LaPierre Pitches Pittsfield Past Spartans

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Ryan LaPierre struck out 12 in six innings on the mound to lead the Pittsfield baseball team to a 9-1 win over Monument Mountain on Thursday.

 

LaPierre allowed just one hit and one unearned run before turning the ball over to Christian Marchbanks, who struck out two in a hitless seventh.

 

LaPierre also helped his cause by going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

 

Marchbanks was 3-for-3 and doubled, and Jon Halse was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs  in a 14-hit Pittsfield attack.

 

Kyle Gochey went 1-for-3, and Jackson Smith drove in a run for the Spartans.

 

Monument Mountain (3-7) hosts Mount Everett on Friday.

 

Pittsfield (11-2) goes to Drury on Friday.