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Offense Comes to Life in SteepleCat victory.

Date:  Source: North Adams SteepleCats

Box Score/ Game Summary

 

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2

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8

9

R

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E

North Adams

0

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

1

8

10

4

North Shore

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1

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

5

8

3

 

North Adams, MA- Following ties in the first two meetings, both the North Shore Navigators and the North Adams SteepleCats were looking to grab an edge in the season series. The SteepleCats offense broke through scoring a season high 8 runs.  The lineup was powered by Thomas Gavello, as he hit his first home run of the season and drove in 4 runs.

Samuel Bennett got the ball for North Adams, and he went 3.2 innings.  Luke Benneche (1-0), come on in relief with 2 outs in the 5th, and proceeded to toss 4.1 shutout innings, giving up just 2 hits and striking out 6.  Benneche kept the Cats in it long enough to allow the offense to erupt for a 4 run 7th innings which led to the victory.

Chris Shine got the ball for North Shore and struck out 6 in 3.2 innings.  Zach Chappell got the loss giving up 4 runs in 1 inning. 

Key Moments

  • The scoring started in the 2nd as Dylan Brazil drove in David Kale with an RBI single.

  • The Cats took the lead in the 4th, as Gavello drove a fastball just over the right field wall for a home run.  A third run would be scored on an error.

  • The Navs took the lead back in the 5th, as Jack McElroy drove in 2 with a single.

  • In the 7th, Justin Grech and Lucas Donlon singled to start the frame, Grech would score on a Jeremy Lea single.

  • Following a game tying sac-fly by Charles Middleton, Gavello came through again with a go-ahead RBI single.  He would later hit an RBI ground out in the 9th to extend the score to the final margin.

 How it happened 

  • The 3-run 4th inning started with a Jeremy Lea single, following a 14 pitch at bat by Charles Middleton, Gavello came through with the go-ahead homerun.

  • North Shore took the lead back in the 5th, getting 3 off of Richard Alexy, who made his SteepleCats debut.

  • The offense provided a much-needed insurance run in the 9th, singles by Matt Shilling and Middleton got the inning started. 

  • A two out error in the 9th kept the game going, but Benneche grabbed his 6th strike out to end it. 

Coach Dailey’s thoughts: “I thought the quality of out at bats were the highest we’ve had all season.  Middleton’s 14 pitch AB allowed the rest of the lineup to get a great look at what the starter had.  Luke then came in and just attacked and he did more than we could have asked for.

Next time out: The Cats are back in action tonight against the Vermont Mountaineers. Landon Willeman gets the start for North Adams.  First pitch from Vermont is at 6:30 PM.