matchup behind strong pitching and a big 3rd inning, holding off a late Talcott rally in a game that was much closer than the final score.  Chase Rancourt got Venora started in the top of the 1st with a solo home run over the left field fence for a 1-0 lead.  Talcott tied the score in the bottom of the 1st with a leadoff single from Ryan Farley and an RBI groundout from Aidan Bradley.  Venora edged ahead in the 2nd with a leadoff walk to Brandon Wolmer who scored on an RBI single from Cohl D'Addabbo.  Rancourt struck out the side in the bottom of the 2nd setting the stage for a big 3rd inning rally which was led by six walks, two hit by pitches, and an RBI single from Zander Boehm as Venora took an 8-1 lead.  Gabe Salomons pitched a strong 1-2-3 3rd inning before allowing a solo home run to Nathan White in the 4th as Talcott cut the lead to 8-2.  Strong pitching by Farley in the 4th and Jack Livingstone in the 5th held the Venora bats at bay.  The Talcott bats came alive with two outs in the 5th scoring three runs led by a single from Farley, RBI double from Aidan Bradley, a walk to Livingstone, and double from White to make it 8-5. Venora then got two insurance runs in the 6th on a leadoff walk from Eli Salomons and a two run opposite field home run from his brother Gabe.  Wolmer finished off the game for Venora with a perfect 1-2-3 inning that included two groundouts to him and a strikeout to end the game.

The Venora offense was led by Gabe Salomons (1 for 3, 2 runs, home run, walk, 2 RBI's), Rancourt (2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, home run), Liam Langan (3 BB's run), Boehm (1 for 3, run, RBI), Wolmer (3 BB's, 2 runs), and D'Addabbo (1 for 2, 2 RBI's).  The Talcott offense was led by Farley (2 for 3, 2 runs), Bradley (1 for 3, RBI, double, run), Livingstone (1 for 2, run), White (2 for 3, double, home run, run), Thomas Cullen (single), and Bobby LaChance (double).  Venora's defense was led by strong plays from Rancourt (P, SS, 1B), Jack Kennedy (3B), and Karstian Lang (2B).  Thomas Cullen in CF, Aidan Bradley at 1B, and Farley at SS, were Talcott's defensive stars.  Milo Kashey pitched two strong innings for Talcott and kept the Venora bats off balance.  Rancourt (2 IP, 5 K's), Salomons (2 IP, 1 run), and Wolmer all pitched well for Venora.

Venora Electric Pitching: Rancourt (2 IP), G. Salomons (2 IP), Wolmer (2 IP)Talcott

Transmissions Pitching: Kashey (2 IP), Farley (2 IP), Livingstone (2 IP)

Home Runs

Venora Electric - Rancourt (5), G. Salomons (2)

Talcott Transmissions - White (2)

Exchange Club 17 Connors Insurance 8

Connors Pitching: Tanner 2IP; Borg 2IP; Glassman 2IP

Exchange Pitching: D Hussey 3IP; Mahon 2IP; J Hussey 1IP

Hall’s Market 6 Knights of Columbus 4

Wednesday, May 14th

Keating Insurance 9 Blue Back Dental 3

An impressive pitching performance by Noel Skwiot (Win) and Tim Cotter (Save) led to a  Keating Insurance 9-3 win Wednesday over Blue Back Dental.  Keating's Pitchers and defense held BBD to 3 runs (2ER) over 6 innings with 8K's and only two walks and one error.  

BBD has six hits but was not able to string together key at bats in multiple innings.  BBD put up 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning which started off with Matthew Fitzsimonds line drive single to left followed by Matt Lazer's (Laser shot) to right field for a double.  Josh Castro followed up with and opposite field single scoring two runs.  BBD plated a third run in the inning making it a close game after 3 innings. 

Keating was able to pull away in the 5th inning with disciplined at bats and a KEY RBI Single By Elias Echevarria.  Owen McGoldrick's great catch in center field and smart play to 2nd for a double play on a scorched line drive by Tim cotter kept Keating from a BIG inning. 

