Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

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

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Spartans amd esb Split

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

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

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Hayes Goes the Distance as Saints Secure Win Over Teddy Bear, 4–2

Eight strikeouts and a complete game from the right-hander, a five-stolen-base attack, and a flawless defense send St. Joe's into Tuesday's rematch with momentum

Friday, June 19 · St. Joseph's Field

St. Joseph's Saints didn't need to overpower Teddy Bear Pools and Spas on Friday — they just needed to be steady, and steady is exactly what they were. The Saints built their lead an inning at a time, ran the bases aggressively all night, and got a workhorse outing from their starter to close it out, 4–2, at St. Joseph's Field.

The damage started early. Colby Harrington singled in the first to plate the game's opening run, and St. Joe's wasted no time piling on. Devin Slattery's flyout brought home a second run in the second inning, and the Saints made it 3–0 in the third when Brandon Magni grounded into a fielder's choice that still managed to push a runner across. By the time Teddy Bear found its footing, the hole was already three runs deep.

On the mound, Jackson Hayes was exactly what the Saints needed: a true workhorse. The starter went the distance, allowing just four hits and two runs over seven innings while striking out eight and walking three — the kind of complete-game effort that lets a lineup play loose and aggressive, knowing the bullpen phone never has to ring. Brenden Fournier took the loss for Teddy Bear, battling through six innings but surrendering four runs (three earned) on eight hits, with one strikeout against two walks.

St. Joe's offense leaned on a balanced top of the order. Joey DiMichele and Harrington were a 1-2 punch in the lineup, each collecting two hits, and DiMichele, Magni, and Harrington all drove in a run apiece. The Saints also turned the basepaths into a weapon, swiping five bags as a team — Jake Hayes alone accounted for three of them. Defensively, St. Joe's was airtight, committing zero errors, with Nate Carillon the busiest man on the field, handling eight chances cleanly.

Teddy Bear wasn't without its bright spots. Ryan Magni set the tone at the top of the order, going 2-for-3 to lead the visitors' offense, but the club couldn't generate enough behind him to keep pace with a Saints attack that simply did the little things right all night. The two clubs will get a quick rematch Tuesday, when St. Joe's travels to Teddy Bear Pools looking to make it two in a row.

St. Joseph's — Key Performers

DiMichele2 H, 1 RBI

Harrington2 H, 1 RBI

Magni1 RBI (FC)

Jake Hayes3 SB

Jackson Hayes (W, CG)7 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 8 K, 3 BB

Team5 SB, 0 E

Teddy Bear Pools — Key Performers

Ryan Magni2-for-3

Fournier (L)6 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 8 H, 1 K, 2 BB

Friday, June 19, 2026

Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929

Strong Hitting Not Enough as bankESB Falls to Teddy Bear Pools, 6–0

Mason Barcomb tosses six scoreless despite ESB's seven hits, while Willie Landman drives in three to lead a patient, error-free Teddy Bear attack

Wednesday, June 10 · Bullens Field

Sometimes the box score lies about who had the better night, and Wednesday's tilt at Bullens Field was a textbook case. bankESB actually out-hit Teddy Bear Pools and Spas seven to six, but a shutout is a shutout — and Teddy Bear walked away with a clean 6–0 decision built on timely two-out hitting, a patient approach at the plate, and a mistake-free defense behind a sharp outing on the mound.

The game stayed scoreless into the fourth, when Jake Delaney delivered the breakthrough — a double that plated two runs and cracked the contest open. From there, Teddy Bear leaned on the middle of its order to keep adding on. Willie Landman, batting third, went 2-for-4 and drove in a team-high three runs, the kind of production that turns a tight pitcher's duel into a comfortable evening.

What made the difference as much as the hits was the discipline. Teddy Bear worked six walks as a team, with Sean Rosemond, Ray Toth, and Ryan Magni each drawing two free passes, forcing ESB's pitching staff to work deeper counts than it could afford. Magni added a pair of stolen bases, keeping pressure on the bases even when the bats went quiet. In the field, Teddy Bear was spotless — zero errors on the night — with Xavion Maldonado the busiest defender, handling nine chances cleanly.

