Peoples takes Battle of the Banks

                                         

Peoples defeated bankESB 10-1 in Wednesday night's Tri-County Baseball action!

Date of Game	Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Field Location	Westfield State University
Visiting Team	Peoplesbank
Home Team	bankESB
Winning Team	Peoplesbank
Final Score	10-1
Winning Pitcher	Handzel
Losing Pitcher	Cosalk
Save	NA
Home Team Highlights	Jomer 2 hits RBI
Visiting Team Highlights	Breon Parker 4Hits 2RBI, Rivest & Hogan 2Hits each, Gegetskas & Ferry 1Hit 2RBI each. Allens 1Hit 1RBI each. Gaines 3IP 4K. Handzel 3IP 3K, Consedine IP 3K

Bankers top Saints at Bullens

 

bankESB edged the St. Joe's Saints 2-1, in Tuesday night TCL action. Mayo outdueled Petrin for the win. 

Date of Game	Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Winning Team	bankESB
Final Score	2-1
Winning Pitcher	Mayo
Losing Pitcher	Jackson Petrin
Save	None.
Field Location	Bullens Field
Home Team	bankESB
Home Team Highlights	Great performance by Mayo - scattering 6 hits striking out 8 and walking 1. ESB had 8 hits and two doubles.
Visiting Team	St. Joseph's Saints
Visiting Team Highlights	Jackson Petrin pitched great giving up 2 runs on 8 hits while striking out 9. Joe's threatened a couple of times but couldn’t punch anything through.

Poolmen top Saints, 3-2

Burny walks it off in the seventh, as Shibley outdueled Irzyk to lead the Poolmen to a 3-2 victory over the Saints at Westfield State University on Monday night. 

Date of Game	Monday, June 17, 2024
Winning Team	Teddy Bear Pools and Spas
Final Score	3-2
Winning Pitcher	Shibley
Losing Pitcher	Irzyk
Save	None.
Field Location	Westfield State University
Home Team	Teddy Bear Pools and Spas
Home Team Highlights	Walk off home run by slugger 1b Burny. The bottom of the order had 5 hits and 3 walks.
Visiting Team	St. Joseph's Saints
Visiting Team Highlights	Splendid pitching performance by Matt Irzyk, complete game loss, spraying 6 hits over 7 innings with 2 strikeouts. Joes left 11 runners on base.

Tents top Cards

 In Monday night action, the Hilltop Tents topped the host Longmeadow Cardinals, 13-1. 

Ben Arnold got the win, while Jacob Berry took the loss. The Tents moved into first place with the win. 

Date of Game	Monday, June 17, 2024
Winning Team	Hilltown Tents
Final Score	13-1
Winning Pitcher	Ben Arnold
Losing Pitcher	Jacob Berry
Save	not specified
Field Location	Wolf Swamp Field
Home Team	Longmeadow Cardinals
Home Team Highlights	Berry 4 innings
Visiting Team	Hilltown Tents
Visiting Team Highlights	Ben Arnold 4 innings. Tyler McLain 2 Doubles Colin Cloutier 2 hits 3 RBIs

Current Playoff Seedings

With two days left in the regular season, below is the current playoff picture. Per our bylaws, two points are awarded per win, and one point for a tie. If points are tied in the standings, the winning percentage will determine the seeding. If still tied after calculating the winning percentage, head-to-head play is factored in. If for some reason, the teams tied played twice, the higher seed will be awarded to the team that had the better head-to-head record against the 1 seed, 2 seed (if necessary, 3 seed (if necessary), 4 seed (if necessary), 5 seed (if necessary), 6 seed (if necessary), 7 seed (if necessary), and 8 seed (If necessary).

• BankESB currently the 1 seed with 32 points and an .800 winning percentage (winning the head-to-head vs PeoplesBank) would host St. Joseph's, the 8 seed with 8 points and a .222 winning percentage.
• PeoplesBank, the 2 seed with 32 points and an .800 winning percentage, would host DiFranco Realty, the 7 seed, with 8 points and a .235 winning percentage.
• Chicopee Falls Tigers, with 26 points and a .650 winning percentage, the 3 seed, would host Pa'Lante, the 6 seed, with 14 points and a .368 winning percentage.
• Teddy Bear Pools, the 4 seed with 16 points and a .444 winning percentage, would host the Longmeadow Cardinals, the 5 seed, who has 14 points and a .389 winning percentage.

Bracket A

1. BankESB (32 pts/.800 W% - won head-to-head w/ PeoplesBank)

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8. St. Joseph's (8 points .222 W%)

4. Teddy Bear Pools (16 pts .444 W%)

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5. Longmeadow Cardinals (14 pts .389 W%)

Bracket B

2. PeoplesBank (32 points .800 W%)

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7. DiFranco Realty (8 pts .235 W%)

3. Chicopee Falls Tigers (26 pts .650 W%)

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6. Pa'Lante (14 pts .368 W%)

Team	W	L	T	WIN%	Points
PeoplesBank	16	4	0	0.8	32
BankESB	16	4	0	0.8	32
Chicopee Falls Tigers	13	7	0	0.65	26
Teddy Bear Pools	8	10	0	0.444	16
Longmeadow Cardinals	7	11	0	0.389	14
Pa'Lante	7	12	0	0.368	14
DiFranco Realty	4	13	0	0.235	8
St. Joseph's	4	14	0	0.222	8

 

Friday and Saturday Games

Upcoming Games

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 Friday Night Action

PeoplesBank 4 DiFranco 3 (8 innings)

At Mackenzie Stadium, league-leading PeoplesBank (15-3 .833%) walked-off against DiFranco Realty on Friday night, 4-3 in eight innings. Kyle Platner drove in Pete Hogan to break a 3-3 tie in the home half of the eight to lead the Bankers to the victory. Zach Handzel went six for Peoples, surrendering a two-run blast to the Realtor's LF Shawn Jiles in the fifth. Jimmy Flahive threw the last two innings for the win. Noah Connor threw a complete-game loss. 

