Friday, August 7, 2026

★ Tri-County Baseball League ★

Drobiak Goes the Distance as Teddy Bear Takes Game 1 of the TCL Finals, 3–1

Seven scoreless innings from Drobiak — no walks, three strikeouts — silence the Saints at home; Landman drives in two as the AC draw first blood in the championship series

Thursday, August 6 · St. Joseph's Field · TCL Championship Finals, Game 1

In a TCL Championship Finals opener that lived up to every expectation for tight, playoff-caliber baseball, Matt Drobiak was simply untouchable. The Teddy Bear Pools right-hander worked all seven innings at St. Joseph's Field on Thursday without issuing a single walk, holding the Saints to six hits and one run while striking out three — a performance as efficient as the sport allows. Combined with Willie Landman's two RBI and Trey Yasu's valiant seven-inning effort on the other side, Game 1 of the TCL Finals was everything a championship game should be.

Teddy Bear struck first in the top of the first when Landman singled to score one run and give the visitors the early lead. The Saints answered in the bottom of the second — Adam Zebian singled down the left-field line to tie the game at one and give St. Joseph's Field something to cheer about. But the lead was short-lived. In the third, Landman stepped to the plate again and lifted a sacrifice fly to restore Teddy Bear's advantage at 2–1, a lead the AC would never surrender.

From that point forward, the game became a chess match between two pitchers working with remarkable precision. Drobiak did not walk a single batter across seven innings — 21 outs recorded, zero free passes issued. Yasu matched the intensity on the St. Joe's side, going seven full innings himself and allowing just three runs — two earned — on six hits, with six strikeouts and two walks. On any other night, that line earns a win. On this night, Drobiak was simply better.

Mike Toth led Teddy Bear with two hits from the four-spot, Landman drove in the only two runs that mattered, and the AC were flawless in the field with Ryan Magni handling the most chances. For the Saints, Zebian went 2-for-3 to pace the offense, but the club could not find the decisive hit against Drobiak when it mattered. Teddy Bear takes a 1–0 series lead into Game 2.

Teddy Bear Pools — Key Performers

W. Landman1-for-2, SF, 2 RBI

M. Toth2-for-4

Team6 H, 1 DP, 0 E

Drobiak (W)7 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 3 K, 0 BB

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

A. Zebian2-for-3, 1 RBI

Yasu (L)7 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 6 H, 6 K, 2 BB

🏆 2026 TCL Championship Finals

Teddy Bear leads series 1–0

Game 2 — St. Joseph's Saints vs. Teddy Bear Pools & Spas

1–0

Updated July 27 Recap

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Fournier Blanks bankESB as Teddy Bear Rolls to 10–0 Mercy-Rule Win

Five runs in the first — including a Rosemond two-run single and a three-run error — set the tone; Magni steals four and Fournier fans seven in a dominant playoff opener

Monday, July 27 · South Hadley High School · TCL Playoffs

Teddy Bear Pools and Spas didn't need long to make their statement on Monday at South Hadley High School. Five runs in the bottom of the first inning — a Sean Rosemond two-run single and a three-run error — announced the tone of the afternoon, and Brenden Fournier made sure nothing else needed to be said. The right-hander went all five innings, allowed zero runs, and the game ended on the mercy rule: Teddy Bear 10, bankESB 0.

The first inning set the table emphatically. Rosemond singled to score two, and a bankESB error let three more cross — five runs before the visitors could get their footing. Willie Landman added a sacrifice fly in the second to push it to 6–0, and in the third, Will Kennedy tripled to right field, another error plated a run, and Landman singled down the left-field line to make it 8–0. By the time the final out was recorded in the fifth, Teddy Bear had scored 10 runs on errors and timely hitting, and bankESB had never found an answer.

Fournier was the story on the mound — seven strikeouts, one walk, four hits allowed, and a shutout across five innings. His pitch count of efficiency made for one of the cleaner complete-game efforts the TCL postseason will see. Ryan Magni was the story on the bases, swiping four bags from the top of the lineup while also going 2-for-3 to lead Teddy Bear in hits. Rosemond and Landman each drove in two runs. Mike Toth contributed two walks and two stolen bases and handled eight defensive chances without an error — the cleanest game behind the plate the AC could ask for in a playoff opener.

