Bruemmel saves the day!

The Trojans won their first playoff game, against a gutsy Attleboro team, behind the leadership of their senior Co-Captain Mike Bruemmels strong 3 inning pitching performance and 3 hits on Friday afternoon in a packed house at Hank Pearson field on a scorching day in May.
Game time temperature was a steamy 90 degrees with a slight breeze in from center field. The tents were up and the coolers were packed!
The Trojans jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first when Tyler Carey would score on a Mike Bruemmel Fielders choice to make the score 1-0. The Trojans added 2 more in the bottom of the 3rd on an RBI single by Mike Bruemmel, a wall ball double by Joe Freiday, and a sac fly by Dave Miller to make the score 3-0. As the Trojans were cruising to victory, the Bombadiers were not ready to roll over and die, as they put up 4 runs in the 5th on 5 hits, to take. 4-3 lead. Starting pitcher Sophomore Jack Connolly's day (103 pitches) was done as Coach Kearney went to the bullpen, bringing in the patiently waiting Junior Josh Monson. Josh gave up a single, struck out the next batter, picked the runner off of first, and then struck out the last Bombadier for a very efficient 1-2-3 inning.  Down 4-3 Kearney called Senior Mike Bruemmel in to pitch the 7th and he did not disappoint, having a 1-2-3 inning of his own striking out 2.  In the bottom of the 7th the Trojans exploded for 4 runs on hits by Franklin Pierce bound Tyler Glavin (3 for 4 on the day), Wheaton College bound Mike Bruemmel (3 for 5 with 2 RBI's), a Joe Freiday double (2 for 4, 1 RBI), and Eastern Connecticut University bound Dave Miller ( 1 for 2 with 3 huge RBI's), Cory Wasylow single, and Senior Ryan Scripter clutch RBI double to regain the lead 7-4. Bruemmel came back to strike out the side in the 8th, and strike out 2 out of 3 in the 9th to seal the deal, and save the day!  BR wins! BR wins!
Coach Kearney on the win "Great TEAM win! Monson and Bruemmel great in relief... Joe Freiday excellent game behind the dish...NO ERRORS on defense. Offense good when it had to be, especially 2-6 hitters!"
As any Senior athlete comes to realize one day they will play their last game as a high school athlete (sob sob), hopefully going out on a high note, and the Seniors came to play and PERFORMED! Wheaton College is very lucky to be getting Mikey baseball on their team!
 
The Trojans will travel to Braintree High to face the Wamps, Monday night at 6:00PM.

Trojans open up post season V Attleboro

The BR Trojans will square off against the Attleboro Bombadiers on Friday at 4:00 at Hank Pearson Field. The Trojans finished the regular season (15-5) as the 5th seed in D1 South, and Attleboro (11-9) finished as the 12th seed. The winner will face off against the winner of the Braintree-Mansfield game on Monday.
The Preliminary "play in" game will pit North Attleboro against Brookline Thursday at 4:00 to even out the bracket at 16 teams.

Probable starter for BR is Sophomore Jack Connolly.... Tic toc...

Trojans drop regular season finale 6-2

The Trojans lost their last regular season game to the Hingham Harbormen, in a game that really didn't mean much for either team, and that is the way they both played.  Combining for 12 errors and only a TOTAL of 10 hits (5 each), and a combined 20 strikeouts, this was an uglyfest to be polite! 
The one bright spot on the day was Senior pitcher Cody Medeiros's 2 innings pitched, striking out 4,  and cementing his spot as the closer for the post season, as he touched 90 on the gun!
 Official MIAA seedings will take place Tuesday may 28 with preliminary and first round games to start no earlier than Thursday May 30th.

Noviello.......16.........STRIKEOUTS!!!!

