Generals defeat Rams @ Patton

Hamilton bounced back from an ugly loss the previous night by defeating Rowley by a 7-4 score Thursday night at Patton Park.  Matt Greeke went five innings for the win and Cam Charette pitched two perfect innings for the save.  Greeke allowed just one run through the first four innings, but tired in the fifth due to his heavy early season workload.  Moore took the loss for Rowley.  Newall pitched two scoreless innings of relief.

 

Rowley scored an unearned run in the top of the first, but Hamilton answered with three in the bottom half.  Back-to-back walks to Jimmy Parr and Jim Love started the game and Jim Maloney followed with an RBI single to left to tie the game.  Mark Ruggiero would later add an RBI fielder's choice and Mike Chandler delivered a sacrifice fly.  The Generals stretched the lead to 5-1 in the second.  Austen Michel walked, Parr reached on an error and both came in to score on a Love two-run double to right.  In the fourth, Maloney led off the inning with a walk and then Ruggiero got the pipes extended and deposited a two-run job into the willow tree.

 

The Rams got to Greeke in the fifth.  After the leadoff man reached on an error. Conte walked and Dagastino delievered a RBI single.  Koby Thibault then came through with a two-run single to cut the gap to 7-4, which would be the final score.  Dagastino and Thibault had two hits apiece, as did Avon Stewart for Hamilton.

 

Rowley next plays on Sunday at Rockport while Hamilton will travel to Ipswich on Monday night.

Mariners 11 - Townies 1 (Tuesday 6/4)

Essex - The M/E Mariners defeated the Rockport Townies 11-1 on Tuesday night in Essex. With the win the Mariners improve to 4-0. Rusty Tucker picked up his 2nd win of the season, striking out 11 over 5 innings. Brandon Bell and Rory Gentile threw a scoreless 6th and 7th, respectively. Alex Ray (2B, 2RBI), Nate Bertolino (4RBI), and Mike Cain (2-2B, RBI) all had 2 hits while Bertolino and Tucker went deep.

Jordan Pallazola, Mike Emerson and Ty Watkins had the hits for Rockport (1-2). The Townies play tonight in Beverly before the two teams meet again on Friday night in Rockport, first pitch slated for 6:00 PM.

Rams-7, Generals-1

Rowley defeated Hamilton 7-1 Wednesday night in Rowley. The two teams will meet again on Thursday in Hamilton.

M/E Defeats Rockport 11-1

The Mariners defeated the Townies 11-1 last night.

Ipswich gets First win over Topsfield

Ipswich 7  Topsfield 0

Alex Ministeri, Greg Doucette combined on a no hitter as the Chiefs cruised to their first victory of the season.

Beverly - 5, Rowley - 0

Three Beverly (1-1) pitchers combined on a 2 hit shutout against Rowley (1-1).  Frankie Messina earned the win giving up just one hit and one hit batter over 4 innings. Rocky Pisa allowed a hit and walk in his 2 innings of relief. Sean Martin pitched a perfect 7th.

The Giants did all of their scoring in the fourth inning keyed by a Paul Drinkwater solo home run.  Drinkwater and Brian Chirco had 2 hits apiece. Jeff Barricelli and Abel Hernandez had RBI singles.

For Rowley, Joe White pitched three scoreless innings. Koby Thibault and Andy Fecteau had the hits.

Rockport 3 Hamilton 2

Rockport bounced back from Thursday's loss to win 3-2 over Hamilton at Evans Field on Sunday night.

Tom Robertson (2b, rs), Mike Tupper (2-3, rs) and  Brent Currier (1b, rbi, rs, 2 bb's) paced the Townie offense.  Rob Nelson picked up the win going 3 1/3 innings of strong relief for the Townies.  For the Generals, Jim Maloney (2-for-3, BB, 2RBI, 2SB) and Avon Stewart (2-for-2, 2BB) paced the offense, while Greeke took the loss in relief.

Rockport faces Manch-Essex on Tuesday, while Hamilton faces off against Rowley on Wednesday.

Rams-10, Tories -7

Tied at 7 through 3 things settled down a bit down the stretch and the Rams held on for the win. Adam Newell earned the win with 4 scoreless innings in his ITL debut. The Rams travel to Beverly on Sunday while the Tories are off until Monday when they head to Ipswich to take on the Chiefs.

Manchester - 6, Beverly - 5

Manchester improved to 3-0 with a win over visiting Beverly (0-1) on Thursday night.  Beverly led 2 to 1 in the 5th inning when Manchester erupted for 5 runs to take a 6 to 2 lead.  Beverly loaded the bases with nobody out in the 6th and 7th innings but was only able to push 3 more runs across the plate leaving the tying run on third.  Brandon Bell earned the win for the Mariners.  Ryan Marques recorded the save.

Generals over Townies in opener

Generals 9 Townies 4

 

Hamilton defeated Rockport by the score of 9-4 on opening night at Patton Park Thursday.  Jack Clay (5+IP, 8H, 4R, 3ER, 3BB, 6K) earned the win in his ITL debut with a solid performance.  Clay yielded just one run through the first five innings before tiring in the sixth.  Matt Greeke (2IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K) entered the game for the Generals and extinguished a Rockport rally to earn the save.  McDowell was charged with the loss for Rockport.

 

The Generals took a 2-0 lead after one inning.  Jim Love and Bryan Vitale walked and would later come around to score on a wild pitch and a Mark Ruggiero (2-for-4, RBI) RBI single.  The lead was extended to 4-0 in the bottom of the second when Mark Potter singled and Austen Michel (0-for-1, 2BB, HBP, 2R) and Jimmy Parr walked to load the bases.  Jim Maloney (2-for-3, 2B, 2RBI, BB, R, SB) followed with a two-run ground-rule double.  Rockport closed the gap to 4-1 in the third on a Brent Currier solo shot to left.

