come in with a twenty you know unblemished record going up against can which came into the playoffs ten in ten they won their game in a thirteen inning crazy game down it down in new bedford the greater new bedford regional vote  that and thirteen inning six four they come in with a record of eleven and ten on the hill right now eric bamford a senior at six and zero with a two point two e r a his battery mate behind the plate mark allen burke we're just about to start with the first pitch actually eric steps off leading off for canton is number nineteen joe as i said canton comes in with a lebanon ten record as a solid team solid defensively there order of the top four five good solid hitters drops off a little bit after that so it'll be important to get  get a good start here from era coming right out of the gate now first pi that fastball in there are called strike quickly up oh one from what i've seen i just seen canton once fairly patient not really aggressive going after first pitch so be interesting to see our deals with with getting out first pitch in there th butt curve ball in there one ball two strikes eric bamford up a head on the count here can be very important especially with the top three or four hitters for debates pitches up comes in with a curveball good curveball there got to get that ball just down a little bit more but had push out in front good to see from eric count remains one ball two strikes nice job mix and speeds get them out on his front foot the c b comes back with here maybe a little a fastball away it's like the guy coming under the hands line drive left field that ball is going to be over left fielders head opposite field it is going to walk into second base with a stand up double that fastball away pitched a nice job pushing that ball to left field jake being this little slip there out in left field but he would have had the ball anyway not come into play for canton is number fourteen kevin powers powers to shortstop has as good power big kid  at a triple against new bedford on friday night over the left field as head that pitching their first strike power shows bunt just to show that he's not going to bunt with nobody out the man on second one shot at second nobody out hours with an open stance left foot down towards third base bring the pitch bring that foot in as he goes by ship fakes the makes the steel that curve ball in the dirt but stop by mark two balls one strike can quickly ahead one nothing hard shot to left field there was going to clearly be a play at the plate being coming in fast trying to quickly get rid of the ball unfortunately ball stayed down low off his glove allowed powers to get the extra base going from first to second so again same situation here nobody out now batting caps number twenty four patrick martini and martini another of these good hitters committed to play baseball down at u mass dartmouth very good catcher although today looks like he'll be on the mound against what's what tony and had a couple of put outs on friday night a couple of kids caught stealing hours at second nobody out ball was to put those two better is clearly pulling the ball now you get runners at the corner nobody out at first and third here nobody out can up one nothing and the top of the first there got it with a fake throw over their ball one believe the count is one ball one strike you know we're kind of a little bit of disadvantage here because the scoreboard is not working today it's a one one count baffert  fact third now two outs a defensive play so score one nothing powers remains at third base for canton about a number twenty one monica beat him at third base your coach that's the fourth or trying to get out of this one three straight hard hits nice to get away with just one run here still have some work to do we are need to play some defense that ball hit  that's a tough one your had an account one ball two strikes on here that struggling to catch up with you on your fastball eric brought that one in just a little bit too much inside now come into play for get a number nine griffin  pitches certainly i compete factor leading off for westwood as mark allen burke i expect westwood to be patient based on what we saw in warmups their coach when you think i would agree i mean what is a patient hitting team anyway they're going to take a lot of pitches but especially in terms of what we saw there in the warm ups i don't think he threw if he threw eight nine pitches i'm not sure he threw a strike curveball was leaving up his fastball was getting about fifty eight feet in bounce and well in front of the plate so looks to have a good arm he does have a good arm from behind like we'll see what kind of army's got in front of the plate mark ellenberg leading off as one of the leading o b pieces lead the t v l in walks this year ellie takes a first pitch for a ball on bird we can guarantee is going to take until he gets a strike on  two balls one strike patrick used to hose in the ball from behind home plate not used to get not top of the curve ball the ellenberg in the regular season lead the league try valley league in walks he files that pitch off to the right side led the league in walks with thirty walks at an average just under three hundred but no b p with the walks just around five hundred good leadoff hitter at ball just outside as we were just saying in terms of walks ellenberg leads off the bottom of the first westwood with seven pitch walk now going to play for was would center fielder joe at the ball extremely well this year too hitting somewhere over three hundred troubling at three twenty range has had a great season with the stick and will do whatever it takes to help the team ellenberg with a good lead from first a ball inside catches the corner though even account one ball one strike interesting to see if west would challenges the second string catcher as we said pitcher normally behind the pla ball driven down the right field line is going to land in fair territory ellenberg going to try to make the turn at third or second head over to third westwood quickly with a scoring opportunity with joe rice a single line shot down the right field line right fielder over ellenberg makes the move from first over to third now come to the plate for was with senior captain the pitcher number seven eric bamford bama had a great year with a stick also let's see if he can get himself a little bit of help here get ellenberg home move joe over and the line moving damper comes in with a three thirty batting average and base percentage right at five hundred rice felder good speed at first base takes a good lead here would not be surprised to see him make a move that ball low but in first strike little bit of chirping from the west would bench on that call rice fell there with the ladies not going that pitch same spot that was a ball even sickout one ball one strike all kinds of alum back here at russ downs feel today bobby really former player welcome back with a stolen base now with runners at second and third nobody out that ball in their first strike two strikes on ban for let's see if you can she wants the right side and get a run in that was at fifty eight foot fastball we saw in the warm ups but stopped by the catcher there to keep the ball in front of them hold the runners at second and third count goes to a full count now three balls two strikes nobody out runners at second and third rice feller at second  not get a hold of it and with that overthrow bamford moves up the second a rice field or scores from third key here i can guarantee is westwood needs to put pressure on this defense of canton it's a solid defense but they'll you saw there that ball got past the shortstop powers center fielder picked it up over threw the catcher the pitcher everybody like i'm not sure where that ball was that was well up the line