Mariners 6 Giants 1

 Rookie Mike Quill left the yard as the Mariners won 6 to 1 in Beverly.

Rams Sweep Generals

Wed.

Rowley Rams Sets the Stage for Victory With Early Lead Over Hamilton Generals
Rowley Rams defeated Hamilton Generals 4-3 thanks to a strong start. Rowley Rams scored on a single by Justin Bolla and a groundout by White in the first inning. 

Copeland took the win for Rowley Rams. The fireballer went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out seven. Greenler threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen. Greenler recorded the last six outs to earn the save for Rowley Rams. 

Paul Horgan took the loss for Hamilton Generals. The bulldog lasted four innings, allowing two hits and four runs while striking out three. 

Bolla and Conte each collected one hit to lead Rowley Rams.  Jake Lanciani led Hamilton Generals with two hits in three at bats. 

 

Thurs.

Pitchers Duel In Low-Scoring Affair, Hamilton Generals Falls to Rowley Rams

Both teams were strong on the pitcher's mound on Thursday, but Rowley Rams was just a little bit stronger at the plate in a victory over Hamilton Generals on Thursday. Ryan Hutchinson started the game for Hamilton Generals and recorded 12 outs.
 

Hamilton Generals lost despite out-hitting Rowley Rams five to four.
 

Jake Baressi was the winning pitcher for Rowley Rams. The ace lasted seven innings, allowing four hits and zero runs while striking out nine and walking one. Martin threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. Martin recorded the last three outs to earn the save for Rowley Rams. 

Jake Lanciani took the loss for Hamilton Generals. The bulldog allowed two hits and three runs over three and two-thirds innings, striking out three.  Hutchinson started the game for Hamilton Generals. Hutchinson surrendered zero runs on two hits over four innings, striking out three.

Paul Horgan, Carter Coffey, Aidan Cann, Harrison O'Brien, and Will Frain all had one hit to lead Hamilton Generals.  Gilroy went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Rowley Rams in hits.

 

Rockport Over M/E 18-2

 The Townies are always tough at home and proved that with an 18-2 win over the Mariners on Sunday.

Generals Top Townies - 16-7

Horgan Strong at the Plate as Hamilton Generals Defeats Rockport Townies

Four hits from Paul Horgan helped lead the way for Hamilton Generals over Rockport Townies 16-7 on Thursday. Horgan singled in the first, singled in the second, singled in the fourth, and singled in the fourth.
Rockport Townies scored four runs in the fourth inning, but Hamilton Generals still managed to pull out the victory. Rockport Townies big bats were led by Frew Rowen, Jack Sperry, and Nate Ferriero, who each had RBIs in the inning. 

Hamilton Generals opened up scoring in the second inning when Will Frain singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run. Hamilton Generals took the lead for good with 12 runs in the fourth inning. In the fourth Harrison O'Brien singled on a 1-2 count, scoring two runs, Ryan Hutchinson lined out, driving in a run, Luke Mclintock singled on a 2-1 count, scoring three runs, Horgan singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run, O'Brien singled on a 2-2 count, scoring one run, an error scored two runs for Hamilton Generals, and Aidan Cann homered on a 2-0 count, scoring two runs. 

Mclintock was the winning pitcher for Hamilton Generals. Mclintock surrendered four runs on two hits over one inning, striking out one. C Sullivan and Cann entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief. Rowen took the loss for Rockport Townies. The pitcher surrendered seven runs on ten hits over three innings, striking out one. 

Hutchinson started the game for Hamilton Generals. The bulldog lasted three innings, allowing one hit and three runs while striking out four.  Hamilton Generals socked two home runs on the day. Hutchinson had a four bagger in the second inning. Cann went yard in the fourth inning. 

Hamilton Generals tallied 20 hits in the game. Cann, Horgan, Hutchinson, O'Brien, Larry Saggese, Chris Huggett, and Tobin Goldfield each collected multiple hits for Hamilton Generals. Horgan and Cann each managed four hits to lead Hamilton Generals.

Beverly at Rowley Postponed

 Tonight's game in Rowley has been postponed due to weather. Make up date TBA.

Generals over Townies - 13-8

Late Score Costs Rockport Townies Against Hamilton Generals

Rockport Townies lost the lead late in a 13-8 defeat to Hamilton Generals on Sunday. The game was tied at six with Hamilton Generals batting in the top of the fifth when Larry Saggese singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run. 

Joe Muzio drove in five runners in the loss. Muzio drove in runs on a home run in the first, a single in the third, and a single in the fourth. Hamilton Generals got things moving in the first inning, when Aidan Cann singled on a 2-2 count, scoring two runs. Rockport Townies tallied three runs in the third inning. Muzio and Kyle Nelson each had RBIs in the frame. Carter Coffey was credited with the victory for Hamilton Generals. The hurler surrendered three runs on six hits over five innings, striking out seven.
Jack Engel took the loss for Rockport Townies. Engel surrendered seven runs on seven hits over two and two-thirds innings, striking out one. 

