001And it will be ruled as an error. It's Grady Clark, the freshman, bring up the four hitter, it's Gavin Salmon. 286 so far this season. He's the catcher for this Hopkinton Panthers squad. A runner on first, two away. He'll take just outside, it's ball one. Grumbum take a step off the mound. Austin has had a rough stretch, losing four straight games. Grumbum will throw over to first, including 22 to one loss to Zaverian, very good program. Tri-Valley League match up to try to get back on track here, as the Clockers have been going in the opposite direction. Runners going as that one shot into the woods down the line, foul. So, ball and a strike here on Salmon. Pitch, the line drive into center field, that's a base hit. On his way to third base
002goes the pitcher Leek, the throw is going to be late. He slides in and down to second base goes Salmon on a base hit. So, the error proving costly, second and third with two away. Big spot for the five hitter, the shortstop Brogan Roach, committed to St. Lawrence earlier this year. But, a tough start to the season, 0 for 18 so far in seven games. What an opportunity for him here. Grumbum trying to lock in here. Jared a bit of communication trouble with his catcher, Ryan Passalaqua. He's ready, here comes the first pitch. That one is low and away, ball one. One ball, no strikes, swing and a miss. Good pitch there from Grumbum. It's one and one. One ball, one strike. Beautiful pitch, called strike two. Roach is in the hole. One, two. That
003is just outside. Count is even at two balls and two strikes. Two balls, two strikes, two outs, two in scoring position for Holliston. Here comes. That's a fly ball to right, Turncliff waits for it, and he's got it. And the error does not come back to bite the Clockers, they get through the top of the first scoreless. And they'll come to bat for the first time, no score. The southpaw Henry Leek will be the starting pitcher for the Panthers this afternoon. Through two appearances, he's one and 0, but that ERA inflated at 16.33. He's given up seven runs. He's walked seven in three innings. So, an opportunity here for the Clockers to see their hot bats. Take a look at their lineup. Finn Conry leads off with Ollie LaRowe in the two, Chris Bradica, who's
004batting .667, that leads the Tri-Valley League in batting average. Michael Schreiber, the shortstop in the cleanup. Ian McCon, Ian McCon, sorry, bats fifth. Jake Lemay, DH, bats sixth. Jared Grumbum will bat seventh, Grady Clark will bat eighth, and Austin Turncliff will round out the lineup in the nine hole. So, as mentioned, Austin losers of four straight, Smithfield, Dover-Sherborn, Zaverian, and Medway. Combined six runs in those four games, 51 runs given up. So, this is a big get-right game here for the Panthers. For the Clockers, through four games, they've looked phenomenal at the plate, 40 runs, averaging 10 runs a game, averaging 10 hits a game, with 13 doubles as a team, batting 351. The OPS 948. Extremely impressive through four games, but plenty of time left in the season. We'll see how they can respond
005against the lefty Henry Leake. Finn Conroy digs in. And the first pitch is just a bit outside. Conroy this season 308 to start through four games. And that's a strike. Sophomore. Leake third this afternoon. 1-1 count from Leake. That's a pop up. And it looks like it'll be heading out of play behind the Ashland dugout. Ball two strikes on Conroy. Few steps. Yep. One ball and two strikes to the lead-off man for the Clockers. That is just upstairs. And it's two balls and two strikes. Top of the lineup for the Clockers has been very, very good so far. That's a fly ball into center field. And out there to make the catch is Cosgrove. Hollister's got Quinn playing third, they've got Roche at short, Chris Baker at second base, and Ben O'Brien at first base.
006Kramer's in left, Cosgrove is out in center. Outfield, no doubles. Ollie LaRue digs in. Tristan Snyder is the right fielder, excuse me. Zolly LaRue takes upstairs. Batting 400 through four games is LaRue. He's also kind of a magnet getting hit by pitches. It's two balls and no strikes here to Ollie. Two and 0 from Leake. And it's a three ball no strike count here to LaRue. Chris Bradica waits on deck. Three balls no strikes. That's strike. Umpire did a strikeout call with his hands there, but it was only strike one. Three balls and one strike to the number two hitter. Foul that straight back. Flinched a little there. And now the count is full to LaRue. Three balls two strikes, and he lines that one into center field. Cosgrove has it. Lined it up well,
007and two outs here for Leake to start. And now Chris Bradica, the first baseman, will bat. as mentioned earlier. 10 for 15. He's driven in 12, he's got seven doubles on the season. All-star last year. Well on his way to that this year. Lefty-lefty matchup. That's a strike. Off-speed there from Henry Leake. No balls and one strike. Bases empty, two away. Bottom of the first. That one is fouled away as he pops it up. And it's nothing and two. The inning were to continue, Michael Shriver would bat next. He'll take his time. Two balls two strikes. And he swings and misses for strike three. Off-speed he was out in front of, and Henry Leake works a 1-2-3 first inning. Both teams go scoreless. We go to the second. Jared Grumban warms up for his second
008inning of action. Escaped a second and third mini jam in the first inning. Error and a single for Hollister. As they'll bat for the second time. Tristan Snyder, Ben O'Brien, Chris Baker. Jared Grumban looks to continue his strong pitching. Tristan Snyder will lead it off. 0 for his first four to start the season, and he'll foul that one straight back, and it's nothing and one. Hollister without quite a few players, quite a few impact players. Cal Levrone is out, Ben Moriano, and Jack McDonald. He's batting 636 through five games. That one's low, and it's a ball and a strike. See if some absences can help fuel Two balls and a strike. Snyder out in right field this afternoon. And it's now three and one. Grumban only walked one against Dover-Sherborn. His command has become what
