Swampscott Ends Pittsfield Post 68's State Tourney RunBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:25PM / Wednesday, August 07, 2024 | |
 ROCHESTER, Mass. – After losing the first game of their trip to the American League State Championship tournament, the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors battled to stay alive. After inclement weather on Tuesday forced the postponement of its game and raised the specter that their tournament experience would end prematurely, Post 68 fought to get on the field. After Swampscott scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a four-run lead, Pittsfield battled back to tie Wednesday’s game. But the Post 57 Mariners managed to push a run across with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth and worked around a one-out error in the top of the seventh to >> Read More |
Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors Down Pembroke| 03:33PM / Monday, August 05, 2024 | |
 MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Matt Egan went 3-for-5 with a double on Monday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68 American Legion Juniors to an 11-5 win over Pembroke in the State Championship Tournament. The win keeps Pittsfield alive in the double-elinination tournament and gives it a chance to play on Tuesday afternoon for a berth in the state final. Jason Codey was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Gavin O’Donnell was 2-for-5 with a double. And Connor Devine tripled in an 11-hit attack for Post 68. Egan, Colby Robb and David Wildgoose split time on the mound for Pittsfield. Egan struck out five and allowed one run in three innings of work. Wildgoose gave up a run in >> Read More |
Post 68 Juniors Survive, Advance at State Tournament| 04:12PM / Sunday, August 04, 2024 | |
 MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Derek Roy hit an RBI single with two out in the top of the eighth to give the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors a one-run lead, and they held on for a 5-4 win over Sandwich to stay alive at the American Legion State Championship Tournament. Connor Kirchner hit a one-out triple to start the game-winning rally. Two batters later, Roy hit a 3-1 pitch to left center to drive in Kirchner and give Post 68 a 5-4 lead. Colby Robb stranded a runner at first in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win and send Pittsfield into Monday’s 1 p.m. game in the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament at Middleborough High >> Read More |
Middleboro Edges Post 68 Juniors at State TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:36PM / Saturday, August 03, 2024 | |
 MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Brady Bouldry struck out nine and allowed three hits Saturday to lead the Middleboro Post 64 Juniors to a 2-0 win over Pittsfield Post 68 at the American Legion State Tournament. Bouldry went the distance on the mound, walking two, to earn the tournament hosts a date with Swampscott Post 57 on Sunday night in the winners’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament. Gavin O’Donnell tripled, and Ethan O’Donnell and Jason Codey each had a hit for Pittsfield. The O’Donnell brothers also split time on the mound, striking out eight, walking two and allowing one earned run. Post 68 plays Sandwich Post 188 on Sunday >> Read More |
Post 68 Juniors Earn Berth in State TournamentBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:04PM / Thursday, August 01, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD , Mass. — An electric fourth inning from Jason Codey, Gavin O’Donnell, and Connor Devine Thursday gave the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors a 10-0, mercy rule win over Wilbraham and a berth in the state championship tournament. Pittsfield's offense made a statement against Wilbraham with consecutive innings of extra base hits. The momentum was not on Wilbraham’s side, not being able to record many base runners until late in the game. Jason Codey was on his 'A' game, recording two extra base hits accounting for four of his team's pitching strikeouts. Matt Egan also shared time on the bump splitting the game. “We did >> Read More |
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 |
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