DA Cruz squeaked out a win over Coca-Cola in the bottom of the fourth, in a rain-shortened, 4 inning game. This was an old fashioned pitcher's duel between the starters, Nick Barrett for DA Cruz and Davis Goode for Coca-Cola. Billy Harkins got the win in relief.

Pitch Counts:
DA Cruz: Barrett-69 Harkins-32
Coca-Cola: Goode-50 Caplain-44

another pitchers duel for Hingham Jewelers, a close game until late, Johnny Donahue holding down the fort for Coca Cola and adding his own offense. Pitching for Hingham Jewelers were the brothers from other mothers Bobby Beane and Andrew Burke, only giving up one run . Burke helping his own cause with a shot to left center. Adding hits for "The Jewelers" were Brendan Smith, Michael Ashe, Drew Foskett, John Henry Johnson, and Bobby Beane with a double.

Great pitching and defense by both teams produced an exciting game. Justin Tedeschi struck out the side in the first and second innings for True North PR. Coca-Cola pitching was also strong with Patrick Donovan, Daniel Forkner and Ryan Swanson all throwing strong 2 inning performances.

Coca-Cola - Donovan 62, Forkner 34, Swanson 22

True North PR - J Tedeschi 77, Fisher 14, A. Irvin 18, Boyd 39

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

Very good game by both teams. Excellent pitching, fielding and batting made for a close score. Pitchers. K. Letorney 74, M. Nash 21 for Coca Cola, Good 62, Brazel 41

Great back and forth game which went to the end as Coke rallied in the 6th with the wining run at the plate - but Bradley played tough defense to preserve the win. Andrew Brazel pitched a great game and arrive safely on first base 3 times, as did Goode. Bradleys hits were spread out pretty evenly, with the exception of Scott Hom's base clearing "in the park" home run which ultimately won the game for Bradley. Hom (60) and Personeni (56) pitched well.
Coke: Brazel (73); Baker (21); Goode (13); Donahue (16) also pitched well.

Great Day for baseball and Happy Mothers Day !!

Perry Berger was the starting pitcher for Team Coca-Cola and played a great game (Great Job Perry !!) John Donahue came in from the bullpen and posted 15 K's in the Win and was very impressive. Thomas Caplain continues to swing a hot bat for Team Coke going 2-3 with two singles. Jared D'Entremont got the save with some great pitching in the 6th.

Dunkin Donuts played well with some great infield and outfield plays (nice job with executing the cut-off throw from the outfield).

Pitch Counts:
Coke - Berger 16, Donahue 75 and D'Entremont 17.

After a long weekend of rain, Both The Snug Mariners and Team Coca cola came to Kress field ready to play. The Snug batters racked up 3 straight hits in the 1st by Billy ' The kid" McNally (1b), Jackie 'robinson' Santilli (1b) and Brendan 'big red' Morris(2b) to score 2 early runs. Coke's Jared D' Entremont kept his cool and struck out 4 half pints in a row.
In their half of the first Coke came roaring back with 3 straight hits of their own from Brazel, Donahue and Goode. A couple of key fielding plays in the inning by Snug including a great catch by 2nd baseman Will 'the thrill' D'entremont of a hard hit line drive by Coke's Dan Forkner stopped the rally.
Coca- Cola threatened again in the 2nd when Rachel Lindy led off with a hard hit line drive to center field. After a couple of walks The Snugs Brendan Morris settled down and struck out 2 to end the inning. Patient hitting started the Snug's 3rd with walks to Mcniskin, Charlie 'stack the deck' and Co Co Cooper Nisbet ( just returned from the DL with new glasses) , Greg 'big W' williamson then broke through with a double , followed by singles by McNally and Santilli. Brendan Morris followed with his 2nd of 3 doubles on the day.
The final score did not reflect how well both teams played. The Snug had 15 runs on 10 hits (3 for 3 for McNally, Santilli and Morris) and Team Coke had 3 runs on 10 hits ( 3 for 3 for Brazel) The Snug pitchers K'd 10 including 6 of 7 batters faced By Snug ace Greg 'big W ' Williamson. The Coke pitcher's K'd 14 halfpints including 5 in a row by John Donahue. It was all smiles at games end because baseball was played on a well maintained field after 3 straight days of rain. Thanks to the guys responsible for that!!
pitch count Coke- D'Entremont 64, Donahue 12, Goode 33, Hildreth 32 SNUG Morris 58, Williamson 60, McNally 21

Team Coca-Cola starting to find their stride and playing great team baseball. The kids are playing well, having fun and improving each week.

Team Coca-Cola is also very appreciative and grateful for the opportunity to play Team Reebok on Sunday Night "Under the Lights" at the Reebok Canton Baseball Field. Thanks so much to Brian Donovan and Drew Julian for coordinating this game for the kids and families. Thanks again for a great weekend of baseball!!

WOW !!! A great baseball game was played today under blue skies and warm breezes.

