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New Bedford Schocks North Adams with Four-Run Eighth in Win

July 9, 2017 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
New Bedford Bay Sox News Release


After the New Bedford Bay Sox and the North Adams SteepleCats engaged in a classic pitcher's duel for seven innings, the heart of the Bay Sox order broke the game open by scoring four times in the top of the eighth en route to a 5-2 victory on Saturday evening.

Nick Matera (Rutgers) snapped a 1-1 tie with an RBI single to score Corey Joyce (North Carolina Central), and Dan Schock (Sacred Heart) blasted a three-run homer to lead New Bedford to their second consecutive victory.

For the second straight game, the Bay Sox' pitching staff was fantastic in an important win, as Saturday night's game marked the official beginning of the second half of the NECBL season for New Bedford.

Just one game after Jack Nelson (Boston College) tossed a complete game shutout in a 8-0 win over Newport, a quintet of Bay Sox' pitchers - Fino Brito (Rutgers), Brad Case (Rollins), Andrew Tumbelty (Rider), Brent Teller (Sacred Heart), and Darrien Ragins (Delaware) - limited the SteepleCats' offense to just six hits and solo runs in the seventh and ninth innings.

New Bedford jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, as Chandler Debrosse (Central Connecticut State) ripped a one-out double to center field. After a ground out by Luke Bakula (Kansas) for the second out, Debrosse got aggressive on the bases and attempted to swipe third base. The throw from catcher Tyler Walters ended up in left field, which allowed the New Bedford native to cross home plate for the first run of the game.

Brito started the contest, lasting 4.1 innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out five North Adams' hitters. Brito left with one out in the fifth, as the Steeple Cats had runners at second and third after a walk and a single, but Case kept the home team off the board with a strikeout, a walk, and another huge K.

Tumbelty struck out three of the four batters he faced in the sixth, while Teller allowed the only North Adams run on a solo shot from Edward Haus which tied the game at 1-1.

Nick Neville (Notre Dame) started the eighth with a single to left field, and was replaced on the bases by Joyce after a fielder's choice. Debrosse struck out for the second out, and it looked like SteepleCats starter Blake Whitney would be able to work around the scoring threat. But Bakula singled to join Joyce on base, and Matera brought in New Bedford's second run with a clutch single to right. Schock then delivered with his team-leading fourth homer of the season, which proved to be the game-winner for the Bay Sox.

Whitney was fantastic in the loss, striking out 14 batters in his eight-inning outing. Every Bay Sox hitter except for Joyce was a strikeout victim of Whitney, who now has double the strikeouts (62) as any other pitcher in the NECBL.

After the four-run top of the eighth, Teller worked a perfect bottom of the frame and earned his second win of the season. Ragins, who had been starting this season after a dominant 2016 closing games for the Bay Sox, did allow a run in the ninth but secured the victory that moved the Bay Sox to 10-13 on the year.

New Bedford will seek their first three-game winning streak since June 22-24 on Sunday evening, as they host the first-place Ocean State Waves at 6:30pm at Paul Walsh Field on Free Chocolate Night.



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