Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

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DOC
Spartans

2

Final

Monday, June 29
South Hadley High School

Peoples
Bank

2

Merced Strikes Out Eight as DOC Spartans and PeoplesBank Battle to a 2–2 Tie

A seventh-inning rally erases a sixth-inning DOC lead, and fading daylight at South Hadley High School closes the book on a deadlock neither side could break

Monday, June 29 · South Hadley High School

Some games end with a walk-off. Others end with the sun going down. Monday at South Hadley High School belonged to the latter category, as DOC Spartans and PeoplesBank fought to a 2–2 deadlock that was called due to darkness after seven innings of a pitcher's duel that neither offense could ever fully solve.

For six innings, neither team found the scoreboard. DOC's Jovanni Merced was practically untouchable on the mound, working all seven innings and allowing just three hits and two runs while striking out eight and walking only one — the kind of start that should have been enough to win on most nights. PeoplesBank countered with Lavelly, who was even more dominant through the first stretch, going three and a third scoreless innings despite issuing six walks, before giving way to the bullpen.

DOC finally broke through in the sixth, scoring two runs on an error to take what looked like a hard-earned 2–0 lead. But PeoplesBank wasn't finished. In the top of the seventh, a Rivest single brought the visitors within striking distance, and a double play — an unusual way to plate a run, but baseball can be funny that way — tied the game at two. With the score level and the light fading fast, the game was called, leaving both clubs to share the result.

Benjamin Rodriguez Vega led DOC at the plate, going 2-for-4 and also handling a team-high eight chances in the field without an error. Aidan Sullivan drew three of DOC's nine walks on the night, and Isaiah Ramos stole three bases as the Spartans continued to play an aggressive brand of baseball on the basepaths. For PeoplesBank, Hogan, Rivest, and Gegetskas each had a hit, with Rivest and Rivera driving in the club's two runs in back-to-back lineup spots. DOC was flawless defensively, committing zero errors. The Spartans travel to Teddy Bear Pools on Wednesday looking to turn this hard-fought tie into momentum.

DOC Spartans — Key Performers

Rodriguez Vega2-for-4, 8 chances, 0 E

Sullivan3 BB

Ramos3 SB

Team9 BB, 1 DP, 0 E

Merced7 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 8 K, 1 BB

PeoplesBank — Key Performers

Hogan / Rivest / Gegetskas1 H each

Rivest / Rivera1 RBI each

Lavelly3⅓ IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K, 6 BB

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DOC
Spartans

15

Final

Saturday, June 27
Hopkins Academy

Mercy Rule — 6th

Turners Falls
Athletic Club

4

A Ten-Run Sixth Send DOC Spartans Past Turners Falls Athletic Club, 15–4

Rosado fans eight across six innings; the Spartans bat around and then some in a decisive sixth that ends the game on the mercy rule

Saturday, June 27 · Hopkins Academy

DOC Spartans needed no further invitation on Saturday at Hopkins Academy. They had already built a comfortable lead through five innings, Anthony Rosado was dealing on the mound, and when the sixth inning opened up, the Spartans emptied the tank — ten runs, twelve batters, a parade of walks and hit batsmen that turned a manageable deficit into a mercy-rule final of 15–4. For a first-year program still finding its footing in the Tri-County League, it was as complete a performance as the Spartans have put together.

DOC wasted no time establishing control. Daniel Spaulding doubled in the first inning to score two, and Jovanni Merced singled home a third, giving the Spartans a 3–0 lead before Turners Falls had a chance to breathe. The AC answered in the bottom half — Zach Kelly doubled and Cole Doisvert singled to make it 3–2 and give the home crowd something to hold onto. But DOC kept coming. An error and a Rodriguez Vega single in the third pushed the lead out to 5–3, and Turners Falls never got closer than that.