009he's known for. Can have long outings, limited pitch counts as that one is fouled straight back. And the count is full. Three balls two strikes. It's a ground ball to short. Shriver plays it on a hop, and it's off his glove. Back-to-back innings with an error for the Clockers. Lead-off man Snyder will reach. Like a routine play. Ball took a bit of a hop there. Snyder's on base. Lefty first baseman Ben O'Brien will bat. He's 0 for his first four this season. First pitch, that one is fouled away. Snyder leads off first. Grumban 0 and 1, that one's outside. Runner goes down to second, throw is bounced, and it's not in time. So, Tristan Snyder has stolen a base. Another runner into scoring position for Hollister here. Jared might be get three straight outs. Now
010with that runner on second. Snyder has that look like he wants to steal third as well. Another foul ball by Ben O'Brien. Count is one and two. 26th pitch of the afternoon for Grumbaugh. And he will fake throw back to second. Keeping an eye on Snyder. It's a chilly afternoon. Weather was showing 80, but the clouds have taken over. One ball, two strikes. And a swing and a miss. Beautiful fastball from Grumbaugh. And he's got his first strikeout. And he's one away. It's a big out there. So with one down, Chris Baker, second baseman, a freshman, has not batted yet this season. Snyder dancing off second. First pitch is a swing and a miss. Snyder continues to dance off second. Nothing in one. And Jared will step off again. Snyder continues to get in Grumbaugh's
011head. Two balls and one strike to Chris Baker. Snyder is dancing. And Grumbaugh delivers. And that is a strike. A little bit of a half swing. Baker unsure of that one. Now it's nothing and two. A big help would be if he can strike out back-to-back guys after a lead-off error and stolen base. He's got Baker in the hole nothing and two. Grumbaugh looks over at second. Fires a nothing and two. And a swing and a miss. Just pumped the fastball right by him. And that is out number two. Back-to-back Ks after the lead-off error and stolen base. Snyder will remain at second. Tommy Quinn, the third baseman, will bat. Batting 267, four for his first 15. Couple RBI. And Snyder's going. And the throw to third, he is out. Snyder picked off. He went
012early. And a great job by Grumbaugh. Well aware of his surroundings. And the throw was in time to get him. So Grumbaugh will escape back-to-back innings. Middle of the second, no score. Henry Leake will come on the mound for his second inning of work. Facing four, five, and six for Ashland. Schreiber, McCoy, and LeMay. Schreiber, the shortstop, batting 250 so far. He's driven in a couple. Ashland went 1-2-3 in the first inning. Bradica struck out to end it. Schreiber digs in. Leake is ready. First pitch to Schreiber. It's outside, ball one. Expecting some rain here later on. Dark clouds overhead. See how long we can get this game in for. 1-0 count. It is upstairs. Two balls and no strikes. 2-0. And three ball, no strike count to start off the inning. Saw against Medway,
013the Clockers had a lot of patient at-bats. Fortunately, didn't result in a win. Schreiber looks to bunt. Pulls it back, and that's a strike. Had no intention of swinging at that 3-0 pitch. Three balls, one strike. And Schreiber ropes it into left. That's down for a base hit. Absolutely smoked it. And the lead-off man reaches for Ashland. Ball was tattooed. So the first base runner against Henry Leake for Ashland is Michael Schreiber. Ian McCoy will bat. Four for 10 so far this season. Driven in a couple. Out in left field Saw him in center against Medway. Out in left today. First pitch to him. That's a little low. It's a lefty-lefty matchup. There are four lefties in this Ashland lineup. So a little bit of an advantage for Leake. Schreiber off of first. 1-0. That's
014low as well. Back-to-back balls below the zone. Two balls and no strikes to Ian McCoy. And Leake will look over to first. Schreiber back in sliding. McCoy ahead in the count 2-0. Yes. Leake has fallen behind his first two hitters. And back-to-back 3-0 counts start the inning after a clean 1-2-3 first. It's likely another take here from McCoy. Three balls and no strikes. That is ball four. First two reach in the second. Very patient at-bat from Ian McCoy. Schreiber's down to second. Jake LeMay will bat. Outfield taken away. Three for his first seven. Saw him pinch hit when we were here against Medway. That's first pitch strike snapped in there by Leake. And it's nothing and one. Some raindrops starting to fall here. A bit earlier than predicted. That one's high. It's a ball and
015a strike. One ball and one strike to LeMay. Schreiber dances off second, and Leake will step off. Jared Grumbaugh, the pitcher, would be next. 1-1. That's a line drive into left. Moving over to make the catch is Ethan Kramer. No advancement from the runners. It's out number one here in the bottom of the second. So, here comes Grumbom. Two for his first 14 at the plate. But, he can turn it up. A big opportunity for him here. Couple ducks on the pond. First pitch. Way inside. Knocked him off the plate. Ashland Bench always loud. Guys like Kevin Judge, Cooper Gork, Jackson Van Beek. Always good at keeping the team together. Two balls and no strikes. Jared Grumbom heading the count two and oh. Here comes. Treiber's going. It was a ball high. The throw to
016third not in time. Down to second goes McOwen and a perfectly executed double steal for the Clockers. Might not matter. It's a 3-0 count here to Grumbom. Great job by Ashland. Active on the base paths. Second and third. 3-0 count. One down here. As the rain starts to fall. That's a strike. Dropped behind the plate by Samon. It's a three balls and one strike. See if Jared has the green light here. Three balls, one strike. That's a pop up and it's going to be out of play. The count is full. This is a big pitch. Grady Clark waits on deck. Here comes. It's popped up first base side. And the catch is made there. And O'Brien has it. As the rain comes down a little bit harder here. Wind picking up as well. Grady Clark
017will bat next. 333 four for 12. For the freshman. Two on, two out. He takes outside. A big at bat here. 1-0. Upstairs. Two balls and no strikes. Treiber on third. McOwen on second. 2-0. That's a strike. Just got the corner there. Two balls and a strike. Half of the sky is sun. Half of the other half dark clouds. Hopefully we don't have to go into a delay here. They'll throw back to second and it was off of Ian McOwen. It's two balls and one strike to Clark. Austin Turncliff is on deck. We'll see if he bats. 2-1 is way upstairs. Good job by Samon to go up and get it. That's three and one. Three balls, one strike. Swing and a miss. Foul tipped it back into the mitt. And the count is full.