towards third base so what now takes a two to one lead with nobody out brings the clean up would not be surprised to see a play a pick off play at second base that's part of cans normal play ball way up high that's that curve ball that we're talking about that he not get not top of leaving way up high even the count now one ball one strike out he comes in here is last at bat was one to remember a line shot walk off the last game i maintain that there was that pick up play i was telling you about very close to send an apple in a center field second baseman making a great diving stop just to get a hold of the ball try to slap a tag down an arc that arc beat him into the bag and that's one that the west with coaching staff had worn the west with players about the shortstop runs in front of the second bas player that ball up an end for for a ball two balls one strike shortstop will run in front of the runner at second base hoping to distract the runner and then the cow the second baseman sneak in behind again they tried that a number of times at their game on friday night against new bedford westwood well aware of it that fastball in their evens accounted to two as i was saying brandon's last at bat was a walk off three run shot the last regular season game for westwood part tech to their perfect season bottom of the eighth extra innings on that one curveball way outside way up high martini and now as worked three out of his four batters to a three in two count driving the pitch count up as what was what does extraordinarily well they get deep into your bullpen three in two count good contact hitter up number seventeen a left fielder jake being come into the plate jake has had a tremendous year with men in scoring position he leads the t v l with thirty three zero r b i has been just an r b i machine has been square on the ball up real well  so look for jake to put a ball in play and get these runners moving and retaining is a good pitcher for jake here jake is a dead fastball hitter and with this picture right now wouldn't really worry much about the curve ball he gets a fastball in the zone you want to drive it that fastball up for first pitch ball count one zero this was according to some i can't source is going to be that the challenge for can after playing at thirteen in a game against greater better tack they just used quite a bit of pitching in that game for cheney and usually their catcher comes in with another low fastball in the dirt down in the count now to a no it's jake bean or damien cannot find the play here consistently as you said before he's going to a full count on three of the batters to account now again runs at first and second that ball away inside three balls no strikes a lot of movement out to hurt second and short you can't see it on the screen erica folks but i got to tell you there shortstop is running a mile out there is from deep short every single time he runs in front of the base runner pitch just in there for a called strike three balls one strike the second baseman where not a path as well coming in behind bamford out there and second this is jake scout right here he's a fastball hitter he's going to get a fastball in this fastball gal right here three balls one strike and it's not even you see in a little bit coach i see some starring johnny howard comes into the game he also has had a great year as an r b i machine he's much streak your hitter but has had a good streak of late so let's see if we can keep it going that pitch just up this is one of those where you are thrown consistently out of the zone you throw one that's just on the edge you're not going to get that call from the umpire pitch close one ball no strike that pitch not even close fastball in the dirt two balls no strikes they are in on the left side playing back on the right side the shortstop and the third baseman are in just on the grass second base first base play a little bit back that ball hit danny he's going to head down to first that's going to score bamford westwood now goes up three to one still bases loaded nobody out and still nobody no action in the can dugout i guess can is going to ride this one as far as  i think it's about what they've got coach you've got you know senior captain stepping up to some of the robber when he's normally in that they starting catcher he is a competitor he is a bulldog great kid but just not what he does that now at bat is number eighteen a first baseman brian goddy martini and sells that ball about seven feet over the catcher's head and that will score another run as brandon god he comes home from third and all the move runners move up scored now four  at some point though you you've got to have somebody is going throw strikes you've got to let these guys put the ball in play and let their defense try to make a play at this point the last three batters he's walked to and hit one you've got to have somebody can at least throw strike their top two pitchers that go on friday so they are weak at this point they don't have a real whole lot of depth case doesn't at the pitch position and there we go after a conference on the mound gotti steps in had to count one ball no strikes men on second and third martini and back to the wind up as is down low perch pitch in the dirt three balls no stud no strikes on brian brian big soft more first basem little bit up maybe a little bit there a bit of a get there from the umpire behind a plate i guess he's tired of not making a call three balls one strike he's supposed to wear that especially in a playoff game one ball no strikes now the pitch from during that pitch way up high nice job by the catcher brees i care if there is nobody warming for camp at this point  and he's doing all he can but he has not been close i see some starting now looks like there may be jenkins or somebody warming in the pan for for cam that pitch inside ball three there is no place to put cookie on at this point you've got brian todd he at first and howard second jake being at third nobody out scores forty one and we do see some action now in the bullpen as that pitch is in there for a called strike count is now three balls in one strike a pitch way up high cokeheads down to first jake being comes in from third crosses home plate can score like i want to make a change but the pitcher is only thrown one warm up that year so far he look down here to see if the kid was ready and he's not even throwing three pitches at this point so he's going to have to stay with fourteen at least one more batter not coming to play for was with senior number fourteen michael riley the designated hitter he takes one up so there is for a ball he's had a great year coach he really great teammate he is took two years off from baseball played somewhat cross decided to come back out and pitch in there for a called strike want to one and has really done a nice job did some early on in the season spent some both second and third but as since work themselves into that d h position and really done a terrific job getting three just over three fifty for the year really gives from top to bottom a lot of depth to this was what hitting staff or hitting lineup no no better you can take off your pitching there for a called strike two two bases loaded nobody out a ball down low goes to a full count and there we have our first down spoke too soon michael our leadoff hitter mark elam burke back to the plate here with one out basis juiced let's see if we can put one in play and drive another run extend the lead westwood currently up five to one that fastball in there for a call it strikes even count one one you've got cook at first ryan got it second danny howard over at third base is loaded one out and score five to one wes was at pitch will they put him in some other position i would again not take as bad a line up that's for sure guaranteed he's going