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On a cold and wet Hersey Field, the Old Derby Dirt Dogs showed that they liked to play in the mud as they defeated the Balanced Benefits Group. The Dirt Dogs, led by pitchers Will Pellissier (9 strikeouts in 3 innings) and Stephen Cochrane (8 strikeouts and a sparkling defensive unassisted putout) battled a very tough BBG team. Fifth inning rbi's from Jack Murphy and Mats Thureson helped the Dogs take the lead for good. Balanced Benefits were led by pitchers Chris Grant, Jack Donius and Bennett Lemanski who turned away several Old Derby rallies.
The SportsCenter defensive play of the game was turned in by BBG third baseman Max Slane who took a bad hop to the throat, calmly stayed with it and gunned the ball to first to just beat a speedy Owen Pelissier.
Pitchers: Old Derby Will Pelissier 62, Stephen Cochrane 58
Balanced Benefits Group Chris Grant 40, Jack Donius 29, Bennett Lemanski 51

The Snug Mariners ( aka Half Pints) broke into the win column Monday night @ Kress Field. The Snug's Brendan Morris and Old Derby's Sam Jenkins were locked in a pitchers duel for 3 innings.Jenkins worked out of early trouble in the 1st after The Snug scored 2 early runs. In the 4th the Snug bats came alive with doubles from Billy 'the kid' McNally and Adam 'in the zone' Zona, and singles from Sam 'Q 2' Quillen, Nick 'neff' O'Neil, Conner 'boomer' McDermott and Jackie 'Robinson' Santilli. Snug pitching put in another strong performance with a combined one hitter from starter Brendan 'big red' Morris and closer Greg ' big W' Williamson. Brendan Morris had 9 strikeouts in 3 plus innings on his way to his first victory of the year.
pitch count-Snug, Morris ( 78), Williamson (24) Old Derby, Jenkins (17), Bowen (48), Bates (6)

Don't be fooled by the score. The Old Derby Dirt Dogs and N'tirety engaged in a tough battle early Saturday morning. Teamwork was the key to Old Derby's victory, with Will Pelissier, Grant Juric and Jack Murphy combining for a no-hitter and striking out 12 over 4 innings. On offense, the Dogs were led by Owen Pelissier (2 hits including a bases loaded double) and Mats Thureson (double and 3 rbis). N'tirety pitchers Luke McInnis and Chris Flanders did a great job striking out 4 Dirt Dogs. Fireballer McInnins also turned in the web gem of the day, turning Sam Jenkins' bases loaded line drive sure thing extra base hit into the third out of the first inning.

Pitchers: Old Derby Will Pelissier 40, Grant Juric 34, Jack Murphy 9
N'tirety Luke McInnis 78, Chris Flanders 51

Coca-Cola and Old Derby Animal Hospital finished up their rain shorten game from April in grand style. Rachael Lundy pitched 3 strong innings for Team Coca-Cola using her fastball and change up to in the Win. Owen Pelissier pitched a great game for Old Derby Hospital as well going the distance.

There was also some strong offense from both sides with Juric hitting a right field corner tripple and Owen Pelisser went 2 for 2 with two singles.

John Donahue hit a double and Andrew Brazel went 2 for2 with two singles for Team Coke.

Pitch Counts:
Coca-Cola - Lundy 56, Brazel 15
Old Derby - Owen Pelisser 71

DA Cruz outlasted the Vets of Old Derby Animal Hospital in a back and forth battle between these two clubs. The Cruz gang got a ton of offense and big hits from the soutern end of their batting order. Joe Higgins, Jack Diamond, Liam Flynn, Andrew Driscoll, Chris Tascione Thomas Rockett Matt O'Connor and Griff Moriarity all contributed with some huge hits. For the Vets, the big bats in this game included, Will PelletierSam Jenkins, Owen Pelletier, Owen Kane and David Bowen. Billy arkins got the win for the Cruz gang by shutting down the Vets with runners on base.

Pitchers
Old Derby Animal Hospital
Sam Jenkins: 65 Pat Kane: 30 Von Loesecke 41

DA Cruz
Theo Carr: 65 Billy Harkins: 45

4:00 - 5:30

A great pitching performance by Brendan Smith was the story of the day giving up only one run. Multiple hits on the day were delivered by Bobby Beane and Andrew Burke. Key singles were contributed by Drew Foskett, John Henry Johnson Carson Terres, Mike Marchioni with break through hits by Sean Flaherty and Chris Smith.
For the Old Derby team strong pithing and hitting by Sam Jenkins (2 hits). A double by Juric .