The sixth inning closed the book. Spaulding walked to score one, Grabowski walked to score another, Merced walked to score a third, Rodriguez Vega walked to score a fourth — walk after walk after walk — and then Rosado singled, Gutierrez was hit by a pitch, Sullivan walked, Ramos walked, and a wild pitch capped the inning. Ten runs on very little contact, a testament to DOC's patience at the plate and Turners Falls' inability to find the strike zone in a decisive frame. The Spartans drew 12 walks on the day in total, with Aidan Sullivan drawing three of them.

Rosado earned the win in impressive fashion, going six innings and striking out eight while allowing four runs — three earned — on five hits with two walks. Ciaglo absorbed the loss for Turners Falls, giving up five runs over four innings. Doisvert was the AC's most productive bat, going 1-for-3 with two RBI off the Spaulding double in the first. Merced led the Spartans' stolen base surge, swiping three of DOC's five on the afternoon. The Spartans will look to carry this momentum forward; Turners Falls returns home to regroup.

DOC Spartans — Key Performers

Spaulding1-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI

Merced1 H, 3 SB

Rodriguez Vega1 H, 1 RBI

Sullivan3 BB

Chipman / Rosado / Ramos1 H each

Team6 H, 12 BB, 5 SB

A. Rosado (W)6 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 8 K, 2 BB

Turners Falls AC — Key Performers

C. Doisvert1-for-3, 2 RBI

Z. Kelly2B, 1 R

McClelland / Perleins1 H each

Team5 H, 1 DP

Ciaglo (L)4 IP, 5 R (2 ER), 5 H, 4 K, 2 BB

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Peoples
Bank

6

Final

Friday, June 26
St. Joseph's Field

St. Joseph's
Saints

0

Jachym Blanks Saints on Seven Hits as PeoplesBank Takes the Shutout, 6–0

The visitors' starter navigates seven innings without allowing a run; Hayes walks six in three frames as St. Joe's offense goes quiet at home

Friday, June 26 · St. Joseph's Field

There are nights when the opposing pitcher is simply better, and Friday at St. Joseph's Field was one of those nights for the Saints. PeoplesBank's Jachym worked all seven innings, surrendered seven hits, and never once let a St. Joe's runner cross the plate — a 6–0 shutout that hands the Saints their first home loss in what had been a dominant stretch of baseball.

PeoplesBank wasted no time. In the first inning, Hogan drew a walk that ultimately brought home a run, and the visitors never looked back. Platner was the offensive engine, going 2-for-4 with three RBI to carry the middle of the lineup, while Seth Allen and Gegetskas each chipped in two hits of their own. Hogan, meanwhile, worked the count relentlessly all night, drawing three walks to pace the PeoplesBank lineup in plate appearances. The club spread its six runs efficiently across the game without ever needing a single big inning to put it away.

The Saints, for their part, could not solve Jachym. Dillon Slattery and Jake Hayes were the bright spots with two hits apiece, and St. Joe's turned a double play to keep a few situations from getting worse, but the offense never generated the kind of sustained pressure needed against a pitcher working with that kind of command. Jackson Hayes started on the hill for St. Joe's and was let down by his control, walking six batters in three innings against just one earned run allowed on two hits — the kind of outing where the pitch count becomes an issue before the damage fully accumulates. The loss snaps what had been a strong home run for St. Joe's, who travel to Turners Falls AC on Monday looking to get back on track.

PeoplesBank — Key Performers

Platner2-for-4, 3 RBI

Allen / Gegetskas2 H each

Hogan3 BB, 1 R scored

Jachym (W, CG)7 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 4 K, 1 BB

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

D. Slattery2 H

Jake Hayes2 H

Team7 H, 1 DP

J. Hayes (L)3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 K, 6 BB

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Turners Falls
Athletic Club

10

Final

Thursday, June 25
Frontier Regional School
Baseball Diamond

bankESB
Baseball Club

5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Turners Falls AC	0	1	1	0	7	1	0	10	11	2
bankESB	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	10	1

Kelly Grand Slam Caps Seven-Run Fifth as Turners Falls Pulls Away from bankESB, 10–5

Thibeault goes the distance on 92 pitches; bankESB holds a 5–2 lead after three before the AC bats erupt in decisive fashion

Thursday, June 25 · Frontier Regional School Baseball Diamond

bankESB had the lead, they had the momentum, and for three innings at Frontier Regional School Baseball Diamond on Thursday, they looked like the better team. Then the fifth inning arrived, Turners Falls Athletic Club sent 11 men to the plate, and Zach Kelly launched a grand slam to right field that turned a close game into a comfortable 10–5 victory for the AC.

