MCC Drops First Game 3-1; Salvages Tie in Second Against Westchester CC

MANCHESTER – (APRIL 16, 2008) MCC lost the first game of a double header against Westchester (NY) CC 3-1 and came back to tie the second game 8-8 before it was called because of darkness.

Kevin Clements (Vernon) hit a two-out, two run single to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 8-8. The umpires halted as MCC players were taking the field for the top of the seventh. Manchester held a 6-2 lead after three innings, but Westchester struck for six in the top of the fourth to take an 8-6 lead.

In game one, Steve Simon (Middlefield) pitched a seven inning complete game, allowing three runs (two earned) but was the tough luck loser. Simon (1-2) scattered seven hits, struck out two and walked one batter.

Peter Burgio (Bolton) drove in the Cougars lone run in the first game. Clements led off the sixth with a triple and Burgio knocked him in with a grounder to second. In game two, Rob Bukowski (Wallingford) had two singles, two runs scored and two stolen bases. James McGowan (South Windsor) also had two singles. Clements drove in game two’s first run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, giving him three RBI on the day and a team high 24 on the season.

MCC travels to Northern Essex (Haverhill, MA) for a pair of Region XXI Division games on Friday (1pm start) before heading home for double headers on Saturday with Region XXI rival Massasoit (Brockton, MA) and Sunday with non-region Division II Ulster County (Stone Ridge, NY) CC Sunday.

Game 1
Westchester CC 3 Manchester Community College 1

at Manchester, CT

Westchester CC 100 001 1 – 3 7 1
Manchester CC 000 001 0 – 1 4 1

W: Chris Padilla, Pasquale Nigro (7) and Vin Stanziani M: Steve Simon and Derek Grundmann.
WP: Padilla LP Simon S: Nigro Records : W – 9-12, M 15-5-1

Game 2
Manchester Community College 8 Westchester CC 8

at Manchester, CT

Westchester CC 011 600 – 8 6 1
Manchester CC 321 002 – 8 9 2

W: Evan Rosa, Brian McClenin (2) Doug Gillies (2) Marco Sengo (2) Tim Brunelle (4) and Vin Stanziani M: Rob Brown, Andrew Hebebrand (4), Ken Martinik (4) and James McGowan Records – W: 9-12-1, M 15-5 -2

Of note: MCC’s Kevin Clements tied the game with a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth…game called because of darkness after six innings.