Pithing:
Smith 69
Beane 63


Jenkins 28
Corcoran 58
Kane 19

Finally nice weather for a game. It was a pretty even game both teams made good contact with the ball and some nice plays in the field.
Pitchers:
Bradley ~ Garrity 74, Shea 43
Old Derby ~ P Kane 64, Cochran 63

This game was won by forfeit.

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Owen Kane's leadoff three bagger started the ball rolling for the Dirt Dogs of Old Derby Animal Hospital and the team never looked back against a very tough Natales of Hanover. Everyone contributed to the win with Michael Cadigan, Mats Thureson and Will Dipesa leading the way offensively while Stephen Cochrane and Sam Jenkins "lights out" pitching kept the Natales bats in check. The defensive web gems were turned in by Natales' right fielder Eric Sullivan whose quick thinking and perfect execution turned a sure extra base hit into a single and pitcher Nick Walsh who killed an Old Derby rally with a with a great stop and throw to beat super speedster David Bowen at first. Pitchers: Old Derby; Stephen Cochrane 35 Sam Jenkins 11; Natales; Nick Walsh 75 Eric Sullivan 19 Chris Connelly 19

The bats came alive on a warm and sunny day at Hersey. In what many observers called the most exciting game of the year for either team, the Dirt Dogs of Old Derby came back from 11 runs down to defeat a spirited N'Tierty team. N'Tierty Manager Rich McGinn had his team up for the game as they brought nine runs across in the 2d inning aided by key hits by McGinn, Taylor, Johnson, and a basesloaded double by David Leen. Only a sparkling defensive play by third baseman Owen Kane could stem the tide. Matthew Partyka, Peter Ross and George Reader did a great job pitching against an Old Derby lineup that was as hot as the day. N'Tierty fought a valiant fight that in the end fell just a little short.

Today was Old Derby's day. Every member of the lineup reached base at least once, led by Owen Kane with 2 home runs, 3 hits and 6 rbis, Grant Juric and Sam Jenkins (3 hits each) and Pat Kane (a bases loaded double that sparked the Dirt Dogs comeback). Jack Murphy got the win, striking out five of the last six batters he faced. Sam Jenkins, Trevor Bates and Owen Pelissier (in his longest appearance this season) did a great job against the tough N'Tierty squad.

Pitchers:
Old Derby

Sam Jenkins 23
Trevor Bates 50
Owen Pelissier 44
Jack Murphy 16

N'Tierty
Matt Partyka 66
Pete Ross 56
George Reader 9

33 runs + 10 pitchers + 2 days + one exciting game. Two great teams locked up a classic battle in a game originally suspended due to darkness. When the dust cleared, the Dirt Dogs of Old Derby were victorious, defeating True North 17-16 before a capacity crowd at Kress Field.
Parker Doyle and Patrick Schofield turned in the defensive plays of the game for True North, teaming up to nail not one, not two, but three Old Derby runners at the plate. Doyle, along with 5 other True North pitchers, did a terrific job keeping the Old Derby batters off balance. A special shout out has to go to True North's Michael Calvi and Andrew Jamison who made their pitching debuts.

For the Dirt Dogs Sam "Don't Even Try To Walk Me" Jenkins led the way with three hits. Scott Sullivan scored two big runs for Old Derby while Pat Kane came across the plate three times in the win. Stephen Cochrane got the win for the Dogs while David Bowen picked up the save, coming up huge with a game ending strikeout with the tying run on 3d.
Pitchers: Old Derby Grant Juric 70 Michael cadigan 64 Stephen Cochrane 36 and David Bowen 54. True North Parker Doyle 27 Ellis Boyd 56, Michael Calvi 34, Andrew Jamison 30, Brendan Tedeschi 23 and Justin Tedeschi 30

Playoff baseball at it's finest. Great pitchers duel. Sam Jenkins held the Jewelers at bay for as long as he could, leaving the game without giving up a run. Luckily Brendan Smith was equally up to the task, going 3 innings (59 pitches) without giving up any runs also. We go to the fourth inning and the Jewelers peck away and get a few timely hits to put two runs on the board by an Andrew Burke single. That would do it. Jackson Bennis would enter the game and hold the the lead. Stephen Cochrane was also throwing hard but the "Jewelers" got a timely hit.