When Casey Wensley arrived at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Excessive Faculty to point out in his jersey after one different worthwhile baseball season this earlier month, his coaches quickly urged him to hold onto it. Little did he know that he nonetheless had one final showcase to play.
On Tuesday, Wensley gathered with over 30 of the state’s excessive players at Monan Park for the forty fifth annual MBCA Senior All-Star Sport, and made in all probability probably the most of his final highschool look. The Bridgewater-Raynham standout accomplished 2-for-3 with a trio of RBI, driving throughout the worthwhile run with a sacrifice fly to info Staff South to an thrilling 11-10 walk-off victory over Staff North.
“I forgot about this,” joked Wensley. “I picked (my uniform) up final night time, and it feels good. I simply don’t need to take it off.”
Wensley was named the game’s Most Useful Participant for Staff South for his efforts. In the meantime, Franklin’s Dillon Cashin was chosen as a result of the squad’s Most Useful Pitcher after firing two shutout innings with a pair of strikeouts.
“It feels fairly good,” Cashin acknowledged. “Simply popping out right here, having some enjoyable with some youngsters I’ve by no means met earlier than. All of us got here collectively, simply had fun on the bench. They performed good behind me.”
Nonetheless, no matter some flashes of wise pitching, this recreation lastly turned into a slugfest, and fast. .
The South jumped out to a 2-0 lead correct out of the gate throughout the bottom of the first, as Eisig Chin of Franklin ripped a liner off the glove of an infielder and into center, allowing two runs to cross. The North answered quickly throughout the excessive of the second, nonetheless, as Lynnfield’s Devin Bolger roped a bullet earlier second into correct for a two-run single, tying points at 2-all.
The see-saw battle carried on into the underside of third, with Wensley kickstarting a rally for the South with an RBI single. His highschool teammate, Cam Morrison, adopted by roping an RBI double into the left self-discipline nook. Then, Abington’s Spencer Merrick linked for a sacrifice fly, providing his group a 5-2 profit.
With the South primary, 7-2, throughout the excessive of the sixth, the North mounted a comeback of its private, primarily by the use of persistence on the plate. After loading the bases with no outs, the runs began to come back again in bunches. Latin Academy star Brennan Shapiro laced a two-run double into the nook, tying points at 7-all.
Along with his employees trailing throughout the excessive of the ninth and the tying run on third, Shapiro acquired right here by the use of throughout the clutch with an RBI single to center, night time the ranking at 9-9.
After Staff South loaded the bases with no outs to open the ninth, Wensley stepped to the dish, with the game hanging throughout the steadiness.
“(He was) the quickest pitcher of the night time,” Wensley acknowledged. “Simply making an attempt to place a ball in play … simply drive him anyway I can, drive the ball to the outfield.”
The senior linked on a deep sac-fly to center, allowing Silver Lake’s Jack Quigley to realize the worthwhile run in epic type.
Shapiro was named the North’s MVP after ending 2-for-3 with three RBI, whereas Winchester’s Tobei Nakajima was chosen as a result of the employees’s Most Useful Pitcher (one inning, no runs allowed).
“Can’t ask for a greater manner (to finish the season) I assume,” acknowledged Staff South and North Quincy baseball coach Matt Edgerly. “Quite a lot of enjoyable. I do know plenty of these guys from the summer time circuit, the highschool movie on Twitter, the papers. So, it was good to fulfill plenty of these guys, personally.”