Stathatos took the loss for bankESB, lasting 2⅔ innings and allowing nine runs — four earned — on four hits with four walks, before the bullpen inherited a situation that had already gotten away. Stathatos did go 2-for-2 at the plate to lead ESB offensively, and the club turned a double play in the field. But in a game that was effectively decided in the opening frame, it wasn't nearly enough. Teddy Bear advanced; bankESB's season comes to an end.

Teddy Bear Pools — Key Performers

R. Magni2-for-3, 4 SB

RosemondSingle, 2 RBI

W. LandmanSF + Single, 2 RBI

W. Kennedy3B to RF

M. Toth2 BB, 2 SB, 8 chances, 0 E

T. Evans2 BB

Team6 BB, 8 SB, 0 E

Fournier (W)5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 7 K, 1 BB

bankESB — Key Performers

Stathatos2-for-2 (team leader in hits)

Team1 DP

Stathatos (L)2⅔ IP, 9 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 K, 4 BB

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Toth's Grand Slam Caps a Six-Run Sixth as Teddy Bear Eliminates PeoplesBank, 9–2

Magni goes seven strong, Toth drives in five, as the Bears upset the 12-time reigning champs

Tuesday, August 4 · South Hadley High School · 2026 TCL Playoffs

Mike Toth stood in against a PeoplesBank pitcher in the sixth inning at South Hadley High School on Tuesday night with the bases loaded, Teddy Bear Pools and Spas clinging to a one-run lead, and the season on the line for both clubs. What happened next ended any remaining suspense: Toth put a ball over the left-field wall for a grand slam, added it to the run he'd already driven home with a fifth-inning double, and Teddy Bear walked off with a 9–2 playoff victory over the team that had owned the Tri-County League for more than a decade.

It was a tense game until the sixth. PeoplesBank's Clark led off the very first inning with a solo home run to center, announcing that the defending powers weren't coming to South Hadley to concede anything. Teddy Bear answered methodically — Willie Landman doubled in the third to tie it at one, Alex Gochinski singled in the fourth to push ahead 2–1 — but Planter singled down the left-field line in the fifth to knot it back up at two. Back and forth, neither side willing to blink, the kind of playoff game that earns its reputation in the early innings.

Then the sixth happened. Ray Toth — Mike's teammate — opened the inning with a solo home run to left. Matt Drobiak followed with a sacrifice fly. And then Mike Toth stepped in with the bases loaded and settled the matter with one swing, his grand slam putting Teddy Bear ahead 9–2 and effectively closing the book on PeoplesBank's season. Six runs in one inning, three separate RBI moments, and a lineup that rose to the occasion when the moment demanded it most.

Ryan Magni was the backbone of the pitching effort, working all seven innings and allowing just two runs on nine hits while striking out eight and walking one. It was a workhorse performance — not spotless, but thoroughly effective for a playoff setting. Jachym absorbed the loss for PeoplesBank, lasting six innings and surrendering nine runs, seven of them earned, on eight hits.

Gochinski and Mike Toth each collected two hits for Teddy Bear, while Clark, Hogan, and Planter each went 2-for-the-night for PeoplesBank. For PeoplesBank, a dynasty run stretching well over a decade comes to a close — not easily, not without a fight, but definitively.

Teddy Bear Pools and Spas now advance to the TCL Championship Finals, where they will meet St. Joseph's Saints beginning Thursday night in Palmer.

Teddy Bear — Key Performers

M. Toth2-for-3, Grand Slam, 2B, 5 RBI

R. TothHR (solo)

Gochinski2 H, 1 RBI

Landman2B, 1 RBI

DrobiakSF, 1 RBI

Magni (W)7 IP, 2 R, 9 H, 8 K

Team0 E

PeoplesBank — Key Performers

Clark2-for-3, HR, 1 RBI

Planter2-for-3, 1 RBI

Hogan2 H

Jachym (L)6 IP, 9 R (7 ER), 8 H

Team9 H

⚾ TCL Championship Finals ⚾

Teddy Bear Pools & Spas vs. St. Joseph's Saints

Thursday Night · St. Joseph's Field, Palmer · First pitch 7:45

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. J	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0
TFAC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Saints Headed to Finals - Blank Turners Falls on a Four-Run Seventh, 4–0

Yasu and Feltovic combine for a two-hit shutout at Hopkins Academy — all the damage done in the final frame

Tuesday, August 4 · Hopkins Academy

For six innings at Hopkins Academy on Tuesday evening, Andrew Ciaglo was doing everything right. The Turners Falls AC starter was dealing — seven strikeouts, just three hits allowed across 6.1 innings — and the scoreboard read zeros for both sides heading to the seventh. Then St. Joseph's Saints broke it open all at once, and Ciaglo couldn't hold the door.

