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SIBL Stars Win Region Tournament Opener

SWANSEA – The 11-year-old all-star team of the Swansea Independent Baseball League scored in every inning Thursday night en route to a 13-3 victory over the Capital District Braves of Bethlehem, N.Y., in a first-round game of the 2013 North Region Tournament of the Bronco-11 League of PONY Baseball held at the Nike Site Playing Complex.

          Sparked by a balanced hitting attack, Swansea took a 2-1 lead after one inning and was never headed. Tyler Botelho, Logan Sherrat, Nick Gerling, J.P. Nasiff, Peter Gloddy, Jared Koger paced the winners’ offense, while Lucas Crook , Clayton Walker and Alex Millar shone defensively.

          Sherrat pitched the first four innings to claim the win and Gerling finished up.

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          Swansea will be idle until Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

          In today’s Region Tournament games (Friday), Somerset will battle the Averill Park Devil Cats of Averill Park, N.Y., at 2; Capital District will take on the loser of that contest at 5; and the winner of the 2 o’clock game will face South End of New Bedford at 7:30.

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