The Giants and A's met for the first time this season, and proved that any game of theyear can be great. The A's struck first with a run in the 1st on a hit by CJ Mellen. Cam Paquette of the Giants shut the A's by striking out the last 2 batters. The Giants came out firing with 4 runs thanks to a GRAND SLAM by Nic Stockman. The A's came back with 5 runs of their own, on hits by Zac Clancy and Noah Telerski. CJ Mellen of the A's shut down the Giants in the 4th by striking out the side. The A's took a commanding lead with a double by Sid Ganguri. Down 11-8, the Giants came up for their final at bat. Hits turned in by Neysa Ouellette, Nathan Lowell scored some runs, with the come from behind win on an awesome clutch hit by Derek Dunbury....the Giants win, the Giants win...13-11.

Opening Day for the AAA Blue Jays and the AAA Astros was full of excitement and anticipation. The Teams took the field and from the first pitch both teams were looking great. Ryan Kozyra opened for the blue Jays while Ravi Patel opened for the Astros. Both teams kept the score only 1-1 after the first inning. The Astros made a great play by catcher Adam Robinson throwing out a steal to 2nd baseman Harper Niven. In the Second the Astros came alive for a 5 run streak including a great double By Thomas Lessard while the Astros held the Jays to only one run thanks to a saving catch by Jay Patel in Center Field. The Third inning brought another great rally from the Astros with some great hits by Jacob Wilcox, Adam Robinson, Pranav Prabhala with a triple and Ben Morin. This also brought out the heavy Pitching and Catching Duo of Alec juknievich and Tom Lessard by saving the inning with an out at home during a steal attempt by the Blue Jays. The 4th and 5th inning the Blue Jays came back with 7 runs and held the Astros down to only 3 more runs thanks to some Awesome Pitching by Alex Amigo who struck out 4 batters in 2 innings. Ryan Kozyra had 2 hits during those innings helping the Blue Jays along. The Fifth inning was the start of another rally for the Astros which was quickly extinguished by Carter Cormier with a diving catch in Center field robbing Pranav Prabhala of another double. The Final score was Blue Jays 8 and the Astros 16. All of the boys played very well and had a great time.

The Rockie's got strong pitching from Spencer Durand and Zack Finkelstein as they beat the Cardinal's 20-6 on Opening Day. Every member of the Rockie's scored at least one run each, with Jacob Keysley scoring three runs. The offense was potent as the Rockie's banged out 14 hits, with Vincent Annichiarico and Sahil Shah leading the way with three hits apiece. Myles Johnson and Stephen McLendon (2 hits) had back-to-back triples and Durand also pitched in with 2 hits on the day. Cardinals, Matt Savoia started us off with a double in the first inning. Owen Mooso made an incredible grab/out at the catcher's position today, ripping off his helmet and catching the ball at home plate. Tyler Arnesen also made a great play tagging the runner out at second base, on a steal from first. Devin Gates pitched his first game today and threw some incredible pitches for his first outing. Ben Lugo had a double and RBI today.

The Nashua Cardinals played the Athletics this Sunday. This was the second game played over the Opening weekend for AAA Baseball. The game was full of excitement and anticipation between both teams. Austin Long pitched the first three innings for the Cardinals and really set the tone for the game. Cathing for Austin was Owen Mooso, who made some incredible plays from at the catcher's position. The Athletics, Michael Oliver shut down the Cardinals in the 6th with two strikeouts and a 1-3 assist to Noah Telerski at 1st. Cameron Bisson had 2 singles and a run scored in 3 at bats. Nathan Fallon singled and scored and anchored the team behind home plate for 4 innings. Siddarth Ganguri struck out 3 in a scoreless 4th inning. Tyler Arnesen also pitched three great innings, and made a double play for the Cardinals. Anthony Yan also got his first hit of the season, along with Jimmy Shelly. Matt Savoia also had two RBI's today, totalling three for the season. Overall, a great game played between both teams, all the boys and girls played well and had fun. We look forward playing the A's again soon. The final score was, Athletics 4, and the Cardinals 11.

The Rockies improved to 2-0 on the early season by defeating the Astros 15-11 in front of a sell-out crowd at Dube Field. Each team scored early and often before the Rockies put it away with a 7 run fifth inning. Nick Herbert paced the Rockies with a triple and played tremendous defense as catcher. Anshul Kamdar made the defensive play of the game as he tracked down a long fly ball in center field. Player reaching base safely twice included: Tyler Gouveia, Stephen McLendon, Thomas McLendon, Spencer Durand, Vincent Annicchiarico and Myles Johnson. For the Astros, opening pitcher Alec Juknievich struck out 4 batters in 2 innings and allowed only 1 run. The offense stars included a HR hit by Harper Niven in the 2nd and Alec Juknievich in the 5th. Defensively, a great save at home by Ben Morin and Anish Vedantham. A strong start by the Astros by holding the lead in the first 3 innings but the Rockies came alive late to get the narrow victory.

The Blue Jays hosted the Giants on a perfect day for baseball. Carter Cormier of the Blue Jays got the start, and he didn't disappoint. Carter faced 4 batters striking out 3 to start the game. Overall he had 7 strikeouts in 4 strong innings. Nic Stockman of the Giants answered the challenge with a great game of his own, striking out 10. This was definitely a pitcher's duel for the first 4 innings. The Blue Jays' Ryan Kozyra continued his hit streak for the second straight game, while Rikin Kamdar knocked his first hit of the season to right field. The Giants broke it out in the late innings with hits from Cam Paquette, Nathan Lowell, Pranav Gopan, and the only double of the day by Travis Martin. The offensive star of the day was Andrew Penkala who went 3-3, with a walk, 3 Runs, 2 RBI and a stolen base.

The A's and Blue Jays met on a breezy night at Lower Shady Park. Both teams were hungry for their first win of the young season. The Blue Jays started the game getting one run in the Top of the first from Jay Patel. However, A's starter Tyler Bernard struck out 3 Jays of the batters to quiet the rally. The A's Countered with a run of their own in the Bottom of the inning on consecutive hits from CJ Mellon and Zach Clancy, but Jay Patel stopped them cold, snaring a fly ball in Left Centerfield to end the inning. The Blue Jays bats got busy in the second banging out hits from Sri Kumar, John Chacon and Rikin Kamdar while plating 6 runs. The A's came right back with two of their own in the Bottom of the second on good base running and a hit from Tyler Bernard. The Jays struck for 7 more in the 3rd on hits from Ryan Kozyra and Sri Kumar. The A's tried to rally in their half of the inning on a hit from Michael Oliver and a walk to Nick Quadros, but Rikin Kamdar caught a liner from Noah Telerski and Jays Starter Carter Cormier bore down to strike out 2 A's with runners in scoring position to finish his 3 innings with 6 K's. The Jays added an insurance run in the 4th on Rikin Kamdar's second Hit. Alex Amigo came in to relieve in the Bottom of the 4th and got great Fielding from Michael Fournier and Jay Patel to close out the game.

The Giants and Astros met for the first time this season, and it was a hard fought game all the way to the end. The Astros led off the top of the first with 1 run on a hit by Adam Robinson. The Giants scored 2 in the bottom of the 1st, on a hit by Andrew Penkala. Neither team scored in the second inning. The Astros smacked out 4 runs in the 3rd, on hits by Anzor Khadaev, Adam R and Alec Juknievich. The Giants stormed back with 3 runs of their own, while Chaz Magras picked up his first RBI of the season. Going into the bottom of the 5th, the Giants held a slight 8-7 lead. With key hits from Cameron Paquette and Neysa Ouellette, plus some very smart baserunning from the team, the Giants padded their lead, making it 13-7. Giants Closer Derek Downing came in at the top of the 6th. Derek shut down the Astros by striking out 3 of the 5 batters he faced. Stars of the game: Nicolas Stockman faced 20 batters, striking out 11. Cam Paquette (Giants)went 1-1 with 2BB, 3runs, 2SB. Andrew Penkala (Giants) went 2-2 with 1BB, 2runs, 2SB. Adam Robinson (Astros) went 2-2 with 1BB, 2runs, 2SB. Anzor Khadaev (Astros) went 1-1 with 1BB, 2runs, 1SB. This was the best game of the season so far. We look forward to facing each other again.

You would not have expected much scoring after a 2 week layoff but the A's and Rockies put on an offensive show as they belted out 29 hits between them and the Rockie's hung on to win last night 14-12 before a packed house at Lower Shady. For the A's, CJ Mellen pitched awesome pounding the strike zone with fast balls and keeping the Rockie's off balance. CJ also contriubted at the bat, contributing 2 hits on the night. The A's had many offensive stars in their balanced attack as Noah Telerski had 2 hits, Nicholas Quadros had 3 hits, Zachary Clancy had 2 hits, Siddarth Ganguri had 2 hits, Nathan Fallon has 3 hits and Matthew Caplan had 2 hits. For the Rockie's, Spencer Durand surrendered only 2 runs while pitching the first 3 innings and also came up with 3 hits of his own. The defensive star of the game was Myles Johnson who made two terrific running catches in the outfield to preserve the victory. He also did a post-game back-flip that sent the crowd home cheering... Myles also walked twice and scored two runs to help the cause. The Rockie's had their share of offensive stars as well as they banged out 12 hits. Nicholas Herbert slammed 2 hits on the night. Zachary Finkelstein collected his first hit of the young season and came in to pitch the last inning and close it down!! No hit was bigger than a two out single from Mason Moore that drove in two runs and made the difference in this one. Great job by all the kids in this offensive game...

The Blue Jays and Rockies met for the first time this season on Saturday evening at Dube Field. The Jays attempted to jump out to an early lead in the first inning but the Rockies cut down an errant Blue Jay runner at the plate. It remained a pitcher's duel through two innings with the score knotted at 0-0 with Blue Jays starter Zack Finklestein matching Jays starter Carter Cormier pitch for pitch with 9 of the first 12 outs coming on strikeouts. The Jays opened the scoring in the top of the third relying on patience at the plate and heads up base running as John Chacon, Riley Bourque and Ryan Kozyra Scored on 2 walks bunched around Riley's hit. The Rockies finally got on the scoreboard in the 4th as Ty Gouviea scored their first run, but the Jays stopped the rally cold with Carter and Alex Amigo combining to make a heads-up play at the plate to catch a Rockies runner. Jay Patel added another run for the Jays in the top of the fifth on a walk and aggressive base running. Carter was finished after pitching 4 strong innings allowing only 2 hits with 9 strikeouts and handed the ball to the Jays bullpen and Ryan Kozyra who closed it out pitching two effective innings, helping himself out defensively assisting on 4 of his 6 outs. Rockies pitchers were also strong and effective as Zack, Anshul Kamdar and Sahil Shah struck out 13 Blue Jays. The Jays added three insurance runs in the top of the 6th to put it away, with Riley leading off with a triple to deep right and Carter and Rikin Kamdar chipping in with hits. A well played game on both sides. The two teams meet again in their next game this Thursday.

A great game was played between the Cardinals and Giants this Saturday May 9th, 2009. The Cardinals took the field a few players short that day, but they ended up playing the best game of the season. Jimmy Shelly pitched the game of his life Saturday, he struck out 7 out of 15 batters. Derin Josephson also played an incredible game. She drove in an RBI, made an out on second and came alive in the 5th inning. Both Jimmy and Derin recieved game balls that afternoon. Matt Savoia made three outs at first with an incredible dive for a ball near the first base line. Anthony Yan hit two incredible hits that day as well with two RBI's. For the Giants, Derek Downing was 2 for 3 with two RBI's. Joey Early was 1 for 2 with two RBI's. Cameron Paquette and Nic Stockman both hits doubles that day against the Cardinals. Chaz Magras went 2 for 2 with a run scored. Lastly, Neysa Oullette had a an incredible game and threw out runners stealing at 3rd base and hit the ball almost out of the park! Overall, this was the kind of baseball game that all teams should play. It came down to the last out, we are looking forward to playing the Giants again soon. They played like champions that day!

The A’s and Astros played a great game with The A’s coming out on top 12-3. The game was closer than the score suggest. The A’s had 15 hits and all players had at least 1 hit and all either scored a run or drove in a run. Great pitching by C.J., Nick and Michael with Kevin having 3 RBI’s , Zac, Siddarth, Noah and Cam and others had multiple hits and Nathan and Matt led the way on the base paths with stolen bases. Phillip gave us support from the dugout recovering from an injury. For the Astro’s Alec Juknievich’s awesome 3 catches in the game. Matthew Kaufman’s hard hit to Right Center. Great relief pitching by Harper Niven after Thomas Lessard held the hits at bay for 3 innings. 2 outs at 3rd base by Ravi Patel keeping the lead runners from make it home.

The Rockies and Blue Jays met for the second of two games in less than a week on a rain swept night at Lower Shady field. The Rockies were looking to split the two game series while the Jays were looking to sweep. Jays Starter Carter Cormier Held the Rockies Bats silent in the top of the first. The Jays bats came out booming in the bottom of the inning as Riley Bourque set the tone leading off with a deep double to left field as the Jays plated 6 runs on 8 hits highlighted by Carter's deep triple to center field. The Rockies tried to get one back in the top of the second on a single by Sahil Shah and two walks but Jays Catcher Ryan Kozyra and Shortstop Alex Amigo pulled off a trick play to nab a Rockies runner at the plate. Rockies Starter Spencer Durand settled down in the bottom of the 2nd and held the Jays scoreless thanks to his defense as the Rockies caught two fly balls with runners on. In the Top of the 3rd Blue Jays reliever Alex Amigo came on and mowed down the Rockies on 3 straight strikeouts. Alex also started the Jays rally in the bottom of the inning by walking and stealing 3 bases as the Jays added 4 more runs on 4 walks, a hit batter and Riley's second double of the game. The Rockies got one back in the top of the 4th on an infield single by Jacob Keysley and some heads up base running, Alex quickly settled back into a groove and struck out the next 3 batters. The Jays were held scoreless in the bottom of the inning as the rain fell harder. Riley came on to pitch the top of the 5th and kept the Rockies Bats at bay thanks to a double play by who else, but Alex Amigo. The Jays added 3 more insurance runs in the Bottom of the 5th to close it out. Good sportsman ship abounded, despite the weather. The Blue Jays pitchers dominated again with 10 strikeouts allowing only 4 hits. The Jays offense was also on a roll as every batter scored at least 1 run and they banged out 13 hits . Rikin Kamdar had 3 hits, while Michael Fournier and Ryan Vermette each got their first two hits of the season. Ben Swain, Jay Patel and Singin Doeurk were each on base 3 times. The two teams face off again on May 30th.