There are certain things coaches dream about and there are certain things they worry about.  If I were a coach, and I am glad I am not, I would worry about depth in my pitching staff.  I would worry if my ace Billy didn't do well, would my backup Johnny be able to come in and get the job done?  Coach John Kearney doesn't have those worries. The Trojans are blessed with one of the deepest pitching staffs in the state.  Senior (left hander) Mike Bruemmel is pitching at a career "best" right now, Sophomore Jack Connolly has an "unhittable" curve ball, Senior Cody Medeiros is just returning to action and looks like he is in mid season form (upper 80's +++), Junior Josh Monson (2-0) is waiting in the wings, and then there is Sophomore Andrew Noviello... Andrew got the nod from Coach Kearney Wednesday afternoon, seeking revenge, against the teams April 25th loss (BR's first loss of the season), and he thrived!
Andrew struck out 2 in the 1st, 3 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd, 2 in the 4th, 3 in the 5th, 2 in the 6th, and 1 in the 7th for a total of 16 K's.... In a 7 inning game?? Thats unheard of!!!!  I am glad he is on our team!
The Trojans got on the scoreboard in the top of the 2nd with a Joe Freiday single, who would score on a Cory Wasylow single to make the score 1-0. They would add 4 more runs in the top of the 3rd on hits by Andrew Noviello (double), Mike Bruemmel, Joe Freiday and Dave Miller (singles), Brian McSherry (double), and Connor Sullivan RBI to make the score 5-0.  So as the BR fans started the Nah nah NAH NAH song, the Marshfield Rams said "not so fast", as they scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd on 3 hits and a walk, to make it interesting 5-3. The Trojans added a run in the top of the 4th on a Tyler Carey triple and an Andrew Noviello Sac fly to make it 6-3, and that was all she wrote.
The Trojans improve to 15-4 on the season. Andrew Noviello improves to 4-1 with a 1.47 ERA as he gave up 5 hits, 3 walks and only 2 earned runs.
Joe Freiday led the way offensively going 3-4 with an RBI and 2 runs scored, Dave Miller went 2-2 with an RBI, run scored and two walks, Cory Wasylow and Tyler Carey both went 2-4.
The Trojans finish up the regular season against a beefy Hingham squad on Thursday at 4:00 at Hank Pearson field. Probable starter is Jack Connolly.
FYI The MIAA seeding's meeting will be on May 28th, and the First round will start no earlier than May 30th......

Mikey "Baseball"!!!!!

Leaders are supposed to "LEAD", Captains are supposed to "set an example", and Mikey Baseball did both on Monday afternoon.  Senior Co-Captain Mikey (Baseball) Bruemmel, LED the Trojans to victory against the Brockton Boxers, pitching a combined 1 hit shutout, only walking 2 and striking out 10, in his "best" performance of the season!
The Trojans marched their way into Campanelli Stadium on Monday, with a confidence level near an all time high, their senior on the mound, and facing a dejected Brockton team!
This game had the makings of a pitchers duel, as the game remained scoreless through 4 innings. In the top of the 5th the BR bats came alive when the Boxers pitching started a little shaky giving up a 2 walks, and a Tyler Carey infield hit to make the BR lead 1-0. Joe Freiday would knock in 2 runs with a single to make the score 3-0. Dave Miller would smoke a double to Left that would eventually score Freiday, and a McSherry walk would score Dave Miller, to make the score 5-0.  The Trojans would add another run in the 6th on a Dave Miller single to put the game out of reach 6-0.
Mikey "Baseball" would defer to fellow Senior Cody Medeiros, to finish the game in the 7th.  Cody has been patiently waiting for his chance, recovering from a torn labrum, that has kept him sidelined all year, and he did not dissapoint.  He threw 9 pitches, all for strikes, striking out 2, and inducing a ground out, back to none other than himself, to end the game.
“He was incredible,” said B-R coach John Kearney (of Bruemmel). “By far his best performance of the year and maybe of his career. He was just in command of all three of his pitches the entire game.” "Pitching and defense... Mike Bruemmel HUGE game... No errors.. Nice to see Cody M back too" Coach Kearney added.
The Trojans improve to 14-4 as they try to align their pitching rotation towards the post season.  They will finish their season at home, as they face  Marshfield on Wednesday and Hingham on Thursday, both at Hank Pearson field.
Multiple hitsmen for the Trojans were Tyler Carey (leads the team in hitting), Dave Miller and Connor Sullivan.

Noviello's 14 K's leads Trojans to victory.

The Trojans routed the Falmouth High Clippers 9-1 on Thursday afternoon behind a STRONG pitching performance by Sophomore Andrew Noviello (3-1). While today may be forever known as "Bomb Threat Thursday", as the entire High School spent the majority of the day hanging out at the football field after a threat was phoned in around 10:15 AM leading to an early dismissal and a search of the entire school by bomb sniffing dogs from Mass State Police and Quincy Police. Search results were negative and at no time were any students or staff in danger (police said).

