Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929
Spartans
Athletic Club
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
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.
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