Keating's offense was led by Tim Cotter, 2 for 4 with a Home Run(3) and 3 RBI, Jackson Muskrat 1 for 2, 1 RBI and BB, Seth Ehrlich 4 Walks 3 SB and 3 runs scored and Elias Echevarria 1 for 3 with a line drive RBI Single to left in the 5th to put the game out of reach.

Mr. Trophy 7 Berry Insurance 6

Mr. Trophy scored a comeback, extra inning win against Berry Insurance on Wednesday at Beachland.

Berry jumped out to the early lead in the top of the first, scoring 3 unearned runs. In the bottom half, Gage Doorman homered to cut into the lead.  The middle innings was all about the pitching. Griffen Van Rye dominated Trophy over next 3 innings, allowing no hits.  He struck out 10 over 4 innings.  Jack McGovern of Mr. Trophy gave up no runs in two innings of relief.

Berry scored 3 in the top of the 5th on hits by Christian Pedro, Griffen Van Rye and Nathan Gonzalez to make it 6-1 but Mr. Trophy came alive in the bottom of the 6th.  Gage Doorman, Brady Tober, Bailey Nemirow and Mateo Maturana all had hits and scored. Berry cut down a runner at the plate and then Christian Pedro struck out 2 to end the rally. Berry went down in order in the top of the 7th.  In the bottom half, Jack McGovern singled, took second and third on wild pitches and scored on a double by Gage Doorman to complete the come back, 7-6.

Gage Doorman led Mr. Trophy going (2-4, HR, 2 runs) and got the win throwing 3 innings in relief.  Berry was led by Nathan Gonzalez (2-3, double) and Griffen Van Rye (1-4, 2 runs).

Home Run: Gage Doorman, Mr. Trophy

Mr. Trophy Pitching: Bailey Nemirow (2 IP), Jack McGovern (2 IP) and Gage Doorman (3 IP)

Berry Pitching:  Griffen Van Rye (4 IP), Christian Pedro (2 IP) and Trevor Dease (1 IP)

Talcott Transmission 13 Knights of Columbus 5

Thursday, May 15th

Venora Electric 18 Blue Back Dental 12

In a wild, wet, crazy game under the lights Blue Back Dental and Venora Electric slugged it out for six innings before Venora pulled ahead for good in the final two innings.  Poor field conditions made it difficult for fielders and pitchers in this one as the teams combined for 20 hits and 19 walks.  BBD's Matt Lazor and Venora's Chase Rancourt dueled early each allowing just two runs over two innings for a 2-2 score.  The bats heated up in the 3rd as BBD took a 4-2 lead and then Venora took a 7-4 lead.  BBD then scored the maximum six runs in the 4th to go up 10-7, but Venora matched them in the bottom of the inning with six runs take the lead back 13-10.  BBD narrowed the gap in the 5th to 13-12, but Venora put the game away in the bottom of the 5th with five more runs for an 18-12 lead.  Brandon Wolmer slammed the door in the 6th retiring BBD in order.

Venora's offense was led by Jack Kennedy (3 for 4, 2 runs, 6 SB's), Gabe Salomons (2 for 2, 3 runs, 5 SB's), Chase Rancourt (2 for 3, 3 runs, RBI), Wolmer (1 for 1, 3 BB's, HR, RBI), Zander Boehm (2 for 4, 2 runs, 4 RBI's), and Cohl D'Addabbo (2 for 2, 3 runs, 4 SB's, RBI).  BBD's offense was led by Matt Lazor (2 for 2, 2 runs, 2 BB's), Josh Castro (double), Matt Cashman (2 for 3, 2 runs), Owen McGoldrick (single, run), Braden Chelli (walk, run), Joseph Shuey (2 BB's, run) and Matt Fitzsimonds (single, run).  Kennedy made a great defensive play for Venora at 3B to end a BBD rally.  Catchers Wolmer and Eli Salomons for Venora and Castro for BBD deserve special mention for their great play in terrible conditions.