Two Turners Falls errors in the seventh ignited the rally before St. Joe's even had to do much. Ryan O'Leary reached on a walk, Jake Hayes drew another, and then Joey DiMichele lifted a sacrifice fly to bring home a run. Greg Vouros drove in another. Four runs scored in the inning — two of them unearned, gifts from a Turners Falls defense that had been sharp all night until the moment it mattered most. Ciaglo absorbed the loss despite a line that, on a different night in a different inning, might have been a winning one.

The pitching story belonged to St. Joseph's. Trey Yasu opened on the mound and was untouchable through three innings — two hits, zero runs, zero walks, mixing his pitches with the composure of a veteran. Jack Feltovic took it from there and was even better: four innings of work, zero hits, zero runs, four strikeouts, and just one walk. Combined, they allowed two hits and held Turners Falls hitless over the final four frames. Feltovic induced a Cal Bellens groundout to close it out and pick up the win.

The Saints finished with only three hits themselves — O'Leary, Pat Fitzgibbons, and Yasu each collecting one — but four walks and two TFAC errors did the rest of the work. Brandon Magni was the busiest glove on the field, handling seven chances without a miscue as St. Joe's played a clean, errorless game. K. Barnes and Bellens were the only Turners Falls players to reach base with hits, and the home side managed just one walk on the night against a Saints pitching tandem that was in complete control from the first pitch.

The Saints will play Teddy Bear Pools and Spas in the Finals.

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

Feltovic (W)4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 K

Yasu3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K

DiMicheleSF, 1 RBI

Vouros1 RBI

O'Leary1-for-3, BB, 1 RBI

HayesBB, 1 RBI

Team3 H, 4 BB, 0 E

Turners Falls — Key Performers

Ciaglo (L)6.1 IP, 4 R (2 ER), 7 K

K. Barnes1-for-3

Bellens1-for-3

Team2 H, 1 BB, 2 E

Monday, August 3, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Griggs Goes Yard Twice as Teddy Bear Tops PeoplesBank, 11–6

A long-ball barrage at Spec Pond — five home runs, 14 hits, and Fournier's seven-strikeout outing seal it for the visitors

Sunday, August 2 · Spec Pond Recreation Area

They came out swinging at Spec Pond on Sunday, and they didn't stop. Five home runs, 20 combined hits, and a back-and-forth first inning that set the tone for a slugfest Teddy Bear Pools and Spas ultimately controlled, walking away with an 11–6 victory over PeoplesBank.

The game started with a bang — literally two of them. Ryan Magni opened the top of the first with a solo home run to left, and Teddy Bear piled on for a three-run first that put PeoplesBank immediately on the back foot. The home club answered in kind in the bottom half, touching off their own pair of home runs — Gegetskas going deep to right field to tie it at three and briefly giving the Spec Pond crowd something to cheer about. That early exchange gave the afternoon the feel of a heavyweight bout with both fighters standing in center ring, refusing to clinch.

Teddy Bear answered decisively in the second. Willie Landman doubled to right, Mike Toth homered to center scoring two, and then Bailey Griggs followed with his own blast to center — also two runs — in the span of one inning that put the visitors ahead for good. Griggs came back in the fourth and hit it out to left again, a two-run shot that extended the lead and essentially closed the book on PeoplesBank's hopes of a comeback. On a day when the ball was flying, Griggs was the one it kept finding.

Brendan Fournier did just enough on the mound to keep it together. The starter worked six innings, surrendering five runs on six hits while striking out seven and walking three — not pretty, but effective with that kind of run support behind him. Matt Drobiak came on in relief and kept things quiet the rest of the way.

Jimmy Flahive absorbed the loss for PeoplesBank, lasting only two innings and giving up nine runs on 10 hits before being lifted. Teddy Bear's 14-hit attack was spread across the lineup — Griggs and Toth each homered twice, while Alex Gochinski and Landman each collected multiple hits. Gegetskas was PeoplesBank's best performer, going 2-for-4 with four RBI and providing the only real resistance the home side could muster. Planter led PeoplesBank with three hits in four at-bats. On this afternoon, though, it wasn't close to enough.

