Danvers National Dominated By Peabody West, 22-1

Peabody West got the Section 4 tournament started with a bang as they cruised to a 22-1 victory in five innings over Danvers National on Wednesday.

Danvers will look to rebound quick from its defeat, and will play on tonight against Andover National. 

After spotting Peabody five runs in the first, Danvers attempted to make the comeback in the bottom half of the frame. With two outs in the inning, Nick Anderson hit a solo home run to make it 5-1. Danvers pitcher Justin Roberto held Peabody at bay keeping it close as the Nationals attempted to make a comeback.

Danvers’ best chance was in the third inning with two runners on base with sluggers Dave Morrill and Anderson coming up, but Peabody starting pitcher Conner Corrigan was able to induce two ground ball outs to get Peabody out of the jam.

Danvers coach Tom Marden felt his team could have gotten out of the inning with minimal damage, but for a fielding error that hurt the Nationals prior to Lepore’s home run.

“It was technically a 1-0 game in the first three innings, had we played defense,” said Marden. 

Before the game got out of hand, Roberto pitched four innings for Danvers and was able to heat up innings and allow Danvers to not use up too many of its pitchers.

Peabody then broke the game open with four runs in the fourth inning and 12 more in fifth inning before the mercy rule was brought into effect.

After the game, Marden had nothing but praise for the kids from Peabody.

“Those guys are terrific hitters and terrific fielders, so it was good to play those guys first to get them out of the way."

While Danvers takes on Andover, Peabody West will play Stoneham. The top two teams after pool play will play for the Section 4 championship.