MCC Takes Opener In Region 21 Tournament

Manchester CC 5 Quinsigamond CC 2

HOLYOKE, MA – Juan Bisono (New Britain) hit a pair of home runs and Adam Scanlon (South Windsor) scattered six hits over 7.1 innings as Manchester CC beat Quinsigamond CC 5-2 Friday afternoon in opening round of the NJCAA Region 21 Division III tournament in Holyoke.

A. J. Rataic (East Hartford) picked up the save with a pair of strikeouts while recording the final five outs.

A.J. Silberman (Meriden) broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in MCC’s three-run seventh inning and Bisono’s second homer, which came with a man on, made it 5-2. Alec Brown (Montville) hit a solo homer in the third inning to give MCC (26-21) a 2-0 lead. Bisono’s first homer came with two outs in the bottom first put MCC on top 1-0. Scanlon (6-3) struck out three and walked two while throwing 93 pitches.