Mason Barcomb was the story on the mound for Teddy Bear, earning the win by working six innings and allowing those seven hits but no runs, striking out four without issuing a walk — a model of efficiency even while traffic piled up on the bases around him. For bankESB, Aleiby Minaya Portorreal took the loss despite battling through all seven innings, surrendering six runs (four earned) on six hits while striking out five and walking six. Kyle Darby and Albert Calderon each chipped in two hits to lead the ESB offense, and the club turned a double play, but the bats simply couldn't find a way to push runs across against Barcomb and the relievers who followed.

It was the kind of loss that will sting a little extra for ESB — outhitting your opponent and still walking away shut out is the stuff of frustrating summer nights. Teddy Bear, meanwhile, will take the clean defensive effort and timely two-out damage and move forward with confidence.

Teddy Bear Pools — Key Performers

Landman2-for-4, 3 RBI

Delaney2B, 2 RBI

Rosemond / Toth / Magni2 BB each

Magni2 SB

Barcomb (W)6 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 4 K, 0 BB

Team6 H, 6 BB, 0 E

BankESB — Key Performers

Darby2 hits

Calderon2 hits

Minaya Portorreal (L)7 IP, 6 R (4 ER), 6 H, 5 K, 6 BB

Team7 H, 1 DP turned

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Tri-County Baseball League · Western Massachusetts

PeoplesBank Puts On a Late Masterclass — Blanks Turners Falls, 10-0

Codey Deals Shutout Ball as PeoplesBank Erupts for Seven in the Seventh

Turners Falls Athletic Club held its own for six innings Tuesday night at Frontier Regional, trailing just 3-0 and still very much in it. Then the seventh inning arrived, and PeoplesBank reminded everyone why depth wins ballgames.

With the Athletic Club out of arms and the bullpen door swinging open, PeoplesBank poured seven runs through it. A 3-0 game became 10-0 in a hurry, and what had been a competitive Tuesday night affair turned into a long walk off the field for a Turners Falls club that had simply run out of pitchers to stem the tide.

TJ Thibeu took the loss, but the final line tells only part of the story. The real damage came late, when the game was handed to arms that couldn’t hold the fort. PeoplesBank didn’t need an invitation twice.

On the mound, Codey got the W against a Turners Falls lineup that had shown real fight just 24 hours earlier against St. Joe’s.

Standings through June 17th

Tri-County Baseball League · Western Massachusetts

Feltovic and Dupras Combine to Silence Turners Falls, 4-0

Saints Pitching Staff Deals Back-to-Back Shutouts — St. Joe’s Defense Holds Firm at Pine Street

St. Joe’s Baseball Club made it back-to-back blanking jobs Tuesday night at Palmer’s Pine Street diamond, turning aside Turners Falls AC 4-0 behind a crisp combined effort from starter Jack Feltovic and closer Kevin Dupras.

Feltovic was masterful through six innings, matching Monday’s Irzyk outing in efficiency if not in strikeouts. He allowed just two hits, walked nobody, and struck out four — the kind of quiet, get-ahead-and-stay-there performance that makes a lineup feel helpless before it quite knows what happened. Perkins worked six innings for Turners Falls but couldn’t match the zeros, surrendering four runs on six hits while the Saints kept finding ways to put the ball in play where it hurt.

The scoring started in the third, a patient inning built on two singles. Nate Carillon got it going with an RBI single, and St. Joe’s was off. Jake Hayes, Devin Slattery, and Brandon Magni each drove in a run to round out the 4-0 final, with Magni pacing the offense at 2-for-3 on the night. The Saints left nothing to chance, playing clean defense throughout and forcing Turners Falls into a double play at a key moment in the game.

Dupras came on in relief to work the seventh, surrendering no hits, striking out two, and inducing a groundout to close the book. Two arms, two shutout halves, one very clean win for a St. Joe’s club that is beginning to look like the team to beat on Pine Street.

For Turners Falls AC, Pete Wagner and Kelley each managed a hit, but the Athletic Club couldn’t string anything together against a Saints staff that appears to be hitting its stride at exactly the right time of the summer.

