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Blake Ks Eight to Lead Pittsfield Americans to Win in Tourney Opener
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:58PM / Friday, July 07, 2017
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Americans used dominating pitching to earn an 8-1 win over Adams-Cheshire in the first game of the Don Gleason District 1 Little League Tournament for ages 10-12.
 
Evan Blake set the tone with eight strikeouts in a perfect three innings of work on the hill.
 
Collin Merwin, Zach Pupo and Antonio Scalise combined to strike out five more while allowing just two hits over the next three innings.
 
Offensively, Pittsfield got home runs from Nick Brindle and Collin Merwin and six hits altogether in setting up a Saturday afternoon date against host Dalton-Hinsdale back at Chamberlain Park.
 
The Americans jumped out early when Blake singled and eventually scored on a base hit by Cam Sime.
 
In the third, Blake walked, went all the way to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout to make it 2-0.
 
Lucas Benoit singled in the bottom of the fourth ahead of Brindle’s two-out blast over the fence in center field.
 
In the fifth, Pupo drove in a run and then came home when Merwin hit a three-run shot to right field to make it 8-0.
 
Adams-Cheshire did not give up and finally got on the board in the top of the sixth.
 
Aaron Livsey drew a one-out walk and went to third on Troy Wnuk’s infield single. With runners at the corners and one out, the pair executed a delayed double steal to make it 8-1.
 
Wnuk pitched 3-2/3 strong innings for Adams-Cheshire, allowing three hits. Gabe Bishop finished up on the mound.
 
Adams begins play in the losers bracket of the double-elimination tournament on Sunday.
 
The Pittsfield American League plays Dalton-Hinsdale Saturday in the second half of a noon double-header that starts when the Pittsfield National League takes on Great Barrington.
 
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