2009 League News and Game Stories
June 28: Dodgers outlast Riptide 9-8. With seven players getting at least two hits apiece, the Dodgers used a strong and balanced offense to beat Riptide at Exeter. Steve Marano provided the margin of victory with a solo home run in the eighth. Other offensive contributors included Mike Casavant, Frank Ribezzo, Scott Baptista and Ruben Reyes. Ryan Tainsh got the win with Mike King sealing the victory with a three inning save.
June 27: Behind the great pitching of Brian Baker, the Narragansett Brewers continued to roll to an undefeated 9-0 record on the year in defeating Effins 8-1. Brian pitched eight scoreless innings. Keith Labelle and Galen Conte led the offense for the Brewers. The game was locked at 0-0 in the top of the ninth when the Brewers struck for eight runs after Effins' Bob Barton left the game. Barton threw eight solid innings for Effins.
June 23: Scott Ferreira went the distance for the Riptide for a 9-1 win over the Reds. Mark Mooney reached on a fielder's choice Frankie Bothelo followed with a base hit Tony Paola followed with a double to score Mooney. Riptide scored two more runs in the third inning. Riptide exploded in the fourth inning with a lead off homerun by Chris Gibson followed by another homerun by Ernie Pacheco then a base hit by Everson and Desante and a walk to Greg Irons to load the bases for a grand slam hit by Mark Mooney. Riptide scored six runs that inning. Benoit came in relief for the Reds and held Riptide scorless for four innings
June 20: Jay Lawrence went 8+ innings to set up the win for the Mets, benefitting from key two-out hitting from Mike Connolly and Ted Kaiser in the eighth inning that drove in four runs.
June 20: Riptide jumped out ahead with two runs in the first inning. Manny Ferreira got hit with a pitch, stole second base Mark Mooney reaching on an error Tony Paola hit a base hit scoring Ferreira and Brian Volpe adding for a hit to score Mooney . Riptide added one in the second inning. Then added one more run in the fifth inning. Mark Mooney led off with a double and Paola and Volpe added with a walk each. Paul Savoie sac fly to score Mooney. Paola went 3 for 4 with a triple and Mark St Jean went 3 for 4 Dave Desante also had a good day at the plate going 2 for 3
June 19: Los Toros jumped out to an early 3-0 first inning start. Riptide answered with one run in the second inning. Tony Paola started the inning off with a base hit followed by a Chris Gibson base hit then a single by Scott Ferreira to score Paola. Riptide tied the game in the fourth inning. Riptide grabbed the go ahead run in the fifth with a walk to Mark Mooney. Then a double by Brian Volpe to score Mooney. Riptide broke out in the sixth to add five more runs and added one more in the seventh. Paola went 3 for 4 with a triple in the seventh. Brian vople went 2-4 with a double and a triple in the sixth inning. Gibson also had two hits and Scott Ferreira also with two hits. Gary Harnois pithched six innings and Scott Ferreira pitched three to close the door for Riptide
June 19: Narragansett continued to roll behind the strong pitching of Chris Zervas. Zervas threw a complete game and also had three hits at the plate. Also for Gansett Justin Hackley had three hits, Shawn Rogers, Keith Labelle, Jason Dunlea and Dante Blancarte all had two hits apiece.
June 13: Rick Machado and Mark Beleau locked up in a taught pitcher's duel at RIC as the Yankees and Marlins battled for sole possesion of first place. Beleau scattered six hits and Machado shut out the Marlins until the bottom of the final inning on four hits. Machado was 2 for 3 with a double and two RBI to pace the Yankee offense. Mike Sweeeney and John Briganza each had clutch two-run doubles in the final inning to earn the tie. Bob Bates and John Tedder both had two hits for the Marlins.
June 12: John Favalaro pitched complete game 7-1 win for the Warriors. Warrior catcher Bob Sasso had three hits.
June 12: Narragansett continued their great start with an 8-2 victory over the Riptide. Shawn Rogers pitched 7 innings to pick up the win. Joe Deluca, Jeff Gaccione, and Dante Blancarte led the way at the plate for Narragansett
June 7: Dave Joseph pitched nine innings to win the first game for the Salty Dogs against the Red Sox. Then he pitched ten more innings against the Marlins to get 2 wins (that's 28 innings and three complete game wins in twenty-four hours!!). 8-6 in ten innings . (Editor's note: Mr. Joseph, please contact the 35+ division Mets, we have a whole team of surgeons on our roster looking to meet with you!)
June 6: Dave Joseph pitches 9 innings for the complete game victory for the Salty Dogs over the Blues. But wait, read above, there was more to come from Dave.