St. Joseph’s Saints — Box

WP: Jack Feltovic — 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Relief: Kevin Dupras — 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Hits Leader: Brandon Magni — 2-for-3
RBI: Carillon, Hayes, Slattery, Magni (1 each)

Turners Falls AC — Box

LP: Perkins — 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 3 K
Hits: Wagner, Kelley (1 each)

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Saints top DOC Spartans

Tri-County Baseball League · Western Massachusetts

Irzyk Deals a Masterpiece — Saints Blank Spartans, 6-0

Complete Game Shutout Silences DOC Bats — Harrington and Jodoin Do the Heavy Lifting

There are shutouts, and then there are statements. What Matt Irzyk delivered Monday evening at St. Joseph’s Field was the latter — a complete game gem, seven innings, two hits, zero runs, eight strikeouts, and not a single moment where DOC Spartans looked like they had a real answer for him.

Irzyk was in command from the first pitch. He walked one batter all night — one — and threw 89 pitches with 63 of them finding the strike zone. The Spartans managed only the thinnest of silver linings: a single from Aidan Sullivan and one from Benjamin Rodriguez Vega, both marooned on base before Irzyk could snuff out the next threat. Isaiah Ramos and J. Nohilly each struck out three times. It was that kind of night.

While Irzyk was carving up the visitors, the Saints’ lineup went to work early and never let up. St. Joe’s put two on the board in the first on a pair of singles, with Colby Harrington driving in the game’s first run. Devin Slattery tacked on another in the second with a single down the left field line, and the Saints never looked back — adding one in the fifth and two more in the sixth to put the final score well beyond reach.

Harrington and Mark Jodoin hit back-to-back in the lineup and combined to go 6-for-8 on the night. Harrington’s three singles gave him a clean 3-for-4 line, while Jodoin matched him hit for hit and led the club with two RBIs, going 3-for-4 with a triple and a double among his extra-base haul. Slattery collected two hits, Jake Hayes stole two bases, and Gus Vouros added a double of his own to round out what became an 11-hit Saints attack.

For DOC Spartans, Anthony Rosado absorbed the loss but didn’t pitch without grit — 5⅔ innings, five strikeouts, no walks — he simply ran into a lineup that was relentless and a night when every ball found a glove on the other side. Max Chipman came on in relief and retired the remaining batters, but by then the damage was long done.

St. Joseph's Saints — Box

WP: Matt Irzyk — 7 IP (CG), 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K
3 Hits: Colby Harrington (3-for-4), Mark Jodoin (3-for-4)
2 Hits: Devin Slattery (2-for-4)
2B: Slattery, Magni, Vouros, Jodoin
3B: Jodoin
SB: J. Hayes ×2, Harrington
Total Hits: 11

DOC Spartans — Box

LP: Anthony Rosado — 5⅔ IP, 10 H, 5 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 5 K
Relief: Chipman — ⅓ IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER)
Hits: Sullivan, B. Rodriguez Vega (1 each)
Total Hits: 2 · Total Runs: 0
SB: J. Merced

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Teddy Bear gets past Spartans

Tri-County Baseball League · Western Massachusetts

Fournier and the Bear Den Shut the Door on Spartans, 4-1

South Hadley Outing Belongs to Pitching — Fournier Quiets Spartans Bats, Drobiak Slams It Shut

Pitching wins ballgames, and on Friday at South Hadley High School, Teddy Bear Pools and Spas had plenty of it. A 4-1 win over DOC Spartans was built less on fireworks than on quiet, steady efficiency — the kind that doesn't show up loud, but adds up fast.

The hosts wasted little time setting the tone. Bailey Griggs singled home a run in the first, and Ryan Magni followed with a second-inning double to push the lead to 2-0. A third-inning single from Ty Evans made it 3-0, and from there the math was simple: Teddy Bear Pools had more than enough, and Brenden Fournier made sure it stayed that way.

Fournier was excellent through four innings, allowing just two hits and no runs while striking out four without issuing a single walk. When Matt Drobiak came on in relief, he closed the door for the save, locking down a Spartans lineup that managed only the one run.

DOC Spartans starter Jovanni Merced, for his part, wasn't without merit — six innings of work, eight hits allowed but only three earned runs, a testament to a pitcher grinding through traffic all afternoon. The lone run came courtesy of Gutierrez, who went 1-for-3 and drove in the Spartans' only RBI of the day.

