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New England Regional 2013 Summaries

Posted by Richard Grenier on Aug 06 2013 at 05:00PM PDT

New England Regional - August 8, 2013 - Day Six

New England Regional Championship:  West Warwick, RI vs. Winner of West Hartford, Connecticut

Game 1:  West Hartford 3 West Warwick 2

Game 2:  West Hartford 10 West Warwick 0

Summary of these games will be up by August 20, 2013

New England Regional - August 7, 2013 - Day Five

Loser's Bracket Final:  West Hartford, Connecticut vs. Stoughton, Massachusetts

West Hartford won 10-8. 

Summary will be up by August 20, 2013.

New England Regional - August 6, 2013 - Day Four

Winner's Bracket Final: West Warwick (RI) 7 vs. Stoughton (Massachusetts) 4

Led by the pitching and hitting of Kyle Kortick, West Warwick continued their magical run through the New England Regional with a 7-4 victory over Stoughton, the Eastern Massachusetts Champion.  West Warwick will now play in the New England Regional Championship against the winner of West Hartford (Connecticut) and Stoughton (Massachusetts). 

Kortick (3/3, two doubles, and three runs scored) allowed just two unearned runs on two hits while striking out three batters in four innings of work.  Alex Pedus, who picked up the victory with two innings of relief, struck out four batters and allowed just two earned runs on two hits.   

Evan Gibb, who pitched the first three innings for Stoughton, continued his impressive pitching by striking out nine batters and allowing just one run.  In three regional starts, Gibb has struck out 26 batters and walked 11 batters in 9 innings of work.

In the bottom of the second inning, Stoughton took a 1-0 lead when Colin Joyce walked, moved to second when Myles Powel was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on an error, and scored on Noah Johnson's infield hit. 

In the top of the third inning, West Warwick tied the game at 1-1 when Kyle Kortick walked, moved to second on a passed ball, and scored two batters later on a wild pitch.

Stoughton retook the lead in the third inning when Evan Gibb reached on an error and scored on Colin Joyce's double to right center.

Trailing 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning, West Warwick scored five runs on three hits, one walk, two hit batsmen, and two errors for a 6-2 lead.  Kyle Kortick led off with a double and scored on a Jason Medeiros single to right center.  Colby Knott reached on a walk and after Alex Pedus was hit by a pitch, West Warwick had the bases loaded for Bryan Araujo.  With Stoughton's infield playing on the grass, Araujo smashed a hard grounder past the drawn in infield, scoring Medeiros and Knott.  Pedus, then, made it 5-2 when Araujo was thrown out at second base on an attempted double steal.  With two out, Jason Duffy reached first on a hit batsmen an scored on a double to right field by John Pina.

Stoughton came right back in the bottom of the fifth inning when Colin Plante reached on an infield single and scored on Evan Gibb's triple to right-center.  Gibb cut the West Warwick lead to 6-4 when he scored on a wild pitch.

In the top of the sixth inning, West Warwick added an insurance run when Kyle Kortick doubled, moved to third on Jason Medeiros' groundout, and scored on Colby Knott's single to centerfield.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Pedus struck out the side to secure the victory for West Warwick.

Besides Kortick's hitting, West Warwick received contributions from Jason Medeiros (1/4, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Colby Knott (1/1, three walks, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Alex Pedus (1/3, one run scored), Bryan Araujo (1/3, two r.b.i.'s), Jason Duffy (one run scored), Matt Hajjar (1/3), and John Pina (1/1, one double, two walks, and one r.b.i.).

Stoughton received hits from Noah Johnson (r.b.i. single), Colin Plante (one single and one run scored), Evan Gibb (r.b.i. triple and two run scored), and Colin Joyce (r.b.i. double and one run scored).

Loser's Bracket Semi-Finals:  West Hartford (Connecticut) 10 Arlington (Massachusetts) 8

In dramatic fashion, West Hartford defeated Arlington, 10-8, when Griffin Van Rye hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in the Loser's Bracket Semi-Finals.  West Hartford moves onto the Loser's Bracket Finals against Stoughton, Massachusetts.

