BR returns to their winning ways!

The Trojans rebounded nicely today, from back to back losses last week, by  shutting out the Barnstable Red Raiders (5-2) Tuesday afternoon in their first Old Colony League game, behind a strong pitching performance by Sophomore Jack Connolly(3-1) by a score of 8-0.
While the Trojans never had a break out inning, they scored "one at time" through out the game, starting in the first inning when Senior Co-Captain Dave Miller singled home Tyler Carey to take the early lead and score the only run the Trojans would need.  The Trojans added 1 in the 2nd, and 2 in the 3rd on RBi's by Pat Nee and Tyler Carey (double), and would add another run in the 5th on hits by Corey Dinunno and Connor Sullivan. In the 7th they added 2 more runs on another Corey Dinunno single and a Tyler (what have you done for me lately) Carey Sac Fly.  The Red Raiders threatened loading the bases twice and stranding several base runners as Jack Connolly (117 pitches (74 for strikes)) and the Trojans defense thwarted the idea of giving up any runs.  Sophomore Andrew Noviello came in for relief in the 9th inning, and the Trojans returned to the win column.

Coach Kearney on the win... "Great big time pitching performance by Jack C, and one of the better overall games BR Baseball has had in a couple of years- Everyone contibuted!"
Unofficial attendance at today's game was 243ish (.....LOL...)
The Trojans continue Old Colony League action on Thursday as they face Dartmouth at 4:00 at Dartmouth High School, and then face Brockton on Friday.
Multiple hitsmen for the Trojans were Tyler Carey (2 for 3 with 2 RBI's, a run scored, a double,  and a HBP), Corey Dinunno (2 for 4 with 2 runs scored), and Connor Sullivan (2 for 3 with 2 RBI's and 2 runs scored).

Trojans lose 14-11 in scorefest!

The Trojans lost their 2nd game in a row, on Saturday, to the Hingham Harbormen 14-11 in a slug fest. A pitchers duel it was not, as between both teams there were 19 hits and 14 walks.
The Trojans grabbed the early lead in the first inning when Joe Freiday laced a 2 RBI double to left field, scoring Tyler Carey (HBP) and Tyler Glavin (BB), and would later score on a Dave Miller line drive single to right, making the score 3-0.  The Harbormen would answer in the bottom of the 1st scoring 5 runs on only 3 hits, and would add another run in the 2nd on 1 hit.  The Trojans would rebound in the top of the 3rd when Tyler Glavin doubled, followed by Joe Freiday and Dave Miller walks to load the bases for Adam Chase who drilled a double down the left field line and cleared the bases knotting the score at 6.  The Harbormen appeared to have put the game out of reach in the bottom of the 3rd scoring 7 runs on 8 hits but the never say die Trojans would score 5 runs in the top of the 4th on hits by Tyler Carey  and Dave Miller and 3 "almost" costly walks, to "make it a game", but it wasn't enough as the Harbormen would hold on and win 14-11.
Junior Adam Chase (0-1) suffers the loss lasting only 2 1/3 innings and throwing 75 pitches. Sophomore Cory Wasylow came in for relief in the 3rd inning and pitched admirably giving up 4 hits and striking out 2. 
It doesn't get any easier as the Trojans face off against the Barnstable Red Raiders (5-1) Tuesday at 4:00 at Hank Pearson Field, in their first Old Colony League match up, which is a wood bat 9 inning game.
Go figure.......... Junior Tyler Carey's bat remains scorching hot as he went 3 for 4 with 3 singles and is leading the team in hitting, with a .522 average and an .870 slugging %.

Unbeaten No More!

