Westerners Lose Second Game to Streaking SteepleCats
By Anthony Buzzeo

After defeating Holyoke, 3-2, to complete a suspended game from earlier in the season the Danbury Westerners hopped back on the bus and headed to North Adams for a matchup with the SteepleCats. This one would not go the Westerners way as they dropped the game 8-3 allowing North Adams to win their fifth game in a row.

North Adams jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Catcher Joe Pavone knocked a single into shallow right scoring John Schultz from second with two outs in the first. The SteepleCats tacked another run in the third on a RBI single from Schultz giving North Adams a 2-0 lead.

Their lead jumped out to four when Jamie Shevchik brought the infield in with runners on second and third with one out and Bo Reeder stepping up to the plate. Reeder sent a 1-2 pitch into shallow right field plating both runs extending the SteepleCat lead to 4-0.

After the Westerners picked up runs in both the fifth and the sixth, Andrew Aizenstadt got into trouble giving up base hits to the first two batters of the bottom of the sixth ending his disappointing night.

Charlie Benson came in and got the first two batters out and then a groundball to Mason Heyne at first would completely change the inning. Heyne fielded the ball hit by Schultz went to flip the ball to Benson, who could not make the play scoring one run, Brandon Macias then sent a pitch flying off of the left field fence extending the North Adams lead to 6-2.

Brach Davis the starting pitcher for the Westerners continued his dominant ways as he brought his “A” game to Joe Wolfe Field. Davis shut down the Westerners through the five innings he pitched striking out four on two hits and only allowing one run picking up his fourth win in the process.

There were not too many bright spots for the Westerners who constantly found their pitchers in trouble and few rallies killed by costly outs, however Pat Fortunato went 1-2 with a RBI and run scored. Stephen Montalbano also threw a 1-2-3 inning of relief picking up a strikeout.

The Holyoke Blue Sox won their second game on Thursday as well tying back up with Danbury for the fourth spot in the Western Division. The two teams will meet at Rogers Park 6:30pm Saturday for a one game playoff, with the winner moving on to play Keane and the loser going home.

 

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