Isaiah Ramos provided a bright spot at the plate for the visitors, going 2-for-3 — the kind of individual effort that, on a day like this, simply wasn't enough to overcome a Teddy Bear Pools club that did the little things right. Magni and Drobiak each collected two hits, and Magni, Griggs, Evans, and Drobiak all drove in a run apiece. The hosts also turned a tidy double play to keep any Spartans momentum from building.

For DOC Spartans, it's another step in a long first-year schedule — and another lesson that in this league, the quiet wins are sometimes the toughest to take.

Teddy Bear Pools — Box

WP: Brenden Fournier — 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K, 0 BB
Save: Matt Drobiak
2 Hits: Magni, Drobiak
RBI: Magni, Griggs, Evans, Drobiak (1 each)

DOC Spartans — Box

LP: Jovanni Merced — 6 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 8 H, 0 K, 1 BB
Hits Leader: Isaiah Ramos — 2-for-3
RBI: Gutierrez — 1-for-3

Saints Cash In on Bankers

Saints Survive A Slugfest, Outlast ESB 14-8

Hayes Cruises Early — Bullpen Holds Off Late ESB Surge In Pine Street Shootout

On a Friday afternoon at St. Joseph's Field, the bats did the talking, and for five innings it sounded like a one-sided conversation. By the time ESB found its voice, the Saints had already said enough.

Jackson Hayes set the tone early, working four innings of two-run ball with six strikeouts, and the Saints' offense backed him without delay. A trio of first-inning singles got things rolling, with Colby Harrington plating the game's first run. The lead grew in the second on a wild pitch and an ESB error — the kind of small, unglamorous runs that pile up into big leads.

Then came the fifth, and ESB reminded everyone they hadn't driven the 4080 Pine Street distance for nothing. Five runs on three hits — an Emmett Garfield single, a two-run double from Grayson Loos, and a two-run triple off the bat of Nick Valentino — suddenly turned a laugher into a ballgame.

But the damage had already been done, and reliever Kevin Dupras slammed the door shut, working around the chaos to pick up the win despite a rocky final frame of his own. On the other side, ESB starter #23 simply couldn't find the strike zone consistency to match his stuff — five strikeouts undone by five runs and four walks.

The Saints' lineup was relentless top to bottom. Nate Carillon, Brandon Magni, and Harrington each rapped two hits, while Carillon, Dillon Slattery, and Harrington each drove in a pair. St. Joe's also showed remarkable plate discipline, drawing nine walks — Devin Slattery and Pat Fitzgibbons each taking two free passes — and turned a tidy double play to keep ESB's rally in check.

For ESB, Valentino was a one-man wrecking crew, going 2-for-2 with three RBIs, while Garfield and Loos each chipped in two hits of their own.

St. Joseph's stays home Monday to host the Spartans — and after a 14-8 shootout like this one, Pine Street might want to stock up on extra baseballs.

St. Joseph's Saints — Box

WP: Kevin Dupras (relief, won)
Starter: Jackson Hayes — 4 IP, 2 R, 6 K, 2 BB
Hits: 10 total
2 Hits: Carillon, Magni, Harrington
2 RBI: Carillon, D. Slattery, Harrington
Walks: 9 total (D. Slattery, Fitzgibbons ×2)
Fielding: 1 double play turned

bankESB — Box

LP: Minaya — 3 IP, 8 R (6 ER), 5 H, 5 K, 5 BB
Starter: #23 — 3 IP, 6 R (5 ER), 5 H, 5 K, 4 BB
Hits: 8 total
2 Hits: Valentino, Garfield, Loos
Top RBI: Valentino — 3 RBI (2-for-2)
Walks: 6 total (Collins ×2)
5th Inning: 5 R on 3 H

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Spartans amd esb Split

Grabowski Walks It Off as Spartans Split Doubleheader with bankESB

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Hayes Goes the Distance as Saints Secure Win Over Teddy Bear, 4–2

Friday, June 19, 2026

Strong Hitting Not Enough as bankESB Falls to Teddy Bear Pools, 6–0

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Standings through June 17th

St. Joseph’s Saints — Box

Turners Falls AC — Box

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Saints top DOC Spartans

St. Joseph's Saints — Box

DOC Spartans — Box

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Teddy Bear gets past Spartans

Teddy Bear Pools — Box

DOC Spartans — Box

Saints Cash In on Bankers

St. Joseph's Saints — Box

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