Teddy Bear Pools 4   Pa'Lante 2

*No information on this game was available at press time.

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Saturday Action

Chicopee Falls Tigers 5   Longmeadow Cardinals 4   (9 innings)

In another extra-innings tilt, in Chicopee, the Tigers walked-off against the Longmeadow Cardinals, 5-4. Alexis Franco drove in Mike Wroth for the win. Sean Bourgeoise had three hits and three RBI on the day. Chaplin went nine for the win. Nodell took the loss for the Tigers. 

This week's games

 

Monday's Games

 

Weekend Action

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At Herlihy Field in South Deerfield, Teddy Bear Pools defeated DiFranco Realty, 7-4. Poolman pitcher Torsten Sloan-Anderson gets the win, throwing six innings, striking out seven, and allowing four runs on seven hits. Andrew Sadowski (Elms) closed the game out, striking out two Realtors in the final frame, and earning a save. Noah Connor (Post) took the complete-game loss, striking out eight, allowing four earned runs on six hits. 

DiFranco - 4

Teddy Bear - 7

W - Sloan-Anderson / L - Noah Connor /Save - Sadowski

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In late Friday night action at South Hadley High School, BankESB beat host Pa'Lante 5-3. 

Friday Action

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Defending champs PeoplesBank continued to roll with a 9-6, eleven-inning win over the host Tigers at Szot Park tonight. Rubber-armed Jimmy Flahive (AIC) got the win in relief, entering the game in the seventh, and striking out twelve over the final five innings. DJ Lavalley took the loss, tossing the last five innings while allowing three runs in the 11th. 

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At Spec Pond Park in Wilbraham, the Longmeadow Cardinals got solid pitching, and enough hitting, to hold off the Saints of St. Joseph, 3-0. With the win, the Cards sit alone in fourth place.  

The Stretch Run Begins

Games - Post-July 4th 🎇

In Wednesday night action, the bankers from Peoples held on to beat Pa'Lante 12-9. Zach Handzel went six innings for the win, giving way to Jimmy Flahive, who closed it out for the save, Pa'Lante's hurler Sypniak took the loss in relief. 

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At Frontier Regional High School, host Teddy Bear Pools' bats were silenced, in a 1-0 loss to St. Joseph's on Wednesday night. 

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In a makeup game from Tuesday, PeoplesBank got a complete game out of reigning Wes Carr Pitcher of the Year, Danny Gaines, on way to a 6-1 victory over St. Joesph's at Mackenzie Stadium. Brandon Magni went the distance in the loss. 

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BankESB continues to stay hot, beating visiting Longmeadow 4-1 at Easthampton High School. 

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At Frontier Regional High School, visiting Pa'Lante rebounded from Tuesday's loss to PeoplesBank with a 7-2 win over Teddy Bear Pools. 

 

Standings at the Break

 

All Teams In Action!

As the calendar turned to July, on a beautiful summer's eve, all the Tri-County teams were in action on Friday night. 

At Szot Park, defending champs PeoplesBank outslugged the host Tigers 12-8. Jimmy Flahive gets the win, while former Banker DJ LaValley suffers the loss. Peoples improves to 10-2, while the Tigers drop to 9-5. 

In an old-fashioned pitcher's duel, BankESB shutout host St. Joseph's 1-0 in Palmer. St. Joe's could use some divine intervention; losing the last three games by a run in each contest. Bank improves to a league-leading 11-4, while St' Joe's starts the month at 3-9. 

At South Hadley High School, the Longmeadow Cardinals held on to beat Pa'Lante, 8-7. The win puts the Cards in sole possession of fourth place. 

DiFranco Realty traveled to Herlihy Field and beat host Teddy Bear Pools 8-3. Derion Rosado tossed a complete game, with 7 K's and 2 earned. Former Elms ace Tommy Weldon took the loss, having to leave the game after 5 innings with a blister. The teams will match up again on July 9th. 

Standings Through June 30th

 

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Teddy Bear Pools climbed to fourth in the standings with 5-1 win over host Pa'Lante at South Hadley High School on Thursday night. Starter Andrew Sadowsky (Elms) threw a 78-pitch, complete-game victory for the Poolmen. Next up for Teddy Bear will be visiting DiFranco Realty on Friday night. Pa'Lante will host the Cards at South Hadley High School. 

TCL Standings and Results

 

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This Week's Games/Results

Standings through June 27th

 

Tigers Claw Their Way Up To Second

The Chicopee Falls Tigers hurdled the idle Bankers of PeoplesBank to take sole possession of second place, with a 5-4, eight-inning win over host St. Joseph's.