Somers Baseball Routs Roosevelt

SOMERS, N.Y. - On Saturday May 4, Somers scored the first run of the day and Roosevelt scored the last.

In between, the senior day match up was an onslaught.

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Somers scored five in the first, three in the second and went onto a 19-1 victory.

At the outset, Roosevelt did work a lead off walk, but Antonio Mastellone made the point moot. He got the next three batters, and Somers went to work.

Somers loaded the bases on a single by Tyler Venturini, a walk to Erik Gersfeld and a hit by pitch on Nick Conti. The first run came when Patrick Bracelin’s fly ball was dropped in center and two more arrived on John Robinson’s single up the middle.

The total tally came in on Lorenzo D’Ambrosio’s triple and Trevor McDonnell’s sacrifice fly.

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The long inning had no ill effect on Mastellone either. He struck out the side, and the bats went to town again. Gersfeld singled, Bracelin went opposite with a double to right and both came in when Robinson’s fly ball was dropped in right.

Up 8-0, Gavin Kelly got a turn on the mound and also kept his fielders bored. The sophomore struck out the side, and the bottom of the third was more bad news for the Sharks.

Venturini doubled, Gersfeld knocked him in, and Nick Conti’s double made it 10-0. Ryan McAuley then worked a walk, and Conti scored when John Barbagallo’s grounder was not handled at second.

Three more strikeouts meant Somers needed only three more outs to mercy the visitors. But Roosevelt couldn’t not get out of the bottom of the fourth. Somers scored eight more runs and had to intentionally run themselves out twice to end the inning.

Roosevelt finally got a hit in the fifth and scored on a bases loaded walk. But Garfield got the final out and the end mercifully came.

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