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Abington vs West Boylston
 
11:21
southshorelimey -  Welcome to LeLacheur Park in Lowell.   It's a balmy 75F here and both teams are out warming up.   Paul Harber and I (Mark Gardner) will be joining you during the game with commentary, stats and photos.  
11:32
11:33
southshorelimey -  Please feel free to send in your comments throughout the game.   We'll do our best to reply and publish your comments.
11:43
Pharber -  



This will be an interesting match-up.

People in Abington probably don’t know much about West Boylston, but they are a good team – you have to be a good team to get this far.

Last year West Boylston made it to the Central finals with a perfect 20-0 record only to lose to Hopedale.

This year West Boylston went 20-0 in the regular season and won their first two playoff games, 17-0 over Hudson Catholic and 15-1 over Murdock High.

Then they met Hopedale in the Central Mass Championship and beat them, 5-4, for the title.

Then they made it to this game by beating St. Mary’s 11-4.

Their pitching and defense is solid, too. They allowed only 32 runs in 20 regular season games.

Their best pitchers are Ryan Milweski and Ryan McKernan. Their catcher, Shane Sampson is their closer. He has regularly come into to finish off games. McKernan missed about six weeks this season with elbow problems.

They are a good hitting team. West Boylston scored 10 or more runs in 12 games this year and scored 15 or more five times. Six of their starters are hitting over .400.

Mike Cleary, Stephan Fisher, Mike Pusateri, Shane Sampson and Jeremy Phelps know how to swing the bat.

Beating Hopedale made their season. West Boylston coach Todd Smith said the pressure is off after beating their archrivals for the Central title. “It was kind of like our goal and now it’s just house money. We’re going out and having a lot of fun playing baseball.”

 

Abington is very similar. They only lost one player from last year’s team and they know how to handle the pressure.

What Abington needs, though, is a solid performance from their starting pitcher Steve Perakslis.

He has been perfect in the playoffs. He is 2-0 with a save and a 0.00 earned run average. He pitched last Saturday and came in on Thursday and pitched two innings. He just needs to pitch another seven today.

“When Steve is on the mound, it takes a lot of pressure off of everybody,” his father, Steve, Sr., the Abington coach said. “When you only have to score three or four runs to win a game, it makes it easier to play relaxed.

“Steve is probably one of the most intense baseball players I’ve ever been around,”

Overall this season the younger Perakslis is 10-0. He will attend the University of Maine in the fall on a full scholarship to play baseball.

 

12:07
Pharber -  Game was supposed to start six minutesago but I haven't seen any umpire, who knows what's going on. . . .

Oh, they PA is announcing . . . Just MIAA propaganda blah blah blah.

Now they are announcing the lineups . . .   (song from the Natural in the background)
12:11
Pharber -  They announced Abington's lineup

Ian Campball, c; ZackLitman, ss; Steve Perakslis, p., Chris Dion, 3b, Tyler Hitchcock, cf, Brandon Marini, rf; Andrew Crosta, 1b, Cejay Syarez, lf, Kristian LaPointe, 2b.

12:15
Pharber -  The West Boylston lineup has   Steve Fisher, rf, Ryan Milewski, p, Mike Cleary, cf' Shane Sampson, c; Jeremy Phelps, lf, Blake Perron, 1b, Ryam McKernan, dh, Mike Pusateri, 3b, Kevin Barnaby, 2b, Ronnie Sampson, ss. (Sampson will not be hitting. He is being DH'd for by
12:19
Pharber -  They had a moment of silence for Jack Riley, the former Abington athletic direction and huge supporter of the athletic program at the school.

Abington is the visiting team and West Boylston is the home team for this contest.
12:20
Pharber -  Just like the MIAA, 19 minutes past the designated starting time and nobody is on the field. Need to sell more hot dogs I guess. (Oh, they are pretty good, too!). Great weather, a few clouds in the sky.
C'mon guys, let's get it on!
12:23
Pharber -  West Boylston takes the field.
Ian Campbell swinging the bat on deck . . .
waiting for the pitcher to say he's ready . . .
12:25
Pharber -  Ryan Milewski, the WB starter, pulled a Perakslis in the West-Central championship game. He came in the final inning and closed it out, three up and three down. He has a high leg kick and throws three-quarter arm.
12:26
Pharber -  First pitch (a strike  ) at 12:26
12:26
Pharber -  ball low and through the catcher's legs
12:27
Pharber -  Campbell hits a 1-1 fastball to straightaway center. The outfielder makes a stupid play, trying a diving catch and it gets by him for a double
12:28
Pharber -  Littman up, Hits first pitch down first base line. FIelder makes a great stop and tags bag, Campbell moves to third with Perakslis up
12:31
Pharber -  two balls, a slow curve missed the zone. Another curve for a strike. . . a bg swing by Perakslis for strike two. foul tip , still 2-2, another curve missed, 3-2 count. ball, he wals, first and third one out and Chris Dion is up
12:34
Pharber -  Dion
first pitch high and inside,
(pitcher fakes pick off throw)
second pitch a strike looking, 1-and-1 count
(Perakslis steals second no throw on strike 1-2 count
Ball two, just missed inside and low, 2-2 count
Dion hits outside pitch to right field for a single, scoring Campbell, Perakslis moves to third
Abington, 1-0
12:35
Pharber -  Hitchcock up
Hits first pitch to right, scoring Perakslis.
Abington 2-0
12:36
Pharber -  Marini up
Coach comes out to talk to his pitcher. He doesn't want game to get away in first inning
12:38
Pharber -  Marini 's first pitch is a called strike,
seocnd pitch he fouls down first base side.
Pick off attempt at second, fielder drops ball. no advance by runners.
Ball, 1-2 count
huge curve over plate for strike third. two outs
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