Another close game between the A’s and the Astro’s resulted in The A’s coming out on top with a clutch double by Zac Clancy to drive in the winning run in the bottom half of the last Inning after the Astro’s tied the game up in the top half hits by Tom, Mark, Pranav, and Anish to drive in 3. Ravi Tom and Matt did the pitching for the Astro’s while Siddarth, C.J. and Zac handle things on the mound for the A’s clutch at bats by Nathan, Matt, and Zac led the way for the A’s

The A's and Giants met for the second time in this young season. Travis Martin got the start for the Giants. Travis held the A's to 3 runs. Travis did have to work out of a Jam in the 2nd inning while the A's were attacking the ball. The A's Noah Telerski, Nic Quadros, Nathon Fallon, and Michael Oliver all hit singles, while Cameron Bisson smacked a double, raking in two RBI. The A's starter kept the Giants quiet, striking out 5 of the 10 batters he faced. The Giants came alive in the middle innings with Nate Lowell smacking a nice double, and Cam Paquette crushing a 2 RBI triple, followed next inning by a beautiful 2RBI double from Neysa Ouellette. Awesome defensive plays by Cam Paquette making a great running catch in center, saving 2 runs from scoring. Kevin Barrows made a fantastic catch in center, and scooped a short-hop fireball at second base. In the end, The Giants came out victorious on a hard fought game. Offensive Stars for the Athletics were Noah Telerski (3 for 3), Nathan Fallon (2 for 3), and Cameron Bisson with that rbi double. The offensive stars for the Giants were the whole team, since every Giant reached base at least once...with special notes to Cam Paquette for the triple, Nate Lowell for the double, Neysa Ouellette for the double, Chaz Magras, and Andrew Penkala for turning in another 3 for 3 day. (that's 10 straight at bats that Andrew has reached base.) Congratulations to everyone on a great game.

After a two game losing streak, the Rockies got just what they needed off the arm of Zack Finkelstein as he pitched a complete game 2-hitter while striking out 15 batters in the Rockie's 10-0 victory over the Cardinals yesterday at Lower Shady. Zack was simply AWESOME as he continued to pound the strike zone and pitched himself a masterpiece. Said Zack following the game, "it was a total team effort"!!! The Cardinals had a couple of defensive highlights as Owen Mooso caught a fly ball in Right field and also robbed Tyler Gouveia with a line drive out that brought everyone to their feet. Matt Savoia also played a great game at first base and also hit the balol well all day. Austin Long pitched the final 4 innings for the Card's and really impressed everyone as he silenced the Rockie's bat after a quick start. The "crafty" lefty finished with 8 strikeouts over 4 innings pitched. Awesome job Austin!! The Rockies pounded out 8 hits and ten runs with Tyler Gouveia leading the charge with a pair of hits and a line drive out. Thomas McClendon also had 2 hits and hit a deep ball to right which Mooso grabbed... Jacob Keyslay continued to provide leadership at the leadoff position as he got on base all three times at bat and scored two runs. The Rockie's had a highlight of their own as Vincent Annicchiarico made a running catch in the outfield and had the presence of mind to turn and throw a strike to second base to complete a double play. Possibly the defensive play of the year so far for the Rockies. Congratulations Vincent!!

The Astros and the Jays took the field for a 2nd time this season. The first inning clearly went to the Jays as they took the lead with 4 runs on Walks and one Solid hit by Alex Amigo. Alec Juknievich held them back though for 3 innings with 8 K’s and catching a Fly ball in the 3rd inning. Despite a solid hit by Matthew Kaufman, Riley Bourque and Carter Cormier held the Astros to one run through the third inning. The Astros got a 2nd run in the 4th inning thanks to some aggressive base running by Anish Vedantham. The 5th inning the Astros took two more runs from the Jays thanks to some solid hits by Harper Niven and Pranav Prabhala. Harper Niven held the Jays down to only 5 runs after 5 innings, Score 5-4 Blue Jays going into the 6th inning and the Astros came out swinging. There were Solid Hits by Jacob Wilcox, Adam Robinson, and Matthew Kaufman to bring the score 5-7 at the Bottom of the 6th. Adam Robinson took the mound to hold the Jays at bay with soma assistance from Anzor Khadaev who caught a great hit in Center Field by Alex Amigo, and assisted play to First Base by Harper Niven and closing out the game with a strike out. All of the kids did a great job on the field and showed a solid determination to have fun and do their best.

The Giants and Blue Jays played an awesome game on Sunday afternoon at Dube Field. Good pitching and great defense were displayed by both teams. Blue Jays Started Riley Bourque silenced the Giants Bats in the first with 2 Strikeouts. He then led the Jays offense in the bottom of the inning by walking and with great base running scored the first run. The Giants snuffed out the Jays rally with Derek Downing starting a double play at second and catching a Jays runner off first, Jays lead 1-0. In the second inning it was three Giants up and three down with the Jays Defense making two great plays in the field. The Jays bats came alive in the bottom of the inning when 7 batters came to the plate. Ryan Vermette banged out his first of two hits while Sri Kumar and Riley added hits as well and the Jays plated 2 runs. Jays Lead 3-0. The Giants were not going to lay down and quickly struck back for a run in the top of the third with a 2 out rally as two walks and a single by Nick Stockman made it Jays 3 Giants 1. The Giants slung the leather in the bottom of the inning as they kept the Jays off the board thanks to a Nick Stockman/ Neysa Oullette doubly play at first base. Alex Amigo came on to pitch for the Blue Jays and kept the Giants off the board with two strong shutouts inning giving up only one hit, a double by Nate Lowell. Meanwhile the Jays added two insurance runs, one in the fourth on an Alex Amigo RBI single scoring Ben Swain and one in the fifth on Ryan Vermette's RBI single Scoring Ryan Kozyra who had blasted a double to deep right field. Carter Cormier came on to close out the sixth inning for the jays and promptly got 3 great defensive plays from himself and Riley to end the game. The Jays pitching staff held the Giants to 2 hits while walking only three, while both teams made play after play in the field as 21 of the 33 outs in the game came on fielding plays. The game was played in a tidy 1 hour 30 minutes.

After the rain settled and the Fields dried up, the Astros and the Rockies took the field to one of the most exciting games the Astros have played yet. Ravi Patel took the mound for the Astros and held the Rockies to only two runs in the first 2 innings, with 4 K’s and tag out at home. Spencer Durand took the mound for the Rockies, and the Astros took an early lead in the first inning with 5 runs thanks to great hits and aggressive base running by Matthew Kaufman, Adam Robinson, Alec Juknievich, Mark Zoda, Pranav Prabhala, and a slammer by Jacob Wilcox. The Rockies tied up the game in the 3rd inning with 3 runs off of walks and aggressive base running by Jacob Keyslay, Spencer Durand, and Seth Bridge. In the Fourth inning Spencer continued to hold The Astros at bay with 6 K’s. Ben Morin had a great hit, but was quickly fielded by the short stop and the throw narrowly beat him. Matthew Kaufman with only 1 walk kept the runs on the Rockies to a minimum with 1 run thanks to some help from his team including a nice play by Jacob Wilcox and Anzor Khadaev with a force at 2nd. Then both teams came out trying to get the runs in. The Rockies got 3 runs from Tyler Gouveia, Zack Finklestein and Vincent Annicchiarico. The Astros struck back with 1 Run of their own thanks to a solid steal to home by Adam Robinson. The 6th inning brought the Rockies 3 more runs despite some very solid Pitching by Tom Lessard who had 6K’s and only 3 walks in 2 innings. This brought the Score 7-12 with the Rockies in the lead. The Astros had one last chance to make their run for it, and they did!! With Solid hits by the whole team, and Adam Robinson coming to bat as the last batter of the inning hits an in park Home Run driving in Anzor Khadaev as the winning run and sliding into home himself as the ball bounced dramatically off of his helmet to end the Game 14-12 Astros. It was truly a nail bitter of a game to the end, and all of the kids played a great game and continued to show great sportsmanship throughout.

The Blue Jays and Cardinals met to make up a rained out contest at Lower Shady on a Monday night. Weather was not a factor in this game. The Cards jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on hits from Jimmy Shelly, Matt Savoia, Austin long, Anthony Yan and Patrick Bue. The Jays Batters got 3 in the bottom of the first to roar right back on aggressive base running and hits from Alex Amigo, Carter Cormier, Michael Fournier and Rikin Kamdar. Blue Jays Pitchers Alex Amigo and Michael Fournier kept the Cards bats silent in scoreless 2nd and 3rd innings as the Jays added one in the second on three walks and a crazy double play at third base by the cards to end a rally as three Jays ended up at or near third at the same time. In the third the Jays hitters exercised patience at the plate and tied together several walks and aggressive base running to take the lead 11-2. The Cards added one in the top of the 4th on a Bennie Lugo hit and his own aggressive base running. But in the bottom of the inning the Jays added another 4 on 4 straight hits. Michael Fournier ended the day (his Birthday) with 2 hits, 2 RBI and2 great innings pitched while Singin Doerk added his second hit of the season to go with some wild base running and 9 different Jays scored runs as they banging out 7 hits.

The temperatures soared to over 90 degrees at game time and the Rockie's bats remained red hot as they pounded out 10 hits en route to a 10-6 victory over the A's at Lower Shady Thursday night. The Rockie's got solid pitching as Stephen Mclendon surrendered only 2 runs in 2 innings, Spencer Durand only 1 run in two innings and Zack Finkelstein three runs in 2 innings. All three pitchers managed to shrug off the heat and bring some heat of their own as they combied for 12 strikeouts on the night. For the A's, they hit the ball very well all night long and kept it close until the Rockie's scored 4 runs in the 5th inning. CJ Mellen pitched very well in his two innings of duty striking out 3 Rockie's. The A's also played awesome defense especially in the infield where they recorded 5 ground ball outs over 5 innings. Pacing the offense for the A's included Noah Telerski who had 2 walks, a hit and two runs scored. CJ Mellen also came through with a hit and a walk. Nathan Fallon hit a "bomb" to right field for a stand-up double and would eventually score. Nick Quadros also delivered a double, walked and scored a run. Michael Oliver and Matthew Caplan also stroked base hits and made good contact at the plate throughout the night. The A's pounded out 7 hits. For the Rockie's, the offense was paced by Spencer Durand who had 2 hits, a walk and three runs scored. He hit a ball that found the gap in right field and after some very good base-running, he turned a single into an "inside the park" homer!!! Tyler Gouveia also continued on his torrid hitting as he delivered 2 hits, a walk and 2 runs scored. Jacob Keyslay is an on-base machine as he wlaked, singled and scored 2 runs from the lead-off position. Thomas McLendon came through big time with 2 hits on the night. Also hitting the ball well on the evening was Zack Finkelstein who ripped a hard single to left and Anshul Kamdar who continues to hit well for the Rockies.

This game was another great match up between the Cardinals and the Giants. The die hard fans saw a hard fought game that went 2 hrs, 15 minutes. The Cardinals led off with 3 runs in the top of the 1st, but Neysa Ouellette quickly shut the door with 3 straight K's. The Cardinals silenced the top of the Giants order. Darin Josephson made a fantastic catch on a deep shot to left center by Cam Paquette. Top of the second saw the Cardinals score another 3 runs on the second straight hit by Austin Long(Austin went 3 for 4 on the day with a double). The Giants started to come alive in the bottom of the 2nd with a booming RBI double by Travis Martin. The 3rd inning saw more defense with the Giants' Nate Lowell and Nic Stockman turning in stellar plays. Then the Cardinals' turned in a 1-2-3 inning on all fielding plays, including a catch in center field by Ben Lugo. The Card's also showed their arm strength, by gunning down Joey Earley trying to score from 1st, on a Chaz Magras double...ending the inning. Down 8-3, the Giants scored 4 runs in the 5th inning by smart base running, and an RBI sacrafice by Nate Lowell. Travis Martin came out for his 3rd inning on the mound and shut the Cardinals down again (Travis held the Cards to 1 run in 3 innings). This brings us to the bottom of the 6th. The Giants trail 8-7. The Giants scored to tie it up on another hit by Chaz. Or so the fans thought. Smart coaching from the Cardinals, appealed the play at home, and the runner was out for not touching the plate. With the crowd, players and coaches now on edge, Chaz stole 2nd, and then scored on an RBI Smash by Andrew Penkala. The Cardinal's Anthony Yan struck out the next 2 Giants' batters to end the game in fashion, and preserve an 8-8 tie. What an exciting game. These are some excellent ball players folks!

On a much cooler day for baseball, the Astros and Giants had an opportunity to meet, and play with players from the American Defenders of Nashua. With huge smiles on every kid's face, we took to the field for the start of the game. Cameron Paquette started for the Giants, and kept the Astros off the board for the first 2 innings. The Giants bats were alive though. The first 2 innings saw powerful hits from Chaz Magras, Nic Stockman, Travis Martin and Nate Lowell. The Astros were determined to get runs back and smacked the ball around in the 3rd inning to score 4 runs on hits by Adam Robinson, Matt Kaufman, and Tom Lessard. Cameron worked his way out of the inning with 3 strikeouts to end with 6 k's on the day. The Giants didn't stop hitting, as the 3rd inning had an RBI double from Andrew Penkala, and Kevin Barrows with his first hit of the season, while reaping the rewards with an RBI. Kevin also had an RBI sac fly in the 2nd. The Astros showed some trickery and great fielding. It was Giants' runners on 1st and 3rd. Runner stealing second, Adam Robinson pops up and fires the ball. Giants runner on 3rd takes off for home...oh no!! trick play! Adam threw to Tom Lessard at SS, who fired a perfect strick back to Adam. Adam slapped the tag on the Giants runner for an out. WOW! Nic Stockman came on for the final inning and with 9 strikes in a row, he mowed down the side...1-2-3. Although everyone on the Giants contributed to this team win, the offensive stars were: Andrew Penkala (3-3, 1BB, 1SB, 3R, 2RBI) and Travis Martin (3-3, 1SB, 3R, 2RBI).

The A’s and The Rockies met on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and had a great game. With timely hitting and great base running the A’s jumped off to a quick 5 run lead in the top of the first before being shutout in the second inning by some great pitching by Zack. The Rockies scored 3 runs in the third with back to back doubles from Vincent and Jacob before the Rockies exploded for 7 runs in the top of the fourth. C.J. pitched 2 scoreless / hitless innings for the A’s and Nick pitched to strong innings as well. Siddarth had 2 doubles and if not for a great play by the Rockies would have gone 3 for 3. Both teams displayed good sportsmanship and everyone had a great time playing ball

The Cardinals and Blue Jays met for the second time this week, Saturday afternoon at Dube Field. The Blue Jays jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Leading the rally were Riley Bourque with a leadoff single , with RBI Singles from Carter Cormier and Ryan Kozyra and an RBI triple from Rikin Kamdar. Blue Jay Starting Pitcher Riley Bourque held the Card bats silent in the first inning with 2 strikeouts and a defensive gem from Ryan Vermette , who snared a hot line drive at second to open the game. Cardinals starter Jimmy Shelly struck out the Blue Jays in order in the top of the second to keep it close. The Cardinals tried to start a rally in the bottom of the inning on two walks and single from Tyler Arnesen, but Jay Patel caught a fly ball in center and Riley helped his cause grabbing a grounder and pop out to end the rally. The Jays came alive in the top of the third sending ten batters to the plate and scoring 6 with more aggressive base running and key hits from Riley Bourque, Rikin Kamdar, a triple from Alex Amigo and a 2 RBI single for last batter Singin Douerk. From there it became a pitcher's duel with Cardinals Patrick Bue and Austin Long throwing 3 shutout innings in relief while allowing only 2 hits and striking out 6. Blue Jays relievers Carter Cormier and Ryan Kozyra kept the Cardinals off the board as well , combining with Starter Riley Bourque to throw a six inning shutout two-hitter with 7 K's.