018Looks like Three balls, two strikes. Two in scoring position. Two out. Here comes. Strike three! Got him looking at a fastball. Second K for Leak and he gets out of the second scoreless. No score between the Clockers and the Panthers going to the third. Jared Grumbom will come out for the third inning here. Two scoreless innings so far for him. Couple strike outs. Very similar lines for both these pitchers. Despite the two errors so far committed by Ashland, no damage done yet. Definitely not a trend you want to keep going in. Tommy Quinn, the third baseman, will lead off and he'll take ball one. He was in the middle of his at bat when Snyder was picked off at third. So, he'll get a reset. 1-0. Checked his swing. Two balls and no strikes. It's
0199-1-2 here for the Panthers. 2-0. It's a ground ball to third. Good hop for Conry. He throws long to first in time. Perfect hop, perfect throw. And a quick out number one. So, it's back to the top of the lineup. Cosgrove 0 for 1. First pitch to him. That's a ground ball to short. Treiber comes in on it. The long throw across is not in time. Throw pulled Chris Bradica off of first base. He was late applying the tag. So, that will most likely go down as an infield hit for Cosgrove. Second hit. Should they going to call that an error? Third error of the game for the Clockers now. Cosgrove's on his way to second. The throw from Passalaqua is high. And Cosgrove has stolen second. Some thick raindrops fall. That was ball one
020to Ethan Kramer. He's 0 for 1. Third straight inning with a runner reaching scoring position here for the Panthers. 1-0. That's a strike. The Clockers have committed one error in each inning. Like I said, the trend continues. They could be in danger of giving up some runs. Comes the 1-1. It's a foul ball back. On to the turf. Nothing in two to Kramer. Is this hail? That's strike three. He got him looking. Third strikeout for Jared Grumbum and he freezes Kramer on three pitches. Here comes Henry Leake. He's gone two scoreless on the mound, over one at the plate. Cosgrove leads off second, that one's outside. So one ball, no strikes to Leake. Schreiber holds on Cosgrove. Comes the 1-0. That's a strike. A bit high there. One ball, one strike. One ball and one
021strike. That's in the dirt, a good stop from Passalacqua. He's been very good behind the plate this season. As the sun begins to shine over the trees here. There's some rain. It's two balls and one strike. Here comes. It's a good pitch there. Called strike two. Two balls and two strikes here to Leake. It's Grumbum. He's thrown 40 pitches so far. Two and two-thirds. 41 pitches. Two balls, two strikes to Leake. Ground ball back to the mound, snow cone by Grumbum, a toss to first in time. Three scoreless innings for Jared Grumbum. And we're through two and a half here at the middle school. No score. Henry Leake will come on for his third inning of work. Both pitchers have shined so far. Two innings, one hit, no runs, a walk and two strikeouts so
022far for Leake. It's 9-1-2 in the Ashland order. It'll start off with Austin Turncliff. Back to the top with Conry and Laro. Still no score. Despite Ashland committing three errors. It remains 0-0. Just one hit each. So Turncliff will lead off. It's five for his first 11, batting 455. He's also driven in five runs. He's also scored five times. Have that kind of production from your nine hole hitter is something that if you do have it, it's often a good team. A lot of the guys in this lineup have been hitting well through four games. Try to set up the top of the lineup here to begin the third. Here comes the first pitch from Leake. That's upstairs. That was pitch number 40 for Leake. Grumbum has thrown 42. He's finished three. 1-0, it's a
023foul ball. Ball and a strike. One ball, one strike to Austin Turncliff. Swing and a miss. Good pitch from Leake, it's 1-2. Here comes the 1-2. That's a foul ball straight back. It got through the fencing. And it remains a ball and two strikes. 1-2. That's a pop up past third. He's got room. As Quinn makes the catch. And Austin Turncliff is the first out of the third. Back to the top of the lineup, it's Finn Conry. Conry's over one so far this afternoon. Bases empty, one away. Here comes the first pitch. Off speed upstairs, ball one. Here comes the 1-0. That's a strike. Snapped in there. One ball and one strike. 1-1. It's a ground ball past the mound, fielded by the shortstop. He throws it, he got him. Great play by Brogan Roche.
024Pitcher Leake trying to grab that ball with his bare hand as it zipped by him. But a nice play there by Brogan Roche yet short. Two quick outs here for Leake. He'll take Ollie Laro on next. Laro over one so far. Here comes the first pitch. That's a pop up and it'll head out of play. So nothing in one on Laro. Bases empty, two away. Bottom of the third, still no score. Here comes the 0-1. That's a shot in the left field. Moving over to make the catch is Kramer. And a 1-2-3 third for Henry Leake. Both pitchers have gone three scoreless. So we head to the fourth. >> Jared Grumbach will start the fourth inning for Ashland. Three scoreless with a few strikeouts for Grumbach. Good news is the rain has stopped for now.
025Knock on wood. Catcher Gavin Salmon will lead it off. It's one for one. He's got the only hit so far for Holliston. Had a single back in the second. He takes outside. 1-0 That's a good pitch from Grumbach. It's one and one. Salmon, Rochi, and Snyder are the batters in this inning as that one's smoked into left field. That's a base hit. McCoy goes to cut it off, bobbles it for a second. Gavin Salmon is two for two, the only two hits for Holliston. Ball was tattooed there. So, lead off man on the board. Brogan Rochi will bat. He's 0 for 1. Grumbach will check on Salmon at first. He goes back in headfirst. Another throw over there from Grumbach. Salmon's back in there safely. As Rochi awaits his first pitch. He'll step off. It's
026some miscommunication between Passalaqua and Grumbach again. And they're going to ask for time. They don't seem to be on the same page currently. And that was settled quickly. Here's the first pitch. Runner goes and it's dropped. Gavin Salmon will take second. We thought that one was ball one. So, another runner, the fourth straight inning for Holliston. Another runner in scoring position. It's 1-0 to Rochi. Grumbach will have to escape another inning here. Comes the 1-0 pitch. Bunt? Nope. Ball two. Rochi shows bunt for the second straight pitch. So, two balls and no strikes. Holliston base runners really been getting in Jared Grumbach's head. He's keeping him on. It's 2-0 count to Rochi. He goes bunt and then chops it through into left field, a base hit. Salmon flying around third. He's coming to the plate.