As is normally the case, the Trojans fell behind early in the first inning as the Clippers came out swinging and scored a run off 2 hits to take an early lead 1-0.  The Trojans would answer in the bottom of the second scoring 6 runs, batting around the order, on hits by Noviello (double), Wasylow, McSherry, Nee, Carey, Bruemmel, Freiday, and Noviello (again), to make the score 6-1.  They would add 2 more runs in the bottom of the 4th on hits by Joe Freiday (double), Dave Miller, Cory Wasylow, and would add another run in the 5th on hits by Tyler Carey (double) and Mike Bruemmel to put the game well out of reach.

Multiple hitsmen for the Trojans included Cory Wasylow, Andrew Noviello, Joe Freiday, Mike Bruemmel, and Tyler Carey.
Andrew Noviello struck out 14 only giving up 3 hits and walking 2!
Coach Kearney on the win "Given the circumstances of the day the team handled it very well and took care of business."
The Trojans travel to Brockton to play the Boxers on Monday at Campanelli Stadium.

Connolly HUGE in pitchers duel! Trojans clinch Old Colony League Title!

Sophomore Jack Connolly was huger than huge on Tuesday afternoon as he led the Trojans to victory 2-1 over the Dartmouth Indians, striking out 10, and only giving up 5 hits and 1 walk in a complete game effort.The day started with a pregame ceremony celebrating the career of Dartmouth Head Coach Tom McDermott who is retiring at the end of this season after 30 years of coaching. Congratulations Coach McDermott!!The Indians got on the board first, scoring their only run of the game in the top of the 4th, on a delayed double steal, making the score 1-0. The Trojans answered in the bottom of the 5th when Senior Brian McSherry hustled out an infield hit. Despite McSherry being fleet of feet, Coach Kearney went to the bench and called on the speedy Senior Ross Talpy to pinch run. After advancing to 2nd on a ground out, Talpy would score the tying run when Corey Dinunno hustled out a laser double to left field to tie the game at 1. Senior Tyler Glavin came to the plate and hit a hard ground ball single to third, that scored the go ahead and eventual game winning run in the form of Corey Dinunno!The never say die Indians threatened in the top of the 9th, when with 2 outs Coach McDermott, who has been around the block a few times, went to his bench and summonsed to number 20 Nick Paine who did not disappoint as he poked a single to right field to extend the game. With runners on 1st and 2nd and 2 outs Coach Kearney called time and visited Connolly on the mound, telling him to "have fun and finish it, it was all his". After a longer than average visit he returned to the dugout and watched Connolly Strike out the last batter on 4 pitches, the last of which may have been the hardest pitch Jack ever threw!! Coach Kearney on the win "Awesome pitching performance by Jack Connolly and I'm very proud of the whole BR Baseball Program for winning the OCL title."The Trojans will face a rejuvenated Falmouth High team, that is looking for revenge, on Thursday at 4:00 at Hank Pearson Field.
(Photos by Debbie Bruemmel) 

Noviello's TWO Grand Slams lifts BR to victory.

Game 2 of Saturdays Double header had a much different result than game 1,as the Trojans rebounded nicely from back to back shutouts scoring 14 runs on 10 hits, defeating the DY Dolphins 14-6.
The Trojans found themselves in an early hole, as the Dolphins scored a run in the first and 2 in the second, making the score 3-0.
After a 15 minute rain delay, the Trojans bats would come to life in the 3rd. Tyler Carey led off with a single followed by a few walks to load the bases for Dave Miller who would knock in a run. The bases remained loaded for Sophomore Andrew Noviello who would hammer a 1-1 pitch over the right field fence for a Grand Salamie, making the score 5-3 (his first home run of the season). The Trojans tacked on 4 more runs on hits by Adam Chase, Mike Clifford, and a double by Joe Freiday to advance the lead to 9-3.
The "nail in the coffin" came in the 7th, as Andrew Noviello came to the plate, again with the bases loaded, and launched an 0-2 pitch over the right field fence for his second grand slam of the game, and the Trojans rolled to a 14-6 victory.
Junior Josh Monson improves to 2-0 on the season striking out 5 and giving up 0 walks.
Multiple hits men for the Trojans were Joe Freiday (single, double) and Andrew Noviello (two grand slams, 8 RBI's and 4 stolen bases).
The Trojans return to OCL action on Tuesday as they face off against the Dartmouth Indians at Hank Pearson Field.

Trojans Fall to DY.

