Tri-County Baseball · Western Massachusetts · Est. 1929
Pools & Spas
Bank
Griggs Goes Yard Twice as Teddy Bear Tops PeoplesBank, 11–6
A long-ball barrage at Spec Pond — five home runs, 14 hits, and Fournier's seven-strikeout outing seal it for the visitors
They came out swinging at Spec Pond on Sunday, and they didn't stop. Five home runs, 20 combined hits, and a back-and-forth first inning that set the tone for a slugfest Teddy Bear Pools and Spas ultimately controlled, walking away with an 11–6 victory over PeoplesBank.
The game started with a bang — literally two of them. Ryan Magni opened the top of the first with a solo home run to left, and Teddy Bear piled on for a three-run first that put PeoplesBank immediately on the back foot. The home club answered in kind in the bottom half, touching off their own pair of home runs — Gegetskas going deep to right field to tie it at three and briefly giving the Spec Pond crowd something to cheer about. That early exchange gave the afternoon the feel of a heavyweight bout with both fighters standing in center ring, refusing to clinch.
Teddy Bear answered decisively in the second. Willie Landman doubled to right, Mike Toth homered to center scoring two, and then Bailey Griggs followed with his own blast to center — also two runs — in the span of one inning that put the visitors ahead for good. Griggs came back in the fourth and hit it out to left again, a two-run shot that extended the lead and essentially closed the book on PeoplesBank's hopes of a comeback. On a day when the ball was flying, Griggs was the one it kept finding.
Brendan Fournier did just enough on the mound to keep it together. The starter worked six innings, surrendering five runs on six hits while striking out seven and walking three — not pretty, but effective with that kind of run support behind him. Matt Drobiak came on in relief and kept things quiet the rest of the way.
Jimmy Flahive absorbed the loss for PeoplesBank, lasting only two innings and giving up nine runs on 10 hits before being lifted. Teddy Bear's 14-hit attack was spread across the lineup — Griggs and Toth each homered twice, while Alex Gochinski and Landman each collected multiple hits. Gegetskas was PeoplesBank's best performer, going 2-for-4 with four RBI and providing the only real resistance the home side could muster. Planter led PeoplesBank with three hits in four at-bats. On this afternoon, though, it wasn't close to enough.
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Is there an update on the St Joe’s series?
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