'Cats Cover all the Bases: Wells Wins it with Three-Run Blast in Seventh and Charpie Spins a Gem on the Hill

They got the hitting and they got the pitching. Tom Wells delivered the game-winning three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning and Robert Charpie went the distance on the mound, striking out 10 and allowing just one earned run, as the Weston High baseball team stunned visiting non-league foe Greater Lowell Technical High, 7-4, yesterday.

"It was a great high school baseball game with both pitchers pitching well," Weston head coach Jon Beverly said. "They are two of the better pitchers in Division 3 right now."

Beverly was speaking of Charpie and his counterpart, Curtis Hamilton, who took Greater Lowell into sixth inning with a 2-0 lead.

But the Wildcats got their offense going with five consecutive hits in the sixth to take a 4-2 advantage. Nick Neu led off with a double, and Wells knocked him in with another two-bagger. David Miller singled in Wells to tie the game at 2. Then, Matt O'Connor ripped a two-run homer to give the 'Cats a two-run lead. Noah Tocci followed with a single, but was stranded.

Lowell tied it in the seventh. Back-to-back singles started the rally, and a Weston error allowed a run to score; the other runner moved to third. A successful squeeze play tied the game at 4, before Weston got out of the jam.

In the bottom of the seventh, Gage Hartman led off with a walk, and Neu reached on a wind-blown hit, making it first and second.

Wells delivered the goods with his three-run blast, finishing a 2-for-3 day with 4 RBIs and two runs scored.

Neu went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, and two runs scored, while O'Connor went 2-for-3 with a homer, a double, and an RBI. 

Weston will visit Tyngsboro in a Dual County League Small Division matchup on Monday.