The Trojans lost game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader, on a dreary day, at Hank Pearson Field by a score of 3-0.
The Dolphins scored 2 runs in the top of the first on 2 hits and a couple of walks, and could've scored more. With a runner on 2nd and 2 outs a DY player hit a base hit to Center field. Tyler Carey fielded the ball cleanly and threw a one hop strike to home to kill the threat!
Unfortunately the Trojans could only muster 2 hits as Junior Mike Morlock threw a complete game shutout for the Dolphins, inducing several fly balls and earned the Win, as the Dolphins rolled to victory.
Mike Bruemmel suffers the loss and falls to 3-1, despite a very good outing, only giving up 4 hits, 3 walks and striking out 7.

SHUT.........OUT.........

11, 17, 10, 9, and 5 are adjectives formerly used to describe the Trojans "side" of the score, however the Trojans were "shut out" for the first time all season as the Barnstable Red Raiders said "not so fast" on clinching the OCL title on a merky Thursday afternoon at Barnstable High school.
The Trojans never seemed to get it going on the offensive side, as #21 pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 9 and only allowing 2 walks.
Andrew Noviello pitched a complete game as well, striking out 3 and giving up 4 walks, in his respectable 110 pitch performance, but suffers the loss, falling to 2-1 on the season.
It  appeared to be an old fashion "pitchers duel" as the game remained scoreless into the 4th inning, when the Red Raiders scored 2 runs on 3 hits in the 4th inning, and that would be all they needed, as they coast to a 3-0 victory.
"Mama said they'll be days like this, they'll be days like this my Mama said!" (The Shirelles 1961)
I never thought I would quote the "Shirelles", but here I am, "quoting" "The Shirelles".  I actually never "knew" who "sung" that "song", until I "Googled" it.
If you asked me on April 1st if I would be tickled pink to have a 10-3 record on May 10th, the answer would be a resounding yes!!! If you go back to my first post I wrote that I would blog about the good and the bad, and it doesn't feel good to blog about the bad..... I'm just saying......
The Trojans will play a double header,  on Saturday, against Dennis Yarmouth at Hank Pearson Field, and hope to return to the win column. Probable starter for game 1 is Mike Bruemmel.

Trojans Clinch Playoff Birth!

The Trojans notched their 10th win of the season, clinching an early  playoff birth, defeating The Durfee High Hilltoppers, 9-4 on Tuesday afternoon.
Tyler Carey started off the scoring, with a bang, as he did on opening day, this time with a 400' BOMB that sailed over the 384' fence in center field, setting the tone and making the score 1-0. Mike Bruemmel would triple to center field knocking in Andrew Noviello (singled), and would later score when Joe Freiday (walk) would get caught in a rundown between 1st and 2nd, making the score 3-0. The Hilltoppers would answer in the top of the 2nd putting up a 3 spot to tie the game at 3. The Trojans added another run in the 3rd on a Tyler Glavin RBI single, and one in the 4th on a Joe Freiday RBI single, to make the score 5-3, and would put the game out of reach in the 5th, scoring 4 runs on a 2 RBI triple by Tyler Carey and an RBI double "off the fence" by Joe Freiday.

The Hilltoppers would throw up a run in the bottom of the 7th but it was too little too late.
Starting pitcher, Sophomore Jack Connolly, got the start and the W (4-1), pitching 6 strong innings, striking out 10 and walking 4, and gave up only 2 earned runs.  He relied, as usual, on his curveball as well as his 85 MPH fastball!
Multiple hitsmen for the Trojans were Tyler Carey (Home run (3rd), triple and 3RBI's), Joe Freiday (single, double and 2 RBI's), and Corey Dinunno and Tyler Glavin had 2 singles!
Tyler Carey's slugging % is an unheard of .909!
The Trojans travel to Barnstable for an Old Colony League rematch against the Red Raiders, Thursday at 4:00, and will need to strategically plan their pitching rotation as they have a doubleheader on Saturday.

Joe Freiday's 2 Home Runs Leads BR to 9-2 Victory!

The Trojans defeated the Brockton Boxers 9-2 on Friday afternoon (ironically improving to 9-2) at Hank Pearson Field, as Joe Freiday had a good Friday (ironically?) going 2 for 3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI's and 3 runs scored, to lead the Trojans offense.

