Roundup: St. Mary’s baseball defeats rival Bishop Fenwick

A six-run third inning for the St. Mary’s baseball team lifted the Spartans past arch rival Fenwick, 6-4, in a battle of the Catholic Central League’s two co-champions from last year.”We always have great games with (St. Mary’s),” Crusaders coach Russ Steeves said. “A couple of hits either way and this is a completely different game.”Joe Kasper started the offensive surge for St. Mary’s, picking up a single. Alex Glover walked him in a few batters later. Alex Fiste followed by singling to left, knocking in two. Angelo Codispoti cleared the bases with a triple and then scored on a Nick Day sacrifice fly.Matt Turmenne earned the win coming in for relief of Mike Scanlon. He went four innings, allowing one run (none earned) on seven hits, while striking out five and walking two.”Mike gave us what we needed,” Spartans coach Derek Dana said. “Turmenne came in and worked out of some tight situations and did a very nice job.”Beverly 10, Newburyport 9At Newburyport, this one had enough twists and turns to keep fans from both teams on the edge of their seats. Beverly took an early 3-0 lead, only to see the Clippers tie things up. Newburyport went up by a run, 4-3, and that’s how the game stood until the top of the sixth when Beverly scored six runs to take what appeared to be a comfortable 10-3 lead.As it turned out, no lead was safe. The Clippers came back in their half of the sixth with five runs to cut the deficit to 10-9. Newburyport threatened to put the game away in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a leadoff double, but Beverly hunkered down. The next batter popped up and the final two grounded out to shortstop Austin Butler, who made two tremendous plays to throw the runners out and save the game. Beverly used three pitchers, Ethan Trowt, who went the first four innings, Chris Mitchell, who got the win, and Kyle Johnson.Joe Wioncek had three hits and two RBI; Austin Butler, two hits and three RBI; Steve DuBois, two hits, including a two-run home run, and Mark Hannable (hit, RBI).”We showed some toughness,” Beverly coach Dave Wilbur said. “We kept our poise in the seventh inning when they had the tying run at second and the winning run at the plate.”SOFTBALLMelrose 8, Lynnfield 7At Melrose, the Pioneers took advantage of some Melrose pitching woes in the early going to jump out to a 4-0 lead, but Melrose came back, scoring four runs in the bottom of the sixth to take an 8-7 lead.Melanie Mancinelli and Terri Whalen (RBI) had the only hits for Lynnfield. Abby Tobin scored two runs on three walks and two stolen bases. Rachele Milordi took the loss, going six innings. She allowed six hits, struck out five and walked two. Three of the runs were earned.Salem 5, Somerville 1At Mack Park, Sarah Chasse was in top form, allowing only three hits, no walks and striking out 11. The Witches (1-0) spotted Somerville a run in the first, but came back with four runs in the second inning to take the lead for good.Lindsay Trammel had a pair of hits and scored a run; Chasse had a hit and an RBI; Rachel Channel had a double and an RBI and Gloria Mustafaraj had a hit and an RBI.BOYS TENNISSt. John’s 5, BC High 0At Danvers, Ian Wright and Will Hockburnn won 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) in second doubles for the Eagles (3-0), in the day’s most competitive match. Lynn native Mike Beluch teamed up with Mark Corvi and won 6-3, 6-3. All of the singles matches were won in straight sets: John Corvi (first singles) 6-2, 6-1; Chris Toner (second singles) 6-3-6-3; and Brad Noyes (third singles) 6-1, 6-0.BOYS TENNISWinthrop 5, St. Mary’s 0At Winthrop, St. Mary’s senior Peter Lourvaris put up a good fight at first singles, but lost 2-6, 4-6. First doubles players Rob Goggin and Conor Janson lost a hard-fought three-setter, 5-7, 6-2, 2-6. The Spartans are 0-1.GIRLS TENNISSt. Mary’s 5, Winthrop 0At GE Field, the Spartans (2-0) dominated this one with Stacey Politis winning first singles, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Megan Fitzgerald won at second singles, 6-1, 6-0, and Corina Pinto won 6-0,