The A's and Blue Jays squared off on Sunday afternoon at Dube Field. The Jays wanted to continue their shutout innings streak from their pitchers while the A's were coming off their biggest offensive win the day before. The Blue Jays got their bats on the ball in the top of the first, however the A's defense made the plays and there was no score going to the bottom of the first. The A's also came out swinging, but the Jays defense matched them as well and we were scoreless heading in to the second. The second inning featured more defense from both sides as A's starter CJ Mellen matched Jays Pitcher Alex Amigo pitch for pitch. The A's brought Siddarth Ganguri to the mound for the third inning and he faired just as well as his predecessor getting defense behind him to keep the Jays off the scoreboard. The A's scratched out a run in the bottom of the third on hits from Noah Telerski and Nathan Fallon combined with good base running. We headed into the fourth with a real pitchers dual, A's leading 1-0. In the Top half of the fourth the Jays finally got on the board touching the A's for 3 and taking the lead on a hit from Rikin Kamdar and several walks. Blue Jay's reliever Riley Bourque held the lead in the bottom of the inning thanks to great defense up the middle by Carter Cormier and Ryan Kozyra. The Jays added 3 more in the top of the fifth, with their trademark aggressive base running and hits from Carter Cornier, Ryan Kozyra and an RBI ground out from Rikin Kamdar, while Ryan Vermette was on base for the 3rd straight time with a walk. The A's battled back in their half of the inning to cut the lead to 6-3 as hitters Nathan Fallon, Nicholas Quadros, Cameron Bisson and Phillip Justvig banged out key hits. Jay Alex Amigo stroked an RBI single in the top of the 6th for an insurance run to make it 7-3. The A's staged a two out rally in the bottom of the inning as Nathan Fallon stroked a double for his 4th hit of the day scoring CJ Mellen to cut the lead to three. But Blue Jay reliever Carter Cormier struck out the last A's batter to preserve the win. Both sides had great pitching, defense and swung hot bats in a great game.

In the first inning the Astros Adam Robinson and Tom Lessard were on base when Alec Juknievich unleashed a triple scoring both runners! Great Hit! The Cardinals came back in the 3rd. Austin Long, Devin Gates, Tyler Arnesan, John Carson, Jimmy Shelley and Patrick Bue all scoring. The Astros had good pitching from Tom Lessard. The Cardinals were lead by Tyler Arnesan, Jimmy Shelley and Devin Gates on the mound. Thay have played inspired baseball for their well respected Head Coach, Bob Arnesan. They have DEDICATED the rest of the season to Bob. We miss you Bob! GET WELL SOON. The players wanted me to pass along that they are doing their best just like you have taught them.

The Rockies and Giants met for the first time this season. With the Giants pitching staff worn thin, Nic Stockman took the mound, while the Rockies countered with "big gun" Spencer Durand. On strong defensive plays by Chaz Magras, and Neysa Ouellette, the Giants were able to get out of the first inning unharmed. Spencer started very well, snagging a line drive, and then a big k on the first 2 batters, but let up a couple walks and an RBI single by Travis Martin. The Rockies made a sweet play at home to end the inning and quiet the Giants' attack. Giants up 2-0. The Rockies' Thomas Mclendon cranked a single to start the 2nd inning. On the next batter, Nic Stockman made a great stop on a slap hit, turning and firing a strike to Cam Paquette covering 2nd base, and almost turning a double play. The Giant's defense held the Rockies again. Spencer Durand took matters into his own hands in the bottom of the 2nd by striking out the side. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Giants squeezed out 3 more runs on 4 straight hits. With the intensity rising, the 4th inning saw fancy glove work, as both teams were held scoreless. Fast forward to the top of the 6th. Neysa Ouellette comes on to close. With the Rockies mounting an attack, runners on 2nd and 3rd, Neysa worked 2 strikeouts, and the Giants caught a pop up to end it. Giants win. The Rockies' hits were by Zack Finkelstein (3-3 w/double), Tyler Gouveia, Sahil Shah, Thomas Mclendon, Nick Herbert and Anshul Kamdar. The Giants' Travis Martin (3-3 w/2RBI), Kevin Barrows, Chaz Magras and Neysa Ouellette had great games. Congratulations to Nic Stockman and Neysa Ouellette for pitching a shut out. Get ready fans, the Rockies and Giants square off again on Friday, May 29th. It should be another fantastic display of baseball.

After a couple hours of field prep by the coaches, the Giants and Rockies were able to take to the field for a rematch of last Sunday's shoot out. The Giants led of the top of the first with a couple runs. 2 straight plays were made by the Rockies' pitcher, Spencer Durand, by snagging comebackers at the mound, and firing to first for the outs. Travis Martin silenced the Rockies in the first by inducing a ground ball to SS, followed by 2 strikeouts. The Giants scored again in the top of the 2nd on a sharp hit by Pranav Gopan, but Spencer Durand quickly shut the door with 3 strikeouts to get out of the inning. Travis Martin took the mound again for the Giants. Travis issued a lead off walk to Tyler Gouveia, but the Giants' defense took charge on 3 great plays by Kevin Barrows and Neysa Ouellette. Stephen Mclendon was on the mound for the Rockies now. He issued a lead off walk to Nic Stockman who burned up the basepaths with 2 straight steals. The Rockies weren't going to stand for that. Their defense took over with 3 great plays in the field (one from SS, another from Stephen Mclendon and the other from Tyler G at 1st) to hold Nic on 3rd and keep the Giants from scoring. Cam Paquette came on for the Giants and again, received great defense from Derek Downing, Andrew Penkala and himself with a strikeout. The Giants went on a rampage in the top of the 4th, scoring 8 runs with a double from Pranav Gopan (2-2 on the day), an RBI single by Joey Earley, an RBI single by Nic Stockman, and capped off with a GRAND SLAM by Travis Martin (Travis went 2-3 on the day with 6 RBI). We would like to say congratulations to Travis Martin and Cameron Paquette for combining to pitch a NO HIT SHUT OUT! That's right sports fans..a No Hitter! I don't care what level you play at, you don't witness that event too often! Cam and Travis should thank their teammates though, as they made more than 80% of the plays in the field with no errors.

The Cardinals and Giants met for the 3rd and final time this season. The Cardinals have had the Giants number in the first 2 games, but not today. Chaz Magras was starting pitcher for the Giants. He started fantastic, facing 4 batters, striking out 3. The Giants continued their torrid pace with a handful of runs, but Matt Savoia came back strong with 3 straight strikeouts to end the inning. The Cardinals started a rally in the top of the 2nd on smart base running by Devin Gates, and an awesome RBI single by Jimmy Shelley. Chaz took matters into his own hands, by getting all 3 outs on strikeouts. (Chaz faced 9 batters, and had 6 K's). After the Giants' Kevin Barrows scored in the bottom of the 2nd, the Cardinals stepped up their defense. The Cards' Owen Mooso made an amazing catch on a pop up at the plate, hopping up, twisting and running..what a catch! He then made an awesome throw to gun down Joey Earley trying to steal. Nic Stockman came on to pitch and kept the Cards silent, with a couple walks and 3 K's. The Giants mounted another attack with 5 straight hits by Nic Stockman, Derek Downing, Travis Martin, Pranav Gopan....and topped off with a powerful 2 RBI double by Neysa Ouellette. Jimmy Shelley of the Cardinals made all 3 outs this inning. 2 on K's, and the final out by snagging a rocket to his side, and firing a strike to first before the batter could even drop the bat. Not only did Jimmy finish strong on the mound, but then he crushes a monster double in the next inning. The Giants' finished strong with another 5 hits in the bottom of the inning. Congrats to the Cardinal's Jimmy Shelley for going 2-2 on the day with an RBI and that double. The Giants' offensive stars to note were: Chaz Magras (2-2, 2R, 1SB), Nic Stockman (3-3, 2R, 2RBI), Derek Downing (2-2, 2R, 1RBI, 1SB).

Under a beautiful clear blue sky the A’s and Astro’s met for the 3rd time this season and had another exciting duel to the last batter with the A’s eking out the win by a score of 12-11. Nick, Zac, Siddarth, and CJ handle the pitching for the A’s while Matt, Adam, Alec, and Tom mastered the mound for the Astro’s. After a scoreless top of the first the A’s struck for 5 runs with 3 timely hits by Noah, CJ, and Nick. The Astro’s came right back scoring 2 runs in the second and 4 runs in the third to take the lead 6-5. With hits by Anish, Pranav, and Ben along with great base running. In the bottom half of the 3rd, with Thomas pitching a great game, Nick worked a walk and stole 2nd 3rd, and home to manufacture a run while Thomas struck out the other 3 batters he faced.. The Astro’s struck for 5 Runs in the 4th with great base running and the A’s manufactured another run with Tyler Bernard working a walk and scoring on steals around the horn. With the time limit forcing the 5th inning to be the last the Astro’s came to bat with the lead 11-7. CJ took the mound for the A’s and was met by Adam launching a triple to centerfield. What followed that was a “strike’em out, thow’em out” double play with 2 assist to the catcher, Noah and the put out by CJ. The inning ended on the next batter and the A’s came to bat for the last time Scoring 4 runs on 5 hits the game came down to the 10th batter, bases loaded, score tied 11-11. Tyler was on third when the opportunity presented itself broke for home sliding in safe just under the tag allowing the A’s to walk off with the victory in what was one of the best games of the year.

Saturday afternoon at Dube field with the Blue Jay's hosting the Rockies. Jays Starter Alex Amigo kept the Rockies scoreless through the first two innings as his team manufactured a run in each frame on walks and heads up base running. In the third the Rockies got on the board with 3 runs to take the lead on 2 hit batters, 2 walks and a single form Jacob Keysley. The Blue Jays quickly tied the game in the bottom of the third on a Riley Bourque single. The Rockies tried to take the lead in the top of the 4th on hits from Spencer Durand and Thomas McLendon but the Jays defense nabbed the lead runner at third and Riley Bourque struck out the next two batters. Jays Cleanup Hitter Ryan Kozyra led off the bottom of the 4th with a single and took extra bases on a Rikin Kamdar groundout and scored on Michael Fournier's ground out, Jay take the Lead 4-3. The Rockies again tried to rally in the top of the 5th on two walks and a single from Anshul Kamdar, but a heads up play by Jays Catcher Alex Amigo on a passed ball nabbed a runner at the plate and reliever Carter Cormier struck out the last two batters. The Blue Jays then tried to add an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth with a two out rally on two walks and aggressive base running, but Rockies reliever Zach Finkelstein struck out the last Jay batter swinging. The Rockies put the ball in play in the top half of the sixth with 3 grounder balls to the infield but Carter and Ryan made the throws and the game was in the books as a Blue Jay win. Both teams played a good game with each having multiple chances to win the game.

The Astros hosted the Blue Jays in an early A. M. matchup at Dube field on family day. The Jays bats came out swinging scoring 4 runs in the top of the 1st as the first 6 batters got on board with hits. The Hitters were Riley Bourque, Alex Amigo, Carter Cormier, Ryan Kozyra, Michael Fournier and Rikin Kamdar. The Astros also came out swinging the bats, but Blue Jay Second basemen Ryan Vermette recorded all 3 put outs in the bottom of the inning to keep the Astros off the board. Astros starter Adam Robinson Settled down in the top of the 2nd and got 3 straight Blue Jays batters, two with strikeouts looking. Riley Bourque returned the favor on the Astros in the 2nd and third with 3 Astros up and 3 down in each frame while striking out 4 and getting excellent defense from his teammate Ben Swain. Meanwhile the Blue Jay offense scratched out single runs in the 3rd and 4th inning on walks and good base running to take a 6-0 lead. Ryan Kozyra took over on the hill for the Blue Jays in the bottom of the 4th and gave up a single to Matt Kaufman but still kept the Astros off the scoreboard. The Blue Jays sent 10 batters to the plate in the top of the fifth and plated 6 more runs with Riley Bourque, Carter Cormier and Michael Fournier swinging the big bats. In the Bottom of the 5th Ryan Kozyra quickly got two down on the Astros with Strikeouts and then the Astros put together a 2 out rally on two walks and a wild pitch but Ryan Focused on the batter and with a three-two count struck out the last Astros hitter to preserve the shutout win.

The A's hosted the Giants for their 3rd and final meeting on the regular season. The first inning would be a pitcher's duel with both sides getting shut down on K's. The Giants' woke up in the 2nd inning on consecutive doubles by Nic Stockman and Travis Martin, and an RBI smash from Pranav Gopan. The A's looked like they would answer the call when Phillip Justvig smashed a single, but the Giants' quickly erased the baserunner with a perfect play from Catcher Nic Stockman to Cam Paquette at 2nd...Phillip couldn't do anything but slide into the tag. Chaz Magras finished the inning with 2 more strikeouts to end with 5 K's in his 2 innings pitched. The Giants' scored 1 run in the top of the 3rd, when Derek Dunbury slapped a solid single, then burned up the basepaths on wild pitches to get to 3rd. Joey Earley comes to the plate...and delivers! RBI single for Joey. The A's again, looked like they would answer when Nic Quadros crushed a shot to left center to lead off, but the Giants' solid defense kept the A's off the board. The Giants' squeaked out one more run in the top of the 4th, on 4 consecutive singles by Nic Stockman, Travis Martin, Neysa Ouellette and Pranav Gopan. The A's plated 3 runs in the bottom of the inning with another single by Phillip Justvig, a couple walks, followed by a huge triple by Nic Quadros. I'm pretty sure I heard the ball screaming on that one. The Giants' scored 1 more run on another RBI single by Joey Earley, before being shut down by the A's defense. Now in the bottom of the 6th. The Giants up 7-3, the A's bring their big guns to the plate. The A's Phillip Justvig leads off with another single (his 3rd on the day). A walk to Zach Clancy, another single by Nic Quadros. Now 7-5. Smart baserunning by Nic Quadros allowed him to score. Now 7-6. Walk to Matt Caplan. Matt takes second on wild pitch...There are now 2 down, with tying run on 2nd, full count on the batter...here's the pitch...smacked up the middle...Nic Stockman dives off the mound, knocks the ball down, tying run rounding 3rd, in the middle of a barrel roll, Nic grabs the ball and gets the runner at first. The Giants win...the Giants win! A fantastic game turned in by all. The A's offensive stars were: Phillip Justvig (3-3, 2R) Nic Quadros (4-4, 1R, 3RBI and that huge triple). The Giants' offensive stars were: Tavis Martin (3-3, 2R, 1RBI w/a double), Pranav Gopan (2-2, 1R, 1RBI) and Joey Earley (2-2, 2RBI, 1SB).

