Arlington Catholic Baseball's Home Playoff Game Postponed

The Cougars showdown with No. 18 Saugus has been moved to Tuesday.

The seventh-seeded Arlington Catholic baseball team’s home playoff game against No. 18 Saugus today in the quarterfinals of the Division 3 North bracket has been moved to tomorrow (Tuesday, June 5) due to the inclement weather. It’s still at 4 p.m. at Summer Street Field. Tuesday’s forecast also calls for a chance of showers throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service. The Cougars (14-7), fresh off their 6-2 win over No. 10 Weston, are facing 8-13 Saugus because Saugus upset No. 2 Shawsheen (15-4) 11-0 in the bracket’s first round. Prior to beating Shawsheen and Brighton in its last two games, Saugus, of the Northeastern Conference, had lost seven in a row after 6-6 start.

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Baseball Teams to Host Playoff Games Thursday

The Arlington High and Arlington Catholic baseball teams will both be in action at 4 p.m. Thursday.

The Arlington High and Arlington Catholic baseball teams have both secured home games in the first round of their respective playoffs. The Spy Ponders are the No. 8 seed in the Division 2 North bracket and will host No. 9 Marblehead at 4 p.m. Thursday at Spy Pond Field. The Ponders finished their first regular season in the Middlesex League 12-8, while Marblehead went 11-9 in the Northeastern Conference. Marblehead did go 8-2 in its last 10 games, however. The Cougars earned the No. 7 seed in the Division 3 North bracket with a 13-7 record during the regular season (which includes a 2-1 win over Arlington in the Holovak and Coughlin Tournament last weekend). They’ll host No. 10 Weston (11-9), of the Dual County League, at 4 p.m. Thursday …

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Notre Dame Basketball Coach on Connaughton's Dual Role

After a solid season on the hardwood, Notre Dame's Pat Connaughton, an Arlington native, has taken to the mound. He's 4-3 with a 2.02 ERA.

Open Tryout for Arlington Trojans

Want to play in the Intercity League this summer? The Arlington Trojans are holding an open tryout Saturday, May 19.

The following is a press release from the Arlington Trojans. It has been lightly edited. The Arlington Trojans will be hosting an open tryout Saturday, May 19, from noon to 2 p.m., at Summer Street Park in Arlington. The Trojans compete in the Intercity League, a wood-bat baseball league that showcases some of the most talented collegiate and amateur baseball players in the Greater Boston area. Getting ready to enter his third season as head coach of the Arlington Trojans, Joe Hart has been working all off-season to put together an extremely competitive baseball team that hopes to make a run at the ICL title. Last year the Trojans finished with an 11-19-2 record, just missing the playoffs. The roster currently consists of colligate players…

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Arlington Babe Ruth Baseball Scores and Highlights

A look around the league.

The following was sent in by Thomas Ahern. It has been lightly edited. Arlington Babe Ruth Baseball Intermediate League Action Rockies 15, Braves 9 Jackson Foster pitched three strong innings giving up only two runs for the Harris Plumbing and Heating Rockies as they defeated the Foodmaster Braves 15-9 to even their record at 3-3. Griffin Lesell and Henry Feinstein worked in relief for the Rockies. Jaret Karp was one of several Rockies with strong offensive days, with a two-run double, an RBI on a fielder’s choice, a single and a walk. He scored three runs, as did Foster and Feinstein. Garth Hull-McSweeney scored twice for the Braves while going 2-2 with two walks. Red Sox 10, Marlins 4 The Arlington Chiropractic Red Sox improved to 4-1 as…

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Russell's Blast Launches Arlington Past Visiting Lexington

Left fielder Dan Russell's fourth-inning bomb down Pond Terrace gave the Spy Ponders a 2-1 lead and a much-needed spark.

With his team down 1-0 going into the bottom half of the fourth inning Wednesday against visiting Lexington, Arlington High’s Jonathan Matos asked his teammates, who had yet to get a hit, for a little help while he was walking off the mound. “Come on! Let’s go!” he shouted coming back to the bench. Left fielder Dan Russell must have heard him, as four batters later, with the bases loaded and one out, Russell absolutely crushed a ball over Lexington’s left fielder. Russell easily could have circled the bases, but the ball rolled down Pond Terrace, which is a ground-rule double at Spy Pond Field. Regardless, he gave his Spy Ponders a 2-1 lead, which they would not relinquish on way to a 5-3 win. With right fielder Matt Garcia up next, …

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Pond Rats Tie Belmont 3-3

The Pond Rats, one of Arlington's Senior Babe Ruth teams, appeared to be in control of Thursday's game before letting a 3-0 lead slip in the final innings.

The Arlington Pond Rats appeared to have Thursday’s game against Belmont well in hand. The Pond Rats took a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning, and pitcher Sam Donnelly had been dominant, only allowing one hit and striking out seven through five. But two infield singles and two walks later, the Pond Rats’ lead had been cut to two, at 3-1, and Donnelly was pulled with no outs and the bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning. Belmont would score one more in the inning, off reliever JP Calcaterra, before tying the game with a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh. And with the Summer Street Field lights needing to be turned off, the game would end after seven in a 3-3 tie. In all, Belmont scored three runs off only four hits, including a…

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Metro Baseball Team Drops to 1-2 in Bay State Games

Metro allowed 20 runs total in losses to Northeast and Southeast on Wednesday.

In day two of the Bay State Games, Metro kept up its gaudy offensive pace from game one, notching five runs against Northeast and eight runs later in the day against Southeast. Problem is, Metro—which includes Arlington's David Fitzgerald and Robert Wesoloski—gave up a whole lot more runs than they scored, losing to Northeast 8-5 and Southeast 12-8 to fall to 1-2 in the tournament and put an appearance in the Gold Medal Game in serious doubt. On Wednesday's final game, Roslindale's Gavin Pittore gave up eight runs—six of them earned—to Southeast in three innings of work. Southeast opened up a 11-0 lead by the fifth inning and never looked back, though Metro mounted a six-run rally in the bottom of the sixth and final frame to close the gap…

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