The bats were busy at Hughes field on Saturday night June1st, and when the dust cleared Houlihan's had a 10-9 win over Captain Paul in six innings and finished their regular season with a 6-6 record overtaking Bossio’s by one game for second place in the regular season standings.
The teams totaled 30 hits, including 11 extra base hits inthe game and traded runs for most of the contest, leading to five lead changes in the game.
Captain Paul’s jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the top of the first. A double by Roshan Aiyar, scoring Miles Kron started the inning off. Captain Paul’s then tacked on more runs when Aidan Loughran scored on an RBI single by Chris Cowen. Roshan Aiyar and Chris Cowen scored on a two-run triple by Tristan Curbishley and scored on an RBI single by Jacob Abrams.
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Pitching for Captain Paul’s were aces Aidan Loughran, Miles Kron and Max Crouthamel.
Captain Paul matched its one-run third inning with one more in the fifth. In the third, Captain Paul scored on a steal of home, plating Tristan Curbishley .
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In the first inning, Houlihan's scored on an RBI triple by Matt Kildea, bringing home Connor Monoghan. Houlihan's scored two runs in the second inning, and then followed it up with two more in the third. Houlihan's scored five runs of its own in the fifth. Houlihan's scored on an RBI single by Davin Jodoin, an RBI single by Matt Roman, an RBI single by Gianni Leonardo, an RBI single by Sean Corcoran, and an RBI double by Thomas Rotman.
Pitching for Houlihan’s were Sean Corcoran, Pate Jessop, Davin Jodoin and Matt Carson. Matt Carson did a fine job as the team's final reliever after being on the DL list for most of the season.
Houlihan's pulled out the win thanks to a strong sixth inning. Houlihan's scored on an RBI single by Matt Roman off Captain Paul’s Max Crouthamel, plating Connor Monoghan. Matt Kildea had a busy day at the plate, collecting four extra-base hits. He tripled in the first and third innings and doubled in the fifth and sixth innings. Matt Kildea, Matt Roman, Connor Monoghan and a fifth inning bunt by Gianni Leonardo helped lead Houlihan's. They combined for 11 hits and four RBIs.
“No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of yourgames. It's the other third that makes the difference.” - Tommy Lasorda