The early innings belonged to bankESB. Grayson Loos doubled in the first to put ESB on the board, and the club took control of the third inning in emphatic fashion — Loos tripled to score one, Nick Burns followed with a home run to right that plated two more, and James Rocco singled in a fourth run. Just like that, ESB led 5–2 heading into the fourth, and starter L. Rocco had held TFAC to two runs through three. It looked like a different story than the one that was about to unfold.

Turners Falls had been chipping away quietly — Marshall Ingram hit a sacrifice fly in the second to tie it at one, Logan Cormier added another sac fly in the third to make it 5–2 — but nothing prepared anyone for what happened in the fifth. Seven runs on eight hits, capped by Kelly's grand slam, flipped the scoreboard from 5–2 bankESB to 9–5 TFAC in the span of one half-inning. Kyle Barnes had three hits on the day and set the table all afternoon, and Andrew Ciaglo scored twice while drawing two walks out of the two-hole. The AC finished with 11 hits and six walks as a team.

TJ Thibeault was steady all night for Turners Falls, going all seven innings on just 92 pitches, allowing 10 hits and five runs while striking out three and walking one. That kind of efficient complete game is the backbone of any winning effort. On the other side, L. Rocco absorbed the loss, lasting four innings and giving up six runs on six hits with four walks, followed by Griffin (three runs in one inning) and C. Cusack, who tossed two clean innings to close it out. Loos and Calderon each went 2-for-4 with extra-base hits for bankESB in a game where their offense was not the problem — it was the fifth inning that undid them.

Turners Falls AC — Key Performers

Z. Kelly2-for-4, Grand Slam, 4 RBI

K. Barnes3-for-5, 2B, 1 RBI

A. Ciaglo1-for-2, 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, SB

M. IngramSF, 2 RBI, SB

L. CormierSF, 1 RBI, 1 BB

N. Scanlon-Dean1-for-4, 1 RBI, SB

Thibeault (W, CG)7 IP, 5 R (5 ER), 10 H, 3 K, 1 BB — 92 pitches

bankESB — Key Performers

G. Loos2-for-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI

A. Calderon2-for-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R

N. BurnsHR (2 RBI), 1 BB

J. Rocco1-for-3, 1 RBI

Team10 H, 1 BB, 1 DP

L. Rocco (L)4 IP, 6 R (6 ER), 6 H, 1 K, 4 BB

Griffin1 IP, 3 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 BB

C. Cusack2 IP, 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 K, 1 BB

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St. Joseph's
Saints

16

Final

Wednesday, June 24
St. Joseph's Field

DOC
Spartans

5

Eleven in the Third, a Grand Slam in the Fourth: Saints Rout DOC Spartans, 16–5

Fitzgibbons drives in five, DiMichele delivers a three-run double, and an eleven-run third inning turns a close game into a rout at St. Joseph's Field

Wednesday, June 24 · St. Joseph's Field

It looked, briefly, like it might be a game. DOC Spartans opened the scoring in the first inning on a Joshua Gutierrez single, then added another run in the second on a Patrick Hefner single and a Daniel Spaulding double to center. Through two innings, the Spartans led 2–0 at St. Joseph's Field, and the visiting club was swinging the bats. Then the bottom of the third happened, and everything changed.

