Bourdon Blast Lifts Northern Berkshire 12-Year-Olds at Cal Ripken State Tourney
HUDSON, Mass. – Garrett Bourdon Saturday hit a two-run walk-off home run to lead the Northern Berkshire Youth Baseball 12U All-Stars to a 14-12 Cal Ripken State Tournament win over Groton-Dunstable.
Bourdon’s second home run of the game brought home Mason Tudor after Groton-Dunstable tied the game with a run in the top of the sixth.
Bourdon hit his second grand slam of the tournament earlier in the game to tie Groton-Dunstable, 7-7, in the third inning.
William Bayliss went 3-for-4, and Tudor was 2-for-2 with a double and three RBIs in a 13-hit attack for Northern Berkshire.
Maxwell Alicea went 2-for-3 with a run batted in.
Four different Northern Berkshire pitchers combined to allow seven earned runs and strike out five. Tudor struck out two and walked none while allowing two runs in the fifth and sixth to earn the win.
Tudor also pitched two-thirds of an inning in Northern Berkshire’s other game on Saturday, a 9-8 win over Nipmuc.
Marco Koamaya threw a strong 3 and a third innings, striking out a pair and allowing one run.
Lucas Harrington led the offense against Nipmuc, going 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs.
Samuel Chenail went 2-for-3 in the win.
Saturday’s victories improved the Northern Berkshire 12U team to 2-1 in the tournament and earned it a berth in the state semi-finals.
10-Year-Olds
MARLBORO, Mass. – The Northern Berkshire 10U team dropped a pair of contests on Saturday to fall to 0-3 at the State Tournament.
In Saturday’s first game, a 6-3 loss to Nipmuc, Ben Vivori and Liam Pytko each had a pair of hits, and Joey Catellotti doubled for Northern Berkshire. Pytko and Vivori split time on the hill, striking out four and allowing four earned runs.
Game 3 at the tournament for the Northern Berkshire team came against Groton-Dunstable, which took control with a four-run third inning en route to an 11-5 win.
Vivori went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, and Catellotti was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Pytko and Landon O’Neil each had a pair of hits in the loss.
