Mother’s Day Recap - Week 5

GSBL had a couple games on Mother’s Day, Rockies bested Bucks 12-1 while the Phillies took down the Cardinals in a 18-11 error-filled contest.

 

MANCH-VEGAS PHIILES 17, LINCOLN ATHLETICS 5

Shea’s 4-hit Day Propels Phillies Past A’s

 

Brian Shea collected four hits in five at-bats, as the Phillies defeated the Athletics. Shea’s four singles led to four runs scored and three more driven in.

 

He also earned the win on the mound, pitching six innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on eight hits, while striking out five.

 

The Phillies also got a long ball from Randy Fesh in the fifth inning, that broke the game wide open.

 

In defeat, the A’s got two and three runs batted in from Derek Sullivan. Wayne Child, Curtis Manning and Brady Morris also collected two hits for the Athletics.

 

The Phillies next play a pivotal game against their rival, the Raphael Club Black Sox, while the A’s travel to Merrimack for a double-header against the Brewers.

 

MEREDITH MUDDUCKS 4, MERRIMACK BREWERS 3

MEREDITH MUDDUCKS 18, MERRIMACK BREWERS 2

Guilmette’s Big Day Leads Ducks to Double-Header Sweep

 

With Game 1 knotted up at 3 each, Josh Guilmette hit a walk-off double to lead the Mudducks past the Brewers. 

 

Dylan Sheehan and Nick Englert held the Brewers bats at bay with Englert earning the win in relief, striking out seven over his three innings of work.

 

For the Brewers, Foster St. Cyr pitched a complete game in defeat, allowing four runs (two earned), while striking out six MudDucks. St. Cyr also paced the Brewers offense, driving in two runs on two hits.

 

In Game 2, Josh Guilmette was an RBI machine, driving in four on three hits in the Ducks 18-2 blowout victory. Guilmette drove in runs on a double in the third, a walk in the sixth and a single in the seventh.

 

MudDucks fired up the offense in the third and sixth innings, plating six runs in each frame. Besides Guilmette four RBI day, Bob Rafferty plated three more and Nick Englert, Riley Morrisette and Brendon Vaughn each drove in two.

 

Andrew Santo provided the Brewers’ Game 2 offense when he blasted a two-out, two-run homer to right field in the third inning.

 

After a week off for Memorial Day, the 2-2 MudDucks travel to Robbie Mills for a rivalry game with 3-1 Lakes Region Muskrats.

 

LAKES REGION MUSKRATS 18, NEW HAMPSHIRE BUCKS 8

‘Rats Jump Out to Big Lead, Hold Off Bucks

 

Both offenses were strong at the plate, the Muskrats collected 17 hits and the Bucks had 10 in the high scoring affair.

 

Jeff Schaffer, Brian Doyle and Torrey Martinez paced the Muskrats offense with multiple runs batted in on the day. Schaffer’s three-run home run ended any hopes of a Bucks comeback.

 

Jake Kleckner was at his best yet again, pitching five shutout innings of one-hit ball, striking out nine.

 

For the Bucks, Delvis Tavarez, Ramiro Mayor, Alex Perez and Anthony Perez-Rodriguez tallied two hits each including a doubles by Taverez and Perez and a triple from Jake Castro.

 

The Bucks, looking for the first GSBL win, head to Salem for a Saturday affair with Merrimack Valley Redbirds after the Memorial Day break.

 

RAPHAEL CLUB BLACK SOX 7,  MERRIMACK VALLEY REDBIRDS 6

A Tale of Two Games

A walk-off left the Redbirds on the wrong end of a 7-6 defeat to the Black Sox. The game was tied going into the bottom of the ninth inning when lack Sox hitter Cole Hapgood delivered the game-winning single.

 

This game was two totally different games with the first five innings being a pitching duel between the Birds’ Kyle Parmley and Sox rookie Kevin Lee. The second half of game saw the offenses open up.

 

Parmley pitched six and two-thirds, allowing three unearned runs and striking out eight. Meanwhile Lee delivered five strong innings, allowing one run on five hits. Both pitchers would not factor into the decision.

 

Despite the loss, the Redbirds collected 13 hits with Cameron Conway, Cody Bassett, Chris Gauss and Heath Norris having multi-hit games. Gauss delivered a solo shot in the top of the eighth inning.

 

Unfortunately for the Birds, the Black Sox delivered 14 hits on their way to victory. The offensive onslaught was led by Harry Garofano, Jaken Pellerin, Spiros Lekas and the aforementioned Hapgood, who all drove in runs in the win.

 

Pellerin earned the win in relief despite being shaky through his four innings of relief work.

 

Besides the Saturday game against the Bucks, the Redbirds will face the New Hampshire Cardinals for a Sunday makeup game.  

 

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE CARDINALS 6, GRANITE STATE GRIZZLIES 5

GRANITE STATE GRIZZLIES 6, NEW HAMPSHIRE CARDINALS 2

Cards Hand Grizzlies First Loss of Season, Grizzlies Get Payback in Game 2.

 

In Game 1 of a late Sunday afternoon double-header, the New Hampshire Cardinals stole the lead late and defeated the Granite State Grizzlies 6-5. The game was tied at five with the Cardinals batting in the bottom of the sixth when Addison Hanscom singled on the first pitch of the at bat, driving in the winning run.

 

The Cardinals earned the victory despite allowing the Grizzlies to score four runs in the top half of the sixth inning. The Grizzlies’ big inning was produced by RBI singles from Santi Pena, Drew Robinson and Jim Rooney.

 

The Cardinals started quickly with Siul Mejia’s opposite field two-run homer in the first inning. Nick Lemay was credited with the win, surrendering five runs (four earned) over seven innings, striking out eight.

 

Jeff Bouchard took the loss, lasting five and two-thirds, allowing four hits and six runs (1 earned)

 

Grizzlies racked up 13 hits with Aaron Stella and Pena registering three hits apiece.

 

In the night cap, the Grizzlies beat the Cardinals 6-2 behind Jake Chamblee’s masterpiece performance. Chamblee earned the victory, surrendering two runs on eight hits over seven innings, while striking out three.

 

Nate Butcher keyed the offense in the early going with a two-run single and Aaron Stella had another multi-hit performance to pace the Grizzlies offense.

 

Hanscom and Nick Vaughns paced the Cardinals offense in game two with two hits each while rookie Robert Vargas drove in Cardinals only two runs with a two-run double in the seventh inning.

 

The Cardinals will play Nashua Rockies when they return from the break, then host the Redbirds for a makeup game in the afternoon. The Grizzlies will have two weeks off before they play a Friday evening game up at Robbie Mills against the Muskrats.