027Here's the throw from left. It sails past Passalaqua. And on his way to second is Rochi. And that's one way to break the slump. The infield drawn in when he showed bunt. And he chopped it right through the hole at short. So, Holliston has the first run of the game, taking the lead. Comes Christian Snyder. He's 0 for 1. That's a strike. So, Grumbach will look to bounce back. So, Rochi on second now. Him and Salmon swap places. Comes the 0-1. That's a fly ball to deep right. Turncliff on his way back. He's got it. Rochi's tagging. Here comes the throw from right and it's cut off. And Rochi on his horse gets to third. So, number one productive out for the Panthers. Ben O'Brien is next. 0 for 1 but a runner 90 ft
028away here for Holliston. Chance to have a two spot here in the fourth. First pitch, a swing and a miss. Big hack there by O'Brien. He's at 51 pitches so far. Here's the 0-1. Swing and a miss, an awkward swing from O'Brien. It's nothing and two. He counts on the strikes his first at bat as well. Grumbach's got him in a 0-2 hole here. A big out, number two. Infield drawn in for Ashland. 0-2. In the dirt, it gets by and Rochi is going to jog on home. It is 2-0 Holliston. So, bases are empty now, one and two. That's upstairs. Two balls and two strikes. 2-2 Swing and a miss. Fourth strikeout for Grumbach. Second time he's fanned O'Brien. So, two away here in the fourth. Bases empty. Chris Baker struck out on three
029pitches in his first at bat of the season. Here comes the first pitch. Just missed, ball one. So, we'll see how Ashland can respond in the bottom half of this inning. After a two spot by Hopkins or Holliston, excuse me. That one snapped in there at the knees. Ball and a strike here to Baker. Comes the 1-1. That one is popped up out of play. And it's one and two. Comes the 1-2. It's a line drive. It's going to take a hop. Schreiber came over from short and he makes the play. Well done by Schreiber to get to it. The grounder will end the top of the fourth but not before Holliston puts up two. It's 2-0 as we go to the bottom of the fourth. So, a new pitcher in the bottom of the
030fourth for Holliston. Switching to a right-hander. Max McFadden or McFaggin. It's been a little bit of a rough go so far for McFadden. Six and two-thirds, 14 hits, 14 runs, only eight of them earned. He's walked four. He hasn't struck out anybody yet. His ERA is quite high so far. 8.40 earned run average. A good day on the mound for Henry Leake. He leaves with his team up two. Three scoreless with a couple strikeouts. So, Leake will move over to first base. Baker remains at second. Roche is the shortstop. Kramer's still in left. Quinn stays at third. Cosgrove's in center still. Snyder's still in right. Ryan out of the game. Here comes the first pitch. That's upstairs. Chris Bradica leads off. He struck out his first time up. He's definitely the man you want up
031to start a rally here in the fourth. They're ahead one nothing. That off-speed misses and it's two balls and no strikes. It'll be Bradica, Schriber, and McCoy. Good three you want up. That one's in the dirt. It's three balls and no strikes. We'll see if Bradica will take all the way here. 3-0, that's a strike. And it's a three and one count now. Schriber on deck. That's a line drive into right center field. It's down into the gap. Bradica's going to go on his way to second base. Here's the throw. He is safe. A lead-off double for Chris Bradica, his eighth double of the season. Here comes Michael Schriber. First man reaches against McFadden. Here comes the first pitch. And it hits him. Off-speed Schriber gets plunked. Back-to-back base runners for the Clockers. And Ian
032McCoy will bat. Here comes the first pitch to Ian. He'll take a ball. So, one and oh to McCoy. Walked his first time up. Throw back to second. He is out. Bradica is picked off at second base. The lead-off double was erased. Both teams had a runner picked off. So, now one away. A 1-0 count to McCoy. That's in the dirt. It bounces. Schriber's on his way to second. He's going to be in there. So, he'll take the place of Bradica. A 2-0 count to McCoy. So, base running blunder gives the Panthers their first out of the inning. That's a off-speed dropped in there. Two balls and one strike. Two and one. It's a ground ball and it's going to be foul past first base. And it's two and two. Two-two, that's a pop-up in
033the shallow right. Now coming back to the infield. Baker makes the catch. So, number two. After the first two reach, the pickoff and then the pop-up. Quickly there's two away with Schriber on second. And Jake Lemay at the plate. Lemay is over one. McFadden's first pitch. It's a line drive into left field, a base hit. Schriber gets the wave. He's on his way to the plate. Here's the throw. It bounces and he is in. An RBI single for Jake Lemay and the Clockers are on the board. A good piece of two-out hitting. And it's two to one. The Clockers were on the verge of squandering an opportunity. But they quickly strike against McFadden. As Jared Grumbum takes ball one. Jared's over one so far. Lemay has had a good start to the season for the
034Clockers. A big RBI there. 1-0, a chopper on the ground at third. Coming in Quinn. He sets and throws to end the fourth. But the Clockers cut into the deficit. It's two to one as we head to the fifth. Grumbum will be on the mound for his fifth inning of work. Two earned runs in those four innings. Struck out four. Tommy Quinn, the third baseman, will lead it off. And it's back to the top of the lineup afterwards with Cosgrove and Kramer. Quinn's over one so far. Grumbum gets set. And he fires. That's a strike. A little bit of a half check swing there from Quinn. Nothing and one. 60th pitch of the afternoon Grumbum. That's a shot, but it's out in front and it's nothing in two. Here comes the O2. That's a line
035drive. It's going to be on a hop to Shriver. He throws. He got him. What a play by Michael Shriver. Deep in the hole at short. And threw a bullet to first. So, Quinn is retired for out number one and back to the top of the lineup. For Cosgrove. Takes outside. O for two so far. Here comes. It's a ground ball. It's going to go foul down the third baseline. And a one one count. He'll bunt down the third baseline. Conry will not have a throw. A bunt single for Cosgrove. And a one out base runner for Holliston. As Kramer digs in. O for two. That one gets by Passalaqua. Cosgrove is already on his way to second. He takes a wide turn. That ball got to the backstop there. So, one and O to