to stay in the lineup i would expect that he'll get behind the plate and they'll send a virus out to right field where he normally plays i'm not sure he's filling in for him another walk this one dalembert going to scoot down to first move all the runners up including danny howard coming in from thirty touches on light the score now six one and now we  going to have our our pitching change as the can't coach losses the foul line let's see let's see if he makes a change for right so he's made a second busying he's trying to decide where he's going to send martini and looks like he says you two are going to switch now so they're going to both buyers is going to go and remove the gear or tanny will don the gear and like you said looks like we've got doyle coming in to pitch and the third base now behind the dish and viruses over a third base resetting the action here we've got bases loaded we've got show rice felder at the plate the number two hitter still here in the first inning with one out toys first pitch is down for a could not good at have more of a distinction between the two pitchers right fourteen are thrown fastball right hander and jenkins i mean doyle big lefthander doesn't throw particularly hard but mixes i thought that was jenkins two balls one strike you're right and westwood has struggled a little bit over the season with lefties not hard throwing that ball in there for a strike i'm not sure that was in there i thought that coach i thought it was a good call that's a pitch i'd like to see joe take down right field line just like he did the last time let's see if he does it again now two balls two strikes ground ball into the hole shortstop missed a plays that nobody's go everybody's going to be safe joe hustles down the first powers with the second error of the day power is normally a sure handed strong arm shortstop as mr groundball from bamford now a ground ball from rice felder compounding the  over powering the last city you will see the catcher of martini and throw behind runners he's got an outstanding arm from baron did pick off at least two or three kids the other day against he's got a good on likes to show it off behind in the count now two balls one strike to ban for good hitters count right here look for bam to lock up on something and drive it again only one out that pitch down low for call for ball three balls one strike manford will be patient here unless he gets his pitch he's not going to swing that's been his m o all season long bases loaded one out and the pitch now that ball way up high bamford hustles down to first all the runners move up this is groundhog day the line just hunches home plate the score now eight to one still in one out bases loaded bottom of the first this one's going to get way up high fastball one ball one strike good command of the strike zone will not swing up ball is outside the zone he will look to drive a pitch year and bring joe in from second base and potentially center to third at ball outside two balls one strike i gotta tell you a defensive posture of a can right now doesn't look that indicative of the eight to one score again bases loaded still only one out powers got his hands on his hips here the entire time even as the pitch just up high that's that slow curveball doyle wanted to pitch coaches at three in one count is what you call it waving his hands up in the air about that last pitch not that ball it was way up high but that ball three thought that was in there for a strike can't walk to his knee get out of coach given the hard hard time here i don't know that that's ever worked in the history of the game and at this point he may get run and it's only the bottom of the first can head coach and home plate umpire going at it pretty heavily here back and forth one out this is been one of the longest will be one of the longest delays for the pitcher for bam for once he does get back out there in the top of the second but i'm sure he's ok with that fastball in there for a quote strike even about four feet wide otherwise that would have school scored two from the position where the right fielder was just a little flare over the first base this on par will run him at this point at this point i am very familiar with the and he will absolutely run this  guy not sure what he's complaining about i mean it is one pitch and you've thrown close to sixty pitches in one inning and your run about eighty percent balls i'm not sure i'd be complaining about one single pitch and you're down nine to one maybe just trying to light a fire under his players and didn't see or hear him and monitoring his defense to look alive out there because they they can italy they looked at the end bases loaded one out to two pitch down to jake that it wasn't even going to be close even if he had a molina arm behind the plate there that ball pole jake went down to reach down yank that ball down the left field line feet up on that one count is one ball no strikes i do believe a throne strike has become an endangered species in this  good that it's a nice day because are going to be here for a while three balls no strikes no place to put in the third baseman actually is kneeling down between pitches i gotta tell you i could tell you a story when i was a kid and i did that in center field one him still i've never heard the end of that one but i gotta tell you it's the last time i ever done any howard with his second walk of the game what's the score of eleven to one westwood with bases loaded and a big left handed power hitter and bryant got it coming i got a can't tell you just for a change of pace i wish that was what hitters would swing at a pitch or even if the about side a zone to put a ball in play see what happens at pitching their first strike that was brian's pitch but  a very good contact hitter very quiet compact base is going to say we've got action in the west with ball and but that's actually banned for just loosening up again because it's been about forty five minutes and he was he was last on the mound bases loaded you got it first howard at second being at third one out danny cook at the plate as you said earlier danny cook brings the best betting average into the game for westwood freshman compact player good pop in about and he was two balls two strikes back for loosening i do believe with the pitch count that he had in the first inning the delay in between that and the second he has counted no attempt by god he on that play do have one error on the cameramen on that ground ball by brian goddy previous batter a ball just inside that's going to move the runners up jake bean trots in from third scored thirteenth run of the inning and that will bring the designated hitter michael riley to the plate for the second time in the ne coach we have had many first things where michael has had in the bat as the nine hitter as it doesn't hit him i will tell you this is the first time i've seen him make a second appearance and the first third parents of the inning and have a whole bunch of first year coach centerfield actually made a nice throw in that sacrifice fly deep center field play was close and howard slid in a ball in there inside catches the corner called strike one scores fourteen to one was with the bottom of the first i by mark ellenburg and the score is now sixteen to one i was a shot ellenberg one hopper off the fence drove that drove that ball score now sixteen to one away one ball one strike but in a game like this if you're it or you're not going to be the one that wants to make that out this is where westwood will need to guard against becoming lax let's not forget after that joe is that ball hard shot down at third base stops it picks it up throws on to first base for the third out of the inning and we go to the top of the second as can walks in from the fence but the score sixteen to one cameramen this