A perfect day for playing baseball. It was a great re-match for the Rockies and Cardinals. It started off with Zach Finkelstein pitching an excellent game and scoring the first run of the game. Stephen McLendon made a great catch in left field Myles Johnson made a great catch in center field and doubled off the runner at second.. Awesome job Myles!! Thomas McLendon hit a double to the fence in left-center and had two hits on the day... Mason Moore hit a hard liner that the Cardinal's 2nd baseman made a great grab on. Mason got robbed! Jacob Keyslay and Tyler Gouveia continued their torrid hitting with 2 hits apiece Anshul Kamdar was throwing "heat" and pitched a perfect 6th inning allowing no run. The Cardinals played hard all game long and it all started off with Devin Gates Pitching one of the best games of his career. He also hit the ball well and stole some bases that day. Austin Long followed up with tremendous day on the mound stiking out three of three. He hit a long drive along with Ben Lugo and Tyler Arnesen. The Cardinals really played like a team that day. Anthony Yan, Owen Mooso, Derin Josephson and Patrick Bue all contributed as well. We look forward to playing the Rockies again soon.

The Card’s and the A’s met on Monday to play a game rained out earlier in the season. The game quickly went from a pitchers dual with Nick and Siddarth on the mound for the A’s and Matt Savoia for the Cards.. The A’s struck first and when the smoke cleared every player in the line up scored and or drove in a run and all had at least 1 hit For the Cards Owen Mooso and Austin Long also played a great game catching behind the plate. Ben Lugo made a great grab in Center Field and made a nice throw to first for an out in the 2nd. Anthony Yan also made a nice double in the third. Patrick Bue made a great and scored in the first. Tyler Arnesen also pitched two great innings. Lastly, Devin Gates scored a triple and hit the biggest hit of the game for the Cardinals. For the A’s great fielding by CJ , Zac, Phil, Siddarth, and Noah kept the A’s in the Game and hits by Tyler, Matt, Nick , Kevin, Mike, and Cam.

The Giants started the attack with 2 runs in the top of the first, but the Astros answered with a couple monster hits by Matt Kaufman, Alec Juknievich, Ravi Patel, and capitalized with Adam Robinson's shot to center. The Astros took the lead 4-2. the second inning was pure defense with both teams being shut down. The Giants plated 6 runs in the 3rd, on hits by Derek Dunbury, Joey Earley, Chaz Magras, Cam Paquette, Andrew Penkala and topped off with a Grand Slam by Pranav Gopan! The Astros came back with the bats, including a monster shot to deep center by Matt Kaufman. Although the Astros had a few hits, good defense by the Giants, held them to only 1 run. The Astros upped their game in the field for the next 2 innings, only allowing 2 more runs to the Giants including an awesome play at home by Alec Juknievich diving at the plate to tag out the sliding Giant player to end an inning. With the Giants in the lead 10-5, the Astros dug deep and smacked 3 straight hits and plated 4 runs. Cameron Paquette of the Giants made a great play at catcher, chasing a pop up to the dug out for the first out. With the score now 10-9, and the Giants barely holding on to the lead, Neysa Ouellette made a play at pitcher for out 2. With fans, players and coaches all standing in excitement, the Giants made a switch and brought in closer, Nic Stockman. The next batter walked to load the bases, then Nic closed the door with a strikeout! Fantastic game. Although everyone from both teams contributed, there were a few standouts. The Astros Adam Robinson (3-3, 3R), Matt Kaufman (3-3, 2R), Alec Juknievich (2-2, 2R). The Giants Pranav Gopan (Pranav finished the day 2-2 with HR,5RBI), Chaz Magras (2-3, RBI, R)

In the first inning Ben Lugo walked, Austin Long singled and Devin Gates and Owen Mooso reached base. Then Tyler Arnesen unleached a double. All 5 runners would eventually score. The Blue Jays answered right back in the bottom of the first inning. Riley Bourque singled. Alex Amigo and Carter Cormier reached base. Rikin Kamdar singled along with Mike Fournier. Eventually all five scored to tie the game. The second inning proved to be another good inning for the Cardinals. Anthony Yan and Ben Lugo stated it off with back to back singles. Austin Long walked to load the bases.Jimmy Shelley and Patrick Bue had big singles in the inning. Anthony, Ben, Austin, Patrick all scored. Derin Josephson scored the last of the five runs in the second. It proved to be to much for the Blue Jays to come back. Alex Amigo lead the comeback effort with two singles. Jimmy Shelley and Austin Long pitched really well for the Cardinals. The Blue Jays battled hard all night and proved why they are a very good team. They never gave up!!! The Cardinals salute you, Blue Jays.

The A’s and the Card’s squared off on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and all at Lower shady new it would be a close one... The A’s struck in the top of the first with 3 quick runs after the first 3 batters, Zac Noah and CJ reached base and were driven in by Matt and Mike. The Card’s came right back with 2 of their own when Anthony and Tyler reached and Devin knocked them in before Tyler settled down and struck out the side. Matt took the mound for the Cards and shut down the A’s in the 2nd and third innings and scored 1 run in the second to tie the game. Then in the bottom of the third the Cards pounded out 3 runs on extra base hits from Tyler, Owen, and Jimmy and a hard single by Derin to take a 7-3 lead. The A’s got one back in the top of the forth on some great base running from Mike. The cards came right back with 1 in the bottom of the forth on a hit by Anthony and then some great base running. The A’s scored 3 in the fifth on hits by Zac, Noah, CJ and Once again the Cards came right back in the bottom half with 1 of their own on a walk by Austin and then some great hustle around the bases. The game rolled into the sixth inning with the Cards on top 9-7. Cam led off with a walk before 2 strikeouts and down to their last strike Noah hit a clutch single scoring Cam who had stolen 2nd. Noah stole second; he was driven in by a hard single from CJ. Then Nick ripped a triple scoring CJ and when the inning was done the A’s had the lead 10-9 with the Card coming to bat. With CJ on the Mound Devin hit a ball stopped by first baseman Cam and tossed to Nathan covering first from his 2b position for out #1. Out #2 cam on a grounder to Cam who made the putout at first. Jimmy hit a ball in the hole at short that matt made a great play on and Jimmy just beat it out by a step. CJ then struck out the lat batter to pick up the win for the A’s in this close game 10-9

The Rockies and the Astros met on the field for the last time in regular season play to square off the 1-1 series. Both games previous were full of action and suspense, and this game was no different up to the last out. The Astros took an early lead in the 1st inning with some great base running by Tom Lessard, Adam Robinson and Alec Juknievich and an RBI by Pranav Prabhala. The Astros kept the Rockies at bay for the first two innings by some great plays to First Baseman Matthew Kaufman and to Second Baseman Anzor Khadaev by Pitcher Adam Robinson and 3rd baseman Pranav Prabhala. The Third inning brought another wave of the Bats by the Astros as Harper Niven and Matthew Kaufman took to swinging and driving in 5 runs altogether. The Rockies got on the score board in the third inning as well by a great steal to home by Myles Johnson. The Fourth inning both teams kept the bats quiet, but the 5th inning was a big on for the Rockies as they came around with their bats to score 6 runs off of the Astros Defense, Great hits by Vincent Annicchiarico Jacob Keyslay and Thomas Mclendon. The Astros also answered back with a run of their own thanks to a hard triple by Thomas Lessard which drove in Harper Niven. The Sixth inning was intense as both teams were aiming for the most runs, and the score was close. The Rockies shut down the Astros with a great tag to a runner at Short stop. The Rockies had one last chance to get on the score board, but the Astros shut them down with 3 strikeouts. The Astros finished the game 9-7. It was a great game played by everyone. We will see you all in the Play-offs.

The Giants and Blue Jays battled for supremacy on this beautiful afternoon at Lower Shady field. Each team had won a game in their two earlier matches. Could this game decide first place? Neither team was sure as the teams with the two best records squared off. The Visiting Jays got things going with first inning singles from Riley Bourque and Ryan Kozyra to jump out ahead 1-0. The Giants roared out of the gate in their half of the inning answering with 4 runs on singles by Andrew Penkala and Derek Downing , a double from Nick Stockman and a triple from Pranav Gopan. The Blue Jays came right back in the top of the second sending all 10 batters to the plate and plating 6 runs on a series of walks, a hit batsman and a 2 RBI Single from Alex Amigo and a bases clearing triple from Carter Cormier. Jays starter Alex Amigo settled down and kept the Giants off the board in the bottom of the second striking out two and getting a diving catch from Sri Kumar in centerfield to stop a Giants rally after Chaz Magras had doubled. The Giants settled the Jays bats down in the top of the 3rd with 3 up and three down. The Giants got one back in the bottom of the inning on 3 consecutive singles from Andrew Penkala, Nick Stockman and Pranav Gopan. The Jays then answered with 2 more in the top of the 4th on singles from Cam & Riley Bourque, an RBI ground out from Alex Amigo and a hit from Carter Cormier, going to the bottom of the 4th it was Jays leading 9-5. The Giants would not go away quietly on this day and fought back in the home half of the 4th striking for 4 more to knot it at 9 on 3 straight hits from Chaz Magras, Cam Paquette and Andrew Penkala. The Giants sent in their Ace Nick Stockman in the top of the 5th and he made quick work of the Jays striking out the side swinging. The Jays countered with closer Carter Cormier who allowed a leadoff single to Neysa Oulette, but settled down to strikeout the next two Giants and got an pickup thanks to some heads up play from his defense as they nabbed a Giant runner at the plate. The game was still tied 9 all as the Blue Jays came to bat in the top of the 6th. The Jays scraped out two runs to take the lead on a walk to John Chacon and singles from Riley Bourque and Carter Cormier. Going to the bottom of the 6th the Jays lead 11-9. The Giants tried to tie it up again in the last of the 6th on hits from Chaz Magras, Cam Paquette and Andrew Penkala, but Carter Cormier would not be beaten on this day and he got a huge strikeout of the Giants cleanup hitter and ended the game helping himself on a comebacker to the mound. A great game from two great teams. With the playoffs on the horizon..... there may be one more rematch between the two teams to decide the crown.

The Cardinals were lead by hitting stars Anthony Yan, Matt Savoie, Ben Lugo who each had 2 hits and scored 2 runs. Austin Long had a big double that knocked in 2 runs in the top of the 6th. The Astros were lead by Harper Niven, Tom Lessard, Adam Robinson and a big double by Alec Juknievich. It was a great game to warch. Both teams played with a lot of determination and hustle.

Coin Flip Cardinals Win

With the regular season coming to a close, the Giants and Rockies faced off for the 3rd and final time. The Giants were playing to take 1st place in the standings while the Rockies were looking to play the role of the spoiler. The Giants came sprinting out of the gate with 4 runs in the 1st inning, by loading the bases for Travis Martin. Travis slammed a monster, bases clearing single to add 3 more RBI to his fantastic season. The Rockies were then shut down on 3 fantastic fielding plays by Nic Stockman, Cam Paquette, and Martin to finish the inning. The Rockies answered back with great pitching and fielding by stopping the Giants' attack in the top of the inning. The Rockies started a rally when Tyler Gouveia got on base, stole second, advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch, and then driven home on a smack by Thomas Mclendon. The 3rd inning was a pitchers duel between Spencer Durand and Nic Stockman. Both pitchers shut the door on the other team. Durand struck out 2, and caught a pop up, while Stockman answered by striking out the side. The Giants squeeked out 2 more in the 4th, with Neysa Ouellete scoring on a wild pitch, and Kevin Barrows scoring on an RBI single by Nate Lowell. The next 2 and a half innings continued the pitcher's duel, but this time between Stockman and the the Rockies new flamethrower, Stephen Mclendon. Of the next 21 batters faced, only 3 players turned in hits. They were the Rockies' Jacob Keyslay and the Giants' Cam Paquette and Travis Martin. We'd like to mention that of the 16 batters Nic Stockman faced, he struck out 12. The end of the game, the score board hanging on the consession stand read Giants 6 - Rockies 1. With this win, the Giants finish the regular season 11-3-1, win a well deserved 1st place, and clinch a birth in the upcoming Nashua City Tournament. Congrats 2009 AAA Giants.....now get ready for the Playoffs!

The Blue Jays and A's met in the last game of the season as both teams prepared for the playoffs. The Blue Jays bats did no quit all game as they banged out 16 hits. Jay's Batters were lead by Riley Bourque and Carter Cormier who each banged out 4 hits apiece and Jay Patel who had his first multi hit game of the season. Defensively Jay Patel was the star making a leaping grab of deep A's drive in left center in the Bottom of the 1st. Meanwhile the Jay's pitchers were effective with Carter Cormier and Alex Amigo each throwing a shut out inning. The A's batters swung well spraying 10 hits around the diamond with Cam Bisson and Siddarth Ganguri leading the team with 2 hits apiece. Both teams ended the regular season with good sportsmanship and looked forward to playing well in the Playoffs.

The First Game of the AAA Play-off season started off with a Huge Bang as the bats from the Astros and Cardinals came out in force. The Astros took an early lead with 8 runs in the first inning, including an excellent hit to deep Right field by Jacob Wilcox. The Cardinals answered back with 4 runs of their own and 5 hits. The combination of great fielding and great pitching by Alec Juknievich kept them at bay. The second inning was another rally inning for the Astros as they scored another 3 runs thanks to a great hitting by Tom Lessard, Matt Kaufman (Sacrifice) and Ravi Patel and solid base running by Harper Niven and Adam Robinson. Alec Juknievich held the Cardinals at bay with 2 strike outs and Anzor Khadaev and Matthew Kaufman made the 3rd out with a play at First base. The Third inning brought out the bats again with Anish Vedantham slipping in a close call at first. The Cardinals stopped the Astros at 3 runs with some great fielding and stopping a stolen base for the third out. The Cardinals came back alive with the Bats in the third inning as they started rallying the bats. Some great hits by Austin Long, Owen Mooso, Devin Gates and Anthony Yan who smacked a solid double for 2 RBI’s. With the Score 14-10 going into the 4th inning, The Cardinals brought Tyler Arnesen to the mound who only allowed 1 run from the Astros thanks to some great back up from his team. Ravi Patel from the Astros help the Cardinals at by with only 1 run and 3 Strike outs. The score 15-11 and Austin Long took the mound and held the Astros again to only 1 run thanks to some great fielding by the Cardinals. The Astros held the Cardinals off with no runs thanks to a great throw by Anish Vedantham to first base as well as throw out at first by Pitcher Ravi Patel. The game was getting down to the wire as the sun was quickly falling out of the sky. Score 16-11 in the 6th inning. The Cardinals quickly stopped the runs from the Astros and took up the bats. The Cardinals managed to get in a run with some very aggressive base running. With 2 outs and a runner on third, Relief Pitcher Harper Niven takes the mound. With a wild pitch that gets past the catcher, Adam Robinson leaps up quickly to toss the ball to Harper who tags the out the runner at home. Both teams played a great game. Awesome hitting by Harper Niven (on base 3-4, 1 RBI) Tom Lessard (on base 3-4, 3 RBI) Adam Robinson (on base 3-4 2 RBI) Alec Juknievich (on base 4-4 1 RBI) Anzor Khadaev (On Base 3-3 2 RBI) and Jacob Wilcox (Hit 2-3 5 RBI). For The Cardinals Austin Long (4-4) Tyler Arnesen (4-4) Owen Mooso (2-4 1 RBI) Devin Gates (3-4). Good Luck to both teams in the rest of the play-offs.