036Kramer. A wild pitch for Grumbum. Here's the one O. That's a shot down the left field line, but it's foul. Out in front of it. Ball and a strike. One ball, one strike. Here to Kramer. That's popped up out of play. That's one and two. One and two. Good block by Passalaqua behind the plate. And the count's even at two. Two balls, two strikes. Grumbum fires. That one's in the dirt and it gets by. On his way to third, Cosgrove. Another ball to the backstop. And Holliston is under 90 ft away here with one out. A pass ball there. Full count to Kramer. That's a shot. That's a base hit into right. Kramer will head to second. Turncliff gets it. He throws. And he is out. What a throw from right by Turncliff to nab
037Kramer at second and this two away. A bit of a groan from the Holliston dugout. They thought he got in there. It was close. But it does go down as an RBI single. Bases are empty. So, another two run lead for Holliston. It's three to one. Henry Leek will bat and foul it away. Leek's O for two so far. No balls, one strike. Here's the pitch. That's outside. And it's one and one. So, we'll see if they let Grumbum go out for a sixth inning. He's thrown 73 pitches. Here comes the one one. That's outside. It's two and one. So, plenty of time for Ashland to get back in this game. Unfortunate they couldn't get two in that bottom of the fourth. Here comes the two one. That's a strike. And the count's two and
038two. Two two to Leek. That's a line drive rocketed into the gap in right center field and it's down. And it'll head towards the wall. Turncliff cuts it off. Leek is on his way into second and he's got a two out double. The starting pitcher getting in on the action in the fifth. A two out two bagger. And with two down and a runner in scoring position, it's Gavin Salmon. Two singles. So far for Salmon. He's also scored. Swing and a miss. Good first pitch from Grumbum. But important to get this out here. Keep it a two run game. Clockers only have nine outs to work with. O1. Swing and a miss. Good first couple pitches from Grumbum. Nothing in two here on Salmon. He'll take his time. Nothing in two from Grumbum. And Leek
039leading off second. That's a pop up and it'll head out of play. And we'll do it again. Nothing in two once more. That's a line drive into right field. That is down for a base hit. Leek is on his way around third. Salmon's going to try for two. The throw is cut off. He's got his third hit this afternoon and it's four to one Panthers. Three for three. He's driven in his first run. Goes as a double. And Brogan Roche will bat next. It's one for two. Brought home the first run of the game for Holliston. That one's upstairs. Broke out of his O for 19 to start the season. The infield was in. He faked a bunt and chopped it through. So, Salmon on second. That's a strike and it's one and one. Comes
040the one one from Grumbum. That one gets away from Passalaqua and Salmon will advance to third. Another pass ball. This inning continues to unravel here for the Clockers. Two and one to Roche. E3 pitches from Grumbum. Two one. That's a shot into right center. On the move and getting there to make the catch is LeRow. He runs it down and finally puts an end to the top of the fifth, but not before Holliston gets two more. And they have a 4-1 lead as we go to the bottom of the fifth. So, a new pitcher for Holliston here in the fifth. Cavan lasted one inning. It's going to be Ben O'Brien. Making his third appearance. He's 1-0 with a 9 ERA. Six earned runs through 4 and 2/3. He's walked eight. It's been a big issue
041the first seven games for Holliston. Not so much here today. Clockers have only walked once. Seen McCoy. They've been in some good hitters counts. But, have yet to cash in. Defensive alignment stays the same aside from the new pitcher. So, the third man to take the hill here for the Panthers. And they'll start with Grady Clark, Austin Turncliff, and then back to the top of the lineup third time through, Finn Connery. What a big top of this inning for Holliston. From a 2-1 game to a 4-1. The Clockers need to get to work. So, Clark leads off. 0-1 with a strikeout. Despite the inflated ERAs of this Holliston squad, they've pitched fairly well here this afternoon. Clockers offense has been good all season. First pitch. And it's ball one. Eight runs against Hopkinton, eight against
042Medway, nine against Dover-Sherborn, and 15 against Bellingham. This is really the first time they've been pitched well to. 2-0. Like I mentioned, only one walk for Ashland. Their bats have still remained patient. A lot of work in the count. 2-0. That's a strike snapped in there. Two balls, one strike. Ground ball, first base. Leek makes the play. He throws to the pitcher covering. He got him. A nice play there from Henry Leek and Ben O'Brien. And there's one away to begin the home half of the fifth. Leek's a lefty. He was going to his right. And that's a spinning throw. Good job covering by the pitcher. So, Clark grounds out. Austin Turncliff is next. He's 0-1 as he takes a strike. Clockers only have three hits so far through 4 and 1/3. Here comes the
0430-1. He leaves it upstairs, and it's a 1-1. Comes the 1-1. That's popped up. Down to third. Quinn is under it. He's got it. That's out number two. Two quick outs for O'Brien. Back to the top of the lineup third time through for the Clockers. And Finn Connery will dig in. 0-2 so far in the lead-off spot. Ashland dugout stays loud. Strike one. So, at risk of going 1-2-3 here in the fifth and going to the sixth down three. Here comes the 0-1. It's a ground ball weakly hit foul, and it's nothing and two. Here comes the nothing and two. That one's popped up, and it'll go out of play. Clockers 3-0 on the road. 0-1 at home and at risk of falling to 0-2 here at their home field. 0-2. That one's going to