Teddy Bear — Key Performers

Griggs2 HR, 4 RBI

TothHR (2-run), multiple HR

MagniHR (solo), multi-H

Landman2B, multi-H

GochinskiMulti-H

Fournier (W)6 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 7 K

PeoplesBank — Key Performers

Gegetskas2-for-4, HR, 4 RBI

Planter3-for-4

Flahive (L)2 IP, 9 R, 10 H

Team2 HR, 6 R

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Calderon and Valentino Go Deep in the Third as bankESB Hold Off DOC Spartans, 10–5

Gauthier works 6⅓ solid innings; a four-run first and back-to-back home runs in the third put the game out of reach early at Bullens Field

Wednesday, July 22 · Bullens Field

bankESB needed just two innings on Wednesday at Bullens Field to turn this one into a comfortable evening. A four-run first gave them the lead, back-to-back home runs in the third blew it open, and Griffin Gauthier did the rest on the mound — the final a 10–5 bankESB win over DOC Spartans to close out the regular season.

DOC actually struck first. An ESB error and a Patrick Hefner single down the left-field line in the top of the first each scored a run to give the Spartans an early 2–0 lead. bankESB answered immediately and emphatically. Dan Provost singled to score one, James Rocco doubled to score two, and Joshua Pacho drew a walk that plated a fourth — a four-run bottom of the first that wiped out the Spartans' lead and set the tone for the night. Then came the third, when Albert Calderon and Nick Valentino hit back-to-back home runs to stretch the ESB advantage to 9–2 and put the game well out of reach.

Gauthier earned the win in workmanlike fashion, going 6⅓ innings and allowing eight hits and five runs — three earned — while striking out three and walking two. Jack Stathatos came on in relief to record the save, capping a clean finish after Gauthier's exit. Stathatos also contributed on offense, going 3-for-4 to lead ESB in hits, and Calderon finished 1-for-4 with three RBI to pace the lineup. Valentino added two hits to go with his home run.

Anthony Rosado took the loss for DOC, allowing nine runs on nine hits over five innings while striking out six — a tough outing despite the strikeout total. Aidan Sullivan and Daniel Spaulding each collected two hits for the Spartans, Ramos drove in two from the three-hole, and Spaulding swiped two bases. DOC finishes their regular season with this defeat; bankESB closes the books on the year with a statement win at home.

bankESB — Key Performers

Stathatos (SV)3-for-4

A. Calderon1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI

N. Valentino2-for-3, HR

J. Rocco2B, 2 RBI

D. ProvostSingle, 1 RBI

Team10 H

Gauthier (W)6⅓ IP, 5 R (3 ER), 8 H, 3 K, 2 BB

Stathatos (SV)Relief, save

DOC Spartans — Key Performers

Sullivan / Spaulding2 H each

Ramos1-for-2, 2 RBI

HefnerSingle, 1 RBI

Spaulding2 SB

Rosado (L)5 IP, 9 R, 9 H, 6 K, 3 BB

Friday, July 24, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Joseph's Saints	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	9	9	0
PeoplesBank	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7	3	0

Saints Build a Nine-Run Lead, Then Survive PeoplesBank's Late Charge, 9–7

Fitzgibbons goes 3-for-4, Harrington drives in three, and Yasu weathers a wild night on the mound as St. Joe's holds on at Bullens Field to close the regular season

Thursday, July 23 · Bullens Field

It was the kind of win that makes a dugout age in real time. St. Joseph's Saints built a nine-run cushion through four innings, watched PeoplesBank claw back seven of those runs on a parade of walks in the final two frames, and then somehow — mercifully — held on for a 9–7 final at Bullens Field on Thursday to close out the regular season.

The Saints did their damage early and often. The second inning was the turning point — Greg Vouros walked to score one, Devin Slattery walked to score another, Jake Hayes was hit by a pitch to drive in a third, Joey DiMichele singled to plate two more, and Colby Harrington doubled to score a sixth. Six runs, most of them without a ball leaving the infield in any meaningful way. Three more crossed in the fourth — DiMichele drove in two and Vouros added another — and just like that, St. Joe's led 9–0 heading into the fifth and appeared to be cruising.

PeoplesBank had other ideas. Four runs in the sixth — a walk, a walk, a walk, a walk, and a groundout — made it 9–4. Three more in the seventh tightened it further to 9–7, and suddenly Bullens Field was a different place than it had been an hour earlier. But St. Joe's, to their credit, didn't blink. The final out was recorded, the final score stood, and the Saints close the regular season with a win.

