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Colonials Take Down Worcester

June 26, 2011 - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Pittsfield Colonials News Release


WORCESTER, MA - The Pittsfield Colonials scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning as the Colonials downed the Worcester Tornadoes 6-4 in game two of a doubleheader.

Game one was won by Worcester 6-1 in the completion of a suspended game from Saturday night.

Trailing 4-2 in to the top of the seventh, the Colonials got a leadoff walk from Rafael Cabreja, who moved to second on defensive indifference. Following back-to-back strikeouts, Pittsfield was down to their last out as Danny Bomback came to the plate. Bomback delivered a double to score Cabreja to make it 4-3. Angel Molina came up next and belted a triple off the glove of centerfielder Cam Monger to plate Bomback and tie the game at 4-4.

Billy Mottram delivered a single through the middle next that scored Molina to put the Colonials up 5-4. Mottram would score on a throwing error by Alex Trezza to create the final tally.

The Colonials got on the board in the first inning when Billy Mottram walked with the bases loaded to force in Matt Nandin for a 1-0 Pittsfield lead. Worcester tied the game on an RBI single by Mark Minicozzi to score Alex Nunez for a 1-1 deadlock.

Worcester would get a run in the fourth inning on a homerun by Alex Trezza to take a 2-1 lead. A throwing error would give the Tornadoes a 3-1 lead in the fifth. Pittsfield came closer in the sixth when Johnny Welch clubbed his eighth homer of the season to left to make it 3-2. Worcester would get the run back in the bottom of the inning on a Ryan Crespi single to make it 4-2.

The win went to Mike Zenko (2-0) who pitched 1.2 scoreless innings. Rick Asadoorian (1-2) took the loss for Worcester.

Pittsfield will now have Monday off before heading down to Newark for a four game series against the Bears. Pat Moran (3-2, 5.93) will get the start for the Colonials. Pregame on pittsfieldcolonials.com will begin at 5:15 p.m. outside of a 5:35 p.m. first pitch.

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