Post 68 Juniors Earn Berth in State Tournament
PITTSFIELD , Mass. — An electric fourth inning from Jason Codey, Gavin O’Donnell, and Connor Devine Thursday gave the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors a 10-0, mercy rule win over Wilbraham and a berth in the state championship tournament.
Pittsfield's offense made a statement against Wilbraham with consecutive innings of extra base hits.
The momentum was not on Wilbraham’s side, not being able to record many base runners until late in the game.
Jason Codey was on his 'A' game, recording two extra base hits accounting for four of his team's pitching strikeouts. Matt Egan also shared time on the bump splitting the game.
“We did have a certain amount of pitches we wanted both to go [Egan and Codey] where we had them both pitch 45 pitches," Pittsfield coach Kristoffer Roberts said. "Then we were going to bring Ethan O’Donnell in.”
Codey and Egan each had a great day offensively to go along with their pitching performances.
Devin Reynolds, and Jack Farkas cracked a few extra base hits in their path to victory against Wilbraham.
“During the 13-game win streak, we hadn't given up a single error until today, so I gave them some stuff about that," Roberts said. "But other than that I hardly do much. They know what they are doing.”
The game was slow paced until the fourth for Pittsfield, when it scored four times to take a 6-0 lead.
For Wilbraham, there were opportunities to score runners with bases loaded moments. But it could not get any runners home.
This, the semi-final of the Western Massachusetts tournament, was the finish of Western Mass. Weather conditions in the past few days caused too many delays to the finish the regional tournament, and both Pittsfield and West Springfield will take the district's two bids into the state tourney.
Pittsfield now travels for its Saturday evening matchup in Middleboro against the host team as Post 68 tries to defend its 2023 state tournament title.
