Baseball: Bowden, English win pitching duel over Marblehead

Bulldog Ben Bowden found himself in a pitchers duel against Magician Brian Daley.It took eight innings to decide this one, and Bowden was able to out duel Daley 3-0 at Seaside Park Monday night.”I expected this game to be a tight low scoring game,” said English coach Joe Caponigro. “Daley for Marblehead pitched fantastic today and I was really impressed by him. Daley is only a junior too, so it’s scary to think he’s only going to get better. It’s quite a luxury to know when Bowden takes the mound he’s going to give a tremendous performance, and we needed every bit of it today.”Bowden pitched all eight innings, struck out nine, walked one, and gave up four singles. Daley was the tough-luck loser in this one (8 innings, 4 hits, 5 strikeouts, 4 walks, 3 runs, 2 earned). It was a 0-0 shutout through the first seven innings of play. English scored all three runs in the eighth inning. Lucas Harris led off the inning with a single. Andrew Napoleon and Bowden followed with walks. English has the bases loaded with one out, and Matt Merritt hits the game-winning RBI single. The Bulldogs added two insurance runs in the frame as well. English (4-5) plays Saugus Wednesday.Swampscott 17, Salem 7At Swampscott, three home runs and a stellar pitching performance by Trevor Massey helped lift to a win. Massey scattered five hits and struck out 12 in six innings for the win. The Big Blue (4-6) spotted Salem a 3-0 lead, but Corey Carmody erased it with one swing of the bat when he hit a grand slam as part of a six-run second inning. Swampscott added another run in the third on a two-out single by Nunzio Moretti and in the fourth inning, Ryan January hit a two-run home run that also scored Massey, who had doubled. The Big Blue put the game away with a six-run sixth inning. Mike Lan delivered the death blow with a three-run homer.Saugus 8, Classical 1At Fraser Field, Classical (4-5) took a 1-0 lead in the third inning, when Brad Scuzzarella hit an RBI double that scored Jorge Perez. Saugus trailed 1-0 until the top of the sixth inning. Classical recorded the first out, but the Sachems ran off eight consecutive hits to turn a 1-0 deficit into an 8-1 lead. Nick Enos and Shane Ripley had two singles each in the sixth inning. Sachem pitcher Dom DiPesa did not need much run support, as he stymied the Rams offense (7 innings, 9 strikeouts, 1 run).”Dom did a great job mixing up his pitches and hitting his spots,” said Saugus coach Tom Gaeta. “When Dom has it going, he can beat anyone and shut down any opposing offense.”Saugus (6-4) plays English Wednesday.Fenwick 3, Arlington Cath. 2At Arlington Catholic, Fenwick trailed 1-0 at the end of the first inning, and found itself down 1-0 going into the final inning. Crusader Gianni Esposito led off the top of the seventh inning with a single. Robbie Carillo came in and pinch ran for Esposito. Brian Burke doubled off the wall, which scored Carillo all the way from first base to tie the game 1-1. Arlington Catholic threw the ball away twice on the Burke double, which led Burke to cross the plate and give Fenwick its first lead of the game 2-1. Mike Campatelli followed with a double, and scored a very important insurance run on a Jhon Oliviera RBI single (3-1). Fenwick pitcher Andrew Lessard went the first five innings (1 run, 3 hits, 4 strikeouts). Esposito, Campatelli and Oliviera all had multi hit games for the Crusaders (8-2).Austin Prep 13, St. Mary’s 5At Austin Prep, the Spartans offense had a strong performance despite the result. Leading the way for St. Mary’s was the trio of Dan Donovan (2-3, 2 RBI), Victor Molle (2-3) and Chris Butler (2-3). St. Mary’s is now 6-4.Beverly 15, Winthrop 1At Beverly, Beverly did not have a lack of offense in this one. The Panther duo of Luke McDonald (3-4, home run) and Anthony DiOrio (2-4, grand slam) led the way. Beverly pitcher Eric Messina had a no-hitter through five innings, but surrendered a hit in the top of the sixth inning.