School: Rams come up short against Danvers

It was supposed to be a year of growing for the Danvers baseball team after losing the bulk of its starting pitching to graduation. But typical of the Falcons under head coach Roger Day, they have found a way to get the job done.On Friday at Twi Field, Danvers exploded for five first inning runs and then held on down the stretch to take a 6-4 win over Classical.”We couldn’t come back from five down,” Classical coach Mike Zukowski said.Danvers (9-1, 7-1 Northeastern Conference/South) used two base hits, a passed ball and a throwing error to give starter Connor Kelleher plenty of cushion after one inning.Classical reliever Joe Rose came on and pretty much shut the door on Danvers for the rest of the way as the Rams (4-4) fought back. Huebert Segura had a two-run double in the second and John Finnigan had a solo homer in the fourth and scored again in the sixth.Zach Ryan, Greg Little and Dan Connors each drove home a run for Danvers.Beverly 4, Saugus 0At Cooney Field in Beverly, Chris Mitchell held a potent Saugus lineup to just four hits in his complete game effort. Andy Brown and Anthony DeOrio drove home runs in the first and third innings before Alex Toomey belted a two-run shot in the fourth to close the scoring.Salem 5, Marblehead 4At Palmer Cove in Salem, the Witches (4-4) trailed 4-0 entering the fifth before staging the comeback by getting three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth.”My team showed a lot of character in coming back,” Salem coach Jim Tgettis said. “I’m quite pleased with how they stayed with it and got the win.”Dan Dobriesielski got the win in relief of Ben Kapnis, driving home the winning run in the sixth. Cody Mercier and Raphy Medrano also had RBIs.Marblehead (5-3, 4-2 NEC South) was held to just five hits and got an RBI from Connor Green.BOYS LACROSSESt. Mary’s 12, Lynn 2At Manning Field, Steve Poliskey had a hat trick and two assists as the Spartans (3-5) led from the get-go. Bucky Surette had two goals and three assists with Tyler Morelli adding a goal and an assist.Blue Hills 10, Tech 7At Canton, the Tigers (3-7) cut a 7-1 deficit to 7-6 in the second half but ran out of steam down the stretch. Tom Constantine had a hat trick while Jason Grant and Kyle Gagnon scored two goals each.GIRLS LACROSSEMarblehead 20, Gloucester 5At Newell Stadium in Gloucester, Kiley Fischer had six goals and three assists as the Magicians (6-1-1) rolled. Olivia Raisner scored four goals while Meggie Collins had two goals and two assists.Tyler Phillips also had two goals with Sarah Noyes; Hayley Braun; Micah Phillips; Carly Robb and Cassie Rogers also scoring goals.