Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929
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Six-Run Seventh Completes the Comeback as DOC Spartans Down bankESB, 8–3
Rosado goes the distance on 109 pitches, Franco's two-run single caps the decisive rally, and seven stolen bases fuel a dominant Spartans finish at Westfield State
For six innings on Thursday at Westfield State University, bankESB held a lead and looked like the better team. Then the seventh inning opened, and the DOC Spartans reminded everyone what patient, aggressive baseball can do in a single frame. Six runs, five hits, and a two-run single by Alexis Franco on the sixth pitch of his at-bat later, the Spartans had turned a 3–2 deficit into an 8–3 final that wasn't nearly as close as the score suggests.
DOC struck first in the top of the first when Braeden Lamirande singled to plate a run, but bankESB answered in the third with a Grayson Loos single that drove in two and an error that added a third — enough to flip the lead to 3–1 in favor of the home club. ESB starter Jack Stathatos kept the Spartans at bay through five innings, scattering six hits and allowing just one run across his outing while striking out four. When Minaya came on in relief, however, the game unraveled quickly. He retired nobody, walking two and allowing three runs on one hit before the seventh-inning eruption was fully underway. Franco and Lamirande each finished with two hits and two RBI to lead the Spartans' 11-hit attack.
Anthony Rosado earned the complete-game win in commanding fashion, going all seven innings on 109 pitches, allowing nine hits and three runs — two earned — while striking out seven and walking just one. The Spartans' defense supported him well, turning a double play and making the plays behind him. On the bases, DOC was relentless — seven stolen bases as a team, with Isaiah Ramos accounting for three of them while also drawing three walks to pace the lineup in on-base opportunities. ESB did their own damage on the basepaths with four steals, and Arbert was outstanding from the leadoff spot with three hits in four at bats. But the Spartans' seventh inning was simply too much to overcome.
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