Burega Leads Post 68 Seniors Past East Springfield

By Leland BarnesiBerkshires.com Sports
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PITTSFIELD , Mass. — Pittsfield Post 68 defeated East Springfield Post 420 with a complete game shutout from Matthew Burega at Buddy Pellerin Field on Friday.
 
Burega threw the full 7 innings in the 5-0 win.
 
Burega finished with two strikeouts while allowing four walks and two hits.
 
“It was electric out there,” Burega said.
 
East Springfield used three pitchers, including a great performance by Hamilton Wray, who struck out the side in the fifth.
 
In the first inning, Post 68 had all the momentum, scori,ng two runs off two singles and three walks.
 
Camden Zerbato scored the first run of the game.
 
In the first two innings, Burega sent Post 420 down 1-2-3.
 
Offensively, Roshan Warriar went 3-for-3 with a walk. He also recorded two of Post 68’s runs.
 
Jack Abel recorded Post 68’s majority of bases, reaching and scoring on 3 plate appearances.
 
Post 68 Matthew Kinzer recorded a hit as well as throwing out two runners at second.
 
Nathan Pok recorded one of the only hits for Post 420.
 
Following the win, Post 68 (4-1) will now go on the road for a few games, starting Saturday at Monson.
 
Post 420 (0-3-2) is at Westfield on Monday.
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Start Time Changed for Pittsfield July 4 5K

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Health Systems 4th of July 5K start time has been moved to 9 a.m., the Berkshire Running Center announced on social media on Saturday.
 
The organizer of the annual road race said that the time was changed by half an hour in order to accommodate parade road closures.
 
On Sunday morning, the center said that 904 runners were signed up for the 5-kilometer race through downtown Pittsfield, including runners from five different countries and 22 states.
 
This is the 37th running of the holiday 5K, which will use the same course as Pittsfield's annual Independence Day parade.
 
Runners will start the course on Wahconah Street adjacent to the Wilson Street and Wahconah Street intersection. Wahconah Street will be closed to traffic at 8 a.m. to provide safe passage for all the participants.
 
Online registration is open until Monday at 5 p.m. through the Berkshire Running Foundation website, www.berkshirerun.org and click on events or through www.zippyreg.com. In-person registration and bib pick up is from 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, and Wednesday, July 3, at Berkshire Running Center, 5 Cheshire Rd Suite 119, downstairs in the Allendale Shopping Center.
 
There is no day-of-race registration for the race.
 
Proceeds from the event will support Berkshire Health Systems Community Wellness Programming.
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