WESTFIELD – In the first three days of the 2014 14-year-old Babe Ruth New England Regional Tournament, the host squad from Westfield has checked off the first three boxes in its pursuit of winning the tournament on its home field.
After utilizing offensive outbursts to take down Exeter, NH, and Windham, ME, Westfield showed another dimension to its success by combining stellar pitching with clutch run manufacturing to hold off Cranston, RI.
As the tournament winds down, Westfield faces one last challenge, and one last box to check off.
“We started back in January and our goal was to win the regionals right here,” said manager John Bonini. “We’re well aware that in the 13-year-old regionals last year, the team that came out of the winner’s bracket final did not win the New England Regionals. These guys are well aware that they still have work to do and they’re focused to do that.”
Bullens Field will be rocking once again today at 4 p.m., when they play in the championship series against the winner of the Trumball, CT/Cranston, RI game.
Admission to Bullens Field is free for all tournament games. Westfield is the only undefeated team remaining in the tournament and will win the championship with a win in the 4 p.m. game Thursday. If they lose, there will be a winner-take-all contest immediately following Thursday’s scheduled game.
