WMS Baseball Defeats Memorial MS 11-1 in Opener

Middle School Baseball

May 1, 2009

 

Brad Carpentier puts the ball in play to shortstop who would throw him out at first. Carpentier would be 0-2 on the day but got on base with a walk in the fourth and scored. David Field Photo.

 

Windham MS Baseball defeated Memorial MS of South Portland 10-1 today.  Joe Francoeur allowed the lone run as his brother, Shawn, came on in relief in the fifth inning to shut down Memorial.

 

Head Coach Aaron Vachon eyes the field from third base coaches box. Vachon is in his first year coaching MS baseball and is being assisted by Mike Francoeur. David Field Photo.

 

In the first, lead-off batter, Calvin Field crushed a single to center field and advanced on passed balls to third.  Christian Coons flied out, Shawn Francoeur struck out and Joe Francoeur drove Field in with a ground rule double.  Windham got on the board again in the third inning when Christian Coons was hit by a pitch and worked his way around the bases to score. 

 

Pitcher Shawn Francoeur delivers in relief for his brother Joe in the sixth inning. Shawn would record four strike outs in two innings work and allowed no runs. David Field Photo

 

The Eagles really came alive in the fourth taking advantage of a tiring Marauder pitcher.  Seven of the nine scored in the inning with Nick Sundquist recording two runs as the Eagles stretched their lead out.  The Memorial squad put two more pitchers in the game to finish it.  Joe Francoeur thought he had hit pay dirt with a crushing drive to the woods, however, due to the lack of fence and the predetermined ground rules, Francoeur would only record a double on the long ball.

 

Catch the Eagles on Wednesday May 5 at Mahoney MS in South Portland.