Baseball: Swampscott wins in extra innings

Swampscott scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat Revere, 8-5, Friday at Revere.The Big Blue (3-9) had a 5-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning. The Patriots fought back, and scored two runs in the seventh tied the game at five and send it into extra innings (5-5). Adrian Espinal doubled to drive in the game-winning run and Matt Hubauer singled that drove in two insurance runs.”This was a really good team win today,” Swampscott coach Jason Calichman said. “We battled for all 8 innings, and this was our best game of the year.”Al Wallach pitched all eight innings for the Big Blue to pick up the win. Swampscott playsPeabody Monday.Fenwick 5, St. Mary’s 1At Fenwick, the Crusaders (6-5) rode the arm of starting pitcher Tommy Parsons (7 innings, 4 hits, 6 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 earned run). Despite Parsons’ dominance, the score was tied 1-1 through five innings of play. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Fenwick loaded the bases and Mike Campatelli delivered with a base-clearing double to cap off a four-run sixth. Matt Renzulli (2 doubles) also chipped in for Fenwick .St. Mary’s (6-3, 4-3) got its run in the the third inning. Chris Donovan led off with a walk and scored when Antonio Felix doubled to left with two outs. Clay Yianacopolus went 5 ? inning in the loss. Felix finished up in relief. The Spartans did manage to knock down two runs at the plate.”It was a pitchers’ duel for five innings,” St. Mary’s coach Derek Dana said.Winthrop 5, English 1At Winthrop, the Bulldogs (7-4) had a tough afternoon. Winthrop took a 1-0 lead, but the Bulldogs tied things up in the fourth inning when Lucas Harris tripled and scored on a fielder’s choice by Joshue Perez. The Vikings put the game away with four runs in the fifth innings.Andrew Napolean started for English and went 4 1/3 innings. He allowed three hits and walked six. Michael Troy and Dan Rustani finished up in relief. Chris Fucillo went the distance for Winthrop to get the win.”We had some base-running lapses,” English coach Joe Caponigro said. “We had guys on base and we stranded them. We had our chances. We couldn’t get the hit. Fucillo pitched a good game.”Beverly 2, Marblehead 0At Beverly, starting pitcher Eric Messina did not need much run support from the Panthers offense. Messina threw a complete game one-hitter and struck out six. Messina surrendered his lone hit in the top of the third inning. Messina got into a bases loaded jam win no outs, but induced a double play and followed with a strikeout to get out of the sixth. Tristan Fasheh hit an RBI single in the sixth to put the Panthers up 2-0. Beverly is now 6-6.Peabody 6, Malden Cath. 2At Peabody, the Tanners (10-1) received another strong performance on the hill from Andrew McLaughlin (6 innings, 12 strikeouts, 2 hits, 1 earned run). Peabody was up 2-1 going into the fifth inning, until the Tanners had a three-run fifth. Key hits from Peabody came from a two-run double by Mike Petrosino and an RBI single by David Hoar. Petrosino provided just about all the offense Peabody required (3-for-4, 4 RBI). Other contributors for the Tanners offense were Hoar (2-for-4, RBI) and Matt Correale (2-for-3, 2 runs scored). Peabody plays Danvers Saturday.Lynnfield 4, N. Reading 3At Carey Park, North Reading, in eight innings, lefty Dave Johnson went the distance for the Pioneers, giving up one walk, one hit batsman, striking out four. Two of the runs he allowed were earned. He also helped himself out with the bat by knocking in two runs.”He did a terrific job,” said coach John O’Brien. “He was around the plate all day long.”Lynnfield took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on RBI singles by Johnson and Ryan Battaglia, only to see the Hornets get one back in the bottom of the innings. In the third, Traverse Briana, singled and Dan O’Leary reached on error and Johnson knocked in run No. 2 on a fielder’s choice.After the Hornets tied it with two runs in the sixth, followed by a scoreless seventh, Battagli