It was a cold damp night at Lower Shady but the Rockies and A's put on an offensive show and it was the Rockie's who managed to hold onto a 14-12 victory in front of a packed "wet" house. A total of 15 hits for both teams but the Rockie's walked 18 times as pitchers from both teams struggled with their command as a result of the wet conditions. The Rockie's lead by only 2 runs going into the bottom of the 6th inning but Zack Finkelstein shut the door as he recorded his first save of the postseason. The A's were lead by Noah Telerski who had 2 hits on the night and would have had a third if it wasn't for a fantastic outfield catch by Myles Johnson. Myles also robbed Phillip Justvig of extra bases as he ran down a deep ball to left-center field. Tremendous defense was played by the Rockies as they caught 7 fly balls on the evening. Phillip had a hit and two walks and Nathan Fallon and Nicholas Quadros both hit the ball well all evening long. Zachary Clancy contributed a hit and two walks as well...Great job by the A's as they made things tough all evening long. For the Rockie's, they got great defensive help from Myles, Vincent Annichiarrico, Stephen McLendon and Tyler Gouveia. All 4 players tracked down fly balls to preserve the victory. Awesome job!! The Rockie's also received strong pitching from starter Spencer Durand and closer Zack as they threw strikes when they had to. Leading the way offensively was Vincent who had a double and three walks. Nick Herbert lined a triple to the gap!!! Thomas McLendon had 2 hits and a walk. Zack had three walks... Spencer and Tyler each reached based twice and Jacob Keyslay had a hit and two walks. Outstanding effort by both teams under tough weather conditions...

The Astros and Blue Jays met at lower shady on an overcast evening for Playoff baseball. The Astros got the game going scoring 2 in the top of the first on aggressive base running and hits from Harper Niven, Adam Robinson and Tom Lessard. In the bottom of the inning Jays Starter Riley Bourque got a run right back with a lead off inside the park homerun. Riley kept the Astros off the board in the top of the 2nd while the Blue Jays battled back to take the lead in the bottom half of the inning on Hits from Rikin Kamdar, Jay Patel, Riley Bourque and Alex Amigo. Jays lead 3-2. The Astros did not take kindly to that and added 4 runs of their own in the top of the 3rd of this seesaw battle. Again it was Harper Niven, Matt Kaufman and Adam Robinson with the big hits. Astros lead 6-3. The Blue Jays scraped together a couple of walks and some aggressive base running to cut the lead to 6-4 in the home half. The Astros added another run to their lead in the top of the 4th with the 3 Amigos of Niven, Kaufman and Robinson again getting key hits. Astros lead 7-4. The Jays would not go quietly and tied it up in the bottom of the 4th as John Chacon, Riley Bourque and Carter Cormier smacked hits around several walks. In the 5th it was all about relievers from both sides shutting down the bats as Alex Amigo for the Jays and Harper Niven of the Astros threw well and got some help from their defense to keep the game knotted at 7. The Astros got their leadoff batter on in the top of the 6th but Rikin Kamdar and Ben Swain combined to get a nifty double play. The Astros got 2 more runners to second and third with 2 outs but Alex Amigo got a key strikeout to send the game to the bottom of the 6th tied. Alex Amigo quickly banged out a leadoff single to start the inning for the Jays, he then stole second and got to third on the overthrow. Carter Cormier came to the plate and stroked a laser to the right side off the second basemen's glove and Alex Amigo trotted home and the Jays walked off with a win. Both teams battled back and forth in this well played playoff game. It was fun to watch as the lead changed several times. Good luck to both teams as the playoffs continue.

The Giants hosted the Rockies in this playoff game. Jacob Keyslay led off for the Rockies with a smack to right center. Walks to Zack Finkelstein and Spencer Durand loaded the bases and Keyslay eventually scored, before Cameron Paquette struck out 2 batters and teamed with Travis Martin to make a great play at the plate for out number 3. The Giants came roaring out of the gate, plating 4 runs on hits from Chaz Magras, Pranav Gopan and Travis Martin. The Rockies came back with their first 2 batters reaching base before Derek Downing made a fantastic catch in Center on a bomb by the Rockies' Stephen Mclendon, saving 2 runs. The bottom of the 2nd inning was no different than the first for the Giants. They plated 5 more runs with 5 different players getting an RBI. Hits were by Cam Paquette(1-2 3R, 1RBI), Chaz Magras(3-3, 3R, 1RBI), Gopan(4-4, 2R, 1RBI), Martin(3-3, 1R, 1RBI), Downing(1-1, RBI, SB) and a double by Nic Stockman(2-3, 2R, 2RBI). The Rockies' Spencer Durand got out of the inning with 3 strikeouts. The Giants flashed the gloves in the top of the 3rd to hold off the Rockies' attack. Kevin Barrows led of the bottom of the inning and smacked a monster shot to right field for his first hit of the playoffs. Joey Earley and Magras had singles, but the Rockies shut the door with great pitching from Stephen Mclendon. The Giants' Stockman and Martin would combine to face 6 more batters in the last 2 innings, and recorded 5 strikeouts. The Rockies' Jacob Keyslay, Spencer Durand and Stephen Mclendon all had good games as well.

The Astros and A’s faced off for the first time in the play-offs for another lucky sunny afternoon. The A’s took an early lead in the first inning With some great hits by Phillip Justvig, Nathon Fallon, Nick Quadros and a huge Triple by Zachary Clancy. The Astros held them to only 3 runs thanks to some great defense from Ben Morin, Tom Lessard and Matthew Kaufman. The Astros answered back in the bottom of the 1st with 3 runs of their own Thanks to some fancy hitting by Adam Robinson and Jacob Wilcox who drove in the 3 runs. The Second inning Tom only allowed 1 run in thanks to a huge hit by Noah Telerski. The Astros came alive in the Bottom of the second inning with 5 runs with a Home run by Harper Niven which drove in an additional run and a solid double from Tom Lessard and a solid hit by Adam Robinson. The Astros held the A’s back in the 3 and 4th inning thanks to some awesome defense by Jacob Wilcox who caught a fly ball in a full face of sun in Right field a Line drive catch by Tom Lessard and a double play by Catcher Anish Vedantham and Ravi Patel to pick off the steals. The Astros got two more runs in the 3rd inning Thanks to a lead off single by Pranav Prabhala and Harper Niven followed by another double by Tom Lessard. After that The A’s brought in their Closer Nicholas Quadros who shut the bats off for the Astros in the next 2 innings. The 5th inning brought the bats alive for the A’s as they started to rally against the Astros starting off with a huge hit to Deep Center field by CJ Mellon followed by more great hitting by Noah Telerski, Nathon Fallon and Nicholas Quadros. The Relief Pitcher Ravi Patel shut the door with 2 Strike outs to hold the game to 10 – 7 going into the bottom of the 5th. The Astros had a bad habit of hitting the ball right to the pitcher for 3 consecutive plays at first base for a 3 up and 3 down inning. The Top of the sixth the A’s started with a nice hit by Siddarth Ganguri for a double who later scored from a single from Noah Telerski. Then with 2 out thanks to a Strike out and a play by Anzor Khadaev at First base, A hard grounder was hit to Third Baseman Matthew Kaufman. The runner on second ended up in a pickle and was driven out of the baseline for the third out to close out the game 10-8. For the A’s Noah Telerski was 3-4 with 3 RBI’s, Nick Quadros was 2-3 with 1 RBI. For the Astros it was Harper Niven 3-4 with 2 RBI, Tom Lessard 2-3 and Adam Robinson 2-3 with 2 RBI. It was a hard fought battle by both teams. Great Job A's for a wonderful season.

It is always a pleasure to play the Rockies. Paul Durand, Mark Finkelstein and Bill McClendon really know how to coach a baseball team. The sportsmanship that the Rockies display are a tribute to those coaches. Unfortunately, the season had to end for one of these teams in an elimination game today. The Rockies were lead by Thomas McClendon, Sahil Shah, Stephon McClendon and Vincent Annicchiarico. The Cardinals were lead by the outstanding pitching of Jimmy Shelley. Jimmy pitched 4 scoreless innings for the Cardinals. Austin Long lead the way offensively with a double and single with 3 RBI's. Jimmy Shelley also singled to help his cause. Matt Sovoie also singled for the Cards. The Cardinals salute the Rockies for a great season!!!

The Giants and Blue Jays met Saturday afternoon in a battle of titans as the 2nd place Blue Jays and 1st place Giants squared off. The Jays jumped right out to a 3 run lead in the top of the first as they strung together hits from Riley Bourque and Jay Patel, along with aggressive base running from them and Alex Amigo, Ryan Kozyra and Rikin Kamdar, who had all walked. The Giants answered back with one of their own in the bottom of the inning as Chaz Magras and Nick Stockman stroked hits off Jays starter Carter Cormier. In the top of the second, the Jays would not settle for three and plated 4 more. Led by the bottom of the order and walks to Ben Swain and John Chacon, along with base hits from Carter Cormier and Michael Fournier. Carter Cormier stymied the Giants bats in the second as Alex Amigo made a great catch of a foul pop and Carter got 2 strikeouts looking. 7-1 Blue Jays. The Giants brought in their ace Nick Stockman for the top of the third and he got the Jays 1-2-3 with 2 K's. in the bottom half, the Giants scraped together a hit batter and 3 walks for a run, but Carter got himself out of the inning catching a pop fly and getting an out on a comebacker to the mound. The Jays added 2 runs to their lead in the top of the 4th with 3 walks and aggressive base running. Jays lead the Giants 9-1. Blue Jay reliever Riley Bourqe got the Giants 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 4th, thanks to Ryan Kozyra nabbing a Giant runner at Second on an attempted stolen base. The Giant's Nick Stockman answered him pitch for pitch with 3 K's in the top of the 5th and we went to the bottom of the inning with the Jays up 9-2. The Giants cut the lead by 2 in the bottom of the inning as they strung together 4 hits from Cameron Paquette, Andrew Penkala, Nick Stockman and Travis Martin, but the Jay defense held and got the last batter on a comebacker to the mound. The Jays bats were once again silenced in the top of the 6th as they sent three up and three went down on K's. Going to the bottom of the 6th it was Jays 9 and Giants 4. The Giants put on their rally caps and put the first two batters on with walks. The Jays defense held again as they got the lead runner out on a force at third. The next Giant struck out to make it 2 outs. Chaz Magras stroked a single to load the bases, but the Jays got the next Giant to ground a comebacker to the mound and Riley Bourque made a great play and Ben Swain squeezed the ball at first to lock the door on the Giants. The Blue Jays move on to Tuesday's championship game and the Giants start their fight to make it back.

What a great game played by two evenly matched teams. The Astros were lead by hitting stars Harper Niven and Alec Juknievich who each had doubles. Alec, Tom Lessard, Adam Robinson, Jacob Wilcox, Pranav Prabhala and Mark Zoda all singled in the Astros effort. They never gave up and had the tying run on second base when the last out was made. The Cardinals were down 5-1 in the 3rd inning when John Carson and Ben Lugo walked to set the stage for Austin Long. Austin then doubled to centerfield scoring Carson and Lugo. Jimmy Shelley lead the Cardinals offense with 3 singles and he also scored 3 runs. Tyler Arnesen, Matt Sovoie and Devin Gates all singled in the winning cause. Matt Savoie came in to pitch in relief of Austin Long in the second inning and pitched 3 good innings. Tyler Arnesen pitched the sixth inning to hold the Astros for the win. The Cardinal defense was lead by Ben Lugo who made several fielding plays that even Dustin Pedroia would be proud of. The Cardinals salute the great season that the Astros had.

With elimination from the tournament on the line, the Giants and Cardinals squared off. The field was damp, the kids were ready. Chaz Magras took the mound for the Giants and got the first 2 batters to ground out, including a fantastic scoop and throw by Andrew Penkala at 3rd to nail a fast runner. With a runner on, Tyler Arnesen crushed a shot to right-center, scoring Austin Long, before the Giants could get the final out on a grounder to 1st. Austin Long started for the Cards and shut down the Giants in the 1st on 3 straight plays in the field. Magras started the 2nd in fashion with 2 straight K's, before Owen Mooso slapped a nice hit and eventually scored. With a runner on 3rd, Magras covered home on a wild pitch. Travis Martin hustled to the back stop and got the ball to Magras. With the runner retreating to 3rd, Magras gave chase, fired the ball to Penkala covering 3rd, who slapped the tag down to end the inning. The Cards' Long silenced the Giants again, with another 1-2-3 inning thanks to more flashy leather by his teammates. With the Cards at bat now, Long helped his own cause by sending the ball screaming to center field, and eventually scoring as well. Neysa Ouellette and Nate Lowell delivered hits for the Giants in the bottom of the 3rd, but the Cards stopped that rally very quickly. The Cards' Matt Savoia would score another run for the Cards before Nic Stockman shut the door with 3 K's. Were now going to the bottom of the 4th, with the Cards leading 4-0. Cam Paquette led off for the Giants with a line drive past SS, followed by singles by Penkala and Stockman. That brought up big man Pranav Gopan who delivered with a 2RBI triple. More runs scored on a beautiful RBI hit by Derek Downing. That's 5 runs plated by the Giants. Top of the 5th, Giants up 5-4. The lead didn't last long though, when a few walks and a single by Jimmy Shelley scored another run to tie it 5-5. The Giants' big hitters coming to the plate didn't indimidate the Cardinals. They made 3 straight plays in the field, including a fantastic backhand at 3rd by Savoia, firing across the diamond to nail one of the Giants' fastest runners. Top of the 6th, the score still tied at 5. The Cards' Owen Mooso delivered a single, Patrick Bue walked, and Ben Lugo delivered a single of his own. This brought up Austin Long who proceeded to crush a double to Center. The Giants' Derek Downing did his best Jacoby Ellsbury impression by sprawling out on a dive, but the ball just got passed his glove. Mooso scores, Bue scores, Lugo is hustling around the bases from 1st. Pranav Gopan was backing up his teammate and quickly got the ball to his cut off man, SS Nic Stockman...Cam Paquette sees Lugo not slowing down and yells for Nic to throw home. Nic fires from the grass behind 2nd base, Cam snags it out of the air and slaps down the tag on a sliding Lugo....the Ump calls......OUT!! That play ended the inning and held the Cards to only 2 runs. Bottom of the 6th, the Cards lead 7-5. Stockman leads off with a walk, Gopan tries to play hero by almost hitting it out of the park, but it was foul. Despite his best efforts, Pranav eventually fell to Arnesen's changeup-curve. 1 out. Big Hitter Travis Martin slaps a shot down 3rd, but Matt Savoia makes another fantastic play getting Travis at first. 2 outs, and things look gloomy for the Giants. Stockman makes his way around on smart running, and scores. Downing got his second single of the day, and with his wheels...he advanced on the basepaths. Neysa Ouellette delivers with an RBI single, scoring Downing from 2nd. The game is tied again (7-7). Ouellette steals second. This brings Joey Earley to the plate. Joey battles at the plate, fouling off a couple tough pitches from Arnesen. Runner on 2nd, score tied, 2 outs and the count is now full. Here's the pitch...Joey gets ready...it's a hit!!! Ouellette comes storming into 3rd, and then makes her way to the plate. Everything moving like a slow motion replay...fans and players on their feet, holding their breath...while Ouellette just beats the throw home. The Gaints win and move on to face the Jays in the Championship game. The Giants are happy, and the Cardinals should be proud of their fantastic season!

