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Big Day For Wreckers Baseball: Staples Freshman Team Overwhelms Fairfield Ludlowe With 8-3 Win

The Staples Wreckers Freshman team scored a convincing win starting in the first inning when Paul Dottori drew a walk, scoring one run. The fourth inning saw big offense, with three runs scored thanks to a walk by Mason Tobias, a sacrifice fly by Cael Crombie and by Jules Cicero.

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Xavier Somashekar led the Wreckers to victory on the mound. The fireballer allowed four hits and one run over three and two-thirds innings, striking out five and walking one. James Locoseglio and Lukas Snow entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief. Graham Papp took the loss for Fairfield Ludlowe. The lefty lasted three and two-thirds innings, allowing three hits and six runs while striking out two. JP Holland went 2 for 2 at the plate to lead Fairfield Ludlowe in hits.

Staples smacked one home run on the day. Crombie had a dinger in the sixth inning. Dottori, Connor Brill, Mark Kelly, William Allot, Vincent Vega and Crombie each collected on hit to lead the Wreckers freshmen. Staples was sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error. Daniel McHugh had the most chances in the field with five.

Head coach Don Smith observed: "Mason Tobias played a excellent overall game with 2 great plays at 2b including one diving play .he also had a key   RBI sac fly and was robbed of 2 hits on diving plays by the RF."

He further commented. "Cael Crombie came off the bench to have a big pinch hit sac fly then hit his fist homer of the season his next at bat. We got excellent pitching from all 3 pitchers. I tell the kids limit the walks and we will be in every game this season."

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