Baseball: Classical stays red hot against Gloucester

You would be hard pressed to find a team that is hitting the ball better than Lynn Classical in the Northeastern Conference right now.On Monday at Nate Ross Park, the Rams scored early and they scored often against Gloucester as they rolled to a 13-1 win over the Fishermen.”The guys have been swinging the bats really well,” Classical coach Mike Zukowski said. “(Gloucester) usually hands it to us and they’re always strong. We are playing very well right now.”Sophomore Jorge Perez was the beneficiary of the Rams offensive explosion as he held Gloucester to only three hits, striking out six and allowing two earned runs.Classical (7-4, 6-3 Northeastern Conference/North) gave Perez all the offense he needed in the first via a 2-run double from Kyle Devin. The Rams added five more runs in the third, three of them coming on a Francisco Tolentino long ball, before scoring once in the fifth and five more times in the fifth.Devin drove in three runs while Greg Rybak had two RBIs. Wilfredo Feliz had four runs scored while Kyle Gauthier had two hits and two runs scored.The Rams swing back into action on Wednesday night (7) when they begin a critical home-and-home with Peabody at Bezemes Diamond. The two clubs are tied atop the NEC North standings with their wins on Monday.English 11, Winthrop 10 (12 innings)At Fraser Field, the Bulldogs prevailed. Visit www.itemlive.com for more details.Spellman 3, St. Mary’s 0At Brockton, the Spartans (8-2, 6-2 Catholic Central/Large) were stunned as they fell back into a first place tie in the CCL Large with the loss against a team they had beaten 29-11 earlier this season.St. Mary’s was 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position on Monday as the game was scoreless until the Cardinals scratched out a run against Matt Turmenne in the fifth. Spellman then added two more runs in the sixth.Marblehead 7, Beverly 5At Seaside Park in Marblehead, Casey Stead’s 3-run homer in the bottom of the sixth helped the Magicians (8-3, 7-2 NEC South) steal away a win over the Panthers.”We never gave up and we worked hard to win this game,” Marblehead coach Jason Tarasuik said.Ross Gienieszko picked up the win in relief of Ryan Stanojev.Swampscott 6, Revere 3At Swampscott, Frank Legere was 3-for-3 with two RBI, three stolen bases and two runs scored as the Big Blue (8-5, 7-4 NEC South) survived a late run by the Patriots.Mike Walsh had a pair of RBIs and Sean O’Brien drove in a run. Tommy Keenan worked the first five innings to get the win.Cath. Memorial 1, St. John’s 0 (8 innings)At West Roxbury, two of the state’s premier pitchers lived up to their billing as the Prep’s Pat Connaughton struck out 15 and walked three over seven innings. But CM’s John Gorman was just a little bit better as he did not allow the Eagles (10-3) a run over his eight innings of work before the Knights won it on a throwing error.Fenwick 3, Matignon 2At Peabody, the Crusaders (10-4) pulled this one out on an error on the final play of the game and in doing so, qualified for the tournament. Joe Levasseur (4-0) pitched 2 1/2 innings of relief in the win. He struck out two and allowed one hit. Fenwick is 6-3 in the Catholic Central League.Danvers 13, Salem 7At Salem State University, Nick Gikas got the win for the Falcons (12-2), who bounced back nicely after losing to Beverly on Sunday. Ray Arocho and Greg Little had three hits each and Gikas, Zach Ryan and Scott Hovey, two hits each. Hovey and Nick Valles each had three RBI.