Rowley @ Topsfield (5/30) Postponed

Tonight's game at Proctor has been postponed and will be rescheduled due to a field conflict.

Mariners (3-0) 4 Giants (0-2) 1

Manchester-Essex beat Beverly 4 to 1 yesterday at Memorial Field to improve to 3-0 on the season.

Steve Palladino (4ip, 2r, 3k, 2bb) took the loss for Beverly. For Manchester-Essex; Ryan Marques (4ip, 1r, 6k, 1bb) picked up the win, Dylan Maki threw 2 scoreless innings of relief and Adam Philpott (1ip, 2k) registered his 2nd save of the season.

The Mariners scored first in the home half of the second on a sacrifice fly by Cory Burnham that plated Maki. Beverly answered back in the top of the 3rd after Brown doubled to leadoff the inning, Paul Drinkwater hit a 2 out RBI single to right field. Manchester-Essex took the lead back for good in the bottom of the 3rd after Max Nesbit hit a 1 out double to left and was knocked in by Brett Cahil's RBI single.

Drinkwater and Jeff Barricelli each had 2 hits for Beverly. Caulin Rogers also hit safely for the Manchester-Essex.

Generals 5 Townies 3

Hamilton (1-0) defeated Rockport (0-1) by a score of 5-3 Thursday night at Patton in the season opener for both teams.  Luke Painchaud was the star for the Generals, turning in a complete game effort on the mound with nine strikeouts while adding a two-run single in the bottom of the 6th to break a 3-3 tie.  Derek McDowell turned in a strong effort for the Townies going 6+ innings on the mound, but was charged with the loss.

Rockport went up 1-0 in the 4th when Cottone doubled with two outs and came in to score on a Generals error.  Hamilton tied the game in the bottom half of the frame when Matt Cook (3SB) drew a walk, stole second and third and scored on an Andre Painchaud RBI single.  In the bottom of the fifth, Jim Maloney broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI single and Cook added an RBI fielder's choice to put the Generals up 3-1.  Rockport evened the game in the top of the sixth on RBI singles by Nelson (2 hits) and Gitten.  Hamilton prevented further damage by gunning down two runners trying to advance on the basepaths.

Andre Painchaud turned in the at-bat of the game to lead off the bottom of the sixth, fighting back from an 0-2 count by fouling off several pitches and drawing a walk.  Larry Saggese followed with another walk, chasing McDowell from the game.  With one out and runners at second and third, Luke Painchaud helped his own cause with a two-run single to put the Generals up 5-3.  Luke retired the side in order in the 7th to earn the complete game win.

Topsfield @ Rowley today: RAINOUT

Status: RainoutDate & Time: 5/28/2014 Wed 5:45 PM
Sport & Level: Inter Town League, Mens League
Site: Rowley / Erias
Home: Rowley ITL
Away: Topsfield ITL

Tonight's game has been rained out.  Stay tuned for a make up date.

Mariners 7 Chiefs 3

Manchester-Essex completed the sweep of the Ipswich Chiefs with a 7 to 3 win at Memorial Field in Essex. Rusty Tucker picked up the win going 5 strong innings with 12 strikeouts. Caulin Rogers led the way for the Mariners with 2 hits.

For Ipswich, Doucette had 3 hits including a 2 run homer.

Mariners 5 Chiefs 2

Manchester/Essex beat Ipswich last night 5 to 2. Mike Gibbon went 4 innings to pick up his first win since the 2010 season and Adam Philpott recorded the save. The teams meet again tonight in Essex.

2013 Standings

2013 ITL Playoffs

• FINALS
• (2) Rowley vs. (1) M/E
• Mariners win series 3-1
• ROUND 1
• (4) Ipswich Vs. (1) M/E
• Mariners win series 2-0
• (3) Beverly Vs. (2) Rowley
• Rams win series 2-0

2013 ITL Standings

• TEAM - W-L-T - POINTS
• Man./Essex 19-4-1 (39)
• Rowley 15-6-2 (32)
• Beverly 13-11 (26)
• Ipswich 12-9-1 (25)
• Hamilton 11-13 (22)
• Rockport 5-18 (10)
• Topsfield 4-18 (8)

Topsfield - 3, Beverly - 0

Troy Bunker threw a 1 hit shutout to beat the Beverly Giants on Opening Day Sunday at Cooney Field.  The game was scoreless into the 6th inning when Topsfield scored the only 2 runs they would need.  With runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out Beverly's infield made a throwing error that allowed both runs to score.  Topsfield added one more run in the 7th.  Beverly threatened in the bottom of the 7th but couldn't score leaving runners on 2nd and 3rd to end the game.