Sal Guarino started the game for Hamilton Generals. The fireballer lasted two innings, allowing five hits and five runs while striking out two and walking one Kenzie Quinn started the game for Rockport Townies. The bulldog surrendered six runs on seven hits over four and a third innings, striking out two
Rockport Townies hit two home runs on the day. Cal Twombly had a dinger in the seventh inning. Muzio went deep in the first inning. 

Rockport Townies had 11 hits in the game. Muzio, Charlie MacDowell, and Jack Sperry each managed multiple hits for Rockport Townies. Muzio went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Rockport Townies in hits.
Hamilton Generals collected 14 hits. Harrison O'Brien, Cann, Saggese, Huhger Willochoski, and Tobin Goldfield all had multiple hits for Hamilton Generals. Hamilton Generals was sure-handed and didn't commit a single error. Saggese made the most plays with ten.

Mariners over Chiefs

 M/E took down Ipswich last night in Essex 19-0.

Ipswich 1 Manchester/Essex 1

 The Mariners and Chiefs tied last night in Ipswich 1 to 1. On the mound, Corey Greaney and Jake Greaney held the Mariners in check while Kellen Field and Lars Arsten matched the effort for the visitors.

Rowley - 8, Beverly - 2

Rowley picked up season opening win behind 5 shutout innings from Jake Baressi. The 2 teams meet again Wednesday in Rowley.

2021 Season Recap

 

2021 PLAYOFFS

• FINALS
• (2) M/E Vs. (1) Hamilton
• Mariners Win Series 3-1
• SEMI-FINALS
• (4) Rockport Vs. (1) Hamilton
• Generals Win Series 2-1
• (3) Rowley Vs. (2) M/E
• Mariners Win Series 2-0

2021 ITL Standings

• TEAM - W-L-T - POINTS
• Hamilton 18-3-1 (37)
• Man./Essex 17-5-1 (35)
• Rowley 14-8-1 (29)
• Rockport 13-11 (26)
• Beverly 9-13 (18)
• Ipswich 6-15-1 (13)
• Topsfield 1-8 (1)*

Mariners win ITL crown on Tucker complete game shutout

Mariners win ITL crown on Tucker complete game shutout
By Nick Curcuru

ESSEX  — The Intertown Twilight Baseball League championship is back in a familiar place.

After Saturday's 5-0 win in Game 4 of the best of 5 ITL Finals, the Manchester Essex Mariners topped the Hamilton Generals to clinch their second league crown in three years and seventh in the last 10 years.

The Mariners, who also made their 10th straight appearance in the ITL Finals, got it done with a bit of a re-tooled lineup this spring as several veterans stepped aside and several younger players stepped in to fill the void.

One constant over the team's 10-year run, however, has been left-handed pitcher Rusty Tucker. The 41-year-old flame thrower picked up the win in Saturday's decisive game, tossing his second shutout victory of the series, going the distance while striking out 10 and allowing three hits. 

"It's funny my arm feels great but it's the rest of my body that's sore (after these games)," Tucker said after the series clinching shutout. "But I still got enough left in the tank to get through these, let's see how long I can do this. 

Our make-up is a little different this year with some veterans players gone but we have some really good young players that stepped up and played great all year."

The Mariners, who won five straight ITL crowns from 2012-16 along with wins in 2019 and 2021, essentially put the game away in their first at bat with three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Back-to-back fielding errors allowed Caulin Rogers to come in with the game's first run. Kellen Field then lined a double to deep center scoring his brother, E.J. Field, to make it 2-0 Mariners. Tucker followed and helped out his own cause with a base hit up the middle plating Kellen Field for a 3-0 Mariners lead before recording an out in inning.

Manchester Essex picked up another run in the bottom of the second when Cory Burnham came in on a wild pitch after leading off the inning with a walk. Burnham also drove in the final run of the game with a RBI single in the bottom of the sixth scoring Manny Morato, who doubled, to make it 5-0.

"The early run support really helped," Tucker said. "We swung the bats well all series and it was big to bounce back after getting shut down in Game 3. We put together some good at bats and we were able to push those runs across."

The four runs was more than enough support for Tucker, who allowed only four baserunners on the game and never allowed one to reach third base. 

He got through a strong Generals lineup with his usual stuff, a heavy fastball that was all over the strike zone. But on Saturday Tucker also had a strong curveball, which he used to keep Hamilton off balance.

"That's a good lineup with a good approach that has already seen me once this series," Tucker said. "So it was big to have a good curve today. They had some good at bats late, a couple hard hit balls but my fastball location was there for most of the game."