June 7: RiRa jumped out to an early 3-1 lead after the first inning. Riptide tied it up in the 4th. RiRa went ahead 4-3 top fifth, but Riptide came right back in the bottom of the inning scoring two runs. Manny Ferreira led off with a base hit stole second, then scoring on a triple by Brian Volpe for the tying run. Tony Paola hit a single up the middle scoring Volpe for the go-ahead run. Riptide added another run in the seventh when Ferriera led the inning with a single, another stolen base then scoring on a hit by Volpe. Rira made it interesting in the ninth with men on first and third and one out but pitcher Scott Ferriera and catcher Chris Gibson connected on a "strike him out, throw hime out" double play to end the exciting game, and take the 6-4 victory.
June 7: Dodgers win behind strong offense. Led by Paul Rioles, Mike King, Anthony DeSano and Steve Marano, the Dodgers' scored 10+ runs for the second consecutive game. Jim Anderson pitched a three-hitter with 8 strikeouts.
June 6: Mert Caton and Keith Fisher scatterd eight hits in combining on the mound for a 13-7 Red Sox (50's) victory over the Yankees. Jim Cooney had a grand slam home-run, double and five RBI in pacing the Sox offense while Rick Machado and Mert Caton were both 3-4
May 31: Dodgers rally in 9th for 10-8 win over RiRa. With one out in the top of the ninth, Anthony Ucci hit a double to left center to start the comeback. Mike King followed with a game-tying triple. Mike McGee and Paul Rioles knocked in the go-ahead and insurance runs with back to back singles.
May 31: Scott Ferriera started for Riptide and threw six innings and gave up just three hits. Manny Ferreira pitched the seventh and Frankie Bothelo hit a solo homerun in the 3rd inning. Riptide ended the game with one run in the seventh on a base hit by Graham Everson scoring Scott Ferreira
May 31: Narragansett continued to roll with scoring 8 runs in the 4th behind the strong pitching of Brian Baker. To lead the Brewers offensive attack was Galen Conte who had 3 hits and drove in 3. Justin Hackley and Dante Blancarte also had a big day at the plate in their 13-4 win over the Mariners.
May 29: In a 10-0 victory over the Dodgers, Shawn Rogers threw six innings and gave up only one hit and added two doubles as the Gansett Brewers recorded their third consecutive game of scoring in double digits. Brad Herman and Jason Dunlea also added two hits apiece for the Brewers
May 27: McCarthy Field was home to a pitchers' duel with great performances by Riptide's Dan Dillon and the Cardinals' Dave Buldoc. Dillon came out ahead pitching a complete game two-hitter and added eight strikeouts in a 3-1 victory. Riptide woke up in the seventh inning as Tony Paola lead off the inning with a double, Sean Duprey followed with a base hit then moved to second on a passed ball. Dillon capped the inning with a two-run single, scoring Paola and Duprey.
May 23: Ramon Cruz pitched 8 innings in a 7-2 Toros win over the Mets and Juan Arias pitched the ninth. Ramon Santos had 3 hits 3 RBI
May 17: Jim Anderson pitched 6+ strong innings to get the win in the Mets 3-2 win over Riptide.
May 17: Steve Dunlea pitched a complete game shutout to beat the Mariners 2-0, making three consecutive shutouts pitched by Seadogs pitching staff
May 16: Tyler Martin pitched a complete game shutout as the Seadogs defeated the Dodgers 2-0
May 16: Jay Lawrence went the distance for the Mets, giving up just two earned runs in a 6-3 win over the Warriors. Kerwin went yard for the Warriors in the 9th. Russ Dufresne stroked the game winning hit for the Mets.
May 14: Dan Fitta threw 7 scoreless innings in a Mariners 4-1 win over the Colt 45s.
May 13: Dan Dillon pitched a complete game for an 8-0 Riptide win over the Mariners. Dillon gave up 3 hits and struck out 10. Mike Monkevicz added a 3-run home run in the 8th.
May 6: In a tight 2-1 game through five innings, Frank Bothelo broke the game open with a grand slam in the top of the 6th, as Riptide cruised to an 11-1 victory over the Colt 45s.
May 3: Jim Bracey and Jim Watkins combined on the mound for the complete game win. Scotty Tainsh was 4-4 with 3 RBI and 3 R for The Yankees.
Apr 26: Jim Anderson struck out the side in the ninth for the save and Dave Moss went two for two with the game winning hit as "rookies" led the way for Mets in a close 8-7 opener with the Colt 45s. Dave Gilbert pitched well for the Colts in the loss.