is our third game of the year we've had the privilege of bringing this couple of games here to you have one against medfield one against our pleasure to be here courtesy again of west pat hope you enjoy the telecast and most importantly the get up and out of it not give cannon any hope cannily a sixteen to one lead is a pretty dramatic lead to overcome especially with the pitching depth that westwood has but all the important right of the gate for banff are just to be throwing strikes keep the ball down in the zone especially as you get into a struggle with the pop flies earlier in the season they seem to have settled down brian a very good defensive first face became something that first i got to tell you i'm surprised he swung on that pitch two balls no strikes you're down fifteen runs second inning it's a long shot but you got to get or into the wind up one two pitch for a ball way up high got to get on top of that pitch got a spot that better for strikes to just changes i like their coach watch for the low in a fastball right on the outside corner here  right i'll give you that coach whether or not that was on purpose i'm not sure but he called the location count remains a two two by the empire there after early takes fall off the mask he steps forward far i think there's room to get him in nine or under the hands coach i'd like to see elly set up inside looks like he's coming the outside corner though that ball just outside jenkins f they used to a lot more i would agree with you on that coach i thought last year they came inside a lot more frequently it this year they tended to go away this year but you know again good pitching this year again like they had last year right fielder number four mcmahon at the plate now takes first ball strike him for generally staying ahead on the hitters gave up those three singles in the first inning but has since settled down he goes away just off the plate one ball two strikes outside set up outside on that one see if you get tempt him into either a felt tip out or strike three but was not going to get it called if it wasn't  now a runner on first bringing up their top of the order now second basem again westwood up here in the top of the second sixteen to one and for into the stretch that's in their first strike russia always been a very very good hitter and you can tell look at the size  that ball driven deep to right field and right center that's going to drop in it off the fence god he picks it up throws t first time up between third and short unfortunately that era short came back to hurt them and should be out of the ending at this point they've got one run scored man a third ever wind up with a man on third kevin powers at the that the bat well the good hitter here he singled in his first at bat in the first inning eric starts him off with a curveball in the dark ball count remains at three t one runs scored they go to the bottom of the second westwood up with a commanding sixteen to two lead leading off the bottom of the second i can't even remember what days coach eric bana for the pitcher that way out of the zone even scout a one one now at as the first base coach we got lee embarq i'm not sure i would have made that switch after the good luck that shane kelly brought the first inning i that's going to be a tough number that stopped their coach i think i'd leave sheen out there the entire game not sure how burke he got himself out here at first base candidly that's not one that i would have allowed at all and you've got to go with the go with the guy who's hot i would have stayed with shane no way maybe exhausted from all that st from all that standing yeah but i can guarantee is not exhausted from exerting any energy because i haven't seen him raise his arms yet kind of got his arms on his head sort of like liam is doing right now although liam's got a little bit of a hip tilt as well you don't see that from shane both of them look like they've got the board look going though i can't say that it till they do believe is what they teach over winning pitchers and both of them being you know pitchers i think they're just sort of working on their muscle memory coach center field is going to come over pick that one up bamford touches first base with a single a lead off single year in the bottom of the second burke he does go over gives a nice hand slapped a ban for a given don't see a lot of that coming from shane that's a plus in his column bamford now take a leave with a left hander doyle on fourteen run lead here in the bottom of the second doyle looks throws on that ball driven deep  center fielder is going to call off the left fielder make that play friending got a swing at first pitch one out now bottom of the second again ban for remains at first run missed square that up at the ball deep for not actually squared up jake bean now steps to the plate he has had no trouble square on the ball up this year never with a good lead over their first base no throw over a pitch in there for a called strike no balls one strike doyle the second pitcher for canton looks almost more comfortable out of the stretch coach with a man on first takes a long look over at bamford that ball driven through the hole by jake into left field going to move bamford up the second jake beans on with a hit here in the bottom of the second now runners at first and second one al that's going to bring up danny howard howard also one of the six folks that westwood placed on the tri valley all stars joining fellow seniors joe reiss brendan goddy eric bamford and jake bean along with the freshman danny cooke also now seeing some further action in the cannon ball pen big right hander any getting under that pitch took a big hard swing trying to drive it but got under it popped it off to the right field side s'pore cells under that one for the second out of the inning as for now going to play behind jake at first base jake getting a goodly the top of the third sixteen to two west wolverines of the canton bulldogs bamford back up on the mound sanford at fifty seven pitches through two not all that efficient but sports a fourteen run  because of the lack of depth there was a shot on that curve ball out there that ball's going to get between joe rice and jake bean jake struggles with the ball out there ever gets it in and we've got a lead off double those first three batters here or because bamford has really struggled against our tanian with a single in the first inning and now a double here in the third effort on that curve ball got to keep the ball down a little bit good curveball  nobody oh man on second sixteen to two what's what would fastball in there for called strike no balls one strike ban for looks in for the sign comes out to the set artinian at second base for can pitch just outside of the way two balls two strikes nobody out here our ground ball danny cook danny's got a lot of firsts fourteen advances to third base on the play god he with a good job with a glove over there at first picking that ball out of the dirt record that first first out that's really what bamford and the cat woman on the strikes working from the wind up at this point with a man on third delivers his next pitch swing in a mess was not called a foul ball got away from elam bird a little bit looks like it glanced off his throwing hand ians going to score from third base now two outs top of the third here score sixteen to three breaks of the plate the left fielder number nine griffin jerry or smart move by brian they're  close play at first might have had them but get the sure out keep moving along now bases  empty carrier not able to catch up to that fastball as a fell ball now ahead in the count one ball two strikes coming into the game we had heard that it was the top four hitters that you really need to worry about with canton and that has borne itself out as