Venora Electric Pitching: Rancourt (4 IP), G. Salomons (2 IP), Wolmer (2 IP).

BBD Pitching: Lazor (2 IP), Costello (2 IP), Cashman (2 IP).

Home Runs

Venora Electric - Wolmer (2).

Hall’s Market 8 A.C. Petersen Farms Restaurant 6

Saturday, May 17th

Connors Insurance 10 Berry Insurance 7

Connor’s Insurance staged a late rally to climb out of a 5-0 hole and notch their 3rd victory of the season with a win over Berry Insurance Saturday night under the lights at Wolcott Park. 

Berry jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Drew Wendorff homered down the leftfield line following a Griffin Van Rye single. 

Berry plated 3 more runs in the bottom of the second to push the lead to 5-0.  Brian Namnoun and Aidan Aube walked and both scored on a groundout by Trevor Dease and a single by Noah Matalon.  Matalon scored as well on a single from Christian Pedro. 

Meanwhile Pedro was pitching a dominant 4 shutout innings for Berry.  He allowed only 1 hit and struckout 8 batters.

 Connor’s tied the game with 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning.  Andrew Gingold singled, Mario Volpe reached on an error and Sam Borg walked to load the bases.  Gingold scored on a wild pitch and then Michael Bevilacqua walked to re-load the bases.  Harrison Sweeney then delivered a big 2 rbi single to left, Carson Tanner was hit by a pitch.  Matthew Glassman then laced a double to right center field scoring 2 more runs to tie the game at 5. 

Connor’s added 5 more runs in the top of the 6th to stretch the lead to 10-5.  Timmy Andrews led off with a walk and Gingold was hit by a pitch.  Volpe then came through in the clutch with a 2 rbi single.  Borg followed with another single and Bevilacqua reached on an error to score 2 more runs.  Tanner delivered the final run with a single. 

Tanner, who took the mound in the 3rd inning shut down the big Berry bats for 3 plus innings, striking out 3 and keeping his team in the game.  Berry would mount a comeback in the bottom of the 6th off a tiring Tanner.  Nathaniel Gonzalez led off the inning with a no doubt HR to left field and then Sam Musto walked and eventually came around to score.  Gingold entered to close out the game for Connor’s and recorded 3 straight strikeouts for the save. 

Homeruns: Berry; Drew Wendorff, Nathaniel Gonzalez 

Berry Pitching: Christian Pedro 4IP; Trevor Dease 1IP; Sam Musto 1IP

Connors Pitching: Sam Borg 2IP; Carson Tanner 4 IP; Andrew Gingold 1IP

A.C. Petersen Farms Restaurant 17 Cornelius 5

AC Petersen Farms came to play on Saturday at Beachland field, but especially after there were two outs.  ACP scored 12 runs in the game after two outs to best Cornelius 17-5.  Cornelius was on their way to an easy top of the first after the first ACP batters went down, but then Peter Simplico (2-4, 3 runs) started a string of 7 batters reaching base safely on 5 hits.  Big hits included a smash double off the bat of Drew Seidman (1-3, 1 run, 2 RBI), a single from Elliot Greenblatt (2-2, 3 runs) and a two-run single from Connor Smith (1-2, 1 run, 3 RBI).  Cornelius answered in their half of the first plating two runs off three doubles from Thomas Dowd (2-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Max Leyland (2-3, 1 run 1 RBI, 2 doubles) and Devin Mahoney (1-3, 1 RBI). 

ACP started back up in the second as Isaiah Meyer (3-3, 2 runs) knocked the first of his three hits on the day to lead things off and later came around to score on a line drive hit from Carl Nicklas (2-4, 2 RBI, 2 runs).  The game settled down in the middle innings as ACP got 2 shutout innings of pitching from Nicklas (2 IP, 0 runs, 5 Ks).  Meanwhile Desmond Nigol-Mason threw 2 solid innings for Cornelius to temporarily quiet the ACP bats.  However, 2 out magic struck again for ACP in the fifth as ACP plated six more runs after the first two batters were retired.  Big hits in the inning included a 2-out, 2-run single from Brooks McConnell (1-4, 1 run, 2 RBI) and another RBI hit from Nicklas.  Simplico came on in the fifth to quiet the big bats in the Cornelius line-up to close out the win.

