Post #220 does well in Week 4, will send four players to All-Star game
The District 10 All-Star Game will be at Rockland Stadium on Monday July 7 at 7 p.m., and Tyler Ferdinand (Wareham/Nichols College), Wiley Knight (Tabor), Ryan Plunkett (Old Rochester) and Austin Salkind (Old Rochester) will be representing Post #220. Pre-game activities will begin around 4 p.m.
Post #220 results for Week 4:
Sandwich, 3 vs. Post #220, 2 (8-6); In game two of the home and home series, Sandwich was able to walk off in extra innings, when a Post #188 base runner scored from third after a pitch went to the backstop. Tom Cummings (Upper Cape) pitched well into the bottom half of the sixth inning and allowed only two earned runs on the night.
Offensively, Post #220 stranded ten base runners and could not hold on to their one-run lead. Sam Bacchiocchi (Tabor) went 3-for-4, while Tyler Ferdinand (Wareham/Nichols College), Luke Mattar (Old Rochester), Ryan Plunkett (Old Rochester), and Evan Sylvia (Old Colony) all collected a base hit.
Post #220, 6 vs. Duxbury, 3 (9-6); After trailing 3-2 after five innings, Post #220 responded with four unanswered runs in the final two frames in a comeback win on the road. Tim Reilly (Wareham) picked up the victory on the mound by allowing only one earned-run and collecting five strikeouts in six innings of work.
Brett Labonte (Wareham) started the offensive charge in the top of the first inning with an RBI base hit. Tyler Ferdinand (Wareham/Nichols College) went 3-for-4, with one run- scored and a stolen base, while Cy Bariteau (Wareham) had two hits and two RBIs. Sam Bacchiocchi (Tabor) went 2-for-2 with an RBI, and Ryan Plunkett (Old Rochester) collected two hits. Luke Mattar (Old Rochester) connected on a deep double to center field and scored a run, while Wiley Knight (Tabor) added a base hit. Ferdinand picked up his third save of the season as he watched his brother, Marcus Ferdinand (Upper Cape) turn a double play to end the game.
Post #220, 12 vs. Orleans, 6 (10-6); Ryan Plunkett (Old Rochester) pitched five efficient innings, allowing only four hits and two walks while striking out eight batters, and Brendon Deverix (Old Rochester) collected his first American Legion Baseball hit and then went on to strike out two in the final two frames on the hill.
Chris Carando (Old Rochester) went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Sam Bacchiocchi (Tabor) also collected two hits on the night. Tyler Ferdinand (Wareham/Nichols College) and Luke Mattar (Old Rochester) each had RBI doubles, while Wiley Knight (Tabor) and Evan Sylvia (Old Colony) each added a base hit. Cy Bariteau (Wareham) reached base three times with two walks and an RBI hit by the pitch with the bases loaded.