WESTFIELD – Westfield Bank walked off with the Dan Welch City Cup championship in Babe Ruth Baseball last Friday night at Bullens Field. Camfour is running toward the Amanti Cup.
Camfour enjoyed a 10-2 run-away victory over Berkshire Insurance Group in the Amanti Cup winner’s bracket final Wednesday night at Bullens Field.
The win sends Camfour into Saturday’s championship game. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.
Camfour took the first lead of the game. Luisian Enchautegui led off the inning with a single, stole second, and scored on a one-out David Roundy single to right field.
Berkshire Insurance Group quickly tied it 1-all.
Berkshire Insurance Group catcher Dalton Bessette dives back toward home plate to tag out a Camfour base runner Wednesday night in an Amanti Cup game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Kellie Adam)
In the bottom of the first, Ethan Saunders reached on an infield error. Darrin Roberts moved him over with a sac-bunt. Colby Gazda singled. C.J. Skribiski hit a sac-bunt RBI that knotted it up.
Camfour nearly reclaimed the lead in the top of the third inning, reaching on a passed ball and error, but ran themselves into two outs on the same play when they were thrown out at home plate and subsequently gunned down at third base on a uniquely fantastic double play.
Berkshire Insurance tacked on another run in the third. With two outs, Ethan Saunders walked and stole second. Roberts followed with an RBI single to center field for a 2-1 lead.
Enchautegui nearly manufactured a game-tying run all on his own in the top of the fourth inning. The Camfour starting pitcher and lead-off batter was hit by a pitch, and stole two consecutive bases to get into scoring position. Berkshire reliever Colby Gazda caught Enchautegui leaning toward home plate, and picked him off at third.
Raphael Morganelli worked the basepaths effectively in the top of the fifth inning after reaching on an infield error. Morganelli moved over to second and third with back-to-back balks, and scored on a wild pitch.
Camfour had regained the lead with heads-up play. In the next two innings, they pulled away.
Bryant Keeney gave Camfour a two-run advantage to begin the sixth when he singled, stole second, and scored with the assistance of some errors. Enchuategui and Aidan Burke walked. An error and wild pitch made it 6-2.
A combination of walks and errors in the seventh resulted in four more Camfour runs.
No. 8 batter Trent Adam had a productive day at the plate for Berkshire Insurance, going 2-for-3 with a double. He drove in a run with a base hit to right field in the bottom of the seventh.
