Search Results

Keyword search: baseball

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — They say the third time is the charm, and it most certainly was for the top-seeded Pioneer baseball team on Wednesday afternoon at MacKenzie Stadium.

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, the No. 3 Greenfield baseball team was clinging to a 1-0 advantage in the Western Massachusetts Class C championship game against No. 1 Drury – and the Green Wave needed senior Caleb Thomas to get them out of a jam to preserve the lead.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WORCESTER — According to Oxford Dictionary, baseball refers to both the game and the ball used in it. It’s a popular sport played by two teams of nine players, who take turns batting and fielding. The game involves hitting a ball with a bat and running around four bases before the other team can return the ball.

By Howard Herman

NORTH ADAMS — Saturday’s game had a chance to be over even before it reached the halfway point. That could have cost Pioneer its perfect season.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Julian Kaiser was on his game on the mound for the Turners Falls baseball team on Wednesday. 

By RYAN AMES

GRANBY — It was the Conner Bergeron show on Monday afternoon as the eighth-grader led the Greenfield baseball team past Granby, 10-0, at the Granby Baseball Diamond in a five-inning affair.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Friday night will be a special one for Athol and Franklin Tech baseball players. 

The Franklin Tech baseball team is off to a hot start. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Pioneer and Greenfield baseball teams took different paths to the MIAA Division 5 semifinals last spring. 

Make it three wins in a row to open the season for the Frontier baseball team. 

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Tied 2-2 entering the bottom of the eighth inning, a dormant UMass baseball offense needed a spark — its only two runs coming from Albany miscues.

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON (AP) — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83.Major League...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Through four innings Monday night, neither Greenfield Post 81 or Belchertown Post 239 were able to get much going at the plate in their Western Mass. American Legion Junior Division playoff game.Second-seeded Greenfield held a 2-0 lead...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — With a spot in the Western Mass. American Legion semifinals on the line Monday, both Greenfield Post 81 and Wilbraham Falcons struggled to put runs on the scoreboard. Neither squad produced a hit through three innings before Wilbraham’s...

A fantastic summer on the diamond came to an end for the Athol-Orange Chuck Stone 12U Little League All-Stars.After winning the District 3 title for the first time in 35 years, Athol-Orange competed in the four-team Massachusetts Section 1...

The bats came to life for the Greenfield Post 81 Senior American Legion baseball team during the sixth inning against Westfield Post 124 on Thursday night. Trailing 4-2, Post 81 scored five runs in the frame and held off Westfield in the seventh to...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Area youth baseball players had the chance to learn the game from some of the top collegiate players in the country this week. The Valley Blue Sox of Holyoke held a Greenfield Youth Baseball Clinic on Monday and Tuesday at Lunt Field,...

ATHOL – The Athol-Orange Chuck Stone Little League beat Leominster, 5-0, on Friday to capture the Massachusetts District 3 Little League championship.The win marked the first district title for a team from this area in 35 years.“These kids deserved...

Ian Simpson pitched well, tossing a complete game while allowed just three earned runs, but visiting Greenfield Post 81 was unable to break through offensively in a 4-1 loss to Pittsfield Post 68 in an American Legion Senior Division contest on...

By JEFF LAJOIE

WESTFIELD – The Greenfield Post 81 Juniors saw their six-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday night.Host Westfield Post 124 halted the spree with a 4-2 win in an American Legion Junior Division contest at Bullens Field.It was Greenfield’s...