12-Year-Old All-Stars
Belchertown 6, Westfield American 5
Down 6-3 with two runners on base and no outs in the bottom of the sixth, Westfield American failed to plate the tying run and was edged by Belchertown 6-5 at Ralph E. Sanville Memorial Field on Monday night.
Sean Roselli and Liam Poole each went 2-for-3 on the night. Scott Hepburn earned the start on the mound, giving up one earned run in 3 2/3 innings. Jay Scherpa struck out four on 2 1/3 innings.
Westfield American pitcher Kyle Scherpa winds up his pitch. (Photo courtesy of Lynn Boscher)
Westfield American will now travel to Belchertown for their first contest of a double elimination tournament on Friday.
Westfield National 16, Longmeadow 6 (4 inn.)
Westfield National pounded out 16 hits in order to mercy Longmeadow 16-6 in four innings. Cody Collins led the attack by going 4-for-4 with four RBI’s. Anthony Schabowski (2-for-3) and Ryder Pieczarka (3-for-4, 3 RBI’s) also contributed to the offense.
Mason Periera pitched the first two innings and gave up two hits on two runs while striking out three. Jacob Melo closed the final two frames on the mound and gave up two hits.
Top-seeded Westfield National now moves to 5-0 in pool play and will be playing on Friday.