Arlington, who was determined to avenge their Opening Round loss in extra innings to West Hartford, took a 3-1 lead in the top of the second inning when they scored three runs on r.b.i. singles by Pat Masci and Tim Mazzei.

In the top of the third inning, they built a 6-2 lead on the timely hitting of Jon Zak (double), Jake Ahern (single), Will Clifford (two-run double), and Brendan Jones (single).

West Hartford cut the lead to 6-3 when Tim Cotter homered in the bottom of the third innning.

In the top of the fifth inning, Arlington took an 8-3 lead when John Hourican reached on an infield hit and scored on Brendan Jones' two-run home run.

West Hartford, however, came right back to tie the game at 8-8 in the bottom of the fifth inning with five runs on hits by Tim Cotter (single), Will Layden (single), Andrew Gingold (r.b.i. single), Ryan Farley (infield single), Matt Lazor (two-run double), and Gabe Salamons (r.b.i. single). 

Neww England Regional - August 5, 2013 - Day Three

Arlington (Massachusetts) 13 Cranston (RI) 3 (Loser's Bracket Quarter-Finals)

Led by the pitching of Tim Mazzei and a 17-hit attack, Arlington soundly defeated Cranston, 13-3.

Ahead 3-2 in the top of the third inning, Arlington broke the game open with six runs on four hits, one walk, and one error.  Providing key hits in the inning were Brendan Jones (r.b.i. double), Pat Masci (r.b.i. single), and Will Clifford (r.b.i. single).

Arlington's hitting arsenal included Brendan Jones (2/4, two doubles, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Tim shaw (3/4, two runs scored, and one r.b.i.), Pat Masci (2/4, one double, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Tim Mazzei (1/3, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Anthony Messuri (3/4, one double, two runs scored, and three r.b.i.'s), Jon Zak (1/1, one double, two walks, and one run scored), Jake Ahern (1/2, two runs scored, and one r.b.i.), Will Clifford (1/4, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), and John Hourican (2/3, one run scored, and one r.b.i.).

Cranston, the Rhode Island and Rehoboth Summer Slam Champions, were led by Josh Shaughnessy (one r.b.i.), Matt Carvalho (one single), Domenico DeLuca (one single), Garrett Jackman (one double and one run scored), Aidan Kermen (one run scored), Nick Barbarino (one single and one run scored)and Omar Garrido (one single). 

West Hartford (Connecticut) 13 Stratham (NH) 3 (Loser's Bracket Quarter-Finals)

Led by the hitting of Tim Cotter (3/4, one grand slam, three runs scored, and seven r.b.i.'s), West Hartford bounced back with an impressive 13-3 win over Stratham, New Hampshire.

Griffin Van Rye, who allowed just three run in five innings of work, picked up the victory.

Besides Cotter's stellar hitting, West Hartford received hits from Gabe Salomons (2/3, one double, two runs scored), Griffin Van Rye (1/4, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Jack Livingstone (1/2, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Will Larden (1/1, one r.b.i.), Ryan Farley (2/3, two r.b.i.'s), and Matt Lazor (2/2, three runs scored).  In addition, Jay Falvey walked three times and scored three runs.

Stratham recieved contributions from Brady Green (2/3, one double, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Cade Thompson (one r.b.i.), Garrett Roberts (1/3, one run scored), Jaedon Cliche (2/3, one r.b.i.), and Jett Healey (1/1).

New England Regional - August 4, 2013 - Day Two

West Warwick (RI) 5 West Hartford (Connecticut) 2 (Winner's Bracket Semi-Finals)

Led by solid pitching of Alex Pedus and Colby Knott, West Warwick defeated West Hartford, the Connecticut State Champions, 5-2, to advance to the Winner's Bracket Final.

Pedus, who threw 43 of 68 pitches for strikes, struck out eight batters and allowed one infield hit in four innings of work.  Knott, who pitched four innings of stellar relief in West Warwick's walk-off victory over Marlboro, continued his solid relief pitching by striking out four batters and allowing just one run on two hits.