Eleven runs. That's what the Saints put up in a single inning — an eruption that turned a two-run deficit into an eight-run lead in the span of one half-inning. Jake Hayes singled to score one. Mark Jodoin singled to score another. A fielder's choice by Pat Fitzgibbons brought in a third. Brandon Magni singled and drove in two more. Nate Carillon singled and plated two more after that. Hayes drew a walk to score yet another. And then Joey DiMichele capped it with a double that drove in three. Eleven runs, eight hits, and a game that was effectively over before the fourth inning began.

The Saints weren't done. In the bottom of the fourth, Fitzgibbons — who had already been busy — stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and sent a grand slam to left field, capping a five-run inning and running his RBI total for the day to five on just two hits. By the time the dust settled, St. Joe's had scored 16 runs on 10 hits and drawn 12 walks, with Devin Slattery and DiMichele each earning three free passes. Jake Hayes went 2-for-2 and stole four bases. The Saints swiped five total.

On the mound, Matt Irzyk earned the complete-game win, working five innings and allowing 11 hits and five runs — four earned — while striking out two and walking two. Chase Young absorbed the loss for DOC, lasting just 2⅓ innings and surrendering eight runs on six hits with five walks and one strikeout. To DOC's credit, the Spartans were not without their own offensive contributions — Merced, Spaulding, Arroyo, and Hefner each collected two hits, and the club went errorless in the field, with Jovanni Merced handling a game-high seven chances cleanly. Isaiah Ramos led DOC with two RBI. The 16–5 final, despite DOC out-hitting the Saints 11-to-10, speaks to the gap in walks and the damage done in those two decisive innings. St. Joe's welcomes PeoplesBank on Friday; DOC travels to PeoplesBank on Thursday.

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

Fitzgibbons2-for-4, Grand Slam, 5 RBI

DiMichele2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB

Jake Hayes2-for-2, 4 SB

MagniSingle, 2 RBI

CarillonSingle, 2 RBI

Slattery3 BB, multiple SB

Team10 H, 12 BB, 5 SB, 1 DP

Irzyk (W, CG)5 IP, 5 R (4 ER), 11 H, 2 K, 2 BB

DOC Spartans — Key Performers

Merced / Spaulding / Arroyo / Hefner2 H each

Ramos1-for-2, 2 RBI

Spaulding2B to CF

Merced7 chances, 0 E

Team11 H, 0 E

Young (L)2⅓ IP, 8 R, 6 H, 1 K, 5 BB

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St. Joseph's
Saints

2

Final

Tuesday, June 23
South Hadley High School

Teddy Bear
Pools & Spas

1

Jodoin Breaks a Seventh-Inning Tie as Saints Edge Teddy Bear, 2–1

Yasu and Magni trade zeros for six innings before St. Joe's scratches across a pair in the seventh — Hayes closes it out for the save in a gem from both staffs

Tuesday, June 23 · South Hadley High School

For six innings on Tuesday evening at South Hadley High School, Trey Yasu and Ryan Magni were locked in a pitcher's duel that neither offense could crack. Runs were an afterthought. Baserunners were a luxury. It took 117 pitches from Magni and a walk in the top of the seventh to settle the matter — and when Greg Vouros drew that free pass with the game tied, it was all the St. Joseph's Saints needed. Final score: 2–1.

Teddy Bear Pools had drawn first blood in the bottom of the fourth, when Sean Rosemond's fielder's choice plated a run and gave the home club a 1–0 lead that looked for a long time like it might be enough. Magni was throwing with precision — efficient, economical, and difficult to square up. But the Saints answered in the seventh, when Mark Jodoin tripled down the right-field line to tie the game at one, and then Vouros followed by working a walk that scored a second run and gave St. Joe's the lead for good.

Yasu earned the win, working six innings and allowing just three hits and one run while striking out four and walking three. Jackson Hayes came on for the final frame and nailed down the save, keeping Teddy Bear off the board to preserve the one-run margin. Magni, despite the loss, was outstanding — all seven innings on 117 pitches, two earned runs on five hits, four strikeouts, two walks. On another night, that complete game might easily have been enough to win.

