Post 68 Juniors Shut Out North Adams
PITTSFIELD , Mass — A monster fifth inning led the Post 68 Juniors to a 4-0 win against North Adams Post 125 in American Legion baseball action on Saturday at Buddy Pellerin Field.
Late in the game for Post 68, a rally started which led to their ultimate victory.
A combination of hits from Derek Roy, David Wildgoose and, Ethan O’Donnell resulted in two of Post 68’s runs scored.
On the bump, Gavin and Ethan O’Donnell combined for seven strikeouts.
“Today was a hot one,” Ethan said, “Had to work consistently and get flyouts and groundouts.”
And the pair combined to allow just three total hits.
In the shutout Post 68’s defense was on point the entire game, only allowing two errors on missed throws to first base.
For Post 125, Noah Arnold recorded 6 strikeouts in his four innings pitched, only allowing three hits, one on which was an RBI double.
Post 125 made many defensive changes during the game, one of which was putting Brayden Durant in left field.
In the bottom of the fourth, Gavin O'Donnell rirpped a line droive to left field, and Ethan O'Donnell decided to test Durant's arm. Durant launched a throw to catcher Nolan Booth, who applied the tag.
Towards the very end of the game, Post 125 looked to make a comeback.
This started with an Joseph Prengruber single up the middle followed by Julian Feliciano's four-pitch walk.
But the rally was cut short by Gavin O’Donnell's back-to-back strikeouts and a hard groundout to Post 68’s Jason Codey.
Offensively for Post 125, Jake Newburry and Booth collected of their team's three hits.
Post 68 improved to 4-2 this season. Post 125 (1-3) took its second loss to its rival from Pittsfield.
The pair will play again July 13 in North Adams.
Post 68 faces Belchertown Post 239 (1-2) on Tuesday in Belchertown.
As for Post 125 now stands at an (1-3) record.
