Baseball Roundup: Dramatic surge pushes Classical over Saugus

Last Monday, the Classical baseball team experienced its own version of the Patriots Day Massacre at the hands of Saugus thanks to a 10-0 blanking at Fraser Field.On Thursday at World Series Park, it looked like the Rams were going to go 0-fer in terms of runs against Saugus as they trailed 3-0 with just four outs remaining in the game.Then lightning struck.Classical rallied for two runs in the sixth and then got a 2-run single from Dan Richard with two outs in the seventh against Sachems starter Harry Rocheville to take a 4-3 win.”These guys wanted this one and I’m proud of them,” Classical coach Mike Zukowski said.Tyler Gauthier took the brunt of the runs in the first loss to Saugus, but did yeoman’s work on Thursday, holding the Sachems off the board except for the swings of Dave Ferreira.The Saugus shortstop was 2-for-4 with two long home runs, giving him three against Classical this season, and three RBI.In the sixth, Brian Kolodziej and Luis Castillo were aboard with two outs. Felipe Barahona singled home Brian Kolozetski to make it 3-1 before pinch-runner Shawn Cushman scored on the back half of a delayed steal to cut the gap to one.In the seventh, Gauthier singled and was sacrificed to second. With two outs, Josh Horgan singled to put runners at first and third. Following a stolen base, Richard singled home both men on a 2-2 pitch.St. Mary’s 5, Marian 4At Fraser Field, the Spartans (5-5, 3-3 Catholic Central League) staged a 3-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to get the win.Angel Rodriguez played the role of hero as his infield single with two outs scored Nick Conti with the game-winning run.Joe Kasabuski got the rally started by reaching on an error. Ryan Beliveau then walked before Conti singled to load the bases. A dropped fly ball allowed Kasabuski to score before Beliveau scored on a Tade Ogunbona fielder’s choice that tied the game. Rodriguez then hit a ball deep in the hole at short and legged out an infield hit to win the game.Tech 14, Mystic Valley 5At Fraser Field, the Tigers (7-1) used an explosive offense and five solid innings of work from Joan Mota to get the win.Justin Morgan and Mikey Lara led the offensive attack with three hits each. Morgan drove in four runs while Lara drove home a pair. Ronny Guzman added two hits and four RBI while Jose Rios had two hits and two RBI.Fenwick 6, Williams 0At Peabody, Rhode Island-bound Anthony Pisani twirled a one-hit gem, striking out 11 and walking three in the complete-game win.The Crusaders (4-6, 3-3 CCL) pounded out 13 hits and scored once in the first and twice in both the third and sixth innings. Joe Ruggiero paced the Fenwick offense with three hits. Pisani added two hits while Brendan Barrett had a pinch-hit double that scored a run in the sixth.Peabody 12, G’ster 1At Gloucester, the Tanners (7-3) broke open a tight game with an 11-batter, seven-run fourth inning. Dan Mello provided the big hit of the explosion with a 3-run homer.Josh Band also had a solo homer in the fifth while going 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. James Noftle was 3-for-3 and Patrick Yeo was 3-for-5 with a run scored.Tom Ciulla, Jared Shields and Gary Girolamo also drove in runs for the Tanners, who got five innings of two-hit ball from Kevin Skop.Danvers 6, Revere 0At Twi Field, Ken Mulligan came within three batters of throwing a perfect game, allowing only an infield single to Steve Merullo and two others to reach on errors.”We needed a performance like this,” Danvers coach Roger Day said.Bobby Dean had a pair of hits and drove home a run for Danvers, which also got RBI from Kyle Larson and Tom Marini.Mal. Cath. 12, S’Scott 3At Swampscott, the first two innings did in the Big Blue (2-7) as the red-hot Lancers scored three times in the first and nine times in the second.John Beaulieu, Peter Kinchley, Hunter Gordon and Justin Mitchell each had two hits for Swampscott.Pentucket 8, L’field 7At West Newbury, the Pioneers’ (5-5) bus arrived an hour late for the game and thi