those are the folks who have done the damage here three runs as we said bamford not all that efficient to the first two innings here for trying to get the third out here or the third inning at ball drop him way back way back fly way back and one hop to the fence jerry are going to get into second base with a stand up double  getting trouble with the fastball leaving it up an over the  strike two outs now jerry are at second base for can the score of sixteen to three here at the top of the third joining us late was with put up a sixteen run spot in the first inning eric with probably his best curveball of the day there that was sheer filth right there a coach that froze buyers on that pitch after quickly had zero two now it becomes an issue of bam forget the punch out here he struggled even when he's gotten ahead of the count another curveball good curveball but left that one up to keep that ball down threshold here just misses this missed again ellenberg not able to hold on to that ball i don't see anybody even remotely loosening though from that so you'll go another bottom of the third up sixteen to four our leading off the bottom of the third here is a second baseman freshman danny cooke shaun daughter along the bump for cam as two innings of work so far as he came in mid way through the first works ahead with a curveball big slow curveball the danny hits ahead overalls one strike we head to the bottom of third here westwood wolverines sixteen campbell dogs four big slow curve ball in there called strike two that one looked to be out the bottom of the zone there i think that was a good pitch for danny let go but now he's going to need to protect the ball nice easy hop down to the shortstop powers throws on to spore and quickly want out here in the bottom of the third westwood needs to get a couple baserunners here put up another crooked number at least another number here he scored sixteen in the first inning but since then  really done nothing while canton has put up a run in every single inning doyle somewhat reminiscent of gustus and from that last game coach lefthander not overpowering got to get you out on your front foot and have you beat the ball into the ground and that has been what westwood has done when doyle has been around the plate gustafson went eight innings against westwood last friday and looked pretty much in command just being around the strike zone getting westwood on their front foot like to see michael riley here spark a little one out rally and get some energy out of that westwood bench will get a little little laxity as a player coach pitchin their first strike two balls one strike what's what has as we said earlier on westwood has consistently struggle with lefties not overpowering laughter he's seen a number and they saw the same type of pitcher when they played down at medway and struggled with it that ball in the dirt ball three three balls one strike they are fairly aggressive swinging when they patient the plate but they do when they swing it is aggressive they find themselves way out in advance especially on those slow curves they also give up a lot i think on those curves let the ball fifteen but it is two outs now in the bottom of the third brings up the top of the order mark ellenberg as marks fourth time up mark as walked twice and singled  once doyle has really settled in here getting ahead with the first pitch strikes i had in the count now no balls one strike you wouldn't know from his demeanor that the score in the spread is what it is he's done a nice job regaining composure and staying around the plate misses with that pitch l a bird now even the count at one and one some action now in the west with bullpen as brian goddy big left handed is warming up likely to see him i would imagine as a second pitcher and bamford as we said already up over seventy pitches through three innings we will try to get one maybe two adim before they bring in brian pitching their first strike dugout there ellen burke that ball just file well struck down the left field line on a rope she just misses the left field line and count remains full count three two on ellen as he does so often and for the third time today ends up for first base with a walk brings up the number two hitter the center fielder senior joe rice this is rice folders fourth at bat single was reached on an error in the first and then grounded out to third base not down to third base fires on dysport first and again what's what is retired with no runs we go to the bottom of the top of the fourth now was what up sixteen to fo all right welcome back to russ downfield here at the top of the fourth was would heads in with a sixteen to four leader bamford senior captain on the mound let's set the defense for you we got mark ellenberg behind the plate danny howard a third anthony leading off the top of the fourth michael mcmahon a junior pampered into his wind up first pitch swinging round ball to cook he's going to have to hurry and on to god for the first out of the inning one pitch i'm with you though coach little casual there took our the play was a lot closer than i expected it to be and now coming to the plate is the leadoff hitter is the second baseman joe precious hit the ball twice quite well as two double double and triple actually on the day in a way one ball no strike this is where got a bear down get a couple of outs here the top of the order has hit the ball hard pitch in their first strike want to one let's call that eric c move not a real strong bid to get pressure trying to maybe loan to sleep a little bit joe gets a little bit shorter lead after the throw over trying to catch a little bit more after delivers the plate well h that ball is high it is deep but rice felder makes a tremendous catch against the fats absolutely tremendous job tracking a very well hit ball by powers to deepest part of the park right up against the three fifty five mark rice felder makes a tremendous catch bounces off the fence or gets it into cook sending back to first base now two outs with fourteen up fakes the steal but does not go well it looks like he's aggressive there i would not be surprise i mean surprise in the sense that you're down twelve runs but at this point fourth inning overthrows the cut off unfortunately ottoman and they got him at home plate that runner was out jake bean over through the cut off danny howard backing up in perfect spot grabbed it and a perfect relay to home back to mark ellenburg and caught pressure trying to score all the way from first on that double off the wall and we go to the bottom of the fourth now score sixteen and we move on to the bottom of the fourth year russ downs field with westwood holding a sixteen to four lead shaun came on in the first inning oh he is now out of the game now pitching is at first pitch in their first strike a lot of action down the westwood both times you've got to left handers up throwing too soft more left handers brian gotti that pitch way up high and also then shields as your second left hander out there warming up as a pick a big drink of water looks like he's probably about six five six six coach has a little bit of a tall and fall delivery not all that hard throwing misses down low there you saw in warmups he tended to miss high with the fastball not a lot of the last city on that fastball i'm going to guess he may have been a call up for the expanded roster coach here in the playoffs at pitching their first strike he was in the regular roster he was a part of this team during the regular season i don't think he sees a lot of action pretty smooth delivery for a big guy doesn't look like he puts a whole lot of effort into it two to pitch can be pitches pitch misses up high and we go to a full count on the first batter the bottom of the fourth inning eric bamford was with needs to get another run on the board