Westford Defeats Sixers, 7-6

Four late runs helped the Westford Willows earn a 7-6 victory over the visiting Clinton Sixers in Central New England Baseball Association action on Tuesday.

Both teams got off to an early start, with Westford getting a run from Southern New Hampshire University catcher Joe Gargan, countering a run from Clinton’s Steve Scannell, an ’09 Assumption College graduate.

Clinton took the lead again in the second in a four-run, five-hit second inning, but the Willows narrowed the gap with two runs in the third before Gargan scored once again in the seventh and last inning, with Wentworth’s Joe Hulme and fellow Penmen Ryan Thompson and Sean McCarthy also contributing runs of their own.

Thompson led the way at the plate for the Willows, going 2 for 3 with two runs and an extra base hit.

Anna Maria College graduate Jeff Scaffidi contributed two of Clinton’s six runs while his brother Tim and Worcester State sophomore Chris Creen each pitched in a pair of hits.

The Willows would fall to the Lunenburg Phillies on Wednesday, 4-2, putting them at 6-7 so far on the year, 10 points behind Clinton, who currently has a one point edge over the Shrewsbury Dirt Dogs for the league lead.

More information on the Willows is available at the CNEBA website.