In the top of the second inning, West Warwick took a 3-0 lead when John Pina hit a three-run triple to right field to score Xavier Truss (hit batsmen), Bryan Araujo (walk), and Jason Duffy (fielder's choice).

Leading 3-1 in the top of the fifth inning, West Warwick scored two more runs on hits by Alex Pedus, Jason duffy (r.b.i. single), and a bases loaded walk to Kyle Kortick.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, West Hartford cut the lead to 5-2 on singles by Jay Falvey and Gabe Salamons.

Offensively, West Warwick received contributions from Kyle Kortick (1/2, two walks, and one r.b.i.), Jay Medeiros (two walks), Colby Knott (2/3, one walk), Jordan Baig (one walk), Alex Pedus (3/3, one run scored), Xavier Truss (one walk and one hit batsmen), Bryan Araujo (two walks and one run scored), Jason Duffy (1/4, two runs scored, and one r.b.i.), John Pina (1/2, one triple, and three r.b.i.'s) and Colby Rogers (one walk).

West Hartford received hits from Jay Falvey (2/2 with two runs scored) and Gabe Salomons (r.b.i. single).

Stoughton (Mass.) 9 Cranston (RI) 4 (Winner's Bracket Semi-Finals)

Led by the power pitching of Evan Gibb, who was backed by eleven hits, Stoughton (Massachusetts) advanced to the Winner's Bracket Final with a 9-4 victory over Cranston, the Rhode Island State Champion.

Gibb, who struck out nine batters in three innings in Stoughton's opening round victory, struck out eight batters and walked six batters in three innings of no-hit pitching.

After striking out the side in the top of the first inning, Gibb gave his team a 2-0 lead when he lined a two-run single to left field to plate Noah Johnson (infield single) and Colin Plante (single).

In the bottom of the third inning, Stoughton broke the game open with four runs on four hits and three walks.   Providing the key hits of the inning were Colin Plante (lead-off double), Myles Powel (double), tommy Jasmin (r.b.i. double), and George Currier (single).

Down 9-2, Cranston scored two runs on hits from Matt Carvalho and Garrett Jackman (two-run single) in the top of the fifth inning.

Offensively, Stoughton received hits from George Currier (1/4), Noah Johnson (1/4), Colin Plante (2/3, one double, and three runs scored), Evan Gibb (1/2, one run scored, and two r.b.i.'s), Michael Croke (two-run single), Myles Powell (3/3, one double, and two runs scored), and Tommy Jasmin (2/2, two doubles, and one r.b.i.).

Cranston received support from Josh Shauhnessy (two walks and one run scored), Matt Carvalho (2/3, one double, and two runs scored), Domenico DeLuca (two walks), Massimo Feroce (two walks), Garrett Jackman (1/3, two r.b.i.'s), Aiden Kermen (two walks), Gianfranco Messina (1/1, one run scored), and Omar Garrido (1/1, one r.b.i.).

Arlington (Mass.) 5 Marlboro (Mass.) 3 (Loser's Bracket)

Led by the solid pitching of Brendan Jones, Arlington moved onto the Loser's Bracket Quarter-Finals with a 5-3 win over Marlboro, Massachusetts.

In five innings of work, Jones struck out five batters and allowed just one hit.  Out of 73 pitches thrown, he threw 48 strikes.

In the top of the second inning, Arlington took a 1-0 lead on doubles by Anthony Messuri and Jon Zak.

In the top of the third inning, Jones hit a solo home run and Tim Shaw (single) scored on an error for a 3-0 lead.

In the top of the fifth inning, Arlington padded their lead with two runs on a timely two -run single by Messuri.

Marlboro battled back in the top of the sixth inning with three runs on hits by Timmy Wang, Collin Craig (r.b.i. single), Jake Gale, and Brett Federico (r.b.i. single).

Offensively, Arlington was led by Brendan Jones (1/2, one home run), Tim Shaw (2/3, one run scored, Pat Masci (1/3, one run scored), Anthony Messuri (2/3, one double, one run scored, and two r.b.i.'s), and Jon Zak (2/3, one r.b.i. double).

