North Shore Phillies split weekend pair, trail in series

The North Shore Phillies split a weekend pair against the Kingston Night Owls at Haverhill Stadium in North Shore Baseball League playoff action. The Phillies trail the best-of-three series two games to one.On Saturday, the Phillies won 1-0 … and on Sunday, they lost, 1-0.In Saturday?s game, playing as the home team, the Phillies scored the lone run of the game in the second inning. Player-manager Chris Carroll led off with a single and went to second on a groundout. He scored on a two-out single from Andrew Deloury, an outfielder at Salem State who is entering his sophomore year.Recent Salem State graduate Ed Deren started and went four innings, allowing three hits. Mario Padovani worked the last three innings, permitting just one hit.?Both (pitchers) were exceptional,” Carroll said.Sunday, Carroll said, was “much more frustrating.”Danny Duval pitched a complete game (6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 3 K). The Phillies, playing as the visitors this time, left 10 on base, with their biggest threat coming in the top of the sixth. Kurtis White led off with a triple, and Chris Blydell reached on catcher?s interference, with no run scoring. Blydell stole second and Ricky Vail was hit by a pitch with one out to load the bases. Yet Kingston got out of the jam without a run scoring. In the bottom of the inning, the Night Owls scored the only run of the game.The series resumes tonight (6 p.m.) at Breed. If Kingston wins, it takes the series; if North Shore wins, the teams play Tuesday at Haverhill Stadium (6).