Plenty of Nail-Biters in Berkshire Adult Baseball League
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Three pitchers combined on a 4-3 win Sunday that lifted B.B.A. into first place in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League’s 20-and-over division.
Seamus Morrison, Connor Lein and Joe Delsoldato threw for B.B.A. in the win over the North County Knights, who slipped to 0-5-1 this summer.
B.B.A. improved to 5-1, pushing it past Lenox and Housatonic, who are tied for second in the seven-team division at 4-2.
On Father’s Day, Jesus Lay went 1-for-1 with two walks and scored twice for B.B.A.
The Knights got a pair of hits from Joe Boucher.
Lenox Bulldogs 9, Great Barrington Millers 8
Great Barrington scored four times in the top of the seventh to take an 8-4 lead, but Lenox stormed back and got a walkoff game-winning hit by Tom Duffin.
Bobby New hit a two-run, pinch-hit single to tie the game at 8-8.
Tim Shumsky had two hits, and Casey Searing, Carl Zurrin and New each drove in a pair for Lenox.
Mitch Belanger went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for Great Barrington.
Adams Aces 3, Dalton Moneymakers 2
In the 35-and-over division, Matt Larabee drove in Pete Greenbush in the sixth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and help propel Adams (6-1) into first place, ahead of the Shire City Bandits and Berkshire Thunder, both 5-2.
Pat Ryan, Greenbush and Tom Roberts each had a pair of hits, and Dave Clark got the win on the mound with Trevor Swistak picking up the save.
Jarrett Bayliss went the distance for Dalton, striking out nine and not allowing a walk. Jeff Aldrich and Frank Curtiss each drove in a run in the loss.
Berkshire Thunder 6, Shire City Bandits 0
Shaun Liccardi went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, and Jesus Lay threw five shutout innings to earn the win.
Mike Desoldato and Rich Montone each had two hits for Shire City.
North County Spiders 2, Pittsfield Outlaws 0
Tom Raymond threw a three-hit shutiout and drove in a run to lead the Spiders to their first ever shutout victory.
Jeremy Brazeau drove in the other run for North County, which got a pair of hits from Raymond.
Ryan Shea, Chuck Fuller and Mike Cirullo had the Pittsfield hits.
Action resumes in the BABL on Wednesday when Lenox travels to Great Barrington to face the Millers, and B.B.A. goes to Renfrew Field in Adams to face North County. Both games start at 5:45.
Six games are scheduled for Saturday on four different fields. The marquis matchup is in the 35-and-older division, where the first-place Adams Aces play the second-place Shire City Bandits at War Memorial Field in Lenox at 1 p.m.
