Blue Sox Sink Schooners 8-6
July 16, 2014 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Valley Blue Sox News Release
MYSTIC, CT- The Valley Blue Sox broke their month-long road losing streak with a 8-6 marathon victory over the Mystic Schooners in a game they never trailed at Fitch High School Field on July 16.
Valley improves to 9-19 on the year.
The Blue Sox jumped all over Patrick Egan, as Bobby Stahel walked, followed by an error at third that allowed Frank Crinella to reach. That allowed Angelo La Bruna to single to bring Stahel home, and Crinella subsequently scored on a wild pitch. Trey Sikes hit a wall-ball double to right to bring in La Bruna, who had moved to second on the wild pitch, all before Mystic recorded an out.
However, Mystic responded in kind, rattling off three straight singles to start the bottom of the first, scoring one run, and added another on a 6-4-3 double play to make it 3-2.
In the fourth, Nick Lynch and Storm Wilson led off with singles, and after Joseph Carcone moved them over, Stahel doubled down the left field line to bring them in; Crinella followed that up with a single to right to bring in Stahel to make it 6-2, knocking Egan from the game.
Mystic loaded the bases with one out and worked a walk to score Springfield native Matt O'Herron, but that was all they managed thanks to a strikeout and pop pout.
In the sixth, Stahel doubled, bringing in Lynch; pinch runner Kevin Barker was just unable to score as well, being called out at home.
In the seventh, the Schooners hit five straight singles to make it 7-6. However, Kyle Rasmussen ended the threat with a pop out and a pair of swinging strikeouts.
However, the Blue Sox got it back in the eighth, as Dylan Delso reached on an error and Stahel doubled again to right center to make it 8-6.
That was enough, as Joe DiBenedetto came in for the ninth to save the win.
The Blue Sox return home tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. for Star Wars Night against the North Adams SteepleCats. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., and Darth Vader will be present at the game.
The 2014 season will represent the Blue Sox seventh season in the Pioneer Valley, playing at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke. The Blue Sox have been a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL; www.necbl.com) since 2008. The NECBL is funded in part by Major League Baseball and is comprised of 12 teams throughout all six New England states who recruit the elite athletes and premier pro prospects from around the world.
New England Collegiate Baseball League Stories from July 16, 2014
- Mountaineers Jump out Early, Hold on for 9-5 Victory - Vermont Mountaineers
- Blue Sox Sink Schooners 8-6 - Valley Blue Sox
- Swamp Bats lose a heart breaker as North Adams comes back to win 6-3 in extras - Keene Swamp Bats
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