Cornelius Pitching: Leo Mulready (2IP), Desmond Nigol-Mason (2IP), Thomas Dowd (1 IP)

ACP Pitching: Robert Schunder (2IP), Carl Nicklas (2IP), Peter Simplicio (1 IP)

Keating Insurance 7 Mr. Trophy 6

Sunday, May 18th

Blue Back Dental 15 Berry Insurance 6

BBD's Matthew Lazar, Michael Costello and Jay Falvey each pitched two solid innings (2) to lead Blue Back Dental over Berry Insurance at Wolcott Park by a score 15-6. Both teams played very well in a spirited game this Sunday. For Berry, Brian Mamnoum and Grerry, Griffin Van Nye played outstanding, with two hits from Brian and excellent two innings pitched by the lanky Griffin Van Nye. For Blue Back Dental, Jay Falvey's towering grand slam home run into Wolcott's infested alligator lake sparked BBD's hit barrage and was voted the game's MVP ! For Falvey, it was his second home run for the year.

Venora Electric 7 Connors Insurance 3

In a well played game, Venora got strong pitching and timely hitting and held off a late rally to beat Connors 7-3.  Venora came out swinging with three runs in the 1st behind an RBI single from Gabe Salomons and an RBI double from Chase Rancourt.  Rancourt was dominant on the mound with two shutout innings and 5 K's.  Venora tacked on two more in the 3rd on a leadoff single from Jack Kennedy and a two run home run from Rancourt for a 5-0 lead.  Sam Borg pitched well for Connors and Connors played strong defense the rest of the game allowing just single runs in the 5th and 6th.  The Connors bats came alive in the 5th and 6th scoring two runs in the 5th and one run in the 6th.  In the 5th, Matthew Glassman blasted a double to the fence, Timmy Andrews reached on a hard hit ball to 2B, and Andrew Gingold hit an RBI single to the fence.  Venora's defense stiffened for the next batter as they got a key double play to prevent a bigger rally.  In the 6th, Patrick McGann walked and scored on a Glassman single to make it 7-3, but Brandon Wolmer got Andrews to end the game on a nice play by Cohl D'Addabbo at 1B.

Venora's offense was led by Kennedy (1 for 3, 2 runs, 4 SB's), Salomons (1 for 3, RBI, run), Rancourt (2 for 3, double, home run, 2 RBI's, 2 runs), Liam Langan (double), Zander Boehm (single, run), and D'Addabbo (walk, 2 SB's, run).  Connors's offense was led by Glassman (2 for 3, single, double, run, RBI), Andrews (0 for 2, run, 2 BB's), Gingold (2 for 3), Harrison Sweeney (2 for 3), and Michael Bevilacqua (single).  Venora's defense was led by strong pitching from Rancourt and Salomons who pitched 4 scoreless innings.  Connors defense was led by Gingold at SS and Andrews at C.  Glassman (2 IP, 4 K's) and Borg (4 IP, 3 K's) pitched well.

Venora Electric Pitching: Rancourt (2 IP), G. Salomons (2 IP), Wolmer (2 IP)

Connors Insurance Pitching: Glassman (2 IP), Borg (4 IP)

Home Runs

Venora Electric - Rancourt (6)

A.C. Petersen Farms Restaurant 5 Mr. Trophy 1

After being shut out for 4 innings, AC Petersen Farms finally broke through for 5 runs in the fifth inning to defeat Mr. Trophy 5-1 at Wolcott Park on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.  Mr. Trophy pitchers Bailey Nemirow (2 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 4 Ks) and Mateo Maturana (2 IP, 0 runs, 2 Ks) made quick work of the ACP batters through the first four frames.  Fortunately for ACP, their pitchers Robert Schunder (2IP, 0 runs, 1 K) and Carl Nicklas (2 IP, 1 run, 3 Ks) were almost as sharp keeping ACP in the game.  Mr. Trophy did squeeze one run out in the third on a 2-out RBI double from Brady Tober (2-3, 2B, 1 RBI). 

