Beverly - 8, Rowley - 1

The Beverly Giants (7-5) beat the Rowley Rams (5-7) by the score of 8 to 1 Friday night.  The Giants scored four runs in the first inning and didn't look back.

Josh Levesque allowed 1 run over 6 innings for the victory. Lucas Shatford pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Ty Besse (2 for 4, 2R, SB), Kevin Harutunian (2 for 4, 2R, 2B, SB), Jeff Barricelli (1 for 3, 2RBI, 2B), and Levesque (1 for 3, 2R, 2B, SB) paced the offense.

For Rowley, D'agastino took the loss.  Silva was 1 for 2 with 2 walks, a run scored, and 3 stolen bases.

Beverly hosts Topsfield Sunday at Cooney Field and travels to Rowley Thursday.

Generals Win in Extras

Generals 4 Mariners 3 (8 innings)

 

Hamilton pulled out a dramatic extra-inning victory on Thursday night at Patton Park on the strength of a Avon Stewart III walk-off homer leading off the bottom of the eighth.  Manchester/Essex led 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth when Justin Tilley tied the game with a RBI double for Hamilton.  The Generals threatened to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth, but Ryan Marques was able to record back-to-back strikeouts with runners at second and third to end the inning.

 

Mike Cain led off the top of the seventh with a solo HR, putting the Mariners back on top, 3-2.  In the bottom of the seventh, Jim Maloney doubled with one out and Hamilton's hopes rested on the shoulders Matt Greeke, who had entered the game late as a defensive replacement.  With two outs, Greeke fouled off several two strike pitches and was able to eventually deliver a base hit up the middle, scoring Maloney, to tie the game at 3-3. Mike Drinkwater entered the game and shut down the Mariners in the top of the eighth, setting the stage for Stewart.  Big Brother then came through by launching a towering fly ball to leftfield that left the yard, ending the game in dramatic fashion.

Mariners 3 - Townies 2

The Mariners came from behind on Wednesday night to defeat the Rockport Townies in a make up game at Memorial Park in Essex. It was a pitcher's duel all night between Rockport's Matt Sharon and M/E's Brandon Bell & Mike Cain. Cain ended the game with a solo home run to left center field for the win.

Beverly - 5, Topsfield - 1

The Giants won 5 to 1 behind Steve Palladino's 6 shutout innings. Beverly scored 4 in the first inning and led the whole way. Erik Drown was 2 for 3 with a 3 run homer to lead the offensive attack. Ty Besse was 2 for 3 with a steal and a run scored. Derek Scialdone and John Boyle were each 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Rowley - 6, Ipswich - 1

Rowley beat Ipswich 6-1 behind 6 solid innings from Tim Moore. OFlynn took the loss for Ipswich. Rowley had multi hit games from Dimitri Hunt and Cam Dagastino while Montecalvo and Curran had hits for the Chiefs. Rowley plays Friday @ Beverly and Ipswich is off until Monday when they host Manchester/Essex.

HW @ M/E postponed tonight.

Game in Essex tonight has been postponed due to weather.  Makeup TBD.

Field Change

The Friday, June29th Rowley at Beverly game is being moved from Cooney Field to Balch Park due to a scheduling conflict

Beverly - 6, Ipswich - 2

The Beverly Giants (5-5) beat the Ipswich Chiefs (5-4) by the score of 6 to 2 Sunday night at Cooney Field. The game was tied at 2 in the bottom of the 6th when the Giants scored 4 runs to take the lead. Frankie Messina earned the win allowing only 2 runs over 6 innings while striking out 6. Erik Drown pitched a scoreless seventh to preserve the victory. Ty Besse was 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Jeff Barricelli was 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored. Paul Drinkwater knocked in 2 runs. Ipswich's Chris Doucette was 2 for 3 with a homerun. Conor McCarthy gave up 2 runs in 5 innings for the Chiefs.

Ipswich - 10, Beverly - 1

The Ipswich Chiefs held a 4 to 1 advantage when they erupted for 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to put away the Beverly Giants. Kevin Michael allowed 1 unearned run in 6 innings for the win. Matt Small was 2 for 3 with a homerun to lead the offense. For Beverly, Josh Levesque fell to 2-1 with the loss allowing 4 runs over 5 innings. Ty Besse was 2 for 3 with a run scored.

The game was called for darkness after 6 innings.

 Ipswich travels to Beverly for a rematch on Sunday.

Tories over Generals

Rogers pitched six innings to earn the win.  Weed allowed a one-out double in the seventh, but recorded a strikeout and fly out with the tying run in scoring position to earn the save.  Drinkwater went the distance for the Generals, allowing only one earned run in taking the loss.

 

Weed led off the top of the seventh with a single, stole second and third, and scored the winning run with two outs when a groundball was booted by Hamilton.  Hittinger had a key RBI double for the Tories in the fourth.  Maloney had three doubles for Hamilton.  The two teams play again tonight in Topsfield.

Beverly - 3, Rowley - 1

Steve Palladino improved to 2-1 allowing only 1 run over 6 innings for the win.  Erik Drown pitched a perfect 7th for his first save.  Derek Scialdone's 2 run double in the third was the only scoring Beverly would need.  Drown was also 2 for 3 with a walk, steal, and two runs scored.  Jeff Barricelli contributed 3 hits and a run scored.

Rowley's Hunt was 3 for 4 with an RBI and a stolen base.  Foster took the loss. 

Rams, Mariners Split

After dropping a 3-1 decision in Essex on Tuesday, the Rams earned the split with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night @ Eiras Field.

Hamilton - 10, Beverly - 5

Cam Charette pitched a complete game for the win.  Brian Vitale (2-for-3, HR, 5RBI, 2R) and Matt Greeke homered for Hamilton.  Reggie Maidment was hit by 3 pitches and doubled scoring 4 runs out of the leadoff spot.  For Beverly, Kevin Harutunian homered and doubled knocking in 3 runs.  Paul Drinkwater also homered.

 

Vitale put the Generals up 2-0 in the first with a two-run homer.  In the third, he had a two-run single, on which a third run came home on a throwing error.  Matt Greeke followed with his first career ITL homer to push the Generals' lead to 7-2.  The Generals tacked on two more runs in the fourth on a Maloney (1-for-2, HBP, BB, 2RBI) bases loaded walk and a Vitale fielder's choice.  Maloney rounded out the scoring on the night with a RBI single in the sixth.

 

Kevin Hartunian (2-for-2, 2B, HR, 3RBI) and Paul Drinkwater (solo HR) provided the offense for Beverly.  Hamilton's Reggie Maidment (1-for-1, 3HBP, 2B, 4R) had yet another strong game from the leadoff spot, reaching base all four times and scoring four runs.  The Duval brothers and Austin Michelle had a nice showing for Hamilton in their ITL debuts.  Hamilton's offense created an early cushion for Charette, who allowed only five hits while striking out 11.

ITL Featured on MSO Radio

The ITL has a great opportunity to be featured on MSO internet radio.  Check out the first interview with ITL President Terry Poste Mansfield.

http://moorestuffonline.com/1sportspage.php

We'll keep you updated as they are planning to feature weekly ITL interviews and news as well as a few live broadcasts of games.

Makeup Announced

Rockport at M/E

Memorial Park in Essex

5:45pm start time

Wednesday June 27th

Ipswich takes two

Ipswich over Rockport 7-3 on Sunday night in Rockport.  Tonight, Ipswich beat Rockport 4-3.