Rowley - 3, Topsfield - 3

Rowley scored 2 in the bottom of the 6th to salvage a 3-3 tie in a game shortened due to darkness. The 2 teams will play again Friday night 545 at Proctor.

Game Postponed (Rockport @ Hamilton)

Due to a tournament game being held at Patton Park, the Thursday, June 1st meeting between Lockport & Hamilton will be postponed.

Makeup
Friday, June 9th
5:45pm start
Patton Park

Man./Essex Mariners Grabs Lead in Fifth Inning for Victory Over Ipswich Chiefs

Man./Essex Mariners defeated Ipswich Chiefs 3-1 on Tuesday after taking the lead late in the game. The game was tied at zero with Man./Essex Mariners batting in the bottom of the fifth when.

The pitching was strong on both sides. Man./Essex Mariners pitchers struck out 16, while hurlers for Ipswich Chiefs sat down four.  Rusty Tucker earned the win for Man./Essex Mariners. He pitched five innings, giving up zero runs, zero hits, and striking out 14. Two relievers helped Man./Essex Mariners close out the victory. Bartlet threw one inning. Joe Perna took the loss for Ipswich Chiefs. He threw, allowing three runs, and zero hits.

Jake Greaney started the game for Ipswich Chiefs. He threw four innings, surrendering zero runs, two hits, and striking out one. Alex Ray, Tucker, and Cole Josselyn each collected one hit to lead Man./Essex Mariners. Man./Essex Mariners didn't commit a single error in the field. Dom Cirone had the most chances in the field with 13.

Chas Rousseau led Ipswich Chiefs with one hit in three at bats. Ipswich Chiefs was sure-handed and didn't commit a single error. John Prentiss made the most plays with six.

Game Changer

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Tories over Beverly 2-1

 Beverly Giants Pitches Well, but Can't Find Enough Runs in Loss to Topsfield Tories

Both teams were strong on the mound on Sunday, but Topsfield Tories was just a little bit stronger at the plate in a victory over Beverly Giants on Sunday. Sean Martin started the game for Beverly Giants and recorded six outs.

Matt Nolfi earned the win for Topsfield Tories. He went five innings, allowing zero runs, one hit, and striking out four. Tim Bransfield recorded the last six outs to earn the save for Topsfield Tories. Eric Messina took the loss for Beverly Giants. He pitched two innings, allowing two runs, two hits, and striking out one.

Sean Martin started the game for Beverly Giants. He pitched two innings, surrendering zero runs, zero hits, and striking out two. Andy Brown and Andrew Terista all had one hit to lead Beverly Giants.

IPSWICH / MANCHESTER GAME Postponed due to weather 5/29

Generals Score Opening Day Win in Rockport

Late Score Pushes Generals over Townies

• Rockport Townies (0-1) lost the lead late in a 6-5 defeat to Hamilton Generals (1-0) on Sunday. Hamilton Generals was down 5-4 in the top of the sixth inning when Harrison O'Brien singled off of Nolan Webb, driving in two runs.
• Hamilton Generals took an early lead in the first inning.  Hamilton Generals scored one run when Mark Ruggiero singled with two outs in the first inning.
• Rockport Townies evened things up at one in the bottom of the first inning. With zero outs in the first inning Segel drove in one run when he singled.
• Rockport Townies scored three runs in the third inning.  Rockport Townies's big inning was driven by a double by Vizenq and a double by Cottone.
• Matt Greeke earned the win for Hamilton Generals. He tossed four innings, surrendering zero runs, three hits, striking out five, and walking one.  Nolan Webb took the loss for Rockport Townies. He pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing zero runs, one hit, striking out one, and walking zero.
• Osmond started the game for Rockport Townies. He tossed five and a third innings, giving up six runs, eight hits, striking out eight, and walking one.  Luke Painchaud started the game for Hamilton Generals. He went three innings, allowing five runs, six hits, striking out two, and walking zero.
• Rockport Townies had nine hits in the game.  Douglass and Alex Webb each collected multiple hits for Rockport Townies.  Vizenq and Cottone each drove in two runs to lead Rockport Townies.
• Hamilton Generals collected nine hits.  Chris Huggett and Ruggiero each collected multiple hits for Hamilton Generals.  Hamilton Generals was sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error. Ruggiero had the most chances in the field with nine.

2016 Recap

2016 Playoffs

• FINALS
• (2) Rowley Vs. (1) Man./Essex
• Mariners win series 3-1
• SEMI-FINALS
• (4) Topsfield Vs. (1) Man./Essex
• Mariners Win Series 2-0
• (3) Rockport Vs. (2) Rowley
• Rams Win Series 2-0

2016 ITL Standings

• TEAM - W-L-T - POINTS
• Man./Essex 20-4 (40)
• Rowley 17-6-1 (35)
• Rockport 15-8-1 (31)
• Topsfield 10-14 (19)*
• Beverly 9-15 (17)*
• Hamilton 6-17 (12)
• Ipswich 5-18 (10)