Walk-off wins are starting to become commonplace for Teddy Bear Pools this season.
Andrew Sadowski helped improve the walk-off total to three Wednesday evening when his two-out, two-run single gave Teddy Bear Pools a come-from-behind, 3-2 victory over rival Manny’s TV & Appliance Center in a Tri-County League men’s amateur baseball game at G. Thomas Valiton Field in South Deerfield.
Brad Bean got things started for the Teddies in the seventh with a leadoff single to left-center field. After Thomas Malooly flew out to right, David White ripped a single to center field, moving Bean to second. Seth Leslie popped up to second base for the second out but Liam Datres de la Blotier was able to beat out a nubber between the mound and first base to load the bases.
That brought Sadowski, who proceeded to smashed a shot over the head of third baseman Jamie Carey and down the left-field line to plate Bean and White with the tying and winning runs.
Teddy Bear (9-5-1) grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, when Leslie singled, moved to second on Datres de la Blotier’s grounder and Sadowski was hit by a pitch. Brody Markol came to the plate and slashed a line single to left to score Leslie.
Manny’s (6-7) responded with a pair of runs in the top of third to go ahead 2-1. Ryan McAuliffe led off with a base hit and Eric Libardoni drew a walk. Then after Jamie Carey flied out to right, Platner lined a single up the middle to plate McAuliffe and move Libardoni to third. Chris McAuliffe was hit by a pitch before Justin Carey’s fielder’s choice to third brought brought Libardoni home.
Mike Putala came up next but Teddy Bear starting pitcher Sam Downes avoided any further damage by picking Chris McAuliffe off second base for the final out.
Bean’s two singles paced a nine-hit attack for Teddy Bear.
Libardoni finished with three of Manny’s seven hits.
Downes went the distance for the win, striking out two and walking one.
Devin Rhodes fanned three and walked one in the complete-game loss.
The teams combined to make five errors.
Teddy Bear hosts Wilbraham Funeral Home today at 5:45 p.m. at Valiton Field.
Manny’s entertains Easthampton Savings Bank Friday night at 7:15 at Veterans Memorial Field.
Frontier 7, Hubie’s 6 — Frontier scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to beat Hubie’s Tavern & Restuarant, 7-6, in a Mickey Mantle Baseball League game Wednesday night at Herlihy Park in Whately.
Camden Barnes ripped an RBI single to tie the score and Kiernan Freeman belted a run-scoring double to give Frontier the lead for good.
The rally helped Kalen Evans earn the pitching win in relief of Matt Hildreth, who went the first five innings.
Freeman led the offense with two hits and two RBIs.
Sam Bobala smacked an double and Hunter Wells added a run-scoring single for Hubie’s.
Greg’s/PACC 3, South Hadley 1 — Greg’s Auto Body/Polish American Citizens Club bounced back from an early deficit to beat South Hadley, 3-1, in a Sandy Koufax Baseball League game Wednesday night at Headmaster’s Field in Deerfield.
South Hadley picked up an unearned run in the first, but Greg’s scored once in the second, third and fourth innings. Corbin Blight made the lead strand up, as he hurled a complete game with 13 strikeouts.
Thomas Graves led Greg’s/PACC with two hits and drove in two of the three runs.
Garrett DeForest singled and knocked in the other run. Bryan Baumann and Matthew Gardner each added a single.
Greg’s/PACC travels to East Longmeadow today at 5:45 p.m.
Frontier sweeps Districts
Frontier completed a two-game sweep of their 11-and-under Cal Ripken District best-of-three series against Greenfield with a 7-5 win Wednesday at Herlihy Park in Whately.
Connor Hoffman led a balanced offense for Frontier with a single, double and two RBIs. Maxwell Edwards finished with two hits and two RBIs and Sean Kirkendall had two hits and one RBI.
Tyler Baranowski smacked a triple and drove in a run and Gavin Mariani and Danny Diemand both singled for Frontier.
Baranowski struck out four in the first three innings to earn the win. Edwards had four strikeouts over the final three to pick up the save.
Eathon Bryant led Greenfield two hits and one RBI.
Both teams move on to the Cal Ripken State Tournament, which is scheduled for July 15 through 18 in Pepperell.