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PHOTOS: Fenwick Baseball Loses Heartbreaker to Lynnfield
Fenwick led 5-1 going into the last inning, but Lynnfield came back to score five runs in the inning, the last two on a bases loaded base hit with two outs and a two-strike count on the batter.
The Crusaders, with Peabody's Kevin Church on the mound, looked to have the ball game all wrapped up heading into the final inning, but that's just when the Pioneers batting order came alive.
saw its 5-1 lead quickly disintegrate and Lynnfield go up, 6-5, the last two runs scored on a single with bases loaded, two outs and two strikes on the batter.
Lynnfield now advances to the Division III North Final Saturday against North Reading.
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Wednesday's heartbreaker in Lowell was the fourth straight year the Crusaders have been knocked from the tournament by Cape Ann League opponents -- Newburyport in 2009 and 2011 and Amesbury in 2010.