The big fifth inning for ACP began with a walk to Dylan Heinen (1-2, 1 RBI), however the next two batters were retired.  Yet, as was the case for ACP in Saturday's game against Cornelius, ACP hitters thrived with two outs.  Peter Simplico (2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI) had a huge RBI single to tie the game at one.  That was followed by RBI hits from Connor Skarzynski (2-4 1 run, 1 RBI), Schunder (1-2, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Heinen.  In total, 5 runners crossed the plate in the frame to give ACP the lead.  Over the two weekend games, ACP scored a total of 17 runs with two outs.  The big five spot was more than enough for Simplico who came on and closed the game over two nearly flawless frames.  In the bottom of the sixth, Simplicio was aided by his defense starting with shortstop Drew Seidman who went to his knees to haul in a smash off the bat of Brady Tober  and throw across the diamond to get the runner, aided by a terrific short-hop scoop from first basemen Schunder on the low throw.  Despite the excitement of that play, it wasn't even Seidman's best of the inning.  Three batters later, Seidman raced back on a dying line drive in short left field and leapt in the air to haul in the final out and ensure the ACP win.

Talcott Transmissions 2 Keating Insurance 1

Talcott Pitching: Ben Foxman(2 IP), Milo Kashey (2 IP), Jack Livingstone (2 IP)

Keating Pitching: Andrew Skwiot (4 IP), Tim Cotter (1 IP)

Knights of Columbus 14 Cornelius 3

Minor League Games:

Tuesday, May 13th

Effie's Place 17 Joey's Pizza Pie 16

Tuesday evenings game between Effie's and Joey's was action packed.  Joey's scored 1 and Effie's scored 5 in the first.  Effie's 3 Joey's 5, in the second.  Effie's played great defense in the 3rd inning keeping the score Joey's 6 and Effie's 10 after three innings.  Both teams scored 5 runs in the fourth making it Effie's 15 and Joey's 11.  Joey's never quit offense scored 5 more against Effie's one run tying the game at 16 each.  In the last inning the effective pitching of Andrew struck out the side.  Effie's scored one run in the bottom of the sixth to win the game on hits by Eden S, Andrew, and Brody M.

Effie's  Fast Fact  Eden S, hit a triple in the last two games, and Andrew has 10 K's in the last 4.5 innings pitched.  

Joey's Pizza Pitching:  Jack L. 0.2; Tommy P. 2.0; Kyle B. 1.2; and Cooper S. 0.2 innings.

Effie's Place Pitching:  Jake L. 1.0; Ryan G. 2.0; Brody M. 1.0; Eden S. 0.5; and Andrew 1.5 innings. 

Rizzuto's 14 Dick's Sporting Goods 7

Wednesday, May 14th

Joey’s Pizza Pie 10 Pinkberry 4

Joey's Pizza outlasted Pinkberry on a well pitched game by both sides. Joey's was led by Cooper S. and Kyle B. on the mound with a key triple delivered by Cooper scoring two runs. Tomas Martin added two hits for Joeys.

Pinkberry was led offensively by Luke B. with two hits and defensively by Mac L. who had six strikeouts on the mound

Goldberg’s Bagels 14 Pepe’s Pizza 2

Combined pitching efforts from Jovani Owen, Tucker Redden, Tommy (Smalls) Cancian and Nick Kane limited Pepe's Pizza to 2 hits while striking out 13 batters which led to Goldbergs 14 -2 victory. Nick Kane had a single and two triples and five rbi's to lead Goldbergs offense.

