Souhegan Defeats Bedford In Seesaw Affair

By William Dod

The Souhegan Sabers traveled to play at Bedford, and on the blustery day, came home with a 10 to 6 victory over the Bulldogs.

Eric Howard was the Souhegan starting pitcher and picked up the victory.  He pitched 5 strong innings, allowed 6 hits, struck out 7, walked one while allowing no earned runs.  Ben Osterholtz pitched two scoreless innings, allowed a pair of hits and a pair of walks to pick up the save in relief.

The defense was led by the outfield play of Tyler Hansis who throw out a would be Bedford run in the bottom of the sixth ... with a runner on second, Bedford hit a single to left and Tyler Hansis threw a strike from left field to Cameron Crook and the Bedford runner was tagged out in a rundown.

Souhegan offense registered 12 hits led by multiple hits from Chris Chininis ( a single, triple, 2 runs scored and an rbi), Tyler Ford (a single, two triples, 2 runs scored and an rbi) and Cameron Crook (a single, double and run scored).  Eight different players had a hit, seven players scored a run and eight different players had an rbi in the Sabers offensive attack.

The victory evened the record at 6 wins and 6 loses.