Berkshire Force 12-Year-Olds' Run Ends at World Series| 09:42PM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team ended its run at the Babe Ruth World Series the way it began: with a game against Davidson, N.C. Unfortunately for the Force, the second meeting went the other way as Davidson earned a 12-6 win on Tuesday to elimninate the Force in the tournament's consolation "Diamond Bracket." Davidson scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to break open a tie game after the Force battled back from an early 5-0 deficit to tie the game twice. Berkshire scored four runs in the bottom of the third to get within a run and tied it when Kaylana Altman singled and scored in the fourth to make it >> Read More |
Berkshire Force 10s Win County ChampionshipBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:33PM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. -- Emma Wixsom Tuesday threw two shutout innings to lift the Berkshire Force 10-and-under softball team to a 16-7 win over Dalton and a Berkshire County Summer Softball League Championship at Chamberlain Park. Wixsom struck out eight hitters in the game, which ended after four innings due to the time limit. She allowed just one hit and stranded three runners over the final two innings after giving up five runs in the first. "She came in hot late, and that's exactly what we needed at the time," Force coach Tom DiPietro said. "I felt like it started with the confidence at the plate. Once we started hitting, the confidence on the mound just >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Drops into Consolation Bracket at World Series| 06:26PM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Kinston, N.C., 12-and-under softball team Monday scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to finish off a 15-5, four-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the quarter-finals of the Babe Ruth World Series. Kinston moves on to Tuesday evening's semi-final round at the Florence SportsPlex. The Force, which fell to 3-3 in the tournament, moves into the World Series' Diamond Bracket. It will begin play in the consolation bracket on Tuesday afternoon against either Terry County, Texas, or Davidson, N.C., who play on Tuesday morning. On Monday, the Force won its first game of the bracket play to advance to the quarters. Olivia >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Finishes Pool Play .500 at World Series| 09:11PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Sunday went 1-1 to finish pool play with a record of 2-2 at the Babe Ruth World Series. The Force began its day with an 18-2 win over the host team from Florence. Kaylana Altman homered and drove in three runs in the win. Daisy Caron and Victoria Blanchard each had a strong day at the plate. Caron was 2-for-2 with a triple and a pair of RBIs. Blanchard went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Cassidy Flynn also went 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Olivia Archambault went the distance in the circle in the three-inning game striking out six. On Sunday evening, the Force played a rain-delayed >> Read More |
Rodriguez Leads Millers in Battle for First PlaceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:14PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. -- Brian Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double on Sunday to lead the GB Millers to a 3-2 win over the Berkshire Bandits in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League's 20-and-over division. Rodriguez hit a one-out single in the bottom of the sixth and scored on Chip Paul's single to break a 2-2 tie as the Millers swept the regular season series from the Bandits, who came into Sunday's game a half-game behind GB for first place with two weekends left in the regular season. Rodriguez also earned the win on the mound with two innings of relief, striking out four including striking out the side in order in the top of the seventh. Dick Dumas >> Read More |
Mexico Squad Edges Berkshire Force at World SeriesiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:33AM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Berkshire Force travel softball team Saturday morning scored a run in the bottom of the sixth and had the tying run on second base but dropped a 4-3 decision to Mexico in pool play at the Babe Ruth World Series. Needing two runs to stay alive in a game that was bumping up against the tournament's time rule, Gianna Moses hit a one-out single to left to get Berkshire going in the sixth. She then stole second and eventually scored without the ball being put in play. With two out, Victoria Blanchard worked a walk, and she took second on a single by Lillian Pudelko. But Mexico pitcher Melissa Renteria got a called third strike to end the >> Read More |
Moses Leads Force to Win in World Series Opener| 11:42PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. – Giannah Moses went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in a run on Friday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 7-3 win over Davidson, N.C., at the Babe Ruth World Series. The Force got just one other hit, a single from Cassidy Flynn, who finished with a pair of RBIs, on a day when it took advantage of five Davidson errors. Berkshire jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, when Moses doubled and scored a run. The Force led, 7-0, going to the bottom of the fifth before Davidson was able to put three runs across. The game ended after five due to the tournament’s time constraints. Flynn and Olivia >> Read More |
PIttsfield Little League Bows Out at State TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:33PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. – Melrose’s Dylan Cote drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday to give his team a 6-5 win over the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars in an elimination game at the State Tournament. Pittsfield rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead after trailing for three innings. But Melrose came back with a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie it and force extra innings. After a scoreless seventh, Pittsfield went down, 1-2-3, in the top of the eighth, giving the Section 3 champions a chance to win it. Weston Wigglesworth started the game with a solo home run, but Melrose answered with a run >> Read More |
Bridgewater Tops Pittsfield Little League in State Tourney OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:28PM / Thursday, July 25, 2024 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. – Bridgewater’s Brandon Moyer scattered five hits and pitched his way out of a fifth-inning jam on Thursday to lead his team to a 4-1 win over Pittsfield in the opening game of the 12-year-old Little League State Tournament. Section 1 Champion Pittsfield drops into the losers bracket of the double-elimination tournament and will face Melrose on Friday evening to stay alive. Bridgewater Friday night will take on Acton-Boxboro, an 8-4 winner over Melrose on Friday, for a berth in Sunday’s state final. Bridgewater’s Moyer struck out eight and walked one in pitching his team to the tournament semi-finals. Pittsfield coach Ty >> Read More |
Gavin O'Donnell Leads Post 68 Juniors Past WestfieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:22PM / Thursday, July 25, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Gavin O’Donnell went 3-for-4 with a pair of triples and two RBIs Thursday to lead the Post 68 Juniors to a 7-0 win over Westfield Post 124 in American Legion Baseball action at Buddy Pellerin Field. Devin Reynolds doubled in a run for Pittsfield Post 68 (14-2), which jumped on top early with two runs in the first inning and two in the second. Jack Farkas started and went three innings on the mound, striking out three and allowing one hit. David Wildgoose threw two innings, and Matt Egan and Gavin O’Donnell each provided an inning of relief. >> Read More |
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