SAUGUS – The Little Team that Could – and almost did – is still capable now and then of coming up with some memorable moments even as it progresses through high school.Wednesday, it was Tyler Calla’s turn to do something memorable.Calla, who was the catcher on the Saugus American Little League team that went to the World Series in 2003, clearly made the play of the day as the Sachems hung on to beat Beverly, 4-3, at World Series Park.Calla, a junior, knocked in one of the four runs with a booming sacrifice fly to left. But that certainly wasn’t his only contribution. He saved his best for last, and did it with his defense.Saugus clung to that 4-3 lead as Beverly prepared to hit in the seventh inning. It was 4-3 and nail-biting time – as opposed to 4-1 with everybody breathing easy – because two innings earlier, Beverly’s Andy Brown reached on an error on what would have been the third out – and with one runner already on base – and Conor Walsh followed with a bases-clearing double.Fast-forward to the seventh, where Saugus’ defense – which was very good through most of the day – almost resulted in a heartbreaking loss. Pinch-hitter Sam Deady led off with a bunt that pitcher Harry Rocheville fielded cleanly. But when Rocheville turned to fire to first, there was no one there. Base hit.Deady took off for second (he got a great jump) and Calla threw high in a vain attempt to get him. Shortstop Dave Ferreira had to make a leaping stab to keep the ball from going into centerfield and allowing Deady to take third.”Oh, yes,” said Saugus coach Pat Petrone. “That was a great play.”Joe Wioncek grounded to second for the first out, with Deady taking third.Beverly loves to play small ball, so Petrone and Co. were expecting a squeeze. Even Beverly coach Dave Wilbur said afterward, “We like to squeeze, and you live and die with it.”This time, it didn’t work for Beverly. Pinch-hitter Sam Cohen tried to lay one down, but the ball went straight up in the air and foul. Calla had to dive, and he caught it about an inch off the ground, got up, and threw a strike to third baseman Mike Serino to double up Deady and end the game.”Boy, was that ever a great play,” said Petrone. “He (Calla) has been very steady for us. This is the first time in about three games that he hasn’t thrown out a runner, because no one goes on him now.”Saugus (6-7) led this one from the start. Tyler Trainor and Serino led off the second inning with back-to-back singles, and, one out later, Christian Fabrizio, a sophomore playing his first game at second base, singled to center, loading the bases.Ryan Bateman’s fielder’s-choice grounder got one run home and Fabrizio came home on a balk.Brown drove an 0-2 pitch over the right-field fence in the top of the fourth to cut Saugus’ lead in half, but the Sachems doubled their advantage in the bottom of the inning. Alex Fusco led off with a single (with K.J. Mills running) and Fabrizio sacrificed him to second. Bateman got an infield hit, and Mills came home on a wild throw. Bateman scored on Calla’s sacrifice fly.