Saturday, May 17th

Goldberg’s Bagels 9 Beachland Tavern 8

Goldberg's started the scoring with 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning on Nick Kane's double. Beachland responded with 2 runs in the bottom of the first and then took the lead in the second inning on a single, two walks and a Fielder's Choice by Victor Brancieri to make it 3-2. In the top of the 3rd inning, Goldberg's scored four runs but Beachland responded with 5 runs of their own to increase their lead to 8-6. Goldberg's came back with a run in the 4th inning to reduce the lead to 8-7. In the top of the fifth inning, Sean McDaniel and Ben Reimer came up with key at bats for Goldberg's. Sean McDaniel's single and Ben Reimer's walk after being down 1-2 in the  count  enabled Goldberg's to get to the top of their order whereby Jack Kane singled to load the bases. Tucker Redden's Fielder's Choice enabled Sean McDaniel to score the tieing run in the top of the fifth. In the top of the sixth  inning, Tommy Cancian singled  and scored all the way from 1st base on Matt Shiffman's Fielder's Choice to make it 9-8. Nick Kane who pitched the 4th & 5th innings struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to preserve the victory for Goldberg's.

The offensive stars for Goldberg's were  Tucker Redden, Nick Cane, Tom Cancian  Sean McDaniel & Geovanni Owen all with 2 hits along with Matt Schiffman, Jack Kane, Ben Reimer & Danny Gallagher contributing single hits.  

The offensive stars for Beachland were Declan McCann ( 2 hits) with Ryan Murphy, Chuck Blanchard, Shane Bradley, Mason Chabot & James Robinson all contributing single hits. Matt Santoro & Ryan Murphy pitched well for Beachland.

Harry’s Pizza 8 Dick’s Sporting Goods 5

Harry's Pizza had two big offensive innings, strong pitching, and held off a late rally by Dick's to even it's record at 4-4.  Dick's cracked the scoreboard first led by singles from Harry Nelson, Carter Morton, and Sam Sandler to take a 1-0 lead, but Jack Redmond got a key strikeout to leave the bases loaded.  Harry's responded with a big 1st inning led by a leadoff double from Anthony Mangini and singles by Peter Langevin, Nathan Gallo, Redmond, Connor Mangini, and Evan Ittleson to take a 4-1 lead.  Good pitching and defense kept the offenses silent until the 3rd when Dick's scored two runs on singles from James Birbara and Aaron Sandler who came around to score on passed balls to narrow the lead to 4-3.  Harry's then added four runs in the bottom of the 3rd on singles from Langevin and Gallo and 5 walks to take an 8-3 lead.  Quinn Navin held Harry's scoreless with 4 K's over the final two innings.  Meanwhile, Dick's added a run in the 4th on singles from Scott Sandler and Ethan Striff-Cave to make it 8-4. Dick's then got a run and loaded the bases in the 6th led by a walk to Navin and back-to-back singles from Nelson and Morton.  Anthony Mangini got two straight strikeouts to leave the bases loaded and end the game.

Harry's Pizza was led by Anthony Mangini (1 for 2, double, 2 runs, walk), Langevin (2 for 3, 2 runs), Jack Gustafson (single), Gallo (2 for 3, 2 runs, RBI), Redmond (1 for 1, run, walk), Trevor Tanis (2 walks, run), Connor Mangini (1 for 1, walk), and Ittleson (single).  Dick's Sporting Goods was led by Nelson (2 for 2, run, walk), Morton (2 for 3), Sam Sandler (2 for 3, run), Striff-Cave (single), and Birbara (single).  Gallo made a key play at 1B in the 6th when he grabbed a line drive off the bat of Jack Gunsalus.  Angelo Culmo made a great catch in left field to rob Dylan Albanese of a hit.  All 3 Harry's pitchers pitched well led by Redmond with 6 K's.  Navin pitched great for Dick's with two scoreless innings and 4 K's.

Harry's Pizza Pitching: Redmond (2 IP), Langevin (2 IP), A. Mangini (2 IP).

Dick's Sporting Goods Pitching: Gunsalus (2 IP), S. Sandler (1 IP), Navin (2 IP).