Once again the Blue Jays and Giants met at Lower Shady. This time it was for all the marbles, the Nashua South AAA Championship! Both starting pitchers kept things scoreless in the first inning, but each team got runners on, trying to take an early lead. The Giants Cam Paquette walked, but the Jays Riley Bourque stranded him at first. The Jays got hard hit singles from Carter Cormier and Ryan Kozyra, but Giant hurler Nick Stockman stranded them as well. The Giants drew first blood in the top of the second as Pranav Gopan walked and three straight infield hits from Travis Martin, Derek Downing and Neysa Oullette plated the runs before any were out. The Jays defense held and we headed to the bottom of the second with the Giants up 4-0. With two outs the Jays got two runners on via walks but they too were stranded. The Jays brought in Carter Cormier to face the heart of the Giants lineup and he allowed a hit to Nick Stockman but kept the Giants off the board with 2 K's and a comebacker to the mound. That's all the Jays hitters needed as Leadoff hitter Riley Bourque walked and Alex Amigo and Carter Cormier Singled and Michael Fournier's RBI single plated one run to make it 4-1 Giants. Carter Cormier got the Giants 1-2-3 in the top of the 4th to keep his team in the game. The Jays offense broke out in the bottom of the 4th and plated 6 to take the lead as all 10 batters came to the plate and the hit parade included Sri Kumar, Sinjin Doeurk, Carter Cormier and Michael Fournier. Going to the top of 5 it was Jays on top 7-4. The Giants would not go quietly, and added 2 runs on singles from Chaz Magras, Nick Stockman, Prananv Gopan and a double from Cam Paquette. Going into the bottom of the 5th it was close Jays 7 Giants 6. The Giants went back to Nick Stockman for the 5th and he stranded an insurance run at third with 3 K's keeping his team within 1 run. Heading to the top of the 6th the Jays brought in Alex Amigo to hold the lead and close out the win. The Giants Derek Downing got an infield single and took second on a passed ball, while Alex got the next Giant to strike out. The runner then moved to third on an infield ground out to first base. With 2 outs the Giants had the tying run at third. The count went full but Alex Amigo with steely eyed determination would not let this one get away and struck out the last Giant to close out the AAA season as Champions. Jays win, Jays Win!!! The Blue Jays thanks the Giants for a great game and hard fought season and look forward to another battle in the City Tournament!

The South Blue Jays met the Northwest Royals at Lincoln Park for first round City Tournament action. The Blue jays were firing on all cylinders as they featured great offense, pitching and defense. Jay pitchers Riley Bourque and Carter Cormier allowed 2 hits over 4 innings and had 8 Strikeouts including 3 straight by Carter in bottom of the third inning. Catcher Ryan Kozyra nabbed a would be base stealer at third and also snared a pop out while playing second base to pace the defense. For offense every Blue Jay batter reached base safely at least once, while ten different players scored runs. Leading the offensive surge were Riley Bourque with 2 doubles and a single, Carter Cormier with 3 hits in 3 at bats (Single, Double & Triple), Ryan Kozyra with a double and singles from Alex Amigo, Michael Fournier and Ryan Vermette. The Royals got hits from Devon Brasil and Adam Browski and got great defense from their centerfielder Maya Davis who threw a Jay runner out a third and snared a deep fly ball to centerfield

The Nashua South Giants hosted teh Nashua North Whitesox in the first round of the City Tournament. The Giants were in tip-top form as they jumped out to an early lead when Cam Paquette and Nic Stockman scored on a Travis Martin 2RBI single. The 2nd inning saw more great offense with 7 straight hits and 4 different Giants knocking in RBIs. Neysa Ouellette, Nic Stockman and Travis Martin combined to let up 2 hits and strike out 13. Offense was delivered by Cam Paquette (1-1,Triple,3BB,3R,SB,RBI). Nic Stockman (3-3,2 doubles,HR,4R,4RBI). Derek Downing (3-3,R,RBI). Travis Martin(2-3,2RBI). Pranav Gopan(1-1,2BB,2R,RBI). Andrew Penkala(2-4,2R,RBI,SB). Derek Dunbury(1-1,R) and Joey Earley(1-2,BB,R,SB).

Giants vs. Rockies Opening day could not have gone better for the Giants as they got a strong pitching performance from Spencer Durand enroute to a 9-3 win over the Rockies! Durand pitched 5 strong innings before being relieved by Stephen McLendon who did a great job of preserving the win. Myles Johnson paced the 10 hit attack and made a tremendous catch in center field off the bat of Harper Niven. Niven pitched great himself and lead the Rockies in hitting. Both teams played very well defensively as they battled rain on and off throughout the game.

Both the Cardinals and the BlueJays were proud to be the first game played on the newly named Dresher Field. It was an up and down exciting game. The Cardinals took an early lead thanks to some solid hitting by the entire team but the BlueJays bounced back with the strength of their middle line up. In the end the Cardinals rallied late in the 6th to pull out a victory.

The A’s and Astros met to start their 2010 seasons. The Astros jumped out to an early lead scoring six runs in the first inning on some aggressive baserunning and a 2 RBI double by Andrew Penkala. In the bottom of the frame, Pranav Prabhala stroked a sharp single and moved up to third base but was stranded there as Chase Hart struck out the side. The Astros’ bats came alive in the top of the second scoring 5 runs with singles by Stefan Martin, Owen Mooso, Andrew Penkala and Nate Lowell. Tyler Bernard made a heads up tag out play at home preventing one run from scoring on a passed ball. In the bottom of the second, Nate Beaton reached second following a base hit but was stranded following two good infield plays by the Astros. The A’s shut the door on the Astros starting in the top of the third with Anthony Ceci notching two strikeouts and Pranav Prabhala robbing Derek Chiavelli of a single on a hot shot to short. Andrew Penkala came on to pitch the bottom of the third for the Astros and held the A’s scoreless again thanks to a strikeout, fielder’s choice and an unassisted put out at first by Erika Wentz. The A’s held the Astros scoreless in the top of the fourth wasting 2 singles by Andrew Penkala and Nate Lowell. Penkala struck out two A’s in the bottom of the fourth. Tyler Bernard came on to pitch in the fifth inning and retired the Astros in order with two strikeouts. The A’s mounted a 6 run rally in the bottom of the fifth with run scoring singles by Roe Hendrick, Aaron Silva and Kevin Morris. Tyler Bernard struck out the side in the top of the sixth stranding Vinnie Priore on second. Vinnie came in to closeout the game for the Astros and stopped a rally by the A’s by striking out the side. Down 11-0, the A’s came back to score 7 but fell short on a well played game.

The Giants defeated the Blue Jays 9-0. Winning pitcher Zach Finkelstein pitched a complete game one-hit shut out striking out 14 batters. Zach had a no hitter with 2 outs in the 6th inning which was broken up on a single by Derrin Josephson. The Giants were lead offensively with big hits from Stephen and Thomas McLendon and each scoring 2 runs apiece. Thomas was also stellar behind the plate defensively. The Blue Jays were lead by the pitching of Nick Stockman and great catching from Neysa Ouelette.

The Giants offense continued to roll as they managed 11 hits and only struck out three times in a 10-2 win over the Astros. Zach Finklestein was the offensive star with three hits and a walk with three runs scored. Andrew Pencala had a walk and a hit with a run scored for the visiting Astros.

The AAA Rockies earned their fist win over the Blue Jays in a high scoring game. Harper Niven and Clayton Medling pitched for the Rockies. Nicolas Stockman pitched well for the Blue Jays and Zach Wilson sparked the Blue Jay offense with 2 triples. Jake Fitzpatrick had a nice single in the Rockies 7 run 5th inning burst.

The Cardinals faced off against the Athletics in a Friday night triller. The Cardinals started off strong with a terrific pitching performance by Austin Long while helping himself by some great fielding. The A's made a late run at the Cardinals but it wasn't enough. The A's had some stellar fielding by Pranav Prabhala robbing the Cardinals of a couple big hits.

On a beautiful spring day, The Rockies and A’s played an early season game that came down to the last batter in the bottom of the sixth. The A’s struck first in the bottom of the first with 4 hits strung together by Pranav Prabhala, Roe Hendrick, Tyler Bernard, and Anthony (Boog) Ceci. The Rockies came right back in the top of the second with six runs featuring the second double of the day by Derek Downing, this one clearing the bases, as well as hits by Casey McNally and Jacob Rodrigue and superior base running by Jay Patel, Nolan Foss, and Andres Hulfachor the last two called up from the minors and playing their very first AAA game. The A’s got 1 back in the bottom of the second aster Sri Kumar roped a single to right, stole second, and scored on a hard single up the middle by Pranav. Both teams were held scoreless in the 3rd, then in the top of the 4th the Rockies exploded for 5 runs featuring a base clearing triple by Jake Fitzpatrick and clutch hits by Casey, Jay, Harper Niven and T.J. Gillis. Facing an 11-4 deficit the A’s dug in and went to work. With Doubles by Aaron Silva and Pranav they both scored as well as driving in Nathan Beaton, Joey Earley, and Andrew Simard cutting the Rockies lead to 2 runs. The A’s sent their closer Anthony out for the top of the 5th and held the Rockies at bay in spite of a hot line drive from the bat of Noland that was caught by Sri at 3rd. The A’s came up in the bottom of the 5th and tied the score when Michael Olivier hit a solid single, stole second and third and scored on a single by Sri who once on base would not be denied and stole home to tie the game going into the 6th. In the top of the sixth Mason Moore and Harper got on base and executed a double steal. With 2 outs and runners at second and third T.J. hit a hot shot back at the pitcher, Anthony knocked it down and threw over to Michael at first to end the rally and leave the game tied at 11.Then in the bottom of the sixth, with Roe on third and Tyler on second Kevin Morris stepped up to the plate and hit a rocket to the left side scoring Roe from 3rd and Giving the A’s the walk off win. For the A’s 12 runs on 12 hits with 7 men left on base, for the Rockies 11 Runs on 11 hits with 8 men left on base. It does not get any closer than that.

The Cardinals came out strong in this game with some solid pitching from Adam Robinson. Ben Morin had 2 solid hits and got on base all 4 at bats. The Astros Robby Pavlas hit the ball all day and the entire Astros team played some solid defense. Andrew Penkala finished the game out with a couple solid innings. The Cardinals ran the bases well as a team and a terrific catching performance by Chris Haley at home plate kept the Astros off the scoreboard.

In a rematch of the last game, The Giants scored four runs in the bottom of the 5th to hold off the patient Astros squad. The Astros drew 10 walks and added three hits off three different Giants pitchers. Chase Hart had a hit and a walk and scored twice. John Derry was the hitting star for the Giants with a walk, two singles, and a double. John Miles and Stephen McClendon hit triples for the home Giants.

The Rockies and Blue Jays were ready to go for the second time in a week. Just off a scrimmage the night before,both teams knew it was going to be a great game. It started off with Harper Niven pitching a no hitter for the first two innings. The Blue Jays Rallied back when Zach Wilson hit a triple and scored our first run in the third inning. Derrick Downning had come in for the Rockies and was throwing some major heat! At the end, it was a real close game. Tyler Linscott had tied the game when Kavim was pitching for the Rockies. Ryan Vermette, not only hit the ball with two outs at the bottom of the sixth, he scored the winning run on a steal to home plate. Both teams played an incredible early season game, and we will not look forward to facing the Rockies again!

Saturdays game was another back and fourth game between the Cardinals and the Athletics. The A's were solid defensively through out the whole game with a strong performance by Michael Oliver behind the plate. Anthony "Boog" Ceci and Tyler Bernard swung the bat well all day. While Pranav Prabhala continued to frustrate the Cardinals again. For the Cardinals Ahbay Gandhi made his pitching debut and got himself out of a jam by pitching a great inning. Adam Robinson caught a great game behind the plate with a great pick off play to first. Ben Morin, Adi Gandhi Chris Haley all had big hits while Vince Annicchiarico came in and closed out the game with some solid pitching.

Sunday May 2nd, was one of the hottest days that I could ever remember for an early May Sunday. With the heat bearing down on both teams that day, the A's and Blue Jays came to play! It all started off with the A's, Matt Caplan's double which landed a two nothing first inning. The A's had some great pitching, Aaron Silva was throwing heat for two innings. Andrew Simard also threw some heat to make the game 5 nothing A's. The A's have truly been working on their offense, and all team members were crushing the ball yesterday. Pranav, Shrev, Anthony, and Kevin Morris were all crushing the ball. By the top of the 4th. Nick Stockman of the Blue Jays, was three for three and scored our first run drove in by Tyler Arnesen. Ryan Vermette,Tyler, Neysa O, and Nick all pitched six great innings for the Blue Jays, and this helped us secure a win that day. The Blue Jays also had two kids come up from Minors. Jake Smith, and Nathan ZAZA also made great contributions to help the team win thier second game of the season. Nathan has a great arm and helped bring in a tag at second base during the 5th inning. While Jake Smith made a great out at third during the 3rd. Hats off to Jake Meleedy who made two outs that day from second. All around both teams are coming into thier own, and we look forward to playing the A's again soon.

What a game! Sunday afternoon in 90 degree heat the Giants hosted the Cardinals. Both Teams started with strong pitching performances by Adam Robinson and Zach Finkelstein. The Giants got on the board first with some solid hitting by the top of their line up. After the 1st inning the Giants were up 2-0 but the Cardinals were able to grind one out to make it 2-1 after 2. The pitching held strong all day and both teams played well defensively. The lead went to the Cardinals after some base hits in the third making the score 4 to 2. But in the bottom of the fourth inning the Giants bats came alive with Spenser Durand, John Dery and Thomas McLendon taking a 5 to 4 lead. Stephen McLendon throw the ball well and got out of a great at bat by Ben Logu who crushed the ball just foul but Stephen painted the outside corner to end the inning. The Cardinals came back in the 5th inning with some bats of their own and regained the lead with some solid base running by Matt Frye. The last inning was a tension filled inning with a comment coming from the crowd, "this is like Red Sox vs Yankees". Today we saw a great baseball game played by young men who share friendships on both sides and they competed hard and everyone left the field knowing that they will meet again.

