Fourth-inning rally sparks win for the Rowley Rams, 12-4

The Rowley Rams beat Hamilton Generals 12-4 in seven innings on Thursday at Patton Park - 13 Asbury St. Hamilton, MA 01982 after a seven-run explosion in the fourth inning.

The Rowley Rams scored in the fourth on a two-run single by Anthony Conte, a two-run double by Dmitri Hunt, a wild pitch, an RBI single by Colby Ingraham, and an RBI single by Marco Luisi.
Hunt racked up two RBIs on three hits for the Rowley Rams.  Tim Moore got the win for the Rowley Rams. He allowed four runs over seven innings. He struck out six, walked five and surrendered four hits.

Luke Painchaud couldn't get it done on the bump for Hamilton Generals, taking a loss. He allowed eight runs in 2 2/3 innings, walked one and struck out one.

The Rowley Rams jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. A double by Tim Cashman, scoring Ingraham and Justin Bolla started the inning off.

Hamilton Generals quickly matched the Rowley Rams' strong inning with a three-run inning of its own in the first. Hamilton Generals scored on an RBI single by Larry Saggese, a groundout by Bryan Vitale, and a groundout by Justin Tilley.

Mariners 14 Giants 2

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Rowley - 4, Hamilton - 3

Joe White gets the win while Jack Clay takes the loss. Brad Whitman gets the save stranding the tying run on 3rd with 2 outs in the 7th. The 2 teams meet again tomorrow night in Hamilton.

Mariners 7 Townies 2

• The Manchester-Essex Mariners beat the Rockport Townies 7 to 2 last night in Essex.
• The Man./Essex Mariners got their bats going early, scoring four runs in the first inning to pull ahead of Rockport Townies. The Man./Essex Mariners scored in the first on an error, an RBI single by Ian Buckley, and an RBI single by Alex Ray.
• Ray had a hot bat for the Man./Essex Mariners. Ray went 2-2, drove in one and scored one run. Johnny Wilcox also added 2 hits.
• Ryan Marques held Rockport Townies scoreless for six innings, allowing 3 hits, one walk and striking out three.
• Mackenzie Quinn was charged with the loss. He allowed seven runs in six innings, walked three and struck out three.
• For the Townies, Tucker Meredith was 3 for 4.

Mariners 10 Townies 9 - (9 innings)

For the second night in three days the Rockport Townies and Manchester-Essex Mariners met at Evans Field in Rockport. In a game that lasted almost 3 hours and had multiple lead changes, the Mariners defeated the Townies 10 to 9 in extra innings.

The Mariners jumped on Rockport Starter James Parisi early for 3 runs in the top of the 1^st on hits by Caulin Rogers (3-4), Rory Gentile and Mike Cain (3-6, 6 RBI). The Townies answered back in the bottom of the 3^rd with 3 runs off RBI hits by Alex Webb and Keady Segal. Parisi settled down and held the Mariners scoreless until the 4^th when Cain put the Mariners up 5 to 3 on a ground rule double.

The Townies answered right back in the bottom half of the 4^th with 2 runs on 2 consecutive sacrifice fly balls by Webb and Bryan Lentz.

The Townies relived Parisi in the 5^th following two singles off the bats of Peter Clark and Rogers. Clark came around to score on a Max Nesbit sacrifice fly to deep left center giving the Mariners a 6 to 5 lead. In the bottom half of the 5^th, Connor Douglass put the Townies back on top 7 to 6 with a 2 RBI single. Townies reliever Shawn Hull shut the Mariners down until the top of the 7^th, when an error and 2 walks lead to another pitching change for the Townies. Jason Vizena came in with no outs, bases loaded and limited the Mariners to 1 run, a Nesbit sac fly.

The Townies had runners in scoring position with 1 out in both the 7^th and 8^th innings, but Mariners reliever Peter Clark was able to escape both situations.

There were 2 outs in the top of the 9th, with runners on 1^st & 2^nd and with the score tied at 7. The Townies intentionally walked Gentile to load the bases for Cain. Cain fell behind 0 & 2 to Townies reliever Jason Vizena, but Cain was able to battle back and line one up the middle for a 2 run single to put the Mariners up 9 to 7. John Wilcox added an insurance RBI single that would prove to be necessary as the Townies didn't go quietly in the bottom half.

Douglass lead off the 9th with a 10 pitch at bat that lead to a line drive single to right field. Next stepped up Mike Muniz, the big first baseman crushed a Mike Gibbon fastball into the center field trees to make the score 10 to 9. An error on a shallow outfield pop fly lead to another base runner for the Townies with no outs. However, Gibbon was able to shut down the Townies the rest of the way, leaving the tying run on 3rd.

Clark picked up the win for the Mariners with 4 solid innings of relief.

Sunday: Beverly - 4, Topsfield - 0

Dan Cashman pitched a three hit shutout to move the Giants past the Tories, 4 to 0 Sunday at Cooney Field.  Cashman and Topsfield's Andy Heath were locked in a scoreless pitching duel until Beverly erupted for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning taking advantage of some errors.  The big blow of the inning was a two run single off the bat of Kevin Harutunian that plated two runs that would be all Cashman would need to earn the victory.

Harutunian added two stolen bases on the night.  In addition, Frankie Messina (2 for 2, 2BB) and Andy Brown (2 for 3, BB) chipped in to lead the offense.

For Topsfield, Andy Heath was the tough luck loser allowing 4 unearned runs over 6 innings.  Heath was also 1 for 3 at the plate with a double.