here just to break the zeros they put up over the last two innings baffert on the day is reached on error by the shortstop walk and singer to center field will be interesting to see what happens here in the top of the fifth if bamford comes back out to start the inning on the hill or coach whalen moves to one of the soft more left with a grounded off the middle nice play by powers nice play by powers but jest bamber just beats that play ball up the middle powers goes down to his knees for the sliding stop quickly underhand throw pampered with good speed down the line though beats it out for his second single of the day itself when for power says i don't believe that anybody but eric beats that throw out set maybe joe i tell you what that was a spectacular play by the shortstop good hustle by the senior captain eric bamford set an example for the younger players as a pick looks in for the sign goddy at the plate after a good lead at first base that's low speed pitch outside taken for a ball one be interesting to see if they try to get bamford in motion here a good arm behind the plate but slow move to the to the plate from the pitcher as a pick as big into the band for goes gets a good jump no throw no it no throw on that one banter with a terrific jump on that pitch he was well into his running before as a back even deliver the ball or chain had no shot at bamford their god he doing a good job taking the pitch letting man forget to second base in a scoring position and now brown and it's a deep drive center field jerry or drifts back to the fence comes up throwing after tags as easily into third base well it ball by god so the deepest part of the ball park carrier at six foot five reaches up keeps it from hitting into the fence bamford does a good job reading that tags up and dances to third one out a lot of different ways to get the runner home here coach yet i need to put the ball on the ball here just to get this put this ball in play and expect jake to do that i don't think he has pick's going to throw anything by him but you do want to drive the ball get bamford an opportunity to tag out that pitch up high taken for a ball one ball inside martini and makes a throw down to third danforth scampers back no attempt there jake ahead to count to  takes a little off that one gets it right down main street jake looking all the way three balls one strike great hitters count doesn't seem like as a pick has a whole lot of stuff throws a pretty straight ball this is a good opportunity for jake and as a pick throws that pitch way hi jake trots down to first base for his second walk of the day as a pick walks off actually looks like you just went and got a drink of water i assume that counts as a trip to the mound i would think it does right so back to the action danny howard now seen your third baseman up to the plate jake being not a big lead at first pitch a way one ball no strikes on howard i jake being not getting the big lead there at first base runners on the corners of bamford over at third base one out actually surprised not to see being go on hear that ball driving down the right field line right field er over makes the grab bamford tags the throw home is going to be way up the line in the late martini and actually does a nice job reaching up and grabbing that ball from the right fielder bamford scores the seventeenth run of the day for westwood breaks their string of scoreless innings here and the score now seventeen to four with danny our getting a sacrifice fly bring sophomore first baseman brian gods to the plate as ben shields continues to loosen and do so with a bit of a sense of urgency looks like he may be the one  takes first pitch strike looked like it might have been a little bit up and out and good pitch for brian to take he's now seen as a pick a little bit of a strange shit there for danny how it's not like him to go the opposite but he got the job done got the r b i through that sacrifice fly jake being now with a good job ryan gotti with a fly ball left field left fielder settles under it canton spore is up in a way for a ball as is that one right behind in the count two balls no strikes heavy fastball antony's recalled strike two balls one strike three balls two strikes to the first batter the  just missing that ball just low and the lead off batter for the fifth inning on that brings the pitcher shane as a big to play for the first time today god he sets looks over at first base just misses down runners at first and second nobody out top of the fifth score seventeen for what's what this is where i'd like to see him work nice nice curve ball down in the dirt by god he gets a first out of the ending with jerry or swinging on that strikeout good pick by ellenberg have one out brings the right fielder buyers to the pitch away one ball no strike can see bryan make it just me here needs to keep that front side and a little bit better it's just missing up and out and that's because that front shoulders line a little bit good pitch from gotti there gets even the count one ball one strike buyers to chase that pitch nice easy lazy flyball out brothers able to hold out one in plenty outfield here from center field to the right field is a tough task because the sun is right easy ground ball back to first try and taking the conventional way out of the ending taking the fielder's choice of one five and now is having an explanation as to why you went the third with coach whalen versus first base that was a pinch hitter you had out there but no matter what he got the third out i'm fine with that he was going towards third he would have to stop turn longer throw to first base i'm comfortable with the move to a little bit unconventional but slow runner at second base as well we go to the bottom of the fifth score seventeen to four all right welcome back to russ downfield here in the bottom of the fifth west to it has a seventeen a four lead leading off against shane as a pick from canton is danny cook as a pick in his wind up big slow delivery danny lays off a high fastball i had to count one ball no strikes what would have been a little bit more enthusiasm there on the bench right now trying to generate some interest on the day michael has struck out and flood out twice one of those was a sack fly takes a first pitch strike right there from as a  so it's a very aggressive lead here he said drawing thrower in the fifth inning i'm not sure you'll see him run but maybe you will michael riley calls time as a pick last inning stepped off the call time and walked into the dugout for a drink of water as we were talking about before i can't say as i've ever seen that before between innings we actually had the opportunity to talk with the umpiring crew about whether or not that constituted a trip to the visit or a visit to the mound and the umpiring crew was they were a little surprised because they've never seen that in the history of their empire they have never seen a pitcher walk off the mound i think there can coach was a surprise as anybody went out to meet him did not cross the line but the pitcher clearly crossed the line coming over into the dugout so as a pick delivers a fastball off the outside part of the plate levels account at one ball one strike riley riley pulled his hands in a little bit pops it up to for the first out so just finishing up that story the umpiring crew themselves were not certain about whether or not that constitute trip to the mound they think it did but that's when they actually were going to have to go back and check the record books because they have never seen that before so i think everybody was a little bit surprised you know back to the action one out danny still at first base brings up the top of the order as a pick with a good heavy fastball there gets ahead no balls one strike would not be surprised to see danny take off