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Tommy Seidl Walks It off with Homer in Extras as Bay Sox Sweep Westerners 7-4

July 17, 2019 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
New Bedford Bay Sox News Release


In a season full of tough losses, Game 2 of Wednesday's home doubleheader will likely go down as the New Bedford Bay Sox' best win.

Jack Winkler (San Francisco) tied the game in the seventh inning with a two-out, two-run homer to right field, and Tommy Seidl (Harvard) walked it off in the eighth with a three-run blast to center, as the Bay Sox swept the Danbury Westerners 7-4.

The Bay Sox made two stellar defensive plays in the top of the eighth, which started with a runner on second base in the International Tiebreaker rules of extra innings. Paul Gozzo (UConn) picked off Danbury's Nicholas Lorusso at second base after the first pitch of the inning, and Winkler flashed his glove at short with a tremendous pick of a sharp grounder to earn the second out.

Thomas Blandini (Southern New Hampshire) began the bottom of the eighth at second base, advanced to third on a passed ball with two outs, and was joined at first base by Gozzo after a walk. Seidl launched a 1-0 pitch out of Paul Walsh Field for his fourth homer of the season, and was drenched by a bucket of water and mobbed by his elated teammates at home plate after the dramatic victory.

Tylor Arruda (UMass Boston) pitched four innings in relief to earn his first win of the season, coming on in the fifth after Will Tomlinson (Brown) allowed three runs in his second start of the year. The victory moved New Bedford to 10-22 and is their third straight win, as they took Game 1 4-3 and defeated North Adams 9-4 on Tuesday night.

Tomlinson retired the first seven hitters in impressive fashion, with three straight Ks between the first and second innings. The senior from California proceeded to load the bases in the third on two walks and a sharp single to left field. A fly out to left, with Ryan Markey (St. John's) making another great diving catch, gave the Bay Sox a chance to escape without any damage, but some aggressive base running and some sloppy defense put a two-spot on the board. Lyndon Weaver broke for home, resulting in a swipe of home base and a balk from Tomlinson. Jack McCarthy attempted the exact same tactic, breaking for home, and Tomlinson seemed to have him easily pegged at the plate, but the pitcher uncorked a terrible throw that went to the backstop for the second Danbury run.

New Bedford cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third, as new addition Noah Rivera (Becker) was hit by the first pitch he saw in the NECBL. Rivera moved to second on a wild pitch, and came across the plate via an RBI double by Josh Goldstein (Southern New Hampshire). Blandini also doubled in the third, but both Penmen were left in scoring position, as the home squad could not cash in on a big inning.

The Westerners added a run in the fourth, with a base hit, a walk, and a sac bunt placing runners at second and third with one down. A passed ball allowed Cameron Masterman to cross the plate with the third Danbury run, but Isiah Daubon was nabbed at the plate on another attempted steal of home plate which ended the inning.

Seidl laced a one-out single to left in the bottom of the fourth, advanced to second on a stolen base, and pranced to third on an error by catcher Jay Curtis IV. Rivera brought his teammate home with a double to left field, earning his first hit and first RBI in his first game.

Arruda entered in the fifth, and tossed two scoreless frames before giving up a run in the seventh inning. Weaver belted the first triple for Danbury in 32 games, and he scored an insurance run on a suicide squeeze bunt single by McCarthy.

That two-run lead was short-lived, as Rivera was plunked in the helmet with one down, and pinch runner Bryan Hart (Bryant) scored on Winkler's two-out, two-run blast to right field. That homer seemingly took the wind out of the Westerners' sails, and they dropped to 15-17 on the season and sit 2.5 games out of the third and final playoff spot in the Southern Division with two weeks remaining.

New Bedford will look to claim their fourth straight win on Thursday night (weather permitting), as they host Ocean State. They are in Mystic on Friday evening, and play the Vermont Mountaineers on Saturday night at Paul Walsh Field.

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