Bees Walk-Off with a 9-8 Victory over Worcester
June 29, 2021 - Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL)
Worcester Bravehearts News Release
New Britain, CT - For one inning, it looked like New Britain would have a field day with the Bravehearts. Two innings later, Worcester gained their swagger back. In the end, it was the New Britain Bees who persevered and walked off with a 9-8 victory in the 7th inning of Game 2 of today's doubleheader.
Luke Broadhurst (Eastern Connecticut State University) flared a broken-bat single up the middle with two outs in the 7th inning to plate Luke Masiuk (Northeastern University) in the Bees victory. Bravehearts' pitcher Chris Radovic (Clark University) took the loss in the back-and-forth game.
Down 5-1, the Bravehearts put a crooked number on the board in the top of the third inning. Zach DeMattio (Wheaton) singled to start the inning and Gavin Noriega (Marist) tripled off the wall in center field to score him. The next batter, left-fielder Alex Neff (Dayton), launched a 2-run home run deep over the right-field fence to make it 5-4. After a double by Shrewsbury's Christian Siciliano (Southern Maine) and back-to-back walks, Franklin Pierce's Randy Flores tripled down the line in right to give the Bravehearts their first lead. El Rico Riley (Jackson State) - who singled in the first Bravehearts' run in the 2nd inning - picked up his second RBI with a single to left field to give Worcester an 8-5 lead.
New Britain batted around in the first inning off Andrew Ruggiero (University of Maine) and scored 5 runs. Ruggiero struggled with his control, walking 5 in the inning and throwing two wild pitches that each scored a run for the Bees. The big blast was a two-run triple off the wall in right field by Jack Scher (Wesleyan).
Holden's L.J. Keevan (UMass-Lowell) entered the game in the second inning and gave the Bravehearts some much-needed innings out of the bullpen. He worked out of jams in the 2nd and 3rd innings, but surrendered a long home run to Broadhurst in the 4th to bring New Britain within a run. Keevan worked 3 innings, striking out 6.
Trailing 8-7 in the 6th inning, Davis Cop (University of Utah) singled in Ryan Bagdasarian (Eastern Connecticut State University) to tie the game for New Britain.
With the win, the Bees improve to 13-16 while the Bravehearts drop to 15-13. Worcester returns home to host the Brockton Rox Wednesday night at 6:30.
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