Hamilton's Carter Coffey also pitched well in defeat. The tall right hander came in with nobody out in the first inning and three runs already in before settling things down. While the Mariners had a hit in every inning, Coffey kept them from pulling away, allowing two runs in six innings of work on six hits.

Jake Lanciani had two of Hamilton's three hits with Paul Horgan getting the other. Kellen Field, E.J. Field and Burnham all had two hits each to pace the Mariners offense.

Mariners win ITL championship

 The Mariners beat the Generals 5 to 0 last night in Essex to clinch the 2021 championship.  Details to follow.

McClintock, Hamilton stay alive in ITL Finals

McClintock, Hamilton stay alive in ITL Finals

STAYING ALIVE: Generals fight off elimination with McLintock Game 3 shutout

By Nick Curcuru Staff writer

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Generals live to fight another day.

Down two games to none to the Manchester Essex Mariners in the best-of-five Intertown Twilight Baseball League Finals, right handed pitcher Luke McLintock threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout in a 2-0 Generals win at Patton Park.

With the win, Hamilton trails the Mariners, 2-1 in the series, but survived to see a Game 4 on Saturday at Memorial Field in Essex (4 p.m.).

"It was a great performance from Luke," Generals manager Brian Nicoll said. "He battled when we needed him the most. He's a young kid but he attacked every hitter and he was so efficient."

 

The 2021 Hamilton-Wenham High School graduate who'll be pitching for Babson next year needed only 80 pitches to get through one of the ITL's best lineups. McLintock pounded the strike zone, striking out five and limiting hard hit balls.

The Mariners only hit was a first inning single from E.J. Field. From there the Mariners only had five more baserunners with McLintock retiring 11 out of 12 batters from the second to the sixth innings.

Mariners starter Zach Abbott was also up to the task in Wednesday's game. The 2021 Gloucester High School graduate tossed 5 and 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits and four strikeouts.

The Generals got to Abbott in the fourth with the heart of their order coming through. Hunter Wilichoski had a one out single and Will Frain followed with a ground-rule double on a lined shot to left. Harrison O'Brien followed with a fly ball to center, deep enough to get Wilichoski home with what turned out to be the game winning run.

"Frain and Wilichoski are so tough to get out," Nicoll said. "I don't know many teams in this league that have that combination of those kind of ball players in the middle of the lineup. And O'Brien had a good at bat behind them to get the run in."

Hamilton added another in the sixth. Paul Horgan and Frain singled to put runners on the corners with two outs in the inning. The Mariners went to staff ace Rusty Tucker, who appeared to have Frain picked off at first base. But Horgan broke for home, drawing a throw from the first baseman that sailed to the backstop allowing a run to score and giving the Generals a 2-0 lead.

McLintock saw two runners get on base in the top of the seventh on a walk and a fielder's choice, but he got two groundouts and a strikeout looking to finish it off, leaving the tying runs in scoring position and extending the series.

 

 

 

WEEKEND SWEEP: Mariners take commanding 2-0 lead in ITL Finals after two weekend victories

WEEKEND SWEEP: Mariners take commanding 2-0 lead in ITL Finals after two weekend victories

By Nick Curcuru Sports Editor


The Manchester Essex Mariners are one game away from the Intertown Twilight Baseball League championship.

The Mariners polished off a big weekend to open the best-of-five series against the top-seeded Hamilton Generals, taking both of the weekend games to open up a two-game lead in the series. Manchester Essex can clinch the ITL title with a win in Game 3 on Wednesday at Patton Park in Hamilton (5:30 p.m.). Hamilton, on the other hand, must win three straight games to capture its first title since 1992.

The Mariners got the weekend started with an 8-0 win in Game 1 on Saturday and followed it up with an 8-4 victory in Game 2 on Sunday.

"Everyone is seeing the ball well right now and we put together some good at bats over the first two games," Mariner manager Ryan Marques said. "It was a good weekend for us, we did what we needed to do on Saturday and Sunday."

The offense powered the Mariners to the win in Game 2 as the team belted 14 hits and came back from a slim, early deficit to take control of the series.

Trailing 4-3 after three innings, the Mariners went on to score five unanswered runs over their final four at bats to pull away.

Third baseman James McKenna, who went 4-for-4 on the afternoon, tied the game by singling in Kellen Field, who walked, to make it 4-4. Dylan Wilson scored what turned out to be the game winning run, coming in from third on an errant pickoff throw to first to give the Mariners at 5-4 lead.

The Mariners tacked onto that lead with a run in the fifth on a Caulin Rogers RBI single scoring Alex Ray. They put the game away in the sixth when Lars Arntsen singled in McKenna and then came in to score on a Ray single to cap the scoring at 8-4.