Friday: Beverly - 5, Ipswich - 4

The Beverly Giants used a four run 5th inning to move past the Ipswich Chiefs and pull out a 5 to 4 win Friday night at Bialek Park.  Ipswich tried to come back from 2 runs down in the 7th but fell just short, plating one run.  The rally was slowed by a 5-4-3 double play after the leadoff batter reached.

Eric Messina earned the win pitching 5 innings allowing 3 runs (2 earned) with 5 strikeouts.  Frankie Messina pitched a scoreless 6th in relief.  Then, Andy Brown earned the save pitching the 7th inning, allowing 1 run.  Offensively, Frankie Messina had the big blow of the 5th inning with a long two run double to left center.  Frankie finished 2 for 3 on the night.  Paul Drinkwater and Joe Bliss were each 2 for 4 at the plate.

Ipswich's Andy Carbone went the distance allowing 5 runs in 7 innings.  Greg Doucette had a monster day at the plate finishing 3 for 4 with a home run, triple, and two runs scored.  John Panaro was also 3 for 4 with a stolen base and run scored.

Mariners 3 Townies 0

• A great effort by Rusty Tucker hoisted the Man./Essex Mariners to a 3-0 win in seven innings over Rockport Townies on Friday at Evans Field - Station Sq. Rockport, MA 01966.
• Tucker struck out 11, paving the way for a the Man./Essex Mariners win. The Man./Essex Mariners' pitcher gave up just three hits over seven shutout innings.
• The Man./Essex Mariners scored three runs in the first inning to build an early lead. The Man./Essex Mariners scored in the first on an RBI single by Noah Aiello and a two-run double by Max Nesbit.
• Derek Osmond ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with the loss. He lasted just seven innings, walked two, struck out three, and allowed three runs.

Rowley 10, Topsfield 1

Rowley picks up the win Friday night 10-1 over Topsfield

Wednesday: Beverly - 4, Hamilton - 3

The Hamilton Generals took a 3 to 2 lead into the bottom of the 7th but the Beverly Giants struck for 2 runs with most of the damage coming after there were two outs.

Rocky Pisa Jr., making his ITL debut, led off the 7th inning with a single.  After two outs were recorded, Pisa scored all the way from first on an Andy Brown single that was misplayed in the outfield.  A couple of batters later the bases were loaded for Joe Bliss.  Bliss came through with a run scoring single giving the Beverly Giants their second walkoff win in the last three games.

Josh Levesque went the distance for the Giants allowing 3 runs (1 earned) in seven innings with 10 strikeouts.  Offensively, Brown was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored while Bliss, Pisa, and Levesque all collected 2 hits.

Hamilton only had 3 hits on the night but made the most of them plating 3 runs.  Drew Taylor was charged with the loss pitching 6.2 innings and allowing 4 runs (1 earned) while striking out 6.

Tuesday: Rowley - 7, Beverly - 1

Joe White allowed only 1 unearned run over five innings for the win.  White gave up just 1 hit and 3 walks while striking out 4.  Mike Sloban finished the game off with two scoreless innings.  Colby Ingraham was 3 for 4 with a stolen base to lead the offense.  Justin Cashman was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored.  For Beverly, Dan Cashman took the loss allowing 6 runs (4 earned) over six innings.  Cashman struck out 8 Rams on the night.

Mariners 9 Chiefs 8

• The Manchester-Essex Mariners and Ipswich Chiefs lit up the scoreboard on Wednesday as they combined for 17 runs and 31 hits. In the end, the Mariners won the offensive battle 9-8.

Manchester-Essex had 18 hits on the night with Noah Aiello (4 hits), Caulin Rogers and Max Nesbit (3 hits) leading the way.

For Ipswich, Jake Greaney was 4 for 4 and Louis Galanis was 3 for 4.

The Mariners erased an 8 to 6 deficit in the top of the 7th with 3 runs. With 2 outs, Aiello's clutch RBI double gave the Mariners the lead.

Peter Clark picked up the win in relief and Mike Gibbon recorded the save.

Manchester-Essex improves to 11-1, Ipswich falls to 4-10.

Mariners 9 Ipswich 4

The Mariners picked up a 9 to 4 victory over the visiting Chiefs last night in Essex. Rory Gentile held Ipswich to 1 run in 5 innings of work to pick up the win. Cole Josselyn recorded 3 hits & 3 RBIs, Gentile added 3 hits including a solo homerun and Ian Buckley had 2 hits.

Thursday: Beverly - 3, Rockport - 2 (9 innings)

The Giants came from behind to beat the Townies 3 to 2 in 9 innings Thursday night at Cooney Field.  Rockport jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a two out single by Kyle Nelson followed by a run scoring error on a fly ball.

Beverly scraped out a run in the fifth on a dropped pop fly and then tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with a two out single from Kevin Harutunian.

The game remained tied until the bottom of the ninth. With one out Frankie Messina walked, then Luke McDonald reached on a throwing error moving Messina to third. Conor Walsh drove the ball to right field for a sac fly bringing home the winning run in walk off fashion.

Dan Cashman earned the win with four innings of shutout relief. Eric Messina allowed only two unearned runs in his five innings of work. For Rockport, Sean Gillon was charged with the loss allowing one unearned run in two innings of relief. James Parisi started and allowed 2 runs (1 earned) in seven innings.

Rockport 13, Topsfield 3

Rockport beat Topsfield Friday night 13-3

Mariners 11 Generals 2

Caulin Rogers went 4 for 5 in the lead off spot and Ian Buckley was 3 for 4 with a triple to power the Mariners to an 11 to 2 victory.

The Mariners fell behind 2 to nothing until a 7 run 3rd inning.