LYNNFIELD — As the summer winds down, the town is celebrating a baseball title after the Lynnfield U15 baseball team took down Reading, 12-7, in the championship game of the Lou Tompkins All-Star Summer League Sunday evening at East Boston Memorial Park.
The Pioneers got the bats going early, jumping out to a 2-0 lead when Matt Papagikos smacked a two-run double in the opening innings.
Things continued to go well from there, as David Tracy smashed an inside-the-park home run, Jack Neenan and Sean Drzewiczewski each hit a triple and Lynnfield exploded for an 8-1 lead.
Reading was able to fight back as the game went on, cutting the deficit to just one run in the later innings. But Lynnfield held strong from there, getting strong defense from the likes of Owen Mullin, Jarrett Scoppettuolo, Dylan Damiani and Ryan MacEachern to remain in the lead before stretching things out and taking home a 12-7 victory.
Steve Migliero was awarded the tournament MVP for solid pitching performances, including two complete-game victories for Lynnfield during tournament play.
