John Carlson struck out 6 in 2 innings of relief allowing Nielson to come from behind on Alex Fahie's bases loaded triple in the fifth. Pitching - Nielson = Driscoll 2, Ginns 2, Carlson 2, Murphy 1. Cerone = Harvey 3, Townsend 2, Port 1.

On a perfect day for baseball AMortgage opened it's season with a 14 hit attack against a short-handed Nielsen team. Rookie Carson Terres lead the charge with 3 singles. Sean Craig had 3 hits & Cody Clifford doubled twice. Paul LeBlanc dropped down a perfect suicide squeeze to help pad a 2 run lead. Mike Saleski and Tom MacIver both had their first BR hits. Pierson Butler (5 K's) threw 3 and Josh Genovese (6 K's) threw 4 innings for the win.
For Nielsen- Jimmy Driscoll threw 5 innings & Kevin Ginns 1 Thanks to Tommy Bellow (1 for 3) for substituting to prevent a forfeit.

A solid Panera Bread win over a strong Nielson Eye team under stormy skies at L Street. PB jumped out to a 4 run lead early, and held the Eyes scoreless for 4 innings under great pitching from DAntuano and a perfect cut-4 play to rob Nielson of a HR at the plate. Nielson roared back to tie it in the top of the 5th with a double from Fahie and a triple from Frost. Panera answered with 8 in the bottom of the 5th led by a HR from Matt Brazel.

Panera = DAntuano(3), McCullough(2)
Nielson = C. Fahey(4), Pierce(1)

Make Up from May 8.
a great game, 10 to 10 tie.
Pitching for Neilsen Carlson (4), Fahie (2) Driscoll (1)
Pitching for G & C Richmond (5), Barrett (2)

A good team effort all around. Hits by Peirce, and Carlson helped Neilsen. Strong hitting by HP's Berlinguet, Spitz, and Jenkins and a strong showing by Chase behind the plate fueled HP's victory.

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Pitching

NEC - Ginns - 4 innings
NEC - C. Fahey - 2 innings
NEC - Driscoll - 1

SOI - Powell - 3 innings
SOI - Wehner - 2 innings

Jim Driscoll and Matt Frost led Nielson to a come from behind victory over a solid Kellem club. Driscoll pitched all six innings and hit a long double while Frost hit two long doubles in a ten run third inning. Brendan Driscoll had three hits and Chad Fahey two for Nielson.

The short-manned NEC put up a valient effort tying the score at eight by batting around in the 4th before the Lawmen closed it out with strong pitching & timely hitting in the later innings.

JDL: Merrigan 3 / O'Donnell 1 / Harkins 3 / Smith 1
NEC: B Driscoll 5 / Pierce 1

Mike Ferrara had his pitching debut for the animals and pitched three fine innings. Good defense for the animals combined with some good base running.

Animals Pitching
Mike Ferrara 3
Jack Mannion 2
Tom Pomroy 2

Nielsen Pitching
Kevin Ginns 4
Austin Murphy 2

In a well played and balanced game, JD Law survives and moves on to play the proverbial TBD. Congratulations to Coach Sullivan and the entire Nielsen EyeCare Team for a great game & a successful season.

JD Law: White 7
Nielsen: Pierce 4 & Murphy 3