Poirier plays hero role; Walk-off HR lifts Leominster.Byline: Kevin O'Malley LEOMINSTER - Lunenburg High graduate Dan Poirier kept Leominster undefeated with a walk-off, three-run homer last night at McLaughlin Park, giving the hosts an 8-5 victory over defending American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Zone 4 champion Framingham. "I just felt it was a good opportunity for me to get the big hit," Poirier said. "I just wanted to come through for our team. I was seeing the ball good tonight. I was hitting the ball hard all my at-bats. They're a big rival, so it was great to get this one." Framingham reliever Joe Sylvester found himself in trouble in the bottom of the seventh, giving up a one-out double to Ben Cawley. After retiring Alex Heroux for the second out, Framingham intentionally walked Mike Mercier to bring Poirier to the plate. Poirier then pounded Sylvester's second offering over the fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. left-center as Post 151 improved to 10-0 by handing Framingham (4-3) its first road loss. "Give them credit, they battled," Framingham manager Bunky Smith said. "I figured the kid that we walked had a home run and a double, the other kid was 0 for 3 - we took our chances and he beat us." Matt Morrisette earned the win in relief for Leominster, allowing only one hit in 1-2/3 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. while fanning four and walking one. Morrisette struck out the final two batters he faced, getting Mike Vargas with a nasty changeup change·up n. Baseball A pitch intended to look like a fastball, which actually approaches the plate at a slow speed, thereby causing the batter to swing prematurely. [Alteration of change-of-pace.] on a full count to end the top of the seventh and give Leominster a little momentum. "Two outs, three-two change to get the strikeout on that pitch," Leominster manager Sid Rafuse said. "He's only 16, and that's a big-time pitch from him with very little Legion experience to get that done against this team." Framingham jumped to an early lead on a leadoff home run by Nate Tardiff in the top of the first. Leominster answered in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat , taking advantage of a leadoff walk to tie the game. After Framingham added a pair of runs in the second inning, Leominster took its first lead in the bottom of the third, scoring three runs on two hits as Framingham starter Derek Richards again struggled with his control. After a two-out walk to Cawley, Heroux tripled to the wall in right, then scored on Mercier's two-run shot to left-center. Framingham tied the game in the top of the fourth on a solo home run by Victor Resto, then took the lead in the sixth on a double steal when Mike Swiderski went from second to home while Paul O'Neil Paul O'Neil can refer to more than one person:
A summary of the amount and prices of a serial bond issue that is still available for purchase. rundown A list of available bonds in a municipal issue of serial bonds. between first and second. Jim Balboni scored on a groundout ground·out n. Baseball A play in which a batter is put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to an infielder. in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 5. |
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