Roundup: Busy weekend in baseball

Lynn?s Junior Legion baseball team defeated host Methuen, 4-0, on Saturday before dropping a tight decision on Sunday to Littleton, who earned the postseason?s top remaining seed with the 3-1 victory at Veterans Field.The Lynners remain in solid position and will play the victor of today?s contest between Peabody and Georgetown on Tuesday, with a chance to advance hanging in the balance.?We?ve been playing well lately and now we should have some reinforcements on the way,” explained coach Ron Gaudet, whose squad will welcome back a cast of players from the 15-year-old all-star team whose State Tournament wrapped up on Sunday.?Come Tuesday, we should be ready and raring to go,” he concluded.In Sunday?s setback, the locals jumped out to an early lead when P.J. Hatchouel?s first-inning bloop to shallow center forced an error, which scored Andre Gaudet (single).Littleton responded with three unanswered runs, two off starting pitcher Joe Tardiff, who threw well in the tough-luck loss.Lynn would strand the bases loaded in the sixth, which concluded with an unfortunate 1-2-3 double play, following a hard grounder back to the pitcher from Eric Giguere.On Saturday, Donnie Weisse impressed in a four-hit, complete-game shutout against the tournament?s defending champions.?It was an absolute gem … a really competitive outing,” explained Gaudet of Weisse, who struck out six. “Donnie was consistent with first-pitch strikes, which forced Methuen onto their heels the entire game. Our defense was terrific behind him as well. It was a total team effort.”Lynn took a first-inning lead when Tardiff recorded a one-out single before stealing second and scoring on a fielder?s choice from Brendan O?Neil, who beat out an attempted double play turn.Brian Nunez tacked on an RBI single in the fourth, scoring Kyle Morrill (2 for 3), who had reached on a two-out single. Hatchouel capped the scoring with a two-run single in the seventh, scoring Weisse and Gaudet (2-for-4), who had recorded consecutive singles before O?Neil was hit by a pitch.In other Junior Legion action, Swampscott?s postseason run came to an end following a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Georgetown on Sunday afternoon. The locals were held without a hit until the fifth inning.Tom Rockett, Gavin Sullivan and Ryan Donnelly split time on the mound.On Saturday, Swampscott defeated Haverhill 6-2 behind five strong innings from starter Anthony Ross, who earned the win. Corey Bleau and Jake Venutti (1 for 1) split the sixth and seventh frames, respectively.Little League SectionalsN. Andover 5, Pea. West 4At Poulin Field, Peabody West was eliminated despite leading 4-1 after four and a half innings. A home run cut the North Andover deficit to one before it took the lead shortly after.Joe Gilmartin opened the scoring with a solo shot before J.C. Espinal upped the lead to its highest point with a two-run homer. Jack Flaherty added a sacrifice fly, scoring Angelo McCullough.