The Trojans suffered their first defeat of the season, losing to the Marshfield Rams 10-3 at Hank Pearson Field.
The Rams got on the board early scoring 1 run in the top of the 1st, 3 in the top of the 2nd, and 2 in the top of the 3rd, to take a 6-0 lead.  The Trojans would answer in the bottom of the 5th scoring 3 runs on hits by Tyler Glavin and a 2 RBI double by Mike Bruemmel.  The Rams would put up 3 more in the  top of the 6th,  put the game out of reach, and would roll to a 10-3 win and snap the Trojans 6 game winning streak!
The BR pitching staff gave up a combined 12 hits, 9 walks, 2 hit batsmen and had 10 strikeouts. Sophomore Jack Connolly suffers the loss only lasting 2 innings, throwing 46 pitches and falls to 2-1 on the season.
 “We didn’t play well,” said B-R coach John Kearney. “We got what we deserved today. We came out of the gate sluggish and our pitching for the first time all year was a little bit disappointing.”
On the bright side: Senior Pat Nee went 1 for 3 on the day and had 4 put outs at 3rd base, filling in for the "sidelined" Andrew Noviello.  Senior Mike Bruemmel continues to hit extra base hits, as 5 of his 9 hits on the season were extra base hits (3 doubles and 2 triples) giving him an impressive .696 slugging %.
The Trojans hope to rebound Saturday as they travel to Hingham for a 10:00 start.

Blame it on the rain!!

Tuesdays game against DY has been postponed until May 11, 2013 where the Trojans will host a double header starting at 11:00 AM.
 The rained out April 12th game against Hingham has been re-scheduled for this Saturday April 27, 2013 at 10:00AM at Hingham.
Go Figure....... BR is now ranked 12th in the state by ESPNBoston.com and 9th by The Boston Herald and The Boston Globe.....

BR Trojans win The Brad Martin Memorial Tournament and remain undefeated.

The Trojans Shut out the Silver Lake Lakers 5-0 on Thursday afternoon behind a strong pitching performance by Sophomore Andrew Noviello, winning the Brad Martin Memorial Tournament despite silenced bats. An offensive juggernaut it was naut!
The Trojans jumped out to an early lead scoring the only runs of the game in the bottom of the first inning on their only 3 hits of the game. Tyler Carey, Dave Miller and Brian McSherry (2 RBI double) had the lonely 3 Trojan hits.  Fortunately that is all they would need as Andrew Noviello limited the Lakers to only 2 hits, relying on his fastball, striking out 8 and only letting up 3 walks to earn his first win of the year.  Josh Monson came in to pitch the 7th and struck out the side, only throwing 12 pitches!
The Trojans remain undefeated and will travel to South Yarmouth  to face DY  Tuesday at 4:00.

BR TROJANS WIN AGAIN!!

Sophomore Jack Connolly pitched a complete game, 10 strikeout performance, only giving up 5 hits and 1 earned run, in an ugly win over the New Bedford Whalers in the first game of the Brad Martin Memorial Tournament at Siever Field in Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon. 
This wasn't the prettiest of wins, but a win is a win.
 As the golf saying goes, "they don't draw pictures on the scorecard". 
The Trojans found themselves in a hole early on in the 1st inning as the Whalers jumped out to a 2-0 lead.  The Trojans would get 1 run back when Junior Corey Dinunno laid down a perfect bunt, and would eventually score on an errant Whaler throw. The Trojans would tie the score in the top of the 5th on a laser home run by Junior Tyler Carey (2nd of the season), that went in and out of the glove of the Center fielder (great effort) and went over the fence.  

The Whalers would answer and retake the lead in the bottom of the 5th to make the score 2-3. The Trojans would score 2 runs in the top of the 6th when an Adam Chase walk, Senior Co-Captain Dave Miller double, and a Mike Bruemmel RBI  single would make the score 4-3.  The Trojans would seal the deal in the top of the 7th when Tyler Carey and Corey Dinunno (both hit by pitch) would score on an Adam Chase bomb 3 run Home Run "off the bus" (waking the bus driver)!  The Trojans added 2  more runs when Mike Bruemmel tripled and Connor Sullivan singled, to end any doubt and make the score 9-3.
The Whalers would threaten in the Bottom of the 7th loading the bases and scoring a run but the Trojans held on and ended the game with a 6-4-3 (Miller-Sullivan-Chase) double play.
The Trojans remain undefeated and improve to 5-0 early on in this season, and will face Silver Lake (also 5-0) in the battle of the unbeatens, in the Championship game at 2:00 on Thursday at Siever Field.