Effie’s Place 15 Pepe’s Pizza 7

Effie's Place 15,   Pepe's Pizza  7

Effie's scored 1 run and Pepe's 4 in the 1st inning, and away we go.  Effie's scored 3 runs and the gutty pitching by Jake L, prevented Pepe's from scoring any in the second.  Effie's bats came alive  in the 3rd with 4 runs, Pepe's had one.  Effie's scored one in the fourth, 4 in the fifth and 2 in the six for their third win in a row. 

Effie's Pitching:  Jake L, 2 innings; Ryan G, 2 innings; Andrew 1 inning; and Brody M, 1 inning.

Pepe's Pitching:  Griffin P, 2 innings; Nick P, 2 innings; and Matthew G, 2 innings.

Effie's  Fast Fact  Eden N, has hit a triple in the last three games.

Slider’s 8 Joey’s Pizza Pie 1

Rizzuto’s 12 Pinkberry 6

Sunday,  May 18th

Beachland Tavern 17 Pepe’s Pizza 9

Beachland Tavern and Pepe's Pizza lit up the scoreboard on Sunday as they combined for 26 runs. In the end, Beachland won the offensive battle 17-9 in six innings.

The teams totaled 23 hits, including six extra base hits in the game.

Pepe’s came out fired up and ready to prove their ‘mercy’ 4 inning loss at the hands of the Bandit was a fluke and they did just that putting up three in the first. The Bandits, coming off their 9-8 loss to Goldberg’s the day prior (in the battle of the unbeatens) looked flat. And with loud party music pouring over the field, the Bandits needed to bear down and focus.

And they did just that. Tavern punched right back in the bottom half and got things rolling with RBI single by Declan McCann (1-3, 2 RBI, 3R), an RBI knock by Ryan Murphy (3-3, 5 RBI, 2 R), and a groundout by Chuck Blanchard (2-3, 1 RBI, R) during the first inning. In the second, the ‘Czar’Victor Brancieri (1-1, 2 RBI, R) supplied the early offense with a two-RBI hit for Beachland.

Pepe's got off the mat and counter-punched yet again. Led by big-man Matt Gelinas, who went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Griffin Paulus chipped in as well for the pie-makers and went 2-for-3 with a double, while Ryan Roller added a double of his own. Demarre Joseph reached base on both of his plate appearances, including a whopping triple that drove in two. Five runs in the top of the fourth helped Pepe's Pizza close its deficit to 9-8.

However, the gritty robbers would not be nabbed today. Answer the Bandits did, by lighting up the scoreboard like a Christmas Tree for 5 in the fourth. Tavern scored on a steal of home by ‘Big Game’ James O’Connor, a walk by Declan, and a three-run triple by Ryno. Murphy racked up five RBIs on three hits for Beachland Tavern, including the bases loaded triple. Offensive stars Matt Santoro (2-2, 3R), Shane ‘the Hammer’ Bradley (2-3, R, RBI), and Mason ‘Shabam’ Chabot (2-2, R) provided added electricity for the masked ones.

Staked with a lead the Hammer came in to squash any thoughts of a comeback. Bradley K’d four over the final two frames and received great support from his mates in the field. Santoro and Andrew Reicher flashed the glove often in the 6th to lock down the win. Reicher ended that game in dramatic fashion with a diving grab in right, leaping over two teammates to haul in the final out.

Pizza Pitching: Paulus 2, Roller 1, Pedersen 2, Allen 1
Tavern Pitching: Blanchard 2, Baldini 2, Bradley 2

Harry’s Pizza 15 Pinkberry 3

Harry's Pizza broke out the bats in this one getting hitting up and down the lineup as 12 of the 13 players either had a hit or scored a run on its way to a 15-2 win over Pinkberry.  The game was a pitcher's duel early as Harry's Jack Redmond allowed only 1 run in two innings and Pinkberry's Colby Fortuna pitched two scoreless innings.  Harry's bats awoke in the 3rd led by a double from John Schultz, a walk to Jamie Kennedy, a 2 RBI single from Evan Ittleson, a single from Jack Archambeault, and a 2 RBI single from Anthony Mangini for a 5-2 lead.  Mangini pitched a scoreless 3rd and 4th inning with 3 K's and Harry's added the maximum 10 runs in the 4th and 5th innings to put the game away.  Peter Langevin got the save with 3 K's in the 5th.

