Lancers bounce back

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Lancers bounce back

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Friday, May 6, 2011

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Right back at you

Senior Ryan Murphy of Bristol Central High School returns a volley to Hall High

School last Tuesday.The Rams fell to the Warriors, 6-1.

BERLIN – When the

Bristol Central and Berlin

baseball teams battled on

Monday, April 25, the

momentum switched sides

so many times it didn’t seem

like either team would ever

take ultimate control of the

game.

But two Central errors

in the bottom of the sixth

stanza led to a couple

unearned runs to turn a tied

game into a 4-2 victory for

the Redcoats in a CCC South

contest from Sage Park in

Berlin.

And after the game,

Central coach Bunty Ray

summed up the game per-

fectly.

“We had it, we lost it.

We had it, we lost it. They

had it, they lost it. It was just

a wacky high school base-

ball game,” said Ray.

The game really boiled

down to the bottom of the

sixth inning in a tied ball-

game.

Berlin’s

Brendan

Germano reached second

base via a dropped ball in

center field while advancing

to third off a fly ball from

Mike Cowperthwaite.

With a man on third

and one out in the frame,

Bob Mozzicato popped up a

foul ball right in front of the

Central dugout.

Pitcher Tyler Cyr made

a magnificent diving catch

and somehow managed to

keep possession of the ball

for the second out.

Matt Papke followed up

with a walk and men were

on the corners.

From

there,

Zach

Zulkiewicz

drilled

a

grounder to Derek Cote at

short stop.

But the throw was low

and got by Eric Roman cov-

ering at first as Germano

scored to give Berlin a 3-2

push.

Papke ended up at third

as the ball rolled to the

fence on the first base side

and was called dead.

The Berlin runner at

third was allowed to reach

home as the Redcoats went

up 4-2.

Two big errors led to

those two runs but in the

scheme of things, a multi-

tude of minor miscues led

up to a very tough loss for

Central.

“The grass was playing

slow and (Zach Zulkiewicz)

put a swing on it, put it in

play and good things hap-

pen when you put the ball

in play,” said Ray. “We need

to be able to make plays but

that game came down to a

lot more than those two

plays. Those things are mag-

nified in close games but we

did some small mental

things throughout the game

that we work on, that you

need to do on the next level

to win.”

“Things that nobody

else would see that the

coaches and players know

about...that’s what I’m a lit-

tle more disappointed in

(which are) the things that

don’t show up to the naked

eye.”

Cyr (2-2) suffered the

loss but pitched a solid

game, racking up a game

high seven strikeouts and

giving up only three hits in a

complete game effort.

Out of the Redcoats’

three hits in the game, two

didn’t leave the infield, and

Germano’s double was the

only ball to reach the out-

field cleanly.

“I told him after the

game that he could be bet-

ter,” said Ray of Cyr. “I

expect more. He didn’t have

his great stuff today. He did-

n’t have his command. He

battled because that’s what

he always does... He’ll

always keep us in the game

but I thought he could be

better. That’s not a knock on

him, that’s just a challenge

to him.”

“He made some pitches

that were borderline that he

usually makes and gets outs

on but he’ll bounce back

because he’s a competitor, a

warrior...he’s our guy.”

In the first stanza,

Austin Barnes reached base

off an error while Germano

tallied an infield hit to put

two runners on base.

From

there,

Cowperthwaite drilled a hit

to shortstop and beat it out.

Barnes scored from

third to make it a 1-0 con-

test.

Central— with five hits

in the game— countered in

the first and put together a

two-out rally.

Jerry Albino started it

off with a single to center

and Roman walked.

With

two

on,

T.J.

Wyrebek smashed a shot to

center that looked good for

a base hit.

In seesaw game, Rams blink first against Berlin

By MICHAEL LETENDRE

STAFF WRITER

See

SEESAW,

page 26

MIDDLETOWN

–

Saving its best for last, the

Bristol Eastern baseball

team opened the week of

April 25 with a resounding

victory at the expense of

Middletown.

And this past Monday,

it saw the Lancers making a

colossal comeback against

the Blue Dragons.

Trailing 4-3 going into

the final inning, Eastern

put up four runs in the top

of the seventh frame to

complete a come from

behind victory, a 7-5 tri-

umph, from Middletown

High School.

Eastern tallied nine

hits in the game, led by two

apiece

from

John

Pastyrnak, Steve Julius and

Steve DelCegno.

Pastyrnak scored three

runs while Tyler Bush col-

lected two RBI while

DelCegno, getting some big

hits as of late, had a double

and a triple.

Jake Greger picked up

the victory and is now 3-1

on the campaign. He

allowed six hits, four

earned runs and three

walks.

Greger collected nine

strikeouts in the game and

had his stuff working

against the Blue Dragons.

The game focused

around the seventh and

final frame when Eastern

retook command of the

game.

Trailing

4-3,

the

Lancers made its move in

the top of the seventh

frame starting with pinch

hitter Alec LaMar getting

hit by a pitch.

Pastyrnak plastered a

single to left center and

runners were on first and

second with no outs.

Zach Pelletier followed

suit with a sacrifice bunt

but ended up safe at first

when the ball was thrown

into the runner and the

bases were juiced.

Bush drilled a sacrifice

fly to tie the score and off a

double

to

right

by

DelCegno,

Pastyrnak

scored the go-ahead run as

Eastern grabbed a 5-4 lead.

Following

another

Middletown miscue that

led to another Eastern run,

Julius grounded out but

another runner crossed the

plate, which made it a 7-4

game.

Middletown had an

answer in the bottom of the

final frame and started the

rally with a lead off double

and a walk to put the tying

run at home plate.

With one out, Patrick

Smith came on to relieve

Greger but faced a little

adversity early.

Smith gave up a run off

a wild pitch and proceeded

to walk a batter.

But from there, Smith

composed himself and

posted a strikeout and one

final putout to secure the

victory for the Lancers.

After two scoreless

innings, Eastern struck first

in the third - via an

unearned run - to grab a 1-

0 push.

Meanwhile,

Greger

retired the first nine batters

before giving up two runs

in

the

fourth

as

Middletown led 2-1 after

four completed frames.

Greger yielded two sin-

gles, hit a batter and yield-

ed a two-run double as the

Blue Dragons led by one.

Bush drilled a two-out

single in the fifth to knot

the score at two-all but

Middletown struck right

back with two runs to surge

out in front 4-2.

Greger walked a batter

Lancers bounce back

By MICHAEL LETENDRE

STAFF WRITER

Baseball

See

COME BACK

,

page 30

BRISTOL EASTERN 7, MIDDLETOWN 5

from Middletown High School

Bristol Eastern

001011 4 - 7 9 1

Middletown

000 220 1 - 5 6 3

Eastern

: Jake Greger, Patrick Smith (7) & Steve Julius.

Middletown

:

Josh Strohm, Drew Cietek (7) & Billy Waldner.

WP

: Greger (3-1);

LP

: Strohm (1-3).

2B

- Steve DelCegno (BE), Vin Quintilliano (M), Josh Strohm (M), Patrick

Michaud (M).

3B

- DelCegno (BE).

Records

: Bristol Eastern 6-2 overall; Middletown 4-4.

TAMMI KNAPIK

Baseball