Team Coca-Cola started off strong scoring 4 runs early but Balanced Benefits Group stormed back tying the score at 4-4. Chris Grant and Bennett Lemanski from Balanced Benefits Group led the offensive charge with some great hits. Balanced Benefits Group also kept the game close with some strong infield defensive plays, almost turning the 6-4-3 double play (very impressive).

Team Coca-Cola played their best game of the year with Cameron Baker turning in two ESPN Web gems in the field. John Donahue had the game winning hit driving in 2 runs in the bottom of the fifth. Andrew Brazel pitched well for Team Coke with Ryan Swanson performing well out of the bullpen. Matt "Speedy" Dwyer also had a great game scoring one run on aggressive base running.

Two great teams fought hard into the darkness when the game was called after 5 innings. The game went back and forth all night. Turner broke out to a 5-1 lead in the early innings off hits by Cassino, Linton (triple) and Costello. But Coca Cola fought back gallantly with several big hits in the top of the third to make the score 6-5. Turner didn't give up and came back with 3 in the fourth to pull ahead 8-6: hits by Turner (double), Boretti (triple) and Vadaro. To nobody's surprise Coca Cola came back again with a fifth inning rally to tie the score. With Chakalis warming up for Turner in the bottom of the fifth, O'Connor led off with a walk, Cassino singled and Reese Linton hit a long home run to center field.

Good pitching all around:

Turner -
Reese Linton (77)
Ben Turner (10)
Christian Boretti (32)

Coca Cola -
Donahue (76)
Davis Goode (56)

details to follow

Another great game was played between these two baseball teams. Coca-Cola went down 1-0 in the first inning but rallied for 5 runs with some great hitting by Cameron Baker, Ryan Swanson, Jared D'Entremont and Matt Dwyer (2 RBI's). Davis Goode pitched 3 strong innings giving up one run for Team Coca-Cola.

Balanced Benefits fought back into the game with some aggressive swings at the plate in the fifth inning. They scored 3 runs in the fifth with great hits by B Lemanski, Ferrara, a triple by J. Lemanski and a timely single by J.Gillig.

Team Coca-Cola bounced back producing a key run in the bottom of the fifth which would prove to be the game winner. Davis Goode had a single, driving in John Donahue for the 6th and final run for Team Coca-Cola.

Balanced Benefits went to work in the top of the sixth putting runners on base and scoring one run. Andrew Brazel pitched well down the stretch and was able to get final out with bases loaded in what turned out to be a very exciting / well played baseball game.

Goode - 58 pitches
Donahue - 52 pitches
Brazel - less than 60 (need to finalize final number)

The bats were alive for Team Coca-Cola against a tough Rep Garrett Bradley Team. Coca-Cola scored 3 runs in the first, two coming from John Donahue's Home Run. Rep Garrett Bradley came back in the bottom of the first with one run via a double from Matt Personeni.

Coca-Cola broke the game open on the 4th inning with 4 runs as Patrick Donovan drove in two runs with a nice hit. Perry Berger and Rachael Lundy also had great hits for team Coke tonight.

Matt Personeni made a great catch at first base and had two doubles. Dan Shea also had a nice double for Rep G. Bradley.

Davis Goode and John Donahue pitched very well for Team Coca-Cola giving up two runs and keeping a great hitting team off the bases.

Pitch Count Team Coca-Cola:

Goode - 54
Donahue - 56
Brazel - 9 ? (less than 40)

In any classic sports match between two fine teams at any level there must be a winner. Many say that is why we compete and most of the time they are right. Tonight at Hersey field a little league game between Team Coca-cola and The Snug Half-pints was "brilliant" not because one team advanced to the next round of the playoffs and the other team's season ended. It was the many stories with in the game that made this a classic.
Great pitching, solid hitting and strong defense have been a trademark for both teams all season long and it was on display once again. When you boil this sea-saw battle down you are left with a few gems. The story of the two D'Entremont cousins and best pals playing on opposite sides rises to the top. Both Will 'the thrill' from Team Snug and Jared fom Coke played major roles in the game. Catcher Jared D'Et of Coca-Cola went 1 for 3 and scored a run but it was his play at home plate taking a great throw from John Donahue and tagging out a sliding 'Half-Pint' that kept his team in the game.
Cousin Will of team Snug ( whose left-handed swing would make Ted Williams proud) hit a two strike pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 6th to left center field for a double scoring Brendan Morris ,tying the game and sending it into extra innings.
With one out in the bottom of the 7th inning, The Snug's Co Co Cooper Nisbet confidently fouled off pitch after pitch, and with the count 1 ball and 2 strikes beat out a solid infield single. Cooper , who has been battiling vision problems this year made use of his new glasses and found a great time for his first hit! Mark 'big mac' Mcniskin then walked and the Snug's Greg' Big W' Williamson came through in the clutch with a solid double to center scoring a speedy Coop and giving the Snug team the win.
Team Coca-Cola left it all on the field. There season might be defined best by how this well coached team played as a solid unit. Well done.
pitch count Snug Williamson 52, Wheeler 32, Santilli 38, Coke- Goode 57, Donahue 60, Brazel 40, Baker 6