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St.John’s Sean McGinnis went 3-for-4 with a run scored in a loss to Braintree in the Super 8 baseball tournament.
By ANNE MARIE TOBIN
Defending Division 1A baseball champion Braintree, paced by a 11-hit attack that included three home runs and three doubles, defeated St. John’s Prep 10-4 in the opening round of the Super 8 tournament. The Prep led 2-1 after the first inning on a two-run homer by left fielder Jacob Yish, but Braintree took the lead for good with a five-run third to lead 6-2. The Eagles closed to 6-4 in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run blast by first baseman Andrew Selima, but that was as close as they would come. Braintree added two more in the sixth on a two-run home run by leadoff hitter Erik MacDonald and solo runs in the eighth and ninth innings. Prep starting pitcher Brendan Powicki (2 1/3 innings, five earned runs, five hits) and relievers Colin Nye (6 1/3 innings, three earned runs, six hits) and Zach Begin (1/3 innings) issued six combined free passes with one hit batter. Left fielder Sean McGinnis (3-for-4, run scored) and Selima (2-for-5, two RBI) were the only Eagles with multiple hits. Catcher Jack Arend, shortstop Chris Francoeur, right fielder Frank DiOrio and second baseman Jake Spada (double) also had hits. The loss relegated St. John’s to the losers’ bracket where the Eagles will take on Plymouth North, which lost 12-9 to St. John’s Shrewsbury, in an elimination game at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton on Friday.
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In boys lacrosse action, in Division 1, Revere fell to North Andover, 19-2, in Division 1 first-round action; Gloucester came up a goal short, losing to Burlington, 10-9 in a Division 2 first-rounder; Winthrop dropped one to Manchester-Essex, 10-2, in Division 3 North.
