Thursday's local roundup: Big inning boosts Bravehearts
Baseball
Futures Collegiate League
Bravehearts 14, Westfield 1: Antonio Morales drove in three runs — one on a sacrifice fly and two on a double to left field — during a 14-run fifth inning for visiting Worcester, which sent 18 men to the plate in the fifth frame at Bullens Field.
Tyler Bastunas, Jack Thorbahn and Vincent Eramo each had three hits for the Bravehearts, who improved to 21-9 with their third straight win to remain one game behind the Vermont Lake Monsters for the league lead.
International League
WooSox 5, Buffalo 2; WooSox 4, Buffalo 2: Cedanne Rafaela's first Triple-A hit was a home run, coming in the nightcap's fifth inning as visiting Worcester swept the Bisons to start the second half of the league season.
Bobby Dalbec's 19th home run of the season was the first of three WooSox long balls in the sixth, with Daniel Palka and Narciso Crook later hitting solo shots for a 4-0 lead for Worcester, which improved to 41-36 overall.
Niko Goodrum's two-run homer in the sixth inning provided Worcester insurance in the first game. Kyle Barraclough (2-0, 1.64 ERA) won his second start for the WooSox with five solid innings.
PNJ Senior Ruth
Tatnuck 5, Douglas 3; Tatnuck 9, Douglas 8: Shane Gardner doubled, tripled and scored twice in the opener for Tatnuck (15-1), and teammate Sam Conrad had two hits and drove in two runs, starting a doubleheader sweep at Vernon Hill. Ethan Vassar and Tommy Lutz had the hits for Douglas (8-7) against a combined effort (10 strikeouts) from Mark Garabedian Jr. and Cam Early.
Early struck out three in the seventh inning of the nightcap to secure the doubleheader sweep and Tatnuck's 12th straight win to conclude the regular season. He also homered while going 3 for 4 with four RBIs. Douglas infielder R Bonin was 3 for 3 with two RBIs in Game 2.
Schwartz 10, Shrewsbury 3: Matt Roustakos struck out five while hurling a complete game, and also doubled and drove in three runs to boost Schwartz (10-5) over Shrewsbury (7-8) at Tivnan Field in the teams' regular-season finale.
Erik Dupuis (3 runs) and Garrett Hurley (RBI double, 2 hits) each had two RBIs for Schwartz. Shrewsbury's Jack Bates was 3 for 4 with a double.
Millbury 6, South Side 1: Nathan Sousa and Jaden Palumbo combined to strike out eight while lifting the host Merchants (5-9) past South Side (1-14). Aydan Blomily (2 runs) and Matt Ramsdell (3 RBIs) each had two hits for Millbury.
American Legion
Leominster 2, Northborough 1: Dylan Adamson doubled home Danny Wright with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Post 151 (8-4, 7-2 Zone 4) the walk-off win over Post 234 (7-4, 6-3 Zone 4) at McLaughlin Park. Leominster's Angel Baez fired a three-hitter and didn't allow an earned run.
Northborough's Cooper Hagen struck out eight in six innings and left with the score tied at 1-1, and teammates Zach Meehl (run) and Tighe Clark doubled.
Framingham 5, Main South 3; Main South 15, Framingham 5: Jack Beauregard and Tim Moynagh each had two hits and two RBIs in the second game for Main South (5-4, 5-4), which scored 10 straight runs while upending Framingham (5-5, 5-5) to earn a doubleheader split at Bowditch Field. Jake O'Donnell drove in three runs in the nightcap.
In the opener, Beauregard hit a run-scoring triple, and teammates Jack Hale and Chase Eggen each had two singles. Jack Reardon's two-run double in the sixth inning keyed the win for Framingham.
Hudson 9, Northbridge 3: Bobby Long had three hits, two runs and an RBI, and Keegan Antelman fanned six in 5⅔ innings before Connor Madden closed for host Post 100 (7-4, 7-2) against Northbridge (0-7, 0-7).
Milford 6, North County 3: Louis Consigli, Sean McGee (2 RBIs) and Jacob Smith each had two hits to boost host Post 59 (10-1, 7-0) at Fino Field. Isaiah Smith drove in two runs for Post 129 (2-8, 2-6).
Thursday's results
LOCAL
Baseball
International League
WooSox 5, Buffalo 2, 1st
WooSox 4, Buffalo 2, 2nd
Futures Collegiate League
Bravehearts 14, Westfield 1
Central New England Baseball Association
Blackstone Valley 5, Shrewsbury 1
Worcester 5, Ronnie's 3
American Legion
East Side 13, Sturbridge 7
Framingham 5, Main South 3, 1st
Main South 15, Framingham 5, 2nd
Hudson 9, Northbridge 3
Leominster 2, Northborough 1
Milford 6, North County 3
Paul N. Johnson Senior Babe Ruth
Millbury 6, South Side 1
Schwartz 10, Shrewsbury 3
Tatnuck 5, Douglas 3, 1st
Tatnuck 9, Douglas 8, 2nd
Boys' basketball
Auburn Varsity Summer League
At Auburn High
Oxford 49, Manny's (Sutton) 45
Kingsway Summer League
At Crompton Park
Bello Opticians (South) 49, Moira McGrath Realtor (Tantasqua) 27
H.R. Prescott (Nashoba) 51, 2Chefs/CMSC (Burncoat) 50
The Fix (Westborough) 44, Stowe & Degon (Shrewsbury) 42
Moira McGrath Real;tor (Tantasqua) 36, Quinn's Blue Plate (Wachusett) 31
Santon Plumbing (Millbury) 55, Sullivan & Garrity (St. John's) 54
Worcester Partnership (Bancroft) 53, Byrnes Real Estate (Shepherd Hill) 48
Girls' basketball
Auburn Varsity Summer League
At Auburn High
Grafton 28, Northbridge 14
Leicester 16, Shepherd Hill 16, tie (injury)
Millbury 21, Auburn 17
North 36, Manny's (Sutton) 27
South 55, Tantasqua 24
Uxbridge 36, Bay Path 19
Golf
Tournaments and results
At BEDROCK
Senior Quota League
1, Gerry Hippert-Jim Roy-Dave Meyers-Don Werme, plus 4. 2, Tony Neggars-Steve Gully-Fran Giuliano-Bob Russell, plus 2½. 3, Bob Juneau-John Palermo-Hank Marchand-Marty LaPrad, plus ½.
Ladies League
1, Linda Donovan-Deb Gouley-Rita DeVico-Michelle Barnes, plus 9. 2, Diane Dillman-Nancy Macaruso-Karen Chenausky-Meg Dumais, plus 7. 3, Helen Juckins-Ashley Beahn-Laura Sadler-Nicole Appleby, plus 4.
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