Marlboro received hits from Timmy Wang, Collin Craig, Jake Gale, Brett Federico, and Nick Battaglino.

Stratham (NH) 7 Skowhegan (Maine) 3 (Loser's Bracket)

Led by the solid pitching of Cade Thompson and Ryan Grijalva, Stratham was able to stay alive in the 11 Year Old New England Regional with a 7-3 victory over Skowhegan, Maine.

Thompson, who pitched the first three innings, allowed just one run on three scattered hits.  Grijalva, who pitched the final three innings, retired the side in order in the sixth inning.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Stratham took a 5-1 lead when they scored three runs on hits by Jason Cliche (double), Justin Wass (two-run double), and Ben Burke (r.b.i. double). 

In the top of the fifth inning, Skowhegan cut the lead to 5-3 with two runs on key hits by Lucas Patchel, Ryan Savage, Marcus Christopher (r.b.i. double), and Braden McCarthy (r.b.i. single).

Offensively, Stratham received hits from Brady Green (1/2, one run scored), Garrett Roberts (1/3, one r.b.i.), Jaedon Cliche (2/3, one double, one run scored, and two r.b.i.'s), Justin Wass (1/3, one double, and two r.b.i.'s), Ben Burke (2/2, one double, and one r.b.i.), and Jett Healey (r.b.i. single).

Leading the way for Skowhegan were Lucas Patchel (2/4, one run scored), Ryan Savage (2/3, one run scored), Marcus Christopher (2/3, one double, and two r.b.i.'s), Braden McCarthy (1/3, one r.b.i.), and Carter Hunt (1/3).

New England Regional - August 3, 2013 - Opening Day 

Stoughton (Massachusetts) 9 Stratham (New Hampshire) 2

Led by the pitching of Evan Gibb and AJ Marangos, Stoughton, the Eastern Massachusetts Champion, defeated Stratham (NH), 9-2.

Gibb, who worked the first three innings, struck out nine batters while allowing just one run on one hit.  Marangos (2/3, two doubles, two runs scored, and three r.b.i.’s), who was named player of the game, struck out four batters and allowed just one run on four hits.

Besides the offensive effort of Marangos, Stoughton received contributions from George Currier (three singles), Noah Johnson (one run and two walks), Colin Planks (one run scored), Gibb (one single and one run scored), Colin Joyce (two runs scored), Michael Croke (r.b.i. single), Cameron Dirosa (one single, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), and Conor Tracey (two singles, one run scored and one r.b.i.).

Offensively, Stratham received support from Aidan Guida (one run scored), Brady Green (2/3, one double), Cade Thompson (one single), Justin Wass (one double and one run scored), and Jack Gillis (r.b.i. single).

Cranston (Rhode Island) 10 Skowhegan (Maine) 4

Down 4-3 in the top of the sixth inning, Cranston came from behind to defeat Skowhegan (Maine), 10-4, in the Opening Round of the New England Regional Tournament. 

After Cameron Alves reached on an error, Josh Shaughnessy (r.b.i. triple) and Matt Carvalho (solo home run) gave Cranston a 5-4 lead.  With one out, Cranston, then, loaded the bases and received a two-run double by Aiden Kermen to break the game open. 

Kermen, who received the win by allowing just three hits in four innings of relief, had three hits to lead Cranston.

In addition to Kermen’s hitting, Cranston received support from Shaughnessy (2/4, one triple, two runs scored, and one r.b.i.), Carvalho (2/4, one home run, two runs scored, and three r.b.i.’s), Domenico Deluca (one single and one run scored), Massimo Feroce (two singles and one run scored), Garrett Jackman (one single and one run scored), Gianfranco Messina (one r.b.i.), Omar Garrido (one r.b.i. single), Cameron Alves (one r.b.i. double), and Quincy Walmsley (one single and one run scored).

Offensively, Skowhegan received hits from Lucus Patchell (one r.b.i. single), Ryan Savage (2/3, one r.b.i.), Marcus Christopher (one single and one r.b.i.), Braden McCarty (one single), and Zeb Tibbetts (one r.b.i. double).

