TAUNTON — It was a day of celebration in Taunton, every all through pregame and postgame. Senior Day festivities preceded a Hockomock League baseball matchup in opposition to No. 10 Milford, and a 9-2 victory for the No. 2 Tigers is how the day ended.
“Prior to now I’ve had the mindset that Senior Day was a distraction,” Tigers coach Blair Bourque talked about. “Recently I’ve embraced it they usually reward you with an amazing sport. We performed rather well, and I’m pleased with them.”
Whereas the runs lastly obtained right here for the defending Division 1 state champion Tigers (14-4), it took only a few innings. Milford pitcher Evan Cornelius was able to stave Taunton off over the first few innings, nevertheless the hitters did resolve up on some tendencies.
“Early on, he was pounding me with sliders,” Taunton senior Braden Sullivan talked about. “I used to be capable of sit again and drive it and do my job to get on base.”
Jack Cali was spectacular for the Tigers as successfully, conserving Milford off the board for nearly all of his 3.2 innings outing.
It was Sullivan who broke by first for Taunton when he smacked a double that drove in Caden Lindskog throughout the bottom of the third. The Scarlet Hawks would reply throughout the subsequent half of the inning, as Sean McGee knocked in Joey McGee with a single sooner than a Joe Butler double launched Sean McGee all through home plate.
Going through a 2-1 deficit, the Tigers pounced when Lindskog drove in AJ Lewis and Dwayne Burgo throughout the bottom of the fourth and certainly not appeared once more. They put up three runs throughout the fifth and sixth, lastly cruising to the seven-run win.
Senior catcher Ryan MacDougall was an unlimited catalyst, as he smacked a double and eventually scored throughout the fifth sooner than a sixth-inning triple and RBI put the game out of attain. He credited his success to a contemporary shift in his technique on the plate.
“The previous few video games I’ve been hitting rather a lot higher, and I’ve been straight reacting,” MacDougall talked about. “That’s just about what I did in the present day, and I hit the ball effectively.”
Junior Brady Morin took the victory for the Tigers, tossing 2.1 innings in support, allowing 4 hits and one earned run, and incomes a strikeout. Seniors Charlie Rabel and David DaSilva accounted for the last word three outs, with the latter notching a final strikeout off a wicked curveball.
“It’s not the way you begin, it’s the way you end,” Bourque talked about. “We’re seeking to end sturdy.”