Offensively, Pat Fitzgibbons was the unsung hero for St. Joe's, going a spotless 3-for-3 to lead the club in hits, while Jodoin went 2-for-3 with the go-ahead RBI triple. Joey DiMichele was the busiest defender on the diamond, handling 12 chances without an error as the Saints posted another clean fielding game. For Teddy Bear, Magni, Ramon Jimenez, and Ray Toth each chipped in a hit, but the offense simply couldn't solve enough of the puzzle against Yasu's six strong frames. St. Joe's heads to the Spartans on Wednesday, while Teddy Bear looks to regroup.

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

Fitzgibbons3-for-3

Jodoin2-for-3, 3B, 1 RBI

VourosBB (go-ahead run scored)

DiMichele12 chances, 0 E

Yasu (W)6 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 4 K, 3 BB

Hayes (SV)1 IP, 0 R

Teddy Bear Pools — Key Performers

RosemondFC, 1 RBI

Magni / Jimenez / Toth1 H each

Magni (L, CG)7 IP, 2 R (2 ER), 5 H, 4 K, 2 BB — 117 pitches

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DOC
Spartans

7

1

Saturday, June 20
South Hadley High School

BankESB
Baseball Club

6

12

Grabowski Walks It Off as Spartans Split Doubleheader with bankESB

After absorbing a 12-1 nightcap opener, DOC answers with a 7-6 walk-off win, surviving a bullpen scramble and a finger injury to even the day

Saturday, June 20 · South Hadley High School

A doubleheader has a way of erasing a bad afternoon, and DOC Spartans needed every bit of that on Saturday at South Hadley High School. Hours after falling 12-1 to bankESB behind a three-hit afternoon from Grayson Loos, the Spartans came back out and flipped the script, riding a Kyle Grabowski walk-off to a 7-6 win in the nightcap and salvaging a split.

It wasn't a clean game for DOC, and it didn't need to be. The Spartans' pitching staff was forced into early improvisation when starter Camera lasted just two innings before exiting with a blister on his pointer finger — the kind of freak injury that can unravel a bullpen plan in a hurry. Loos, who had been the story of the opener with his bat, came back to the mound for the Spartans' opponent and worked 1.2 innings in relief, but it was Loos who ultimately wore the loss, with Chipman picking up the win for DOC out of the bullpen mess.

Whatever chaos unfolded in between, it all came down to one swing. With the game knotted in the late innings, Grabowski delivered the walk-off hit that sent South Hadley High School home happy and gave the Spartans a measure of revenge in the very same day they'd been blown out by 11 runs. For a first-year program still finding its footing, a walk-off win over a club that had just dominated them is exactly the kind of moment that builds belief.

The opener, by contrast, belonged entirely to bankESB and to Loos in particular. He went 3-for-4 at the plate, singling in the first, second, and fourth innings, and the ESB offense jumped on DOC immediately — Emmett Garfield walked and Nick Burns followed with a double down the left-field line in the top of the first, with both runners coming around to score. ESB kept piling on from there en route to the 12-1 rout that set the stage for the afternoon's reversal.

Taken together, it was a split that tells two very different stories — one of an ESB lineup clicking on all cylinders, and one of a Spartans club that refused to let a lopsided opener define the day. DOC will look to carry the momentum of the walk-off forward, while ESB will look to bottle whatever it found in that first-game offensive outburst.

Doubleheader split — Game 1: bankESB 12, DOC Spartans 1 · Game 2: DOC Spartans 7, bankESB 6 (walk-off)

DOC Spartans — Game 2 Notes

GrabowskiWalk-off hit

Chipman (W)Game 2

Camera2 IP, left with injury

bankESB — Game 1 / Game 2 Notes

G. Loos (Game 1)3-for-4, 3 singles

Garfield / Burns (Game 1)BB & 2B, 2 R scored

G. Loos (Game 2, L)1.2 IP in relief

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