Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scituate Tides 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 Billerica Storm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0

Tides win. Great series. Dave Iava (post season: 16 IP, 0 runs allowed!!) and Rob Monti seal the Championship with great performances on the hill. Tony Anderlionis goes 3-5 and Thom Holdgate 1-2 with 3 BB's. Tom Manning of the Storm, despite his en route car accident/air bag failure, pitches a gem himself. Bo Finnegan goes 2-4 at the plate. Finally, Big ups to Shep who may have just played in his last baseball game. Easily one of the premier players in our league. Lets hope Manning talks him into another knee and shoulder aching season. Result aside, it's how we hoped this thing would end up my good friend. Shout out to Richie Winant who was missed this postseason... hope to see you next year. JT - you missed a doozy!

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Wed, 28 September, 7:30PM, at Braintree - Braintree HS Varsity
Scituate Tides 17, Billerica Storm 9

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Billerica Storm 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 9 10 4 Scituate Tides 0 2 3 5 0 1 0 6 x 17 19 5

So much for the eagerly anticipated pitcher's duel! Tides jump out to an early 10-1 lead only to have the Storm battle back to make it 10-8 in the 6th. Shoddy defense let down Krukonis, particularly in the 6th, but Mark battled to pick up the win, with Dave Iava cleaning up the 9th. Hitting was the story for the Tides as Chris Igo (4-5, 2 2B, BB, 3RBI, 3R), Miguel Miranda (4-6, 2B, 4RBI, 3R), Brendan Stone (2-4, RBI, BB, HBP, 2R), Russ Goodman (3-4, 2RBI, 4R, 2BB), and Danny O'Brien (2-5) lead the charge. Steve Milo (2-3, 2BB, 2R), Jerry Breen (2-5, 2R) and Robcat (2/4) paced Billerica. Game 3 for all the marbles to be played either Friday night or Sunday.

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Sun, 25 September, 11:00AM, at Somerville - Trum
Billerica Storm 4, Scituate Tides 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scituate Tides 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 Billerica Storm 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3

Fantastic start to Game 1 of the championship! Storm edge the Tide, 4-3. John Kroeger goes the distance, giving up only 6 hits (yet, still driving manager, Shep, crazy by allowing guys on in almost every inning). Rob Monti fires a 2-hitter, yet comes up short due to a few "ill-timed" HBP's, walks, & errors. For the most part, fantastic defense on both sides! Game 2 is sure to be another battle! Come on out to see the rivals beat up on (& make fun of each other while doing it) each other!

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Fri, 23 September, 8:00PM, at Sudbury - Feeley
Billerica Storm 14, Waltham Red Sox 7

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Waltham Red Sox 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 7 12 3 Billerica Storm 4 1 2 6 1 0 x 14 17 1

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Thu, 22 September, 8:00PM, at Sudbury - Feeley
Billerica Storm 3, Waltham Red Sox 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Billerica Storm x x x x x x x 3 0 0 Waltham Red Sox x x x x x x x 1 0 0

Great game! Dave Marsters out-dueled "Knucksey." Tough defense all around. Storm keep themselves alive for another Game 3! Stay tuned for tomorrow night!

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Wed, 21 September, 7:30PM, at Braintree - Braintree HS Varsity
Scituate Tides 3, Somerville Senators 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Somerville Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Scituate Tides 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 5 0

The Tides move onto the finals for the second year in a row with a 3-0 win at Braintree HS. Again, pitching was the theme of the night, with Dave Iava returning to form, throwing a complete game 2-hit shutout. Dan Murray was the tough luck loser, fanning 15 in a complete game effort himself. The Tides were led on offense by Thom Holdgate (2-4, 2RBI), Tony Anderlionis (2-4, 2R) and Russ Goodman (1-4, RBI). Bob Iandoli and Chuck Sjostedt collected the hits for the Sen's. I wish this series was longer as it was the brand of baseball that keeps us coming back. Congratulations to Alex Masel and the Senators for a great year.

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Sun, 18 September, 3:00PM, at Somerville - Trum
Scituate Tides 1, Somerville Senators 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Scituate Tides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x x x 1 6 0 Somerville Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x x 0 4 1

In what has to go down as one of the best games in BMBL post-season history, Mark Krukonis and Steve Donovan both go the distance on the hill, with Donnie the tough luck loser giving up a run in the top of the 13th inning. Krukonis fanned 9 while only yielding 4 singles and one walk. This writer was fortunate enough to be the battery-mate of the masterful performance. Donnie was his usual stellar self, only surrendering 6 hits and fanning 9 himself. Smeglin made a couple of spectacular plays at 3rd. With one out in the top of the 13th, Roy Chabra hit a long double off the fence in left. John Gainey walked and Rick Swanson hit into a fielders choice, setting up a 1st and 3rd situation with two outs. Tony Anderlionis then put down a perfectly placed bunt along the third base line for a base hit, plating the winning run. These games are why we play. Great pitching and flawless D. Unfortunate someone had to lose.