 

Hamilton got that run back in the fourth when Michel walked again and later scored on a Love sacrifice fly.  Another run was added in the fifth when pinch runner Nails Simmons came around to score after running for Mike Chandler, who had singled.  Rockport cut the gap to 6-4 by plating three in the sixth, highlighted by a Tommy Robertson (2-for-3, RBI, BB) RBI single.  However, Hamilton would tack on three of their own in bottom half as Avon Stewart drilled a three-run HR into the willow tree to round out the scoring.

 

The two teams will meet again Sunday night at Evans field in Rockport with a 6pm first pitch.

Mariners Take 2 from Chiefs to Open Season

The Manchester-Essex Mariners and Ipswich Chiefs met on Monday night at Linebrook Field in Ipswich and Memorial Park in Essex on Tuesday to kick off the 2013 season. The Mariners won both closely contested games behind strong pitching and solid defense. Rusty Tucker picked up the victory in game 1 by a score of 8-2 in Ipswich. The Mariners broke open a 3-2 game in the top of the 7th by plating 5 runs. Tucker surrendered only one infield hit by Cain in the 6th inning, walked 2 batters, and struck out 16 Chiefs. Rory Gentile, Brett Cahill, Nate Bertolino, and Adrian Frattini all had 2 hits for the Mariners. Mike Cain was 1-2 w/2hbp and 2 runs scored. Rookie Danny Munn hit a 3 run double in the 7th inning to break the game open, in his first career ITL at bat. Kevin Michael took the hard luck loss by tossing 6 solid innings, surrendering 3 runs while scattering 8 hits, and striking out 5. Cain hit safely for the Chiefs and scored run. Galante scored the other run for Ipswich .

On Tuesday night in Essex, Ryan Marques and Mark O'Flynn squared off in a pitchers duel that the Mariners squeaked out 2-1 in just under 2 hours. Marques went the distance scattering 8 hits, striking out 4 and walking 2 with 1 earned run allowed. O'Flynn threw 6 complete innings, striking out 8, and only giving up 4 hits, while walking 5. Adrian Frattini led the Mariners with 2 hits and an rbi. While Nate Bertolino and rookie Cael Schwartz also hit safely; with Schwartz driving in a run as well and playing solid defense at 2nd base. Brett Cahill & Bryan Lafata scored the runs for the Mariners. Andy Knox led the Chiefs with 2 hits, while Cain, Tommy Radzim, Chris Zaremba (1 run scored), Curran, Doucette, and Gonges (1 rbi) all hit safely for Ipswich.

The Chiefs host the Topsfield Tories on Monday June 3rd, while the Mariners are back at it on Thursday May 30th by hosting the Beverly Giants in Essex.

Topsfield @ Rowley

Due to poor field conditions and a sketchy evening forecast, the game for tonight in Rowley has been postponed. Makeup date TBA.

Hamilton @ Rockport

Hamilton will play Rockport this Sunday, June 2nd at 6pm @ Evans Field.  This is a makeup from last Sunday's rainout.

Mother Nature Pushes Opening Day Back in ITL

Both of Sunday's ITL opening games (in Beverly and Rockport) were canceled due to the unplayable field conditions. Memorial Day Monday features a rematch of the 2012 finals with Manchester-Essex traveling to Linebrook Field to play the Ipswich Chiefs at 5:45pm

2012 ITL Results

2012 Playoffs

• FINALS
• (3) Ipswich vs. (1) M/E
• Mariners win series 3-1
• Semi-Finals
• (3) Ipswich vs. (2) Beverly
• Ipswich wins series 2-0
• (4) Rowley vs. (1) Man./Essex
• M/E wins series 2-0
• (4) Hamilton vs. (4) Rowley
• Rowley wins

2012 ITL Standings

• TEAM - W-L-T - POINTS
• Man./Essex 18-6-0 (36)
• Beverly 16-8-0 (32)
• Ipswich 13-11-0 (26)
• Hamilton 10-13-1 (21)
• Rowley 10-13-1 (21)
• Rockport 9-14-0 (18)
• Topsfield 6-17-0 (12)

Jay MacGilvary: ITL Hall of Fame

Jay Ellsworth MacGilvary, 67, beloved husband of Sally (Porter) MacGilvary, with whom he shared 44 years of marriage, passed away on Sunday, October 28th at his home. Born in Ipswich, he was the son of the late Forrest and Ruth (Bodman) MacGilvary. Jay grew up in Ipswich and graduated from Ipswich High School. He attended and graduated from Brewster Academy in Wolfboro, NH. He also attended and graduated from Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. For eleven years, Jay taught physical education at Ipswich High School and coached football, wrestling and baseball. He was involved in the inter town baseball league and is a member of its hall of fame. He also was a volunteer coach in Hamilton-Wenham little league and babe ruth league baseball program. Jay was also a member of the Ipswich High School Hall of Fame committee. In addition to his wife, Jay is survived by two sons: J.P. Mac-Gilvary of Ipswich, Casey MacGilvary of Denver, Colorado; two daughters: Megan Sukduang and her husband Suriyon of Houston and Sarah Falkanger of Ipswich; one brother: Ronald MacGilvery and his wife Susan of Venice, Florida; and four grandchildren: Marisa and Jake MacGilvary and Trin and Tola Sukduang. Services for Jay will be held privately. In lieu of flowers, Memorial donations may be made in Jays Memory to the Jimmy Fund, C/O Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168. Arrangements by the Campbell-Lee, Moody Russell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot Street, Beverly. Condolences at www.campbellfuneral.com.

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