IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER---BIG COMEBACK WALK-OFF VICTORY FOR THE SONS

  It took the Sons until their final at bat in the bottom of the 6th to get an improbable come from behind victory friday night against Zuppardi Dental.  After trailing the entire game, and Zuppardi looking like they were going to coast to an easy victory, the Sons never say die attitude kicked into full swing and with two outs in the last inning got consecutive hits from Bobby O'Neil, Jake Sullivan, Matt Parker, Robert Dunphy, Jake Connolly, Jake Parker (his second of the Inning) and then finally the game winning walk off extra base hit was delivered by Danny Keenan (also having a 2nd hit in the inning)  to complete the amazing comeback victory.  It wasn't all about the offense though; outstanding fielding by Jake Sullivan in left, solid catching behind the plate by Danny Keenan and Dom DePaoli's slick fielding at first base, prevented big innings by Zuppardi.  The final score was- Sons 8 Zuppardi 7.


Jake Parker on the mound.

Dom DePaoli at the plate.

It must be mentioned that Alex Kennedy of Zuppardi Dental pitched an outstanding 5 innings, surrendering only 1 run to the Sons before he reached the maximum pitch count and had to exit the mound for a relief pitcher. The Sons have faced some early season tough pitching, and it doesn't look like that trend will end any time soon, as they will be going up against two quality teams this weekend; the first one being Sagamore Plumbing on Saturday and Duncan MacKellar Insurance on Sunday.

SONS BATS SILENCED IN 3-0 DEFEAT

The Sons faced Sacchetti Plumbing Wednesday night and were defeated 3-0.  Sacchetti ace pitcher Dave Irwin pounded the strike zone all night long and put down 17 of 18 batters by way of the "K".  The Sons did manage to get a couple of hits in the first inning by Danny Keenan, and Dom DePaoli, but they ended up being stranded on 2nd and 3rd, squandering a potential big inning.  After the 1st, the Sons couldn't manage to get things going as Irwin kept striking out batter after batter.  There were a couple of bright spots in the game besides the two 1st inning hits; Tommy Hastry made some stellar plays at third and Cam Comeau pitched three very solid innings of relief.  Hopefully the Sons can get their hitting attack back against team Zuppardi friday night. 

WEATHER COLD, SONS HOT IN SEASON OPENER

Jake Connolly's first career Little League hit in season opener

In spite of the cold, raw and wet conditions, the Sons baseball team came out hot in defeating the two time defending league champion Cardinals by a score of 10-2.  The Sons mounted a 13 hit, 10 run offensive attack in a game shortened 5 inning season opener.  In the first inning, the team had 5 consecutive hits that produced 4 runs.  In the second and third innings the Sons scored 1 run in each and then sandwiched another 4 run outburst in the fifth, highlighted by Dom DePaoli's first of the season home run.  Dom led the offensive attack with his 3 for 3 hitting performance and was joined by multiple hit teammates Jake Parker, Cam Comeau, Bobby O'Neil, Jake Sullivan, and first year little leaguer Jake Connolly each contributing 2 hits apiece.

On the defensive side, Dom kept the Cardinal bats quiet striking out all 12 batters he faced in his 4 innings of pitching.  As the conditions worsened and the baseball almost impossible to grip, the tandem of Bobby O'Neil and Jake Sullivan mercifully finished up the last inning to the pleasure of all the rain drenched fans, coaches, umpires, and especially the shivering players.  Next up for the team, the Sons will be facing Sacchetti Plumbing on Wednesday....weather permitting.