 Mike Bruemmel led the offense going 2-3 with a triple and 2 RBI's and Tyler Carey went 2 for 3 with a Home Run!

Go Figure........ There are 12 Trojans batting over .333

Brad Martin Memorial Tournament

The Trojans will face off against New Bedford High, for the 2nd game in a row, on Tuesday at Siever field in Plymouth as part of the Brad Martin Memorial Tournament.  Plymouth North will play Silver Lake at 2:00 PM.  On Thursday there will be a consolation game at 11:00 AM, and the Championship game will be at 2:00.  
Expected starter for BR for Tuesdays game, will be Sophomore Jack Connolly.

Trojans win a nail biter!!

The Trojans advanced to 4-0 on the season after defeating New Bedford Whalers 9-7 in a 7 Inning nail biter at Hank Pearson Field.

The Whalers took the early lead 1-0 in the top of the first inning, when the Trojans Answered in the bottom of the first inning with a Joe Freiday 2 run home run.

The Whalers tied the score in the top of the third inning only to have the Trojans answer in the bottom of the third inning with two more runs on hits by Tyler Carey, Tyler Glavine and Joe Freiday making the score 4-2. The Whalers would put up 2 runs in the top of the 4th to knot the score at 4. The Trojans would retake the lead back with a BIG inning in the bottom of the 5th with a Connor Sullivan walk, singles by Tyler Carey and Tyler Glavin, Sac fly by Andrew Noviello, and Joe Freiday walk to load the bases for Senior Co-Captain Mikey Bruemmel who lasered a 2 RBI single to center scoring Carey and Glavin. Adam Chase would knock in Freiday and the Trojans would lead 8-4.
The Never say die Whalers would answer putting up 3 runs in the top of the 6th making the score 8-7, and wanting more, when Coach Kearney went to the bullpen, as Bruemmels day was done (121 pitches). With the tying run on 2nd, Sophomore Jack Connolly would only need to throw 1 pitch as a whaler lined one down the first base line as Brian (Superman) McSherry threw on his cape and saved the day, and made the defensive play of the year, making the out un-assisted. The Trojans would score an insurance run in the bottom of the 6th with hits by Pat Nee, Tyler Glavin, and Andrew Noviello to make the score 9-7. As darkness was falling, Jack Connolly would close the door striking out the last two batters to EARN the save!
That was by far the most exciting game of the year as both teams "wanted" the win!
Coach Kearney on the win--"Great game and good win over a tough NB team ! Bruemmel and Connolly nice job pitching - Freiday, Glavin led way offensively - McSherry play of the game on defense to save the lead ! 4-0 baby !!"
Joe Freiday went 2 for 2 with 3 RBI's, Tyler Glavin remained red hot going 3 for 4, Tyler Carey went 2 for 4, and Mike Bruemmel had 2 RBIs to "help himself out" as he improves to 2-0 on the season!!!
Weather permitting the Trojans will face Hingham Friday at 4:00.

GO FIGURE.........11 Trojans are batting over .333

BR bats remain RED HOT!

The Trojans rolled to victory Friday afternoon defeating Whitman Hanson 17-1, behind a complete game pitching performance by Junior Josh Monson (9 strikeouts and 0 walks), and a 16 hit attack led by Junior Joe Freiday (3 for 4 with 2 Home Runs, a double and 5 RBI's).

Monson opened the game striking out the side in the first inning, and kept Whitman Hanson off the board until the 3rd inning when they would put up their only run of the game. The Lead proved to be short lived, as the Trojans scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 3rd.  The inning started with an Andrew Noviello double, followed by a Joe Freiday 2 run home run, singles by Mike Bruemmel (3 for 5 on the day), Ryan Scripter (2 for 2 with 2 RBI's), and Connor Sullivan (2 for 2 on the day).
The bats would come alive again in the bottom of the 6th with a Kevin Newton single, Tyler Glavin double, Joe Freiday 3 run Home Run, Dave Miller single and Cory Wasylow double.
The red hot Trojans are batting .427 as a team and have scored 38 runs in the first 3 games. They will face off against New Bedford High Wednesday April 10th at 4:00 at BR.
I have added a twitter feed for @BRBaseball_ (notice the _ underscore at the end of BRBaseball_)  So anything they tweet or re-tweet will show up there.