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Sun, 18 September, 1:30PM, at Natick - Natick HS/Mahan
Waltham Red Sox 7, Billerica Storm 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Waltham Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 7 13 2 Billerica Storm 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2

Sox win second game of the day and take a 1-0 lead over the Storm on the arm of Gary Vallerand and some late hitting from the Waltham Offense. Game was close until a 4 run 8th by the Sox opened up a comfortable lead. Their offense was lead by Chris Rogers(2-5), Andrew Whigham(2-4), Billy Gross(2-4) and Josh Leet(3-5). John Kroeger pitched well in defeat and kept Billerica in the game until eighth. The Storm offense was lead by Hank Cadra with two hits.

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Sun, 18 September, 10:00AM, at Natick - Natick HS/Mahan
Waltham Red Sox 6, Wayland White Sox 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Waltham Red Sox 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 12 3 Wayland White Sox 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 1

Dana Levensaler pitched 9 strong alowing only 2 runs, one earned and added two hits at the plate. Larry Cibotti pitched well in defeat, going 9 and striking out 8. He kept Wayland in the game until a 3 run seventh that opened up the gap. Jason Sergeant, Joe Depaoli and Jimmy Mc Elroy also added two hits a piece for the Sox. Mike Ganley and Bill Carlezon added two hits a piece for the White Sox.

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Sun, 18 September, 10:00AM, at Watertown - Moxley
Billerica Storm 9, Middlesex Brewers 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Middlesex Brewers x x x x x x x x x 3 0 0 Billerica Storm x x x x x x x x x 9 0 0

Sorry it's taken so long for the updates... After losing the "mini-game 2" in the morning, the Storm came out strong a beat the Brewers 9-3. This puts them back into the semi-for the 4th year in a row. Congrats to the Brewers! One "kick-ass squad" that played extremely well in their first year in the National division!

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Sun, 18 September, 10:00AM, at Scituate - Scituate HS
Scituate Tides 9, N. Andover Thunder 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E N. Andover Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 2 Scituate Tides 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 x 9 13 1

Ron Monti had enough (barely!) to get the Tides to the semi's. Brendan Stone (4-5, double) and Miguel Miranda (4-5, double) led the Tides on O. Mike Johnson (2-4), Dave Brown (2-4) and Marevelios (2-4) had good days at the plate for the Thunder. Congratulations to the Thunder on a great series. I'll miss watching the McNeil brothers throw the leather up the middle!!!

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Sun, 18 September, 9:00AM, at Watertown - Moxley
Middlesex Brewers 10, Billerica Storm 9

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Billerica Storm x x x x x x x 9 0 0 Middlesex Brewers x x x x x x x 10 0 0

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Tue, 13 September, 8:00PM, at Somerville - Trum
Somerville Senators 4, Medford Mets 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Somerville Senators x x x x x x x x x x x 4 0 0 Medford Mets x x x x x x x x x x x 3 0 0

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Tue, 13 September, 8:00PM, at Charlestown - Ryan
Scituate Tides 3, N. Andover Thunder 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Scituate Tides 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 N. Andover Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1

In a classic playoff pichers duel, Rob Monti out slings Paul Lauren to force a game 3 Thursday night. Monti scattered 7 hits while fanning 13. Lauren only gave up 3 hits with 7 K's, but walks (6) were the story in the end. Game 2 also marked the second time in as many games the tying run was cut down at the plate for the game's final out, as Brendan Stone threw out Mike Johnson's attempt to score on a single to center with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th. Danny O'Brien had 2 hits for the Tides. Torrence McNeil (single,double) and Dave Brown had 2 hits for the Thunder. Chen made a couple of real nice plays in CF. If I never see Ryan Field again, oh well.

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Tue, 13 September, 8:00PM, at Sudbury - Feeley
Waltham Red Sox 2, Wayland White Sox 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Wayland White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Waltham Red Sox 0 0 2 0 0 0 x 2 4 5

Tom Dowey and Kevin Locke go the distance, each pitching a 4 hitter in a pitcher's duel.