on this kid you could really still a lot of bases on this big slow delivery to the plate and i just don't like the idea of lowering ourselves into a false sense of security in fact there goes cook and he is going to take that bag easily the pitch was a ball up i like that coach i gotta tell you i'm not i'm not a big fan of you know letting yourself be lulled into a false sense of security and really stop playing the game like to see that especially when the pitcher is giving it to you the way as a pick is giving it to them when at this point the score seventeen to forward to thirteen run differential we're at the fifth inning which brings into consideration and now you get activated the fifteen after five mercy rule so it is one that begins to come into play you can save another arm for an inning or two if you you know if you get to hear the game's over so it's not just a you know breaking of the unwritten baseball rules here i think you really are trying to score run or two here and try to save themselves as it takes to show some really inconsistent life but there is some velocity on the fastball when he does gets the mechanics right the west wing that pitch in there for a called strike yeah it makes me wonder why you would have gone to either door as a pack earlier in the game you left fourteen ian in who is has pitched earlier this year is probably your third or fourth starter goodspeed you know a decent curveball but just could not find the strike zone in a situation like that i'm not sure why you wouldn't pull the you know in a one and done situation like this is you when you move on you lose you go home it feels like at this point  pitch at ball is lofted down the down the right field line spore makes a nice going away grab ends the thread here in the bottom of the fifth we go to the top of the six now still seventeen to four all right here we are back for the top of the sixth inning left hander brian todd by mcdonnell at first base for danny our the only defense of change at this point for westwood is their even scout one one again top of the six score seventeen to four westwood pitch in their nice location by god he on that pitch down low and away pitch they had taken called strike two one ball two strikes good to get that first down here in sixth inning got more action early in the seized up a few saves picked up a win sort of midway through the season and haven't really seen them out for a while as the three seniors have gotten the majority of the work yet brian instead is settled into first base position done nice job over there good target for the infield was a throw to first pitch the pressure down low ball one these two know each other very well  it's just up in a way ball two two and one one out now here top of the six score westwood seventeen can bulldogs for a nice nice nice location that's a tough pitch to hit good spot the middle in the second at that fourth time today which was infield defense not stellar today as i believe the third error of the game all in the infield going to have to play better defense on that if they're going to continue on the now up the shortstop kevin powers that pitch catches the outside corner strike one as a good place to be powers on the outer half like that with the tailing away fast ball  thrower gets away from mcdonald doesn't go far fouled out of play on the tennis court hill here almost hits brian's younger sister melissa shouting play didn't really move much there did she coach she's not used to chase and fly ball she's more of a cross player once again a threat coming from the top of the can order pressure the one hitter powers two and now fourteen ian and the three spot is where most of the damage has been done for runs but they threatened pitch also away and opening up there on the front side and i think that's exactly right coach you're seeing the same thing i am that front shoulders line a little bit too much in the fingers not on top of the baseball causing them to be up in a way t and score now seventeen to five spore on the day is grounded out twice and walked out he gets a head with a called first strike so balls again disagrees with that pitch  curve ball low one ball one strike draw drive back to center field deep but joe rice settles under it we overthrow the cut off man again how many times we said that today and batting is the pitcher as a pick believe what we have going on here is ellenberg took a foul ball off the hand so what we've got going on is the power doing a nice job given ellenberg some time right not quite sure what the employer was doing got a big oh way over way over ground field by bamford deep in the hole had time with a really slow runner but airmail that ball way over the first baseman would've been a nice play but with that hide bounding ball that eric made a nice job getting to win the whole strong throw just sailed on him a little bit ryan mcdonald not quite the same frame was when your thrown over to god six for so ball get a good strong throw on it had to hurry but it was a slow runner did have a shot at it there's a fly ball down the right field line got it coming hard makes a dive and just cannot catch at th good effort out of brandon in right field land out for the ball at bat now is the center fielder for can number nine griffin jerry  way outside much that really needs to get this final out here keep it double digit lead going into the seventh inning just don't want to give anybody any ho power's younger brother the pinch runner for pitch low to balls once mcdonald gives chase over by the first base side and comes up with a nice job ironic don of the ball up against the fence for the final out here and the top of the six we had the bottom of the score seventeen to five westwood over can friday in thirteen inning six to four to move on in a primary game so we're here in the first round games the winner of this game goes on to play plymouth north a winner last night three two over bishop sci fi and that's an eight nine seed although plymouth north goes into that game as one of the top ten teams here in eastern mass a much better team than their record indicates because of the schedule they've played in fact they had their racket arrayed message player of the year joe walsh the full distance in order to secure that victory against  so you know weather permitting we will not be seeing him should we get our heads together here and survive this outing so as we head to the bottom of the six score of seventeen to six were brought to you by west cat courtesy all right here we are at the bottom of the sixth westwood it with a seventeen to six lead pinch hitter brandon morrow steps in for shortstop eric bamford against pitcher shane as a pick for can boise utility infielder senior headed off to bentley college next year brennan part of a tremendous twenty you know basketball team he was one of the captains and one of the all t v s on the  you may also see a few comeback in his defensive replacements in the top half of the sixty or just getting up and out of the score seventeen to six westwood up by eleven runs with an inning left to play pitch up in joe rice now taking over the first base coach duties not sure we've seen them there before i will say looks a little bit more focused than his predecessors either at burke shane kelly or brand roy that's what you expect out of a senior captain joe rice very baseball savvy studying as a pack looking for his move over the first and he felt straight back whoever is on deck i've lost count of the bean i think that would be jake being spot he swung and missed strike three a quick throw down very close by for cheney and with a cannon of an arm coming from behind the plate not quite sure what the point of that is down by eleven brands didn't have a big lead throws off the line anyway coach what's the one thing you can always show off