The AAA Rockies were able to hold off a late inning rally by the Astros to preserve a 11-9 victory. Harper Niven and Kavim Bhatnagar pitched well for the Rockies. Harper Niven also made a nice catch in center field to rob Robby Pavlas of an extra base hit. Andrew Patno had a clutch single in the Astros late inning rally but it wasn't quite enough.

Cardinals vs. Giants It was another classic at Drescher Field on Wednesday night between the Gitants and the Cardinals. After coming off a close win Sunday the Cardinals knew the Giants would be looking for a little payback The game started with the Cardinals jumping to an early 3-0 lead by hits from Ben Morin, Chris Haley (double) and single by Adam R. Great pitching by Devin Gates led to 3 strike out in the 2nd which kept the Giants at bay. The Cardinals batscame alive in the 3rd inning scoring 5 runs to lead 8 -0. Most notably was a shot that could be heard alll the way down to Dube was a scorching triple by Austin Long. The Cardinals ran into a Giant onslaught in the 4th that lead to the Giants scoring 7 runs closing the gap. Spencer Dunand lead off and got on base which lead to strong hits by Stephen Mclendon. Seth Bridge Miles Johnson, and Braden Macdonald. All day long the Cardinals and Giants were making great plays in the field one most notably was Kevin Barrows diving stop to get an out at first. By the end of the fourth inning it was 13-7 Cardinals and Austin Long came into close out the game with solid pitching and fielding. Another instant classic by two great teams.

On a warm windy Thursday evening at Dresher field The A’s and The Blue Jays met again. The visiting A’s struck first in the top of the first with a string of hits Pranav Prabhala’s first of 3 double and some great base running by Kevin Morris, Joey Early and Roe Hendrick. When the dust settled 8 A’s had crossed the plate. Pranav then took the mound and held the Blue Jays scoreless thanks to a put out by catcher Michael Oliver on the speedy Nic Stockman.. The A’s went down 1-2-3 in the second As Brenan Bergeron did a masterful job for the Jay’s and they carried that momentum into the bottom of the 2nd with 5 runs sandwiched around Ryan Vermette’s slashing double scoring Zach Wilson and Tyler Linscott and a clutch hit by Anen Kennedy to score Ryan. The A’s were held scoreless in the top of the third and in the bottom of the 3rd Tyler Bernard took the mound and held the Blue Jay’s scoreless in spite of a long double by Zach. With the score still A’s 8, Blue Jay’s 5 the A’s got a single by Anthony “Boog” Ceci scoring Pranav. After Joey work his way on base loading them up with A’s and nobody out, The Blue Jay’s sent for their Ace Nick Stockman... Nic Struck out the first batter he faced then began to bear down on the A’s power hitter Matt Caplan. Matt was up to the challenge and slammed a double into the gap in right scoring Tyler and Anthony and despite his speed Joey was tagged out by Neysa Oulelte the Blue Jay’s all star catcher saving a run.. Nic took care of the next batter and the Blue Jays went to work in the bottom of the fifth trailing by 6. the A’s 6 run lead quickly turned to 4 despite the best defensive efforts of A’s star players Andrew Simard and Nathan Beaton when Nic and Tyler Arnesen cross the plate for the Jay’s. The top of the sixth saw great pitching by Nic. Roe lead off by working the count and getting aboard with a walk and stole his way around the diamond for an insurance run. Going to the bottom of the 6th it was A’s 12 and Blue Jays 7. Even with A’s close Anthony on the mound the A’s knew 5 runs was not a comfort level against a team the caliber of the Jays. The A’s defense tightened up led by Sri Kumar to make some plays to save this game. Cam Bisson led off the inning and did his job to get on base and then work himself into scoring position. Nic slammed a double scoring Cam, Then Neysa, already a defensive star, became an offensive star with a big league single scoring Nic from second. Then Neysa scored on a clutch fielder’s choice from Zach in a text book sacrifice. 2 down 2 run game and Anthony dug in to get the third and final out of the game….. A’s 12 – Blue Jays 10

The AAA Rockies got back to .500 with a 13-1 victory over the Astro’s. Both Harper Niven and Clayton Medling provided strong pitching for the Rockies. A highlight for the Astro’s was some quality pitching by Vincent Priore.

The Astros and Blue Jays played a tight game at Dresher Field today. The visiting Jays led off with an in-the-park home run by Nic Stockman. Neysa Ouellette followed with a single but was caught stealing at third by a quick throw by Owen Mooso and good tag by Robby Pavlas. Tyler Linscott had a single and scored. In the bottom of the first the Astros scored two to tie the game with double by Chase Hart and 2 RBI single by Andrew Patno. Chase Hart pitched a 1-2-3 top half of the second inning helping himself by nabbing a soft liner up the middle and throwing to Erika Wentz to double up the runner on first. The Astros scored two runs in the bottom of the second on a 2 RBI single by Stefan Martin to take a 4-2 lead. The Blue Jays scored three to take the lead in the top of the third on a double by Nic Stockman and singles by Neysa Ouellette and Cam Bisson. Brennan Bergerson pitched his way out of a one-out bases loaded jam striking two Astros out to limit them to a single run that tied the game in the bottom of the third. The Blue Jays scored 6 quick runs in the fourth to take a 11-5 lead on two doubles by Zach Wilson and Cam Bisson and singles by Neysa Ouellette and Ryan Vermette. The Astros mounted a come back in the bottom of the fourth scoring 4 runs to pull within two runs sparked by a single and some heads up base running by Andrew Pankala. The game tightened as Andrew Patno and Tyler Arnesen pitched clean innings in the fifth both striking out 3. The Astros held the Blue Jays scoreless in the top of the sixth with the second Hart-Wentz pop-up/pickoff double play of the day. In the bottom of the sixth the Astros hit four singles by Chase Hart, Andrew Penkala Penkala, Andrew Patno and capped by Robby Pavlas’s walk-off RBI single scoring Nate Lowell from third to win the game.

The Giants topped the A's 12-2 behind good pitching from Seth Bridge and Thomas McClendon. Seth struck out four in his two and one-third innings. Thomas relieved and struck out three. They were helped by some stellar defense including two catches in the outfield by John Miles. John caught a sinking line drive to end the first and a deep fly to end the game. He also had three hard-hit balls and an RBI. Braden McDonald rapped a single in the fourth and scored for the Giants. Highlights for the home A's included two screamers off the bat of Anthony "Boog" Ceci. There was plenty of solid defense behind the A's hurlers.

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The AAA Rockies edged the Giants in a well played baseball game. Both teams showed midseason form with excellent defense and smart base running. Casey McNally and Jake Fitzpatrick sparked the offense for the Rockies with back to back doubles. Kavim Bhatnagar pitched well for the Rockies and also got a clutch single to help push in the winning run. Giant Zach Finklestein had a nice single and a nice defensive play as catcher throwing out a baserunner trying to steal third base.

It was a great day for baseball at Drescher Field. Blue Jays hosted the Cardinals for the second time this season. Starting pitcher Nic Stockman pitched a solid first inning striking out two. Answering back was Cardinal's starting pitcher Devin Gates with a 1-2-3 inning. The second inning saw the Cardinals score 2 runs from hits by Adam Robinson and Ben Lugo. The Blue Jays anwered back scoring one of their own by heads up base running by Ryan Vermette. Nic continued his dominant pitching by striking out 3 in the 3rd. Adam Robinson countered with a 1-2-3 of his own. Score 4-1. The Cardinals continued to get great play's by a double from Austin Long and some heads up base running by Matt Frye. Bottom of the fourth gave the Blue Jays another run on the board making it 6-2. Austin Long came in to pitch the final two innings and in the fifth, striking out 3 in a row. Nic came back in and returned the favor striking out three Cardinals. The Cardinal bats came alive in the top of the sixth with great hits by Ben Morin, Devin Gates, Chris Haley, Adam Robinson, Ben Lugo and Vincent Annicchiarico. Great game by both teams! Looking forward to our next game.

On a crisp windy day at Dresher Field the Astros and the A’s met tied in the standings of the tuff AAA division. The Astros struck first with consecutive singles by Chase Hart, Owen Mooso, and Andrew Penkala. A’s pitcher Pranav Prabhala then settled down holding the Astros to just one run over the first 2 innings even though 3 Astros, Stefan Martin, Vincent Priore, and Erika Wentz all worked their way on base. The A’s then struck in the top of the third inning with solid hits by Nolan Foss, Srimanth Kumar, Roe Hendrick, Michael Oliver, Kevin Morris, and Pranav putting 5 up on the board and taking the lead 5-1. The Astros came right back in the bottom of the third with 4 runs of their own sparked by hits from Derek Chiavelli and Robby Pavlas sandwiched around great base running by Chase and Andrew. The A’s came right back in the bottom of the fourth. After Nolan worked his way on base Joshua Tramack moved him into scoring position and Andres Hulfachor lashed a screaming double scoring them both. With hits from hits then from Pranav, Sri, Roe, and Michael the A’s batted around for the second inning in a row ending with Aaron Silva driving in the final run of the inning making the score A’s 11, Astros 5. In the bottom of the 4th the daunting task of holding the Astros and protecting the slim lead for the A’s went to Ace pitcher Andrew Simard. The Astros were not intimidated and with some great base running from Alex Patno and Erika put 2 up on the board cutting the A’s lead to 4. The Astros then took the field led by such defensive standouts as Camden Chesbrough and Nathan Lowell with one mission, shut down the A’s offensive machine. Nolan led off with a single then Vinny settled down on the mound and his defense tightened up and the Astros got out of the inning stranding Nolan at third. Time became the enemy as it was clear when they came up for the bottom of the 5th that this would be their last chance to walk off with the win. Andrew took the mound to finish the job but everyone knew it would not be easy. After getting one out Owen hit a solid single followed by Andrew Penkala 3rd hit of the day a double but in a clutch defensive play the Astro’s lead runner was tagged out trying to score. Two outs man on second. After Robby worked his way on base Andrew Patno came to the plate and just like that he slammed a triple to the gap scoring 2 making cutting the A’s lead to 2 runs. The tying run came to the plate. Nate made contact with Andrew’s fastball hitting a slow roller in front of the plate. A’s catcher Michael Oliver sprang up, barehanded the ball, made a perfect throw to Pranav at 1st for the final out of the game. Final Score A’s 11, Astros 9. The A’s would like to thank the The Minor league Cardinals for sending up 3 of their stars Andres Hulfachor, Joshua Tramack, and Nolan Foss. Without your help the A’s would not have been able to come away with the win.

Sunday afternoon brought out two of Nashua South's great teams with the Athletics hosting the Cardinals. The Cardinals struck first in the top of the first inning with 3 runs while Devin Gates pitched two strong innings striking out 5 tough Athletic batters. Sinjin Doeurk made 2 spectacular defensive plays (pop up, backing up third base) that resulted in keeping the A's off the scoreboard. The Cards scored 6 runs in the third and the A's answered with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning with powerful shots by Aaron S. and Joey E. Special recognition goes out Anubhav D with two crushing singles, Benny Lugo with a great catch off a scorching shot from Kevin Morris. Up and comer Matt Frye belted a shot to second base only to be narrowly thrown out at first. Great game! Final: Cards 14 & A's 3.

The Astros got off to a hot start by scoring 4 runs in the first inning but the Giants bats came to life as they defeated the Astros 13-6 on Sunday. Andrew Penkala pitched very well and contributed 3 hits and scored 2 runs for the Astros. Owen Mooso also had 2 hits and played awesome behind the plate. For the Giants, Zack Finkelstein hit his 1st ever inside the park Home Run to deep left field and also got the save as the pitcher. Stephen McLendon picked up the victory on the mound and also contributed 3 hits including 2 triples... Seth Bridges had a great hit and scored a run. Myles Johnson walked 3 times as he has been an on-base machine for the Giants. Thomas McLendon and Spencer Durand each had 2 hits and each scored 3 times.

Monday night at Drescher field hosted a makeup game between the Rockies and Cardinals. Solid pitching by Harper Niven (6 strikeouts) and Devin Gates (5 strikeouts) kept the game tied 1 - 1 after 2 innings. In the third inning Cardinals batter Ben Morin drove in a run with a solid triple while in the bottom half heads up play by Adam Robinson lead to a pick off at first base. The Cardinals added to their score with 5 runs in the top of the fourth. While in the fifth they had an inside the park home run by Austin Long followed by a triple by Devin Gates making it 10-1. In the top of the sixth with the score 10 - 1 Harper Niven had a heads up defensive play while playing first base to get a force out at home to keep a run off the board. In the bottom half of the sixth the Rockies bats came alive with solid hits by Jake F, Harper N, Kavim B to close the gap to 10 -4 before Austin Long's strong pitching secured the last out. Great game by both teams. Final: Cardinals 10 Rockies 4

The final game of the season between the Giants and the Cardinals brought out the best of both teams. With great pitching by Cardinals Devin Gates, Adam Robinson and Austin Long they were matched with strong Giant pitching from Zach Finklestein, Stephen Mclendon Spencer Durand. Each team recorded 10 strikeouts. Cardinals got on the board first with a single by Chris H. and a RBI by Adam R. With runners on in the second inning, the Giants took the lead with a scorching triple by Braden McDonnell. The Cards answered back to take a one run lead and were looking for more when Adam R scorched a line drive only to be denied by a great grab by Stephen M. With the score tied 4-4 the Cards were able to drive in 2 base runners with a double by Adam R, and able to hold to a close victory with Austin Long recoding the final 3 outs. Final: Cardinals 7, Giants 5. Special thanks to minors player Nathan Cormier for stepping in and helping out.

The AAA Rockies edged the Astros 13-10 in an exciting game at Drescher Field. TJ Gillis started the Rockie offense out with a nice double down the right field line. Astro Vinnie Priore smacked a nice double to spark their 5 run 4th inning rally. Harper Niven pitched well for the Rockies stricking out 3 of the 4 batters he faced in the 2nd inning. Harper also made a diving catch at 1st base for a nice play.

