The Beverly Giants third-inning burst enough to top ITL Rockport Townies, 8-0
The Beverly Giants beat ITL Rockport Townies 8-0 in seven innings on Wednesday at Cooney Field 90 East St, Beverly, MA 01915 after an eight-run explosion in the third inning.
The Beverly Giants scored in the third on an error, a sacrifice fly by John Boyle, an RBI single by Josh Levesque, an RBI single by Paul Drinkwater, an RBI single by Brian Chirco, a bases loaded walk, a walk by Eric Messina, and an RBI single by Kevin Harutunian.
ITL Rockport Townies couldn't get anything going so long as Levesque was on the hill. ITL Rockport Townies managed just two hits off of Levesque, who allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out four during his four innings of work.
A bright spot for ITL Rockport Townies in the defeat was Drew Shairs, who allowed only zero runs while striking out six.
Anthony Ciaramitaro was charged with the loss. He allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out one.