Harry's offense was led by Schultz (1 for 1, double, walk, run), Ittleson (1 for 2, run, 2 RBI's), Archambeault (1 for 2, run), Anthony Mangini (1 for 2, 2 runs, 2 RBI's), Redmond (2 for 3, run), Langevin (1 for 2, run), Nathan Gallo (1 for 2, 2 runs), and Jack Gustafson (2 for 2, 2 runs). Pinkberry's offense was led by singles from Ethan Tiffany, Ryan Smith, Michael Mancini, and Luke Bronson.  Tiffany, Mac Louis, and Adrian Brigantty scored for Pinkberry. Harry's three pitchers: Redmond, Mangini, and Langevin pitched great and Langevin was the defensive star at catcher and shortstop.  Pinkberry's pitchers were Fortuna, Louis, Bronson, and Tiffany.

Harry's Pizza Pitching: Redmond (2 IP), A. Mangini (2 IP), Langevin (1 IP)

Pinkberry Pitching: Fortuna (2 IP), Louis (1 IP), Bronson (1 IP), Tiffany (1 IP) 

Joey’s Pizza Pie 7 Goldberg’s Bagels 7

After Joey's Pizza started the game with a 3 - 0 lead in the top of the first, Goldberg's scored a run in the bottom of the 1st which was provided by Cody Brew's triple and eventually scored on a throwing error on this same play making the score 3-1 after one inning.

After a scoreless 2nd inning, Joey's erupted for 2 runs in the third inning on base hits by Kyle Barnum, Cooper Silver, Tomas Martin and Charlie Parker to increase their lead to 5-1 at the end of 3 innings. Matt Shiffman pitched a scoreless 4th inning for Goldberg's. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Goldberg's erupted for 5 runs when Jack Kane was hit by a pitch followed by singles from Cody Brew, Tucker Redden, Nick Kane and Jake Samela who had a great at bat after working the count to 3-2 and Matt Gainey. Goldberg's took a 6-5 lead at the end of 4 innings. In the top of the fifth inning Joey's scored two runs with no outs. Goldberg's Tommy Cancian came on in relief of Matt Shiffman and stuck out 3 batters while leaving two other runners stranded to limit Joey's lead to 7-6. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Goldberg's responded with a run of their own when Tommy Cancian led off with a double and scored on a single by Danny Gallagher to tie the score at  7-7. Neither team was able to score in the sixth inning although Goldberg's did have an opportunity in the bottom of the sixth. With two outs and Jack Kane on second base, Cody Brew hit a hard shot which Joey's pitcher Cooper Silver scooped up and raced to first base for the unassisted third out enabling the score to remain tied and sending the game into extra innings.

Goldberg's gave up only a walk in the top of the seventh inning. Although Goldberg's had a single by Nick Kane and a walk to Jake Samela with one out in the bottom of the seventh, the game ended with two fine defensive plays by Joey's which enabled the game to end in a tie.

Joey's got an outstanding pitching performance from Kyle Barnum and he also had two hits. Fine defensive pays were turned in by Cooper Silver and Easton Swift. 

Goldberg's offensive stars were Cody Brew, Tucker Redden and Tom Cancian all with 2 hits along with Nick Kane, Jake Samela, Matt Shiffman, Matt Gainey and Danny Gallagher all contributing single hits. Ben Reimer played well defensively for Goldberg's.

Dick’s Sporting Goods 15 Effie’s Place 13

The Dick's Sporting Goods Hooks staged a nice comeback in a back and forth game with Effie's to secure its 2nd win of the season. Dick's scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 5th and then held off Effie's bats in the top of the 6th to close out the game.

Dick's pitchers (Jack G, Carter M., Quinn N., Adam E, and Aaron S) all pitched well.  Effie's also used several of pitchers to try to hold off Dick's.

Sliders 15 Rizzuto’s 11