 West Hartford (Connecticut) 12 Arlington (Massachusetts) 11 (7 Innings)

After letting an 11-0 lead slip away, West Hartford, the Connecticut State Champions, regained their composure to escape with a 12-11 victory over last year’s 10 year old New England Regional Runner Up, Arlington (Massachusetts). 

In the top of the seventh inning, Jay Falvey hit a double with one out.  After advancing to third on a passed ball, he later scored on an error for the game-winning run.  Falvey, who had three hits and two r.b.i.’s, was named Player of the Game.

Offensively, West Hartford received hits from Gabe Salomons (3/4, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Tim Cotter (3/5, one home run, two runs scored, and three r.b.i.’s), Griffin Van Rye (3/5, two runs scored), Jack Livingstone (one two-run single), Andrew Gingold (one single), Chase Rancourt (one r.b.i. single), Ryan Farley (one single, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), and Matt Lazor (2/4, one double, one run scored, and one r.b.i.).

Arlington, who made a memorable comeback by scoring 11 runs in the last three innings, was led by Brendan Jones (2/4, one game tying home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, and three runs scored), Tim Shaw (3/4, two runs scored, and two r.b.i.’s), Pat Masci (two singles), Tim Mazzei (2/5, one double, two runs scored, and four r.b.i.’s), Anthony Messuri (3/4, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), and Nate Brennan (one single).

West Warwick (Rhode Island) 6 Marlboro (Massachusetts) 5

Last year, West Warwick displayed a flair for the dramatic by coming from behind to defeat Cranston in extra innings to win the 10 year old State Championship over Cranston. 

This year, West Warwick’s 11 year old All Stars, added another chapter to their All Star experience by coming from behind to defeat Marlboro, the Western Massachusetts Champion, 6-5.

With the scored tied 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Colby Knott hit a triple into the right-center gap to score Jason Medeiros (fielder’s choice) from first base for the walk-off victory.

In the bottom of the first inning, West Warwick took a 1-0 lead when Kyle Kortick walked, stole second base, advanced to third on an infield single by Knott, and scored when Jordan Baig reached first on an infield hit.

In the top of the second inning, Marlboro scored five runs (only one earned) on two triples (Nick Garbarino and Timmy Wang), one error, two walks, and a wild pitch.

Trailing 5-1, West Warwick scored a run in the bottom of the second inning when Jason Duffy singled and later scored on Kyle Kortick’s bloop hit to centerfield.

In the bottom of the third inning, West Warwick tied the game at 5-5 with two hits and three walks.  With one out, West Warwick received back to back walks from Alex Pedus and Cole Williamson.  After Colby Rogers reached on first with an infield hit, Bryan Araujo worked the count to 3-2 and walked, allowing Pedus to score from third base.  Jason Duffy, then, hit a long fly ball to left field which was caught by an outstanding effort by Timmy Wang.  John Pina followed with a two-run double into the left-center gap to tie the game.

From that point on, Colby Knott (West Warwick) and Jake Gale (Marlboro) were locked in a pitcher’s duel.  Knott, who picked up the victory, struck out three batters and allowed just one hit over four innings of work.  Gale, who entered the game with the bases loaded in the third inning, was equally impressive by striking out four batters and allowing just two hits over 3 2/3 innings of relief.

Offensively, West Warwick was led by Kyle Kortick (1/3, one run scored, and one r.b.i.), Jason Medeiros (one run scored), Colby Knott (2/3, one triple, and one r.b.i.), Alex Pedus (two walks and one run scored), Jordan Baig (one r.b.i. single), Cole Williamson (one walk and one run scored), Colby Rogers (one single and one run scored), Bryan Araujo (one r.b.i.), Jason Duffy (one single and one run  scored) and John Pina (one double and two r.b.i.’s).

Marlboro received support from Timmy Wang (r.b.i. triple), Ed Smith (one single), Collin Craig (one single), Brett Federico (one walk and one run scored), Nick Garbarino (r.b.i. triple), Steven Breitenfeld (one walk and one run scored), and Jack Johnson (one run scored).

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