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Swamp Bats homer twice to defeat North Shore, 8-3
N. Pulsonetti and D. Spruill both homer in win

By Shawn Medeiros

LYNN, MA (July 26, 2009) – Nick Pulsonetti (Old Tappan, NJ/Monmouth) and Dustin Spruill (Northpot, Ala/Chipola) both hit two-run home runs for the Keene Swamp Bats (26-12) in consecutive innings defeating the North Shore Navigators, 8-3, at Fraser Field in NECBL (New England Collegiate Baseball League) interleague action.

With the win, the Swamp Bats have won eight straight games, 11 out of their last 12, and currently sit in first place in the Western Division standings. With the loss, the Navigators fall to 19-18 on the season.

Righthander Dan White (Southboro, Mass/UMass-Lowell) earned the win improving to 3-3 on the season pitching five innings yielding three runs on five hits and one strikeout.

Adam Conley (Olympia, Wash./Washington St.) picked up the save over four innings of scoreless relief allowing one, one walk and five strikeouts.

Keene opened the scoring with five runs in the first inning and never looked back. The Swamp Bats are now 20-0 when scoring first against an opponent this summer.

Centerfielder Mark Onorati (Williston Park, NY/Manhatten) led off the game with a double and advanced to second on a groundout. Third baseman Ryan Terry (West Longbranch, NJ/Monmouth) walked and Pulsonetti drove both runners home on a double off of the left field wall putting the Swamp Bats ahead 2-0.

After a groundout by Jacob Rogers (Clearwater, Fla./Chipola) that advanced Pulsonetti to third base, second baseman Correy Figueroa (Tallahassee, Fla./Tampa) roped an RBI single to right field, his 12th run batted in on the season with two outs.

Spruill followed with his first home run of the season to right field for a Keene 5-0 lead.

North Shore answered back with one run in the bottom half on an RBI single by left fielder Tyler Ruehlman.

The Swamp Bats responded with two runs in the second on Pulsonetti’s sixth homer of the season, a two-run shot to left field. Keene added one more in the third taking an 8-0 lead on a sac fly from Jared King (Radford, Va./Virginia) that plated Figueroa.

In the fourth, the Navigators pushed two runs across on right fielder Matt Marquis second home run of the season, a two-run homer, that scored first baseman Kent Graham who lead off the inning with a double making it an 8-3 contest.

Pulsonetti finished the night going 2-for-4 with four runs batted in on a double and a homer. Figueroa also chipped in with a 2-for-4 performance scoring two runs and driving one in.

Mike Gallo (3-3) suffered the loss lasting just 1 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs (six earned) on six hits, one walk and no strikeouts.
Reliever Glen Misho kept the Swamp Bats at bay allowing one run over 6 1/3 innings scattering two hits, no walks and five strikeouts.
After scoring eight runs over the first three innings, Keene’s offense went dead silent.

Terry led off the top of the fourth with a single and the Swamp Bats never reached base for the rest of the game.

Misho retired the next 15 batters in order and Matt Lewis threw a perfect 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Tomorrow, Keene plays the Holyoke Blue Sox at Franklin Pierce University at Pappas Field at 7pm. Admission is free for fans who attend the ball game.

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WP: White (3-2)
LP: Gallo (3-3)

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