SteepleCats falters against Sanford 6-4
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After threatening in the first and second, the Mainers scored a pair of runs in the third on an RBI single from Will Greenberg and a sacrifice fly by Greg Hopkins to go up 2-0.
SteepleCats defense helped the Mainers in the fifth as a pair of North Adams errors plated three Sanford runs to make it 5-0. Another SteepleCats error wound up giving the Mainers another run in the seventh to make it 6-0.
North Adams started in on the comeback trail in the eighth. Pinch-hitting, Dayton Marze led off the inning with a walk. Two batters later, Brian Adams smacked a ground rule double to put Marze on third. Nick Shaw followed with a walk to load the bases. Greg Van Horn stepped in and lined a ball into left to score Marze and make it 6-1. After a pitching change, Tony Chisman ran a 2-2 count to Rob Noe before uncorking a wild pitch to score Adams and make it 6-2.
The SteepleCats were not done as Noe grounded a ball to shortstop for the second out of the inning, scoring Nick Shaw and moving Van Horn to third. Paul Hoilman stood in and blooped a double into right to bring home Van Horn to make it 6-4.
That was as close as the ‘Cats would get, however, as Tony Chisman shut the door to end the game.
Jason Bowman (2-1) picked up the win going seven strong for Sanford. Mitch Clegg (1-1) suffered the hard luck loss for North Adams. Chisman recorded his second save of the season.
The SteepleCats head out on the road for a pair of games at Danbury and at Torrington Friday and Saturday. Friday’s game is a noon start at Danbury and can be heard on the NECBL broadcast network. The SteepleCats will host a baseball clinic at The Range on Curran Highway on Sunday, June 29, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Kids of all ages will have the opportunity to practice batting and throwing fundamentals with the SteepleCats. Come and take advantage of the opportunity to practice with the SteepleCats coaches and players while practicing in the batting cages at The Range.
New England Collegiate Baseball League
Results for Thursday, June 26th
For more detailed results and statistics, please visit www.necbl.com or http://www.necbl.com/nutshell.htm.
Holyoke 6, Newport 4
Vermont 5, Torrington 2
Sanford 6, North Adams 4
Pittsfield 12, Keene 3
North Shore 2, Manchester 0
Lowell 5, Danbury 4
Schedule for Friday, June 27th
Holyoke @ Manchester 7pm
North Shore @ Vermont 6:30pm
Newport @ Sanford 6:30pm
North Adams @ Danbury Noon
Torrington @ Pittsfield 7pm
Team China @ Lowell 7pm (Exhibition)
