The American Legion Post #220 baseball team continues to impress by winning 3 out of 4 games last week giving them a record of 12-5.

Scores and a synopsis of week five of games follows.

Saturday, July 14 - Post #220, 6; Marshfield, 4 (12-5)

Ian Searles (Wareham) earned his fourth win of the summer, as he fought through five plus innings of work against a tough Marshfield lineup. Searles scattered seven hits and collected seven strikeouts with three walks on the day.

Davarn Nova (Coyle and Cassidy) earned his third save; as he came into the game with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the six inning and struck out the clean-up batter to get out of the jam.

Offensively, Jimmy Gamache (Tabor) went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Brett Labonte (Wareham) went 2-for-4 with one RBI.

Sean Griffith (Bourne) had an RBI double in the third inning and scored two runs on the day, while Ryan Steek (Upper Cape) went 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Billy Peterson (Wareham) and Austin Salkind (Old Rochester) each added a hit with Salkind coming up with a big two out RBI in the top of the seventh inning.

Friday, July 13 - Post #220, 13; Orleans, 3 (11-5)

Zack Kirby (Old Rochester/Framingham State) earned his third win of the summer withj yet another complete game performance.Kirby scattered eight hits and allowed only one earned run, while collecting six strike outs on the night.

With the help of a season high fifteen hits, Post #220 put the contest out of reach by scoring seven runs in the sixth inning to close out the game.

Billy Peterson (Wareham) went 3-for-3 with two walks and four runs scored. Jimmy Gamache (Tabor) went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Sean Conway (Wareham) went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run scored.

The big blast that provided some breathing room was Brett Labonte’s (Wareham) long home run in the fifth inning.

Labonte finished the night by going 2-for-4 with four RBIs, while Chris Carando (Old Rochester), Tyler Horton (Wareham), Wiley Knight (Tabor), Austin Salkind (Old Rochester) and Ryan Steek (Upper Cape) each had a hit.

Wednesday, July 11 - Post #220, 7; Whitman, 2 (10-5)

Hadley Stone (Taft) tossed five solid innings to lead Post #220 to their tenth win of the summer.

Stone allowed only one earned run and scattered three hits on the day. Davarn Nova (Coyle and Cassidy) and Ian Gray (Old Rochester) would combine to close out the game in the final two innings without out allowing a run.

Offensively, Jimmy Gamache (Tabor), Tyler Horton (Wareham), Wiley Knight (Tabor) and Ryan Steek (Upper Cape) had two hits, while Chris Carando (Old Rochester) delivered a key base hit that pushed across two runs in the top of the seventh inning.

Sunday, July 8 - Hingham, 8; Post #220, 6 (9-5)

Although out-hitting visiting Hingham thirteen to ten, Post #220 could not overcome a six run deficit after the first inning of play at Spillane Field.

Pitcher Matt Beatty (Old Rochester) and his teammates took a tough loss after battling the remainder of the game to give Post #220 a chance to crawl back, but came up short in the end by stranding the tying runners on base in the final frame.

Davarn Nova (Coyle and Cassidy) hit his first home run in the fourth inning to bring Post #220 within two runs and finished 2-for-3 with a walk and three RBIs. Billy Peterson (Wareham) went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple, while Jimmy Gamache (Tabor), Tyler Horton (Wareham), and freshman Wiley Knight (Tabor) each had two hits as well.

Sean Griffith (Bourne), Brett Labonte (Wareham) and yet another freshman, Austin Salkind (Old Rochester) each finished with one hit.