PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A combined no-hitter from Weston Wigglesworth and Mateo Fox led Pittsfield over Westfield by a final score of 9-0, in the Little League Section 1 Tournament on Friday.
Pittsfield stayed in the winner's bracket of the double-elimination tournament and will host the survivor of the loser’s bracket on Sunday afternoon for the sectional title and a berth in the state final four.
Wigglesworth continues his summer of destruction, cashing in 35 pitches with five strikeouts, as well as batting 1-for-3 with yet another home run.
Pittsfield’s offense carried over from its Thursday win over Athol, recording runs in every inning until the very end.
Westfield struggled defensively and offensively against Pittsfield, committing multiple throwing errors and not being able to make much contact against Pittsfield’s pitching.
“Weston went out there and did what he does best, this team builds a lot off of him,” Pittsfield coach Ty Perrault said.
“We bat him first for the single reason of him getting more at bats each game to drive in runs and get on base. Plus his pitching really puts him all together as our overall well rounded player. He will be pitching against whoever we face on Sunday, and they will be practicing tomorrow morning lightly to prepare.”
While Pittsfield showed no sign of slowing down today, some issues occurred late in the game following an infield fly rule being called.
Pittsfield coaches and players had very delayed reactions resulting in a double play for Westfield, following the miscommunication from Pittsfield.
Perault is very excited for the team going forward but is also extremely nervous about the future games.
“These final games are always hard to play, and while I believe in our team, it’s never easy to play key games in stressful situations,” he said.
“We have Weston who is doing his thing to keep us in the game while our front and end of our order is supplying support on the bases to keep us within the games.”
Pittsfield defeating Westfield sets up Westfield for an elimination game on Saturday afternoon as they look to keep their season alive in a losers bracket matchup.
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Pittsfield's Paronto Perfect in Opener
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AUGUSTA, Maine -- Pittsfield's Connor Paronto Friday fired a complete-game no-hitter to lead his Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Star team to a 10-0 win over North Providence in the first game of the New England Regional.
Paronto struck out six and did not allow a walk or a hit. Pittsfield also did not allow an error behind him to secure the perfect game.
“Connor was incredibly impressive today,” Pittsfield coach Ben Stohr said. “We had stellar defense, especially at shortstop where Luke Ferguson took away a couple potential infield hits.
“Connor finished with 71 pitches. Couldn’t have been any more efficient. Very proud of all of these guys with how they played defense behind him today.”
Paronto helped his cause by going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs at the plate.
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