Connolly's 14 K's powers BR to 10-3 victory over Durfee.

Sophomore Jack Connolly led the Trojans to victory on Thursday, striking out 14 batters in 6 innings of work, as BR improves to 2-0 on the season.  Connolly's off speed pitches kept The Durfee hitters off balance all day, as he only gave up 3 hits.

The Trojans were down early as Durfee jumped out to an early lead 3-0 in the top of the first inning.  The Trojans would score 1 in the bottom of the first on shaky pitching by Durfee with 4 walks. 

The Trojans would take the lead in the bottom of the 2nd on a Sophomore Andrew Noviello double that scored Connor Sullivan, and a Joe Freiday 2 rbi single that scored Tyler Glavin and Andrew Noviello. 

The bats were silenced until the bottom of the 6th when BR scored 6 runs to seal the deal, as a Joe Freiday single, Corey Dinunno sac fly (scored T Glav), Mike Bruemmel and Pat née RBI's (scored Novi  and Freiday),  and Adam Chase single (scoring pinch runner Cory Wasylow). 

Andrew Noviello came in to Pitch the 7th and struck out one and induced 2 ground balls to  Dave Miller at short stop, and that was that.

Joe Freiday led the BR offense with 2 hits and 3 RBI's, and Tyler Glavin scored 3 runs..

The Trojans face off against Whitman Hanson (weather permitting) Friday at 4:00 at BR.  

Probable starter for BR is Junior Josh Monson. 

#expectingbigthings 

I added a new "live" scoreboard to the blog, if anyone wants to follow along.

BR opens season with a BANG!!

The Trojans started the 2013 season with a bang! That BANG was a Tyler Carey solo Home Run to lead off the game! After falling behind 0-2, Tyler worked the count to 2-2 and hammered a fastball over the right center field fence!! The Trojans would score a total of 4 runs in the top of the 1st on a Sophomore Andrew Noviello triple, a Joe Freiday Jr. single, and a Brian McSherry 2 RBI single that scored Freiday and Glavin, making the score 4-0.
That is all the runs the Trojans would need as Bruemmel held off the Falmouth Clippers to only 5 hits through  6 innings only letting up 2 runs, striking out 6 and only walking 2.

After the Trojans piled on 7 more runs in the 7th inning, on hits by Noviello, a Mike (what have you done for me Today) Bruemmel TRIPLE (scoring Novi and Freiday), Cory Wasylow double, Pat Nee single, Dinunno walk, and Tyler Carey 2 RBI TRIPLE, it was all she wrote, as Andrew Noviello came in for relief in the bottom of the 7th and struck out 2 and closed the door, as the Trojans won 11-2.

Coach Kearney said " Great Opener against a Veteran Pitcher for Falmouth . Mikey Bruemmel was outstanding, and truly a TEAM effort with many contributors- no errors on defense either in tough weather conditions."
I couldn't agree more!!
Tyler Carey finished the game going 2-3 with 3 RBI's, Andrew Noviello went 3-4 scoring twice, and Pat Nee went 2-2 with an RBI and scored.
BR will face off against Durfee High on Thursday at BR at 4:00.

Nice Weather Expected for Season Opener!!!

The recently updated forecast is calling for beautiful sunny skies and a spring like 58 degrees for Opening Day on Tuesday at Falmouth High School!!!!!
April Fools......
So the real forecast for Tuesdays season opener in Falmouth is just a plain yucky 41 degrees with 20 plus MPH winds, and expected wind chill of 31degrees.... Hmmmmmm........ Dress warmly!
Probable starter for Opening Day is Senior Co-Captain Mike Bruemmel.
See the latest tweet below from @BRbaseball_ It seems Coach Kearney has a few extra "fans" out there....
#expectingbigthings
Tic toc, tic toc.....