The NECBL Daily Rundown - 7/4/22 - a Walk-Off in Newport Highlights the Holiday Action
Published on July 5, 2022 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release
A walk-off in Newport highlights the holiday action!
Mystic Schooners 6 - Winnipesaukee Muskrats 1
W - Reid Easterly 2-0 (Yale): 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
L - Griffin Young 0-3 (Northeastern): 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Robbie Mills Field in Laconia, N.H. - The Mystic Schooners (11-10) cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Winnipesaukee Muskrats (10-13).
The game was tied at one when the Schooners mounted a rally in the top of the fourth inning. Joseph Jaconski (North Carolina Chapel Hill) and Tristan McAlister (Mount St. Mary's) led off with a pair of singles, then Charlie Pagliarini (Fairfield) drove a double into right field that scored both of them. He was driven in by Logan Allen (Bryant) on a double to make it 4-1. After the bases were loaded, Allen was driven in on a groundout.
Mystic scored previously on an Eddie Micheletti (George Washington) RBI single, then scored another run in the seventh inning on a McAlister sacrifice fly. The lone Muskrats run came on a Grayson Preslar (North Carolina Asheville) solo home run in the bottom of the third inning. Mystic's Jared Burrows (Bryant) and Reid Easterly each went three scoreless innings.
The Schooners will be at home today for a 6:30 p.m. matchup with the Ocean State Waves. The Muskrats will be on the road today for a 6:30 p.m. matchup with the Vermont Mountaineers.
Valley Blue Sox 7 - North Adams SteepleCats 3
W - Emmanuel Corporan 3-0 (Hartford): 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
L - Cory Bosecker 0-4 (Butler): 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams, MA - The Valley Blue Sox (12-12) defeated the North Adams SteepleCats (5-18) by the score of 7-3.
Down 1-0 in the top of the second inning, the Blue Sox looked to get on the board. Ramon Jimenez (Boston College) and Damaurys Rodriguez (Bryant) led off with a walk and a double respectively. Jack Krause (Bowling Green State) hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game up. After a pair of hit-by-pitches loaded the bases, Blaze Fadio (Lafayette) drew an RBI walk to take the lead. Lucas DiLuca (Eastern Illinois) took another hit-by-pitch to make it 3-1.
In the top of the fourth inning, Rodriguez extended the lead with a sacrifice fly. The next time the Blue Sox scored was in the eighth inning when Chase Hanson (Hope International) scored on a passed ball. In the same inning, Michael Casaleggio (Palm Beach Atlantic) scored on a fielder's choice to make it 6-2.
The Blue Sox will be on the road again today against the Danbury Westerners at 6:30 p.m. The SteepleCats will stay at home to face another West Division opponent with the Bristol Blues.
Newport Gulls 7 - North Shore Navigators 6
W - Tyler Cortland 3-0 (Dartmouth): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
L - Peyton Heisner 0-2 (Merrimack): 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Cardines Field in Newport, R.I. - The Newport Gulls (14-8) walked it off in the 11th inning to win 7-6 over the North Shore Navigators (6-17)
With the game tied at six in the bottom of the 11th, the Gulls looked to end the game quickly. Leading off the inning was Alex Makarewicz (East Carolina), who on the first pitch he saw, hit a hard ground ball up the middle and into center field. That allowed Trent Farquhar (Michigan State) to score and give Newport the victory.
The scoring started in the top of the third inning when North Shore's Jake McElroy (Holy Cross) hit a 2-run double. Newport responded in the bottom of the inning when Colton Ledbetter (Samford) hit a solo home run.
Two innings later, North Shore's Nathan Blasick (West Virginia) hit a solo home run to extend the Navigators' lead. The next home run came in the bottom of the inning from Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (Rutgers New Brunswick), who made it a 3-2 game.
The next inning, the Gulls got a rally going. They loaded the bases, then Farquhar was hit by a pitch to tie the game. Makarewicz beat out a double play, which allowed Slate Alford (Mississippi State) to score from third base and Luke Beckstein (Northeastern) to score from second, as he came around third on the throw to first base.
It did not take long for the Navigators to respond. Stan DeMartinis III (Bryant) doubled and Trace Willhoite (Lipscomb) walked to lead off the top of the seventh. Two groundouts allowed DeMartinis III to move to third and then score. After that, Willhoite scored off an error to tie the game at five.
The game eventually reached extra innings, and each team scored a run in the 10th inning. In the top of the 11th inning, Tyler Cortland induced a groundout to start the frame. Then, with runners on the corners and one out, he struck the batter out as the runner on first went to steal second base. Jacob Burley (Brown) faked a throw to second base, then was interfered with on an attempt to third base. The umpire called batter interference for the third out of the inning, which set up for the walk-off.
The Gulls will be on the road tomorrow for a game against the Upper Valley Nighthawks at 4:05 p.m. The Navigators' next game will be at home against the Ocean State Waves tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
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