044get by Salmon behind the plate. And it's a ball and two strikes. Comes the 1-2. And that one's fouled away again. Hm, we'll have another 1-2 count. Comes the 1-2. That one's popped up. Past third, it'll fall. That's a base hit. Connery will take the turn around first, and he will stay there. A little gift single. As Kramer, Roche, and Quinn were all in the area, but none had a play. So, the inning continues, and Ollie LaRowe will have a chance to bat here. He's 0-2. First pitch. That one bounces. 1-0. Comes the 1-0. That one inside. Two balls and no strikes. Connery leads off first. Two balls, no strikes to LaRowe. That one bounces in a 3-0 count. Chris Bradica looms on deck. Three balls, no strikes to LaRowe. That's a strike. Wasn't swinging
045there, and it's 3-1. LaRowe to reach base here to let Bradica bat with a couple runners on. 3-1. That's ball four. So, back-to-back two-out base runners for the Clockers. And Bradica will dig in. As a meeting on the mound will occur before Bradica's at bat. He's 1-2 with a double. And he was picked off at second. So, two on and two out. Tying run at the plate. Big opportunity here. They would love another double. They've already got eight of them on the season. O'Brien's ready. Here comes the first pitch. That's a rocket in the right, a base hit. Past the dive of Baker. Connery's on his way to the plate. He will score. Down to third goes Laro. And the Clockers finally get back on the scoreboard. It's four to two. So three straight base
046runners with two outs. And the bases empty, two away. And now it's first and third for Michael Schreiber is one for one. He's also been hit. And he was clipped again. Clockers have been magnets to the hit by pitches so far this season. And now with in a blink of an eye, four straight men have reached against O'Brien. 20 pitches into his first inning. And now here comes Ian McCoy. He's over one with a walk. He'll take upstairs. Nowhere to put him. A walk could bring in a run. As Ashland trails by two. Here comes a one out. And that's inside. Two balls and no strikes. Clockers looking for a come from behind win. Two balls, no strikes. Here comes three and oh. And Ian will be taking here most likely. Jake Lemay waits on
047deck. He got Ashland their first run. Just last inning. And it's ball four. A bases loaded walk will force in Laro from third. It's a one run game here in the fifth. And it looks like Holliston will head to the bullpen. Jake Lemay will see a new arm. With the bases loaded and two outs in a one run game. Don't see a number 17 on this Holliston roster. So forgive me for not knowing who's on the mound. Scratch that. It's going to be Ben Rebello on the mound. Took some digging. No stats for him yet this year. So his first appearance. He is inherited inheriting a jam. Lemay will bat with the bases loaded. He's already come through his last time up. Got the Clockers their first run of the game. And here comes the
048first pitch from Rebello. It's a strike. An eruption from the Holliston bench after the first pitch. Bradica on third, Schreiber on second. McCoy on first. And that one's poked foul. Quickly, nothing and two. If you're the Clockers, you do not want to squander this opportunity. A hit could take the lead. O2. That's a line drive into left, a base hit. Bradica scores. Schreiber on his way to the plate. The throw is late. It gets by. On his way to third, McCoy. Lemay into second. He drives home two more. Three of the five runs have come from Lemay. In the sixth hole. And the Clockers have their first lead of the afternoon. What an inning for the Clockers. A two hit three RBI afternoon for Jake Lemay. It's five to four. And there's still two runners
049in scoring position for Grumbum. It takes him off the hook for a loss on the mound. And it's ball one. Lemay was down O and two in the count. And another line drive into left. What a huge huge swing that was. That's popped up by Grumbum and it's out of play. A ball and a strike. It's one and one to Grumbum. He chops it to the mound. Nice play by Rebello. And that ends the inning. The Clockers score three and they have the lead. Five four after five. All right. Got a guest in the booth. Varsity lacrosse player Bryce Pelletier joins the broadcast. Finally I have someone to talk to. Yeah. Gets lonely. All right. Michael Schreiber is on the mound here in the sixth trying to preserve a one run lead. 233 ERA so
050far for Schreiber. And this has been a crazy game. Ashland down four to two. Came back on a two RBI base hit from Lemay. He's driven in three of the five runs. They have the lead. >> On on the last hit? >> On that last hit. The bullpen for Holliston has not helped them at all. Had a good start from their starter. Jared Grumbum pitched three innings on the mound. Sorry, four innings on the mound. How did he do? Few runs. Uh what was it? Four runs in Sorry, five innings. He struck out four. Not his best stuff, but the bullpen has locked it down so far. And Schreiber will pitch Looks up. To the right fielder, Tristan Snyder. He's over two. Schreiber working quickly. It's a line drive into center. That's a base hit.
051So a quick base runner for Holliston. Here comes Rebello. He's batting for O'Brien, so he took his spot after placing him on the mound. Good pitch. Strike one. Schreiber will throw back to first. Snyder gets back there. No balls, one strike. Runner goes. Passalacqua will throw. He is safe. A stolen base for Tristan Snyder. So the tying run in scoring position. Schreiber has got to lock in here. Bottom of the lineup here for Holliston. Rebello just gave up the lead on the mound, has a chance to tie it back up with a base hit. And he's showing bunt and it's foul. So it's nothing and two. So what do we have? Two freshman starters out here? Two freshman starters, Grady Clark at second and Ryan Passalacqua behind the plate. They both looked very solid today.
0520-2, swing and a miss. That ball gets to the backstop and Rebello is going to reach. And down to third base goes Snyder. So it doesn't count as an out. A strikeout and a and the batter reaches. And now Schreiber in some trouble here. Chris Baker, another freshman. Did not know he was up. No batting gloves. That's interesting. We'll see how that goes for him. He's 0 for 2 so far. Strikeout and a groundout. And Coach Messer looked to have a word with his pitcher. He's denying the gloves. He doesn't want the gloves. His bench wants to give him the gloves. He does not want them. He's going old school. Maybe it's a superstition thing. 0 for 2 with the gloves. Going without him. See if that works for him. He muted it. Oh, yeah.
