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Berkshire Force 16u Team Wins Babe Ruth World Series

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JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- Toni Satrape went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored Tuesday evening to help the Berkshire Force 16-and-under softball team defeat WVAC-Debary and claim the Babe Ruth Softball National Championship.
 
Ashley Keegan went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI at the plate and went the distance in the circle, striking out three and not allowing an earned run.
 
Haley Tobin, Toni Satrape and Erin Murphy each drove in a run. Britney Perkett went 2-for-3 and scored two runs.
 
Earlier Tuesday, Berkshire played its way into the championship game by winning the continuation of a game started Monday evening against host Jensen Beach.
 
Keegan struck out six and allowed three earned runs as Berkshire advanced with a 6-4 win.
 
Murphy went 2-for-3 with a walk, and Satrape was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the win. Isabella Aitken went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice and a run scored.
 
14-and-under
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- The Berkshire Force softball 14-and-under team fell in the final game of the losers bracket at the Babe Ruth World Series on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Force's second loss in the double-elimination tournament dropped it from contention in the national championship.
 
JPRD West emerged with a 6-2 win and the right to take on the USA Glory Broken Bow in Tuesday evening's championship round.
 
In the elimination game at Pineapple Park, Madison Tobin went 1-for-3 with a run scored, and Sarah McMahon went 2-for-3 for the Force.
 
Mary Lee (2-for-3) and Payton O'Connell drove in Berkshire's runs, and Tess Lyon, Abigail Santos and Brianna Clary each had a hit.
 
Lee went the distance on the mound, striking out three.
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Belchertown Stops Pittsfield Post 68

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Belchertown Post 239’s Cooper Beckwith set the tone when he crushed the game’s first pitch to left-center field for a double.
 
The visitors went on to pound out 14 more hits in a 9-1 win over Pittsfield Post 68 in American Legion Baseball action at Buddy Pellerin Field on Monday night.
 
Beckwith went 3-for-4 with an RBI and scored twice, and Chase Earle went five innings on the mound without allowing an earned run as Post 239 improved to 15-0 this summer and completed a regular-season sweep of Post 68 (12-4).
 
“He’s a good pitcher,” Post 68 coach Rick Amuso said. “Good velo[city], kept the ball down. We didn’t respond.”
 
Pittsfield did manage to scratch out a run in the bottom of the fourth inning, when it already trailed, 7-0.
 
Nick Brindle reached on an error to start the inning. He moved up on a single by Jack Reed (2-for-2) and scored on a single to left by Cam Zerbato.
 
That was half the hits allowed by Earle, who struck out three before giving the ball to Alex West, who gave up a leadoff walk in the sixth and retired the next six batters he faced.
 
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