Tri-County Baseball League · Western Massachusetts
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
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