it's your arm your arm that's it so sophomore aiden's it's given on to hit for jake mean he'll be eight in fits givens first at bat of the year at the varsity level aiden was a up over the it was spring time period then also here in the postseason looks to be one of the mainstays next year is this a fairly senior laden what's wolverine team have a lot of spots need to be that ball down low but called strike two welcome to varsity in that's sort of a rookie call right there welcome to the game the ready to swing it in is carried a lot of the pitching burden for the  along with guys like marco nardo and others eight of the swings on that long fly ball it's left field left fielder camps hundred grabs out for the second out of the game or a second out of the inning and brenna more returns to first base that brings ryan mcdonald to the plate who had entered the game with offensively last inning for danny cook opportunity here for mcdonnell put a ball playing get an r b i out of this one good speed with brandon at second base should score on a ball hit to the outfield as a pack with that slow long delivery even in the stretch well ball one strikes mcdonald right is at the ball well of times this year having it picked up a triple in the opening game and set a couple of balls in the gap for doubles on vallium behind the plate here if you remember the manhunt gary used to storm around behind the mound as a pick just kind of the ball called strike a swing from mcdonald and and a lot of action going on here a swing at a ball in the door gets away from the catcher mcdonnell hustles down to first base he is safe more as i said goodspeed from second base was awful in that the catcher are tiny and could not find the ball and more he kept on running good fall by the third base coach and brandon more scores from second base on the pass ball surprised mcdonald doesn't take second on that play well he wasn't sure if it was it was close to whether or not it was called a swing or not he looked back at the got a late start on that looked back at the then did indicate that he had swung it was strike three and that's wh called strike that ball is just on the outside part of the play one ball one strike score now eighteen to six was at the bull at the bat now is sophomore pitcher brian go outside are spaces for now heading back behind the runner at first base ryan mcdonald the lead of twelve runs here and the next to last inning  nice call coach well i believe that actually may do it their coach that may end the game and that is now twenty six and yes that does and the game that is a walk that should be a walk off once he touches home base here and with that does not look like they're going to end it here i would think they would what's twenty it's fourteen it's only fourteen sorry i thought we had a chance to pack it up and head back home and wishful thinking maybe danny can give us another opportunity here let's see if we get another on command there's a drop of oh you're going to be in  shortstop ryan mcdonald flips the diamond goes over at third base behind the dish you've got freshman danny cook moving in from second base in left field you have sophomore in it's given center field senior shane kelly and right field senior andy low piano good electric stuff out of shields on that first pitch yes shields has really come into his own as the season has progressed big lefty good philosophy working on more consistency on the curve ball but has a real live fastball tough for him to catch up on the ball just slow one ball one strike ben has shown though as he's come into games has typically not started games has come in as middle relief or closing out games tends to walk a better or two before he gets into his rhythm almost like he needs to warm up a little bit more on the moun one try to get this first out it's getting late game we've been at this game now for two hours in that ball four is going to walk and we've been at this game now for two hours and thirty three minutes heading into the seventh any one of fine in the strike zone yet and as we said he he tends to struggle the first couple of pitcher first couple of years into each of his appearances and then settles down good lively stuff needs to just get himself into a rhythm early on like th make the minimum at bats but he will let you know five usual player in anybody's book not to mention maybe the best looking kid on this team a little bit of debate on that but you get my vote shields a good fastball to start off shields with good start on his fastball leaves that one up high though taken ball one or two outs here in the top of seventh sophomore bench shields sets takes a look over at bars at first base doesn't worry a thing about him comes to the plate nice job by danny cooke back their body and the ball up to balls and strikes  showed up a little bit after noon time for a two o'clock start a field that had unfortunately take a little bit of rain last night but the balls filed off bars moving on the pitch don't know exactly where you're going down fourteen runs but why not two outs in the bottom of the top of the seventh inning but but he got a good read on shields move god he not hold them on a first base plane behind the runner looking just to be able to make a step and knock a ball down if need pitch way up high three balls two strikes to the batter but yet it unfortunately had a little rain last night but the sprinklers were left on overnight creating some couple of lakes around home plate first base and even the pi of twenty to s really the first inning with the walk parade i can't even begin to tell you the number of walks that were given out yeah vartanian the pitcher filling in here because they threw their top two pitchers on friday night didn't have a whole pitching left they threw out their catcher there is a terrific catcher but not so much on the on the hill really had struggled finding the plate as a result they screw and westwood very patient play scored sixteen runs but the game away right out of the gate first inning from this the winner of this game that was what they'll take on plymouth north i know there was a big contingent from plymouth north watching this game here they played last night they beat bishop ian three two going the full seven innings not sure what you take away from this you know made a few errors in the field ourselves so we didn't look what i would say was playoff chris baseball no not at all they had at least four errors in the infield throw the ball away a ball getting you know under bubble in the balls they just weren't all that clean  from plymouth north i'm sitting there thinking i just want to put the ball play put pressure on that defense hopefully will come out much different mode either on monday or tuesday they should play again here pretty quickly a little bit of rain called for on monday hopefully they get that game and i think it will be scheduled for monday typically are just taking one day off but they're going to need to play much better defense danny howard should be on the hill to start you'll likely have liam burke and relief for really this point either brian goddy or ben she is can also help out  relief as well but look to see their veteran and their ace danny howard take them out against plymouth north again don't know much about plymouth north number two you know their number one get a read on state player of the year jo hit the ball well they'll play terrific defense they've got a terrific shortstop good hands with a great arm their number two starter is also a very strong pitcher throws in the mid eighty's so look for them to to really they're go to play their best to beat plymouth north even though will be joe walsh on the mound all right so that wraps it up here downfield again the final score westwood twenty canton six this is what's wolverine playoff baseball