It was a beautiful day for Baseball as the A’s took on the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays struck first with 4 Runs in the top of the first with singles by Nic Stockman, Ryan Vermette, and Cam Bisson. Who along with Zach Wilson all crossed the plate. The A’s were held scoreless in the bottom of the first with great pitching from Nic and the talents of the Blue Jay’s top notch catcher Neysa Ouellette. After Sam Malignassi worked his way on great fielding by the A’s was featured in the top of the second as two of the 3 outs came on attempted steals and the 3rd came on a line drive off the bat of Aren Kennedy caught by Pranav Prabhala robbing Aren of extra bases. Despite a hit by Matt Caplan and a scorching ground ball by A’s catcher Michael Oliver the A’s were held Scoreless in the the 2nd. Due in part to some great Blue Jay fielding led by Brennan Bergerson. At the end of two innings the Score was Blue Jay’s 4, A’s 0.The Blue Jay’s added another run in the top of the 3rd with Tyler Linscott driving in Nic who led the inning off with a booming double. The A’s battled back in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Pesky Andrew Simard worked his way on base and stole 2nd. After two outs with single from Sri Kumar, Roe Hendrick, Anthony (Boog) Ceci, and double by Pranav, Michael, and Matt the A’s took a slim lead over the Jay’s at the end of 3 A’s 6 Blue Jay’s 5. The always tough Jays were not done coming back to score 2 runs in the top of the forth when Cam and Jake Meleedy crossed the plate on hits from Derin Josephson as well as Aren and JJ Kammann. Retaking the lead 7-6. The A’s came up in the bottom of the forth and struck early with a towering double off the bat of Tyler Bernard scored Andrew, then a line drive single off the bat of Pranav scored Tyler and the speedy Nathan Beaton. Kevin Morris drove in the final run of the inning and the A’s put up 4 to take a 10-7 lead after 4. Tyler Bernard took the mound in the top of the 5th and held the Blue Jay’s scoreless. The A’s came up in the bottom of the fifth and put up 7 runs capped off by a base clearing double off the bat of Kevin Morris Making the final score A’s 17 Blue Jay’s 7

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Sunday afternoon showcased another hard fought game between two good teams the Rockies and Cardinals. The Cards jumped to an early 3 run lead before the Rockies bats (Casey M and Jake F) and heads up base running took a 1 run lead in the third. The Cards came back in the bottom half to score 6 runs off hits off Devin G, Ben M, Benny L (Double), Anubhav D (Double), Vincent A, Adi and a strong hit by Austin L only to be thrown out at the plate by heads up Rockies fielding. Special recognition goes out to Matt F who recorded his first (of many) hit on a strong single into the outfield. Final Cards 14 Rockies 6

The Jays and Astros met again for the second time this season. The first meeting was a great game that came down to the last inning, and the Astros stole the show. This game also demonstrated that both teams are playing well and coming together at this point in the season. The first two innings of the game were well played and both sides did not allow a run to be scored. Chase Hart threw some heat at us for the first two innings.(2-4 with an RBI sacrifice. Erika Wentz hit her first double of the season and the crowd cheered for her incredible hit! Owen Mooso also threw a perfect strike from home plate to Andrew Patno for a steal and really set the tone for the Blue Jays. Nate Lowell hit 2-3 with two singles. On the Jays side, Neys threw heat all day long and struck out 4-5. Tyler Linscott, hit a triple and with an error was able to turn this into a in-park home run! First of the year for Tyler. Jake Meleedy caught a well hit ball from Chase Hart well into Right field, it was Jake's best play of the season so far! Nick wrapped up the game for a win pitching the final two innings. The Blue Jays came together that day with great defense and connecting with the ball to put in play. We will face the Astros this Friday, and it will be an incredible match up again for both teams.

Tuesday night at Drescher Field showcased the final match-up between the Rockies and Cardinals. The Rockies got off to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first before the Cardinals struck back scoring 5 of their own in the top of the second on singles by Benny L., Ben M., Sinjin D. and Ahbay G. Strong Rockie pitching by Clay M. in the top half of the third made quick work of the Cardinal bats. Cardinal defense played tough all game with some great fielding by shortstop Benny L and third baseman Devin G. In the top of the forth the Cards were able to add 7 runs off solid hits by Austin L, Adam R.and triple by Devin G. Rockies Harper Niven came in for the final two innings and pitched solid and was equally matched by Cardinals Austin L to close out the game. Final score Cardinal 13 Rockies 7.

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In the top of the first, Chase Hart faced 5 Blue Jays hitters giving up two walks but stranding those base runners by striking out the side. The Astros jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the first on hits by Andrew Penkala, Owen Mooso and Stefan Martin. Neysa Ouellette caught Stefan Martin trying to steal home on a passed ball and Ryan Vermette struck out one to end the inning. The Blue Jays got one back in the top of the second on a hit by JJ Kammann. Owen Mooso twice scrambled out from behind the plate to catch two pop ups to retire the side. The Astros scored 6 runs in the bottom of the second with some heads up baserunning and hits by Erika Wentz, Derek Chiavelli, Chase Hart, Owen Mooso and Nate Lowell. Andrew Patno came on to pitch the top of the third and got three quick outs including a diving catch by Chase Hart at second. The Astros scored 5 more runs in the bottom of the third on hits by Derek Chiavelli, Andrew Penkala and Stefan Martin. The Blue Jays fought hard but the win went to the Astros.

Saturday was a great morning for baseball at Drescher Field with the Astros hosting the Cardinals. The Cards got on the board first with some nice hits from Austin L., Adam R. and Ben M all scoring runs. The Astros had some great hits of their own off the bats of Andrew Patno, Andrew Penkala and Robby Pavlas. Score 3-2 after the first. The Astros had some good heads up baseball in the second with a sweet double play by Erika W. The Cards wouldn't be outdone an also had a 1-2-3 inning with a pair of strikeouts and a good play in the field. The fourth inning started off with a huge shot by Vince A., which resulted in a double. Also having big hits this inning were: Devin G., Ben M., and a Home Run by Ben L. The Astros tried to rally back but with lights out pitching by Austin L., it was nearly impossible. Great game by both teams and the Cards look forward to playing the Astros in their final game Wednesday night. Final Score Cards 19, Astros 6.

The AAA Rockies put together a late inning rally to edge out the A's 9 to 6. TJ Gillis pitched well for the Rockies as did Pranav Prabhala for the A's. Mathew Caplan crushed a ground rule double for the A's and also provided defense with a nice catch in center field. Rockie Jake Fitzpatrick was able to put his bat on the ball to drive in 2 runs to spark the late inning rally and Harper Niven closed out the game striking out 5 of the 8 batters he faced.

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Pitching was the name of the game as the Cardinals hosted the Blue Jays Sunday afternoon at Drescher Field. Cards recorded 12 strikeouts from strong pitching by Devin Gates, Adam Robinson and Austin Long. The Blue Jays were strong as well, with 11 strikeouts from solid pitching from Neysa O., Nic S. and recently aquired Sam - the man. From their powerful bats, runs were scored by Cardinals Adam R (2 RBI, 2 runs), Anubhav D. (single, RBI). The Blue Jays had some strong hitting by Cam B., Aren K. and a strong hit by Derin J. that was caught by heads up fielding by Benny L. Final Score: Cardinals 7, Blue Jays 1.

On a beautiful Sunday morning The Astros and A’s squared off in a late season rematch. .The Astros struck first after Andrew Patno got on base and with dazzling speed and heads up base running came around to Score. Andrew was the only base runner allowed in two strongly pitched innings by A’s Starter Anthony (Boog) Ceci. A’s Pranav Prabhala led off the first with a single but the A’s could not bring him around to score. The A’s came back to tie it in the bottom of the second. After the Astros top notch defense led by Erika Wentz and Eric Patricio and Nathan Lowell made two great plays on hard hit Balls by Kevin Morris and Matthew Caplan, Srimanth Kumar lined a double in the gap and was brought home by a Seeing Eye single of the bat of Aaron Silva. At the end of 2 innings score is tied at 1.after both teams were held scoreless in the third by some great pitching it was time for the bats to take over. Chase Hart of the Astros got on first to lead off the top of the 4th. Using singles by Andrew Penkala, Stefan Martin, and Alex Patno and a double by Erika the Astros put up 5 runs. The A’s answered in the bottom half of the 4th with 5 runs of their own as Roe Hendrick and Anthony reached on singles, Kevin cleared the bases with a 2 run double, and then scored on a double by Matt. After 4 score tied at 6. In the top of the 5th the Astros put up 3 to break the tie with singles by Camden Chesbrough, Andrew and Nathan Lowell. The A’s answered in the bottom of the 5th with 4 runs of their own as Andrew Simard and Nathan Beaton led off the attack. When Roe reached first Anthony stepped up to the plate and drove in two runs with a hard hit single. After Michael Oliver reached first Keven drove in 2 more runs with his second double of the day. A’s 10, Astros 9 after 5. The Astros came up in the top of the 6th armed and ready. A’s pitcher Tyler Bernard was up for the challenge. Derek Chiavelli worked his way on base to lead off the inning and with heads up base running positioned himself in scoring position. Tyler retired the next two batters and chased step up to the plate and hit a single in the hole scoring Derek. Tyler then shut down the attack and the A’s came up in the bottom of the 6th with the score tied at 10. Sri Kumar hit the first pitch into left field for a single, stole second, and then scored on a single to right by Aaron Silva for a walk off win. A’s 11, Astros 10.

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The AAA Rockies closed out their season by beating the A's 16 to 3. Harper Niven, Kavim Bhatnagar and Clay Medling all pitched well for the Rockies. Athletic Anthony (Boog) Ceci played excellent 1st base defense getting 3 solo put outs. The Rockie offense was sparked by Jay Patel and Jake Fitzpatrick who were able to put their bat on the ball with runners in scoring position. A's Michael Oliver and Srimanth Kumar both got quality singles that resulted in runs scored.

Wednesday night the Cardinals hosted the Astros in the final game of the season for both teams. Strong pitching by Astro Robby Pavlas in the first 2 innings (5 K's). Cardinals Austin Long, Adam Robinson and Devin Gates made it across the plate to make the score 3-0. Cardinals had strong pitching from Devin G. (5K's), Adam R. (4K's) and Austin L (4K's) as well as some great fielding by Adi G. and Ahbay G. to keep the Astros off the scoreboard. Sinjin D. had a great double in the 5th inning that brought in several runs for the Cardinals. Great game played by both teams. Final Cardinals 12 Astros 0. We look forward to seeing the Atros in the playoffs.

What a great day to make up the last game of the season. The Rockies and Blue Jays played some great baseball tonight. The Rockies are truly ready for the playoffs and the Blue Jays finally found thier stride tongight. Good Luck the rest of the way!!! See you in the playoffs.

The Blue Jays and A's were ready to play today! It was a playoff type of day, both teams were well prepared and ready to go. The A's Pitched the following; Anthony Cecci Pitched 2: Aron Silva: Pitched 2: Tyler Bernard Pitched 1: Roe Hendrick Pitched 1: The Blue Jays Pitched: Nic Stockman: 3 innings. Neysa Ouellette: 2 innings. It was a great game, both teams played real well. I would not be surpised to see the A's back in the final rounds to come in the playoffs.

The AAA Rockies edged the Astro's 10 to 9 in a well played playoff game at Drescher Field today. Harper Niven, Kavim Bhatnagar, TJ Gillis and Casey McNally all pitched well for the Rockies. Owen Mooso played excellent defense behind the plate for the Astro's keeping the Rockie base runners at bay. There was a display of AAA girl power as both Erika Wentz for the Astro's and Makena Leezer for the Rockie's smacked clean triples. Jake Fitzpatrick played solid defense for the Rockies making a nice catch in center field.

The AAA Rockies were able to hold off a last at bat rally by the Giants that featured a 3 run homer by Giant Stephen Mclendon to preserve a 13 to 12 playoff victory. Harper Niven pitched 3 strong innings for the Rockies that included a crucial final stikeout. Casey McNally and Jake Fitzpatrick sparked the offense for the Rockies scoring 7 runs between the two of them. Zach Finkelstein provided offense for the Giants getting a nice double for some late inning RBIs.

Pitching (Giants): Stephen McLendon- 3 innings Seth Bridges - 2 innings Thomas McLendon - 2 innings Zack Finkelstein - 1 inning

Playoff baseball at Drescher field Tuesday evening with the Cardinals hosting the Blue Jays Strong pitching and fielding by Cardinals pitcher Devin G. led to a 1-2-3 inning as he accounted for all 3 outs (2Ks). Cardinals came out hitting in the bottom half of the first with great hits by Austin L Adam R. and Devin G. all rounding the bases making the score 3-0 after one. The second was a quick inning 1-2-3 inning for both sides. The third brought Cardinal Adam R. to the mound who struck out 2 and had an awesome grab to throw Brennan B. out at first. The bats came alive in the bottom half of the inning with 7 Cardinals scoring. Great hits by Anubhav D., Chris H., Austin L. (Triple), Adam R. and Vince "Bright Pants" A. The Blue Jays weren't going down without a fight and in the fourth scored 4 runs on a hit by Nic S and some solid base running by Aren K, Neysa O. and Tyler L. Bottom of the fourth showed us what a great pitcher Brennan B. is with 3 K's! Score 10-4. The fifth inning brought out southpaw Austin L. to the mound for the Cards (2Ks). Cards last at bat brought in 4 more runs making the score 14-4. Austin closed out the game with another 2Ks. Great game by both teams. Pitching: Blue Jays- Nic S. (2), Brennan B. (3) Cardinals - Devin G. (2), Adam R (2) and Austin L (2). Final Cardinals 14 Blue Jays 4

Stephen McLendon- 3 innings pitched Spencer Durand - 1 inning pitched

It was a great played today between the Astros and Jays. Both teams have been playing great defense, and heads up ball as of late. Astros Pitched: Chase Hart= 2 innings Robby Pavlas= 2 innings Andrew Patno= 2 innings Blue Jays Pitched: Brennan Bergerson=1 Neysa Ouellette= 5 Game Ball went to Neysa Ouellette for pitching a great game! Hats off to the Astros who played a great game!!!

Zach Finkelstein pitched 3 innings, Spencer Durand pitched 3 innings.

Cardinals pitching: Devin 2, Adam 1, Austin 4. Rockies: Harper 2, Kavim 3

Cardinals pitching: Devin 2, Adam 1, Austin 4. Rockies: Harper 2, Kavim 3

The AAA Rockies prevailed over the Giants 12-11 in a well played playoff game at Drechser Field. Both starting pitchers, Harper Niven for the Rockies and Zach Finklestein for the Giants had quality innings. Harper along with TJ Gillis, Kavim Bhatnagar and Jake Fitzpatrick had RBI producing hits. Stephen Mclellan produced some offense for the Giants ripping a nice single into left.

Great playoff baseball Monday night at Drescher field as the Cardinals hosted the Rockies for the league championship. Strong pitching by Devin Gates (6 strikeouts) held the Rockies to one run over four innings. The Cardinals got on the board with a line shot by Adam Robinson in the fourth to score Austin Long from second and took the lead on a stong hit by Ben Morin. The Cardinals added to their lead in the fifth with hits by Abhay Ghandi, Sinjin Doeurk, Chris Haley, Austin Long, Adam Robinson and Devin Gates making it 6-1 before the Rockies added another in the top half of the sixth. Great fielding by Chris Haley, who caught a great pop up fly to end the game. Final: Cardinals 6, Rockies 2