Trey Yasu earned the win, going 5⅓ innings and allowing just two hits while striking out four — the modest hit total masking a wild night of six walks that kept PeoplesBank's threat alive throughout. Jackson Hayes came on in relief and got the final five outs, though he too walked five and surrendered three runs over 1⅔ innings. Offensively, Pat Fitzgibbons led the way with a 3-for-4 afternoon, Harrington went 2-for-4 with three RBI, and Slattery added two hits. DiMichele handled eight chances in the field without an error and the Saints turned two double plays. For PeoplesBank, Jachym took the loss despite the heroic late comeback effort — he allowed nine runs on seven hits over five innings, with his club drawing 11 walks as a team in a losing cause.

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

Fitzgibbons3-for-4, 1 RBI

Harrington2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI

D. Slattery2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB

DiMichele1-for-3, 2 RBI, 8 chances, 0 E

Vouros1 RBI, 1 BB

Team9 H, 6 BB, 2 DP, 0 E

Yasu (W)5⅓ IP, 4 R (4 ER), 2 H, 4 K, 6 BB

J. Hayes1⅔ IP, 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 2 K, 5 BB

PeoplesBank — Key Performers

Clark / McDonald / Gegetskas1 H each

Rivest / Platner / Gegetskas / Hogan / Abel1 RBI each

Platner / Hogan / Abel2 BB each

Team3 H, 11 BB, 1 DP, 0 E

Jachym (L)5 IP, 9 R (9 ER), 7 H, 3 K, 4 BB

Rivera2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 K, 2 BB

Official Box Score

St. Joseph's Saints — Batting

Player	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
D. Slattery #3	SS	3	2	2	1	2	0
J. Hayes #2	3B	0	2	0	1	1	0
J. DiMichele #16	1B	3	1	1	2	1	0
C. Harrington #5	RF	4	0	2	3	0	0
B. Magni #12	DH	4	1	1	0	0	0
P. Fitzgibbons #31	CF	4	1	3	1	0	1
R. O'Leary #14	LF	2	0	0	0	0	1
N. Carillon #29	C	3	1	0	0	0	1
G. Vouros #7	2B	2	1	0	1	1	0
M. Jodoin #4	2B	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		25	9	9	9	6	3

PeoplesBank — Batting

Player	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
S. Allen #35	CF	3	1	0	0	1	2
Clark #2	2B	3	2	1	0	1	1
Platner #27	1B	2	1	0	1	2	0
Gegetskas #22	DH	3	1	1	1	1	1
Abel #8	LF	2	0	0	1	2	1
Hogan #5	C	2	0	0	1	2	0
Rivest #17	RF	2	0	0	1	1	1
S. Allen #19	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
McDonald #7	3B	2	2	1	0	1	0
Totals		22	7	3	5	11	6

St. Joseph's Saints — Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
T. Yasu #10 (W)	5.1	2	4	4	6	4
J. Hayes #33	1.2	1	3	2	5	2
Totals	7.0	3	7	6	11	6

P-S: T. Yasu 87–43, J. Hayes 47–23 | WP: J. Hayes | HBP: T. Yasu

PeoplesBank — Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jachym #33 (L)	5.0	7	9	9	4	3
M. Rivera #0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
Totals	7.0	9	9	9	6	3

P-S: Jachym 93–57, M. Rivera 45–25 | HBP: M. Rivera, Jachym ×3

Friday, August 7, 2026

Drobiak Goes the Distance as Teddy Bear Takes Game 1 of the TCL Finals, 3–1

Updated July 27 Recap

Fournier Blanks bankESB as Teddy Bear Rolls to 10–0 Mercy-Rule Win

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Toth's Grand Slam Caps a Six-Run Sixth as Teddy Bear Eliminates PeoplesBank, 9–2

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Saints Headed to Finals - Blank Turners Falls on a Four-Run Seventh, 4–0

Monday, August 3, 2026

Griggs Goes Yard Twice as Teddy Bear Tops PeoplesBank, 11–6

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Calderon and Valentino Go Deep in the Third as bankESB Hold Off DOC Spartans, 10–5

Friday, July 24, 2026

Saints Build a Nine-Run Lead, Then Survive PeoplesBank's Late Charge, 9–7

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