053Both of us? Oh. I'm going to pinch. On Kevin Judge. Wow. That's how he's going into the game. Mentioned him earlier as being one of those glue guys along with Jackson and Cooper, but he's getting his first action of the season. Should be interesting. Coming in behind the plate, replacing Passalacqua. The student section's going crazy behind us. Milo Bussinger is the pinch runner for Holliston. He takes out Rebello, so his day on the mound is done. >> he got batting gloves. And yeah, Chris Baker has decided he will use the batting gloves. Probably a wise choice. Does hurt without batting gloves to make contact. Set him. It's a big spot for Kevin behind the plate with a runner in scoring position. A pass ball could tie this game. Got to keep everything in front of
054him. And here we go. The freshman and Schreiber will Oh, he got the runner at first. He's out. What a play by Schreiber. Oh. They called him safe. Coach Messer is not happy. Schreiber with a fake throw to third and then he caught the runner in a almost no man's land out there at first, but they called him safe. That would have been a huge first out for Schreiber. And now he will do it the same thing again. Bussinger's back in. Didn't fall for it that time. Here comes the first pitch to Baker. Shows bunt. That's a strike. Judge can't find it. And the runner will head on to second. And Milo Bussinger is in the scoring position. Good thing the ball didn't go too far cuz Judge couldn't see it. Nothing and one. That's
055upstairs. It gets by Judge. Here comes the runner to the plate. He is safe. Snyder scores and the game is tied. That's make you wonder why did he take out Passalacqua there? I don't know if it was a if he was hurt or if there's some other reasoning behind it. But quickly this game is tied. Still nobody out. Bussinger moved down to third there. Baker shows bunts again. Judge is having a He's having a tough time squeezing it. And it's one and oh, or sorry, two and one. Here comes the 2-1. Dropped again and it's two and two. And Chris Bradica giving some words of encouragement for his catcher. I'm going to say encourage. On a two ball and two strike count to Chris Baker. Here comes. Dropped again by Judge. And the count is
056full. Might need a new glove. Don't know if that one has broken in yet. And it looks like Coach Messer is thinking the same exact thing. Passalacqua is coming back in. So they will do another switch. So could be a little bit of a nerves thing for Kevin Judge there. Big spot to come in middle of the inning. A full count here. It's a big pitch. All right, here comes Passalacqua. It's a good first game to commentate. This is a good It's a good game. How many innings does this go? Go seven. Seven, okay. Been a long couple innings here. A lot of action. As out. It's been going my whole practice. Yeah. Don't forget to catch the varsity lacrosse team at Dedham. Is that tomorrow? Yeah. Big game at Dedham. Trying to get that
057second win. And here we go. Full count here to Baker. Infield is in. Here comes. Strike three. Got him looking. Huge strikeout for Schreiber. Big, big pitch. Second time Baker has gone down on strikes. And now the number nine man, Tommy Quinn, will bat. 0 for 2 so far for Quinn. He'll take just upstairs. Infield stays in. Trying to cut that runner down at the plate. That's outside. 2 and 0. 2-0. That's a fly ball into left. McCoy is right there for it. Runner will tag and head to the plate. The throw is not in time. A sac fly as Coach Messer thinks that he left the base early. And they threw it back to third just in case, but it will not be an out. So Holliston regrabs the lead. It's 6 to 5.
058It's back to the top of the lineup. Dylan Cosgrove center fielder, 1 for 3 so far. Ooh, that's a strike. >> Gifted strike one. That one's upstairs. One and one. Good pitch. One and two. Holliston girls softball team cheering on their baseball team this game. Still got a bit to go. That's strike three. Cosgrove was not happy about it, but Michael strikes out a couple. Nope, six. We're going to the bottom of the sixth. Holliston regains the lead. Who's leading off, yeah? Let's see. Believe it's Grady Clark. Grady Clark will lead it off. Clark, Turncliff, and Conroy. They're going to keep Rebello on the mound. Didn't pitch well in that last inning. So, good chance here. Back and forth this game continues. It was scoreless after three. They've had three straight innings of action. Just
059an inning and a half to play. Captain Chris Bradica talking out with freshman Grady Clark. >> Chris has had another great day at the plate. Two for three, he's driven in a run. Came in leading the TVL in batting average and most likely continue that statistic. Clark's over two with a strikeout so far. Here we have our first base coach, Coach McKay walking out to his spot. One of the best first coaches in the game first base coaches in the game. Meeting on the mound before Rebello will throw his first pitch. If this inning goes quickly, they would have That's just kind of confused out there. What's taking so long? If they go one, two, three here, they'd lead off the seventh with Leroux, Bradica, and Schriver. Probably the three you'd want up if the
060game stays at one run. Ben Rebello will pitch to Grady Clark. Here comes the first pitch. That's a pop up past third. Will it have grass? It won't. Aiden Kramer out there in left will make the catch. One pitch, one out. >> Mermelstein pinch hitting. And Mark Mermelstein will bat. Mermelstein has had one bat at bat this whole season. He'll bat in the nine hole for Austin Turncliff who was over two this afternoon. Rebello's first pitch. That's a strike. He's got a fan club behind the plate, that's for sure. Nothing and one. That's upstairs. Top of the lineup next. One and one. That one spiked. Two and one. Yeah, Sammon's been good behind the plate. Mermelstein ahead in the count, two and one. That's a strike. Mark didn't like it, but it's two and two.
061You got to swing at something here. Yeah. Obviously, it's the second at bat of the season. Hasn't seen many live at bats yet. We'll see. Here on a two-two he'll just poke it foul. Did a good job to stay alive and spoil that one. Couple arms warm for Holliston in the back. See if we got another guy out of the bullpen. Two-two to Mermelstein. He'll pop it down the left field line. Kramer on his horse. He almost got there. He lays out for it, but it drops foul. It would've been a great play. That was excellent hustle from Kramer. Lost his hat in the process, but Mark Mermelstein will stay alive. Another two-two pitch. A lot of foul territory down both sides here. Conroy waits on deck. Two-two from Rebello. On the ground. First baseman
062Leek will toss to the pitcher Rebello, and there's two away. Nothing Conroy up to that. How's he doing today? He's one for three. He's scored a run. Had a single. One of Ashland's six hits here today. Ashland only has four more outs to work with. Down a run. First pitch. It's a line drive into center field. That will fall. That's a base hit. And a two-hit afternoon for Finn Conroy in the lead-off spot. The two-out hitting keeps coming for Ashland. Here comes Leroux. He's over two. He's walked and scored. The tying run's at first. Leroux's the go-ahead run. First pitch. That's a shot into left center field. On the move. He gets there. Standing there. A nice grab by the center fielder Dylan Cosgrove on a good swing by Leroux, but the Clockers go scoreless
063in the sixth. We're on to the last inning, the seventh. 6-5 Panthers. Schriver still on the mound. Schriver will come out again. Struck out the side in that sixth inning. Both the runs he gave up were not earned. A lot of pass balls there. Passalacqua will stay out. Passalacqua will stay. Grumbum is there at second base now. Grady Clark's down to third. Turncliff will remain in right even though Mark came in and pinch hit for him. Ollie will go to center, and then it looks like Conroy will move down to short. He started the game at third. Chris will stay at first. A good part of the lineup here. Starting off, believe with Kramer, Aiden Kramer. He's one for three. Drove home a run. Goal here just to keep it a one-run game. The goal.