The Trojans got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd scoring 2 runs on a Joe Freiday laser home run (5th HR), and a Pat Nee Sac Fly (scoring Dave Miller) . The Boxers would answer in the top of the 4th scoring 2 runs on 1 hit and a couple of walks to "make it interesting" tying the game at 2.  Senior Co Captain Mike Bruemmel came in for relief of Junior Josh Monson in the 5th, and the game remained tied until the bottom of the 5th when Mike Bruemmel singled to right field, stole 2nd, and would score on a 2 run home run by Freiday! The BR bats would erupt in the bottom of the 6th as pinch hitter Adam Chase would  hammer a 2-1 pitch over the center field fence (2nd HR) to make it 5-2. The Trojans added 3 more runs, in the bottom of the 6th,  to put the game out of reach on a line drive single by Mikey Clifford, several walks,  and a single by Cory Wasylow.  Bruemmel would strike out the side in the 7th and that was
that. Josh Monson only gave up 2 hits and struck out 4 (no decision), and Mike Bruemmel looked fantastic, only giving up 1 hit and striking out 5 in 3 innings of work and got the win.
The Trojans have a busy week ahead, as they have 4 games scheduled starting with Durfee on Tuesday, Barnstable on Thursday, and then a double header Saturday (at home) against DY. Probable starter on Tuesday is Sophomore Jack Connolly.

Noviello powers BR to 2nd OCL victory!

Andrew Noviello's strong performance leads BR to an 6-2 win over the Dartmouth Indians, earning their second Old Colony League victory (2-0) on Thursday Afternoon at Dartmouth High School, advancing their record to 8-2 overall, and only 2 wins away from locking up a post season birth.
 There are a LOT of adjectives one could use when describing Sophomore Andrew Noviello.  Some of the words thrown around on Thursday included "fireballer, gamer, and clutch".   Andrew was definitely on his game this sunny afternoon, as he pitched 7 strong innings, striking out 9 (by my count) and knocking in the go ahead and eventual game winning run, in the form of a sacrifice  fly in the 8th inning. Andrew relied on his 84-87 MPH fast ball, as well as his 43 MPH slurve (I made that up).
Ryan Gaydou got the start for the Dartmouth Indians, and he certainly came to play, as he methodically struck out the (Trojans) side in the top of the first inning and set the tone for this pitchers duel as he held the Trojans scoreless through 6 innings.
Ryan is a short lefty with a sneaky pick off move to first, and some great off speed pitches to go along with his 82-84 MPH fastball (9 K's)
The game started off with both pitchers breezing through the first 5 innings as each pitcher rarely had to face more than 4 batters. The Indians opened up the scoring in the bottom of the 5th scoring a run off of 2 hits, and would add 1 run in the bottom of the 6th, to make the score 2-0.  The Trojans wouldn't get on the scoreboard until the top of the 7th, when Andrew Noviello would score on a Cory Wasylow 1 out double down the right field line, and as he crossed the plate he screamed "Lets GO!!!!!" (or something to that effect). In the top of the 8th the Trojans added 2 more runs when Tyler Glavin (BB) would score the TYing run on on a Dave Miller Sac Fly, and  Mike Bruemmel (single) would score the go ahead run on an Andrew Noviello Sac fly to take a 3-2 lead. The Indians would threaten in the bottom of the 8th, as Cory Wasylow came in for relief, and induced an infield fly ball that the fireballing/gamer/clutch Andrew Noviello (now playing 3rd base) enthusiastically called off the entire infield and tried to make a play on a sky high fly ball that bounced off his glove (in the area of 2nd base), that he clearly shouldn't have attempted (E5).  The Indians would bunt the runner over to 2nd putting the tying run in scoring position with 1 out. After a 1st pitch (ball) the runner on 2nd bit off a little more than he could chew, as Junior Catcher Joe Freiday Jr. gunned the next pitch down to SS Dave Miller for the pick off, quelling the threat!  I don't know who was happier, Me (Joey's Dad) or Andrew (fist pumping/smiling/fist pumping) Noviello!! The Trojans put the game out of reach in the top of the 9th on hits by Corey Dinunno (single), Brian (welcome back) McSherry (double), Mike Bruemmel (FC) scoring pinch runner Jack Connolly, and Joe Freiday Sac Fly scoring Tyler Carey, to make the score 6-2.  Josh Monson came in to seal the deal in the 9th and faced the minimum 3 batters and the Trojans won again.
Senior Co-Captain Mike Bruemmel led the offense with 2 hits and 1 RBI. Cory Wasylow and Josh Monson were very effective  in relief, and Senior Mike Clifford made a great diving catch in left field!
There is no rest for the weary as the Trojans face off against the Brockton Boxers on Friday afternoon at 4:00 at Hank Pearson field.  Josh Monson is the expected starter.
I think Andrew is sleeping with a smile on his face tonight and deservedly so!