Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Rowley Rams falls in Game 2 of Intertown Twilight League baseball semifinals

Rowley Rams falls in Game 2 of Intertown Twilight League baseball semifinals

One inning. That’s what it came down to, and it wasn’t even the final inning.  The Rowley Rams, heavy with Georgetown residents, committed three errors and gave up five unearned runs (hurting pitcher Tim Moore) and ended up falling in Game 2, 6-3.



With that loss, the Rams have to go back into action on Thursday at Rowley’s Eiras Field to settle the question of whether they or the Rockport Townies will advance to the finals.

It’s not much of a prize, as the team waiting for either Rockport or Rowley is the Manchester-Essex Mariners, winners of five of the last six Intertown Twilight League championships and the last four straight.

“I told the guys after the game that ‘one inning doesn’t make a series, but it definitely cost us the ball game,’” said manager Jeff Wood, himself a Georgetown resident. “We’ll leave that in Rockport, and go back to Rowley and move on.”

Wood said that Moore “pitched a great game,” as the Rams designed a game plan around his delivery.

“He really deserved a lot better than what he got,” said Wood. Georgetown’s Curtis Putnam, one of the heroes of Monday night’s Game 1, had another big hit to center field that helped Rowley get runs on the board.

“It was not a bad game, it was just one bad inning,” Wood added. “We played relatively clean and did what we were trying to do. That’s just baseball, sometimes.”

First pitch on Thursday is at 5:30 p.m. at Eiras Field, behind the Rowley Police Station (55 Haverhill Road/Route 133).