064First pitch to Kramer is outside. Bradica, Schriver, and McCoy are the three to bat at least in the seventh for the Clockers. So, good part of the lineup. Here's the one-oh. That's a strike. Student section's going crazy for Schriver. >> Here's the one-one. That's a line drive into right. That is a base hit. A two-hit afternoon for Aiden Kramer and a lead-off single for Holliston. It's good piece of hitting going the other way there. And Henry Leek. First baseman will bat. One for three with a double. He also scored. First pitch. Runner goes. Passalacqua will throw, and a stolen base for Aiden Kramer. Holliston has run the bases uh fairly well this afternoon. They call him Hank. Henry Leake. He shows bunt. He lays it down. That's a good one. Runner will get to third.
065Schreiber will throw to first and retire Henry Leake. But Kramer is 90 ft away with only one away. Here comes Gavin Sam. And he has had quite the afternoon. He's three for three. An RBI, a run scored. Doubled earlier. Chance to bring home another run here. First pitch. That's a swing and a foul tip. Pustolock will will go and get that. Nothing and one here to Sam. Oh, that one was a wild out of the hand. Kramer will score. Some added insurance for Holliston. It's 7-5. One looked like it slipped out of the hand there. Well, the bases are empty now with a 1-1 count to Sam. That's a ball. All the catchers are having trouble today. Yeah, I don't know what they've got going on. Catching's a a hard position now no matter what.
066>> One of the harder positions for sure. That one gets away. Three and one. Schreiber is trying to find the zone here. So, the toss. So, three and one to Sam. This pitch. That one's popped up wide of third. Clark on the move. He got it. What a nice catch. Great Clark. Lost him. It's a hustle play for the freshman. That was a great hustle play. Those pop-ups are the heart in foul territory are some of the harder balls to get to. Oh, did he not catch that? Well, Sam's still at the plate here. It's full count. And he strikes out anyways. I I don't know what they could have called that. It might have been the fact that he was outside the lines there. I don't know if the ball was ruled out of
067play. But Schreiber will take it. He gets his fourth punchout. Yeah, there's that Well, there's that painted line down there that usually marks the in play. He was past that. But certainly looked like he did make the catch. So, Brogan Rochi will take ball one. He's one for three with an RBI single. Broke out of his 0 for 19 to start the season. That's a strike. One and one. Committed to Saint Lawrence for baseball. 1-1. That's a strike. Good pitch from Schreiber looking for his fifth strikeout here in the second inning. That's just outside. Two balls and two strikes. 3-2. Or 2-2, sorry. Ground ball to first. Bradica will throw to Schreiber who covers. And a nice play there to retire the side. Seventh inning stretch. We head to the last half inning. The Clockers
068down by two. Do they have one more mini comeback in them? As we'll see Bradica, Schreiber, and McCoin. It's a good part of the lineup. >> It is a good part of the lineup. We'll see who Looks like they're going to send Rebello back out to the mound. He's pitched one and a third. Given two hits. No runs. No strikeouts yet for him. Bradica two for three. Double. Run batted in. Curious to see what his average is up to now. It's probably pretty good. Looks like it'd be up around 700. 700. Leader in the Tri-Valley League. >> Is that UMass Dartmouth? Believe so, yeah. UMass Dartmouth. Congratulations to him. If any of these batters were to reach Jake Lemay, who's had a great afternoon, three RBIs, he would be the fourth man to hit. Here
069comes Bradica. Think he could easily get a hit off Rebello here. Love to be right there. As Rebello will deliver the first pitch of the inning. It's ball one. If I was Rebello, I'd probably be a little bit weary and pitch around Bradica here. You don't want to give him anything in the heart of the plate. Rather walk him than give up an extra base hit. 1-0. Ground ball second base. Baker is there for it. And two pitches and one out. All right. Now Schreiber up to bat. Michael Schreiber. He's one for one. He's been hit twice. The Clockers have been very prone to be hit so far this season. And Schreiber the next victim of that. So, he's reached base all three times. Love to reach base here. And that one up and in
070there. 1-0. Need all the base runners they can get. Down to their final two outs. It's the 1-0. That's a shot in the left field. Kramer is going to be there for it. And it's two away. Good piece of hitting from Schreiber. But he hit it right at the left fielder, Kramer. They're down to their final out. In the form of Ian McCoin. He's 0 for 1. He's walked twice. Drove home a run on an bases loaded walk. First pitch. That's a strike. Feel like I've been bad luck for the Clockers. They're 3 and 0 on the road when I'm not commentating and they're 0 about to be 0 and 2 when I'm on the mic. Don't say that. 0-1. That's upstairs. >> Game's not over yet. Game's not over yet. We'll see. They need
071a miracle. One and one to McCoin. Sophomore. Ground ball second base. Baker will make the play. Throw to first. And the game is over. All right. Well, thanks for having me, Jacob. >> Oh, I appreciate you coming on, Pelletier, joining us. Clockers will lose this one 7-5. They'll drop to 3 and 2 on the season. And a good action-packed game. We thank you for joining us on WACA TV. Jacob Adoula. Um Bryce Pelletier. Co-host Bryce Pelletier. And we'll see you next time. I think Bryce was just asking straight questions. He's like I'm a guest announcer. Hey guys, I'm Bryce Pelletier. Bradica.