Home Not Sweet for ‘Cats, as Baseball Drops Two

A lot of good things happened on the diamond for the Weston baseball team yesterday afternoon, but the miscues outweighed the fortunes in a 7-5 loss to visiting Boston Latin in Dual County League action.

“A frustrating loss,” Weston head coach Jon Beverly said, after his squad dropped its second straight home game this week and saw its record dip to 6-6. “For every positive thing we did on the field, we seemed to follow it up with a very bad play.”

The positives included the effort of senior right fielder Nick Neu, who went 2-fo-4 with 3 runs scored, and continued to be a sparkplug on defense.

“[He] was outstanding in the outfield," Beverly said, "making many great plays."

Weston also got solid hitting from Vincent Nardone, who went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles; Noah Tocchi, who drove in two runs; and David Miller, who had an RBI double in the third inning.

But the good news all comes with a caveat.

“At this point in the year, we can’t be making the mistakes we have been making,” Beverly said. “Our preparation is not where it needs to be right now. We’ll fix it and look to improve.”

Weston also suffered an 11-9 loss to Arlington on Monday. The Wildcats led, 8-3, after two innings, but couldn’t hold the lead. The Spy Ponders rallied with one run in the third, two in the fourth, and three in the fifth to take a 9-8 advantage. They added two more runs in the sixth for good measure.

The ’Cats got an RBI single by James Goulart in the sixth, but that finished the scoring.

“Very tough loss,” Beverly said.

Neu was again a bright spot at the plate, going 2-fo-4 with a double, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.  Also contributing was Matt O’Connor, who went 2-for-2 with 2 runs scored, and Gage Hartman, who had two hits in four tries, including a double. 

Weston will host Acton-Boxborough on Friday.