Field got the win on the mound for the Mariners, tossing 4 1/3 scoreless innings. He came on in the third with two runners on base and got out of the jam, then held the Generals offense in check for the next four innings, allowing only two hits while striking out three.

"Kellen really settled things down for us and shut them down," Marques said. "Hamilton is a good hitting team and they were swinging the bats well early but he came in and got some big outs."

The Mariners took a 2-0 lead right away in the first when Cory Burnham singled in E.J. Field (single) and then McKenna singled in Kellen Field. The Generals, however, got three in the top of the second to take the lead on RBI hits from Harrison O'Brien, Paul Horgan and Chris Huggett to make it 3-2.

The Mariners tied it up in the bottom of the frame on a Wilson RBI single, but the Generals went right back ahead, 4-3 on a base hit from Sal Guarino.

Manchester Essex got the series started with a shutout victory in Game 1 on Saturday, its third straight postseason win via shutout.

Rusty Tucker quieted the Generals bats, tossing six innings of shutout ball and striking out 12. Marcus Montagnino had four hits to lead the offense while Kellen Field added three and Cory Burnham had a multi-hit game.

The Mariners were in control from the jump by opening up a 5-0 lead after three and cruising through the second half of the game.

From the news

 The Manchester Essex Mariners are one game away from the Intertown Twilight Baseball League championship.

The Mariners polished off a big weekend to open the best-of-five series against the top-seeded Hamilton Generals, taking both of the weekend games to open up a two-game lead in the series. Manchester Essex can clinch the ITL title with a win in Game 3 on Wednesday at Patton Park in Hamilton (5:30 p.m.). Hamilton, on the other hand, must win three straight games to capture its first title since 1991.

The Mariners got the weekend started with an 8-0 win in Game 1 on Saturday and followed it up with an 8-4 victory in Game 2 on Sunday. 

"Everyone is seeing the ball well right now and we put together some good at bats over the first two games," Mariner manager Ryan Marques said. "It was a good weekend for us, we did what we needed to do on Saturday and Sunday."

The offense powered the Mariners to the win in Game 2 as the team belted 14 hits and came back from a slim, early deficit to take control of the series.

Trailing 4-3 after three innings, the Mariners went on to score five unanswered runs over their final four at bats to pull away.

Third baseman James McKenna, who went 4-for-4 on the afternoon, tied the game by singling in Kellen Field, who walked, to make it 4-4. Dylan Wilson scored what turned out to be the game winning run, coming in from third on an errant pickoff throw to first to give the Mariners at 5-4 lead.

The Mariners tacked onto that lead with a run in the fifth on a Caulin Rogers RBI single scoring Alex Ray. They put the game away in the sixth when Lars Arntsen singled in McKenna and then came in to score on a Ray single to cap the scoring at 8-4.

Field got the win on the mound for the Mariners, tossing 4 1/3 scoreless innings. He came on in the third with two runners on base and got out of the jam, then held the Generals offense in check for the next four innings, allowing only two hits while striking out three.

"Kellen really settled things down for us and shut them down," Marques said. "Hamilton is a good hitting team and they were swinging the bats well early but he came in and got some big outs."

The Mariners took a 2-0 lead right away in the first when Cory Burnham singled in E.J. Field (single) and then McKenna singled in Kellen Field. The Generals, however, got three in the top of the second to take the lead on RBI hits from Harrison O'Brien, Paul Horgan and Chris Huggett to make it 3-2.

The Mariners tied it up in the bottom of the frame on a Wilson RBI single, but the Generals went right back ahead, 4-3 on a base hit from Sal Guarino.

Man./Essex Mariners Runs Away With Early Lead in Victory

Man./Essex Mariners Runs Away With Early Lead in Victory

Hamilton Generals watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in an 8-0 loss to Man./Essex Mariners on Saturday. Man./Essex Mariners took the lead on a sacrifice fly in the second inning. 

The Hamilton Generals struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing Man./Essex Mariners, giving up eight runs.  Man./Essex Mariners got things moving in the second inning, when EJ Field's sac fly scored one run for Man./Essex Mariners. 

One bright spot for Hamilton Generals was a single by Cam Vatour in the third inning.  Rusty Tucker earned the victory on the pitcher's mound for Man./Essex Mariners. The hurler surrendered zero runs on one hit over six innings, striking out 12. Vaughn O'Leary threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. 

Hunter Willochoski took the loss for Hamilton Generals. The hurler went three and a third innings, allowing five runs on six hits and striking out two.  Vatour led Hamilton Generals with one hit in one at bats. 

Man./Essex Mariners totaled 14 hits. Marcus Montignino, Kellen Field, Caulin Rogers, and Field each managed multiple hits for Man./Essex Mariners. Montignino went 4-for-5 at the plate to lead Man./Essex Mariners in hits.