Roundup: Peabody baseball outlasts Marblehead

It was a back-and-forth baseball game between Peabody and Marblehead, with the Tanners clawing their way to victory 8-5 over the Magicians at Marblehead Thursday.Peabody had a 2-0 lead to open the game. The Tanners jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the fourth. Marblehead struck back to make it 6-4 in the home half of the fourth. Peabody scored two in the fifth and never looked back. There was plenty of offense to go around with both teams combining for 20 hits (10 each). Peabody coach Mark Bettencourt was very happy that his team came out on top.”Both teams really played a very good baseball game today. There was not many errors or walks, just some very good station to station baseball by both squads,” Bettencourt said.Leading the way for the Tanners was Andrew Bucci, going 3-4 with an RBI. Nick Allen pitched four solid innings of relief, striking out five in the win. Peabody is 9-2.Tech 9, Minuteman 2At Minuteman, Tech jumped out to a 5-0 lead. Mikey Lara set the tone for Tech (2-2, 2 walks, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored). Felix Rios had a big day at the dish (3-4 and 3 runs scored). Michael Aybar had a strong performance at the plate and on the hill. Aybar had a 6.1 inning effort, giving up five hits, and striking out four in the win. Aybar added three hits and one RBI to help out his own cause. Tech is 4-6.Beverly 5, Danvers 2At Danvers, Beverly exploded with four runs in the fourth inning. Beverly’s Kyle Johnson pitched a three-hitter, giving up three walks, and striking out three. The Beverly offense came from Chris Mitchell, who had two hits and four RBI. Beverly is 9-2.Lynnfield 13, Manchester-Essex 9At Lynnfield, Mike Pescione led the way for Lynnfield (3-4, HR and 5 RBI). Chris Klotzbier was more than just a sidekick (2-4, 3-run HR and 4 RBI). Nick Roberts had a strong performance at the plate (3-4, 2 RBI). Ross Batchelder had a strong game on the hill, giving up 10 hits over six innings and striking out five in a winning effort. Lynnfield is 5-6.BOYS TRACKGr. Lowell 98, Tech 45At Manning Field, Tech received a very strong team performance despite the result. Leading the way for Tech was triple winner Ramon Ramos in the triple jump (40-7, state qualifying), long jump (18-3) and 100 meters (11.4). Jon Rijo was a double winner in the 200 meters (24.0, state qualifying) and 400 meters (54.1). Nick Rudolph took the 100-meter hurdles (18.4) and placed second in the high jump (5-4).Danvers 103, Winthrop 28At Danvers, the winners for Danvers were: Brian Herbert, two-mile (11:18); Chris Ciampa, 100 meters (11.6); John Wright, mile (5:38); Steve Hennessey, 110 meter hurdles (16.8); Mike Drew, 400 meters (60.8); Chris Chapruet, 800 meters (2:12); Nick Amico, 200 meters (23.7); Ben Pasquariello, long jump (20-1/4); Dylan Davis, shot put (40-7); Dan Skinner, discus (123) and Brad Leblanc, javelin (120). Danvers is 3-2.Marblehead 102, Saugus 34At Saugus, the winners for Marblehead (5-0) were: Jake Smith, 400 meter hurdles (62.5) and 110 meter hurdles (17.5); Junior Okereke, 100 meters (11.1); Ethan Levine, mile (5:13); Will Herlihy, 400 meters (53.5); James Wigglesworth, 800 meters (2:16); Nikolai Etholm, 200 meters (23.6); Billy Graves, high jump (5-8); Danny Plunkett, discus (113-5) and Sean Mitchell, javelin (117-0). The Saugus winners were: Olisa Obiefona, long jump (20-4) and triple jump (42-2); Brendan Nichols, 2-mile (10:45) and Steven Spinney, shot put (38-4 1/2). Saugus is 0-5.Ipswich 86, Lynnfield 58Masco 101, Lynnfield 44At Ipswich, the Lynnfield winners were: Eddie Moore, 400 meter hurdles (65.1, school record); Brian Corcoran, 400 meters (56.5); Steve Carangelo, 200 meters (23.6); Steven Knox, shot put (44.1) and discus (133-5); Andrew Milinazzo, triple jump (38-11); David Ernest, pole vault (11-0) and Andrew Drinkwater, 2-mile (11:02). Lynnfield is 0-5.GIRLS TRACKPeabody 80, Beverly 56At Peabody, the Tanners gave Beverly its first loss in four years. Leading the way for Peabody was triple winner Andrea Saccardo, 400-meter hurdle