Windham Falls Short Against Cheverus

Baseball - WHS First Team

May 27, 2010

By David Field

 

Nate Boyle watches a pitch come at him in the first inning. Boyle made a fantastic catch in centerfield in the first inning for the Eagles. David Field photo.

 

Portland-Despite playing decent defense and generating nine hits, Windham couldn’t generate the runs in a 5-2 loss against the Cheverus Stags.

 

In the first inning, Christian Coons reached on a single and Nick Sundquist on a walk, but that was all the base running Windham saw.  Cheverus struck quickly and capitalized on an error by Brad Carpentier.  The lead-off batter made it around the bases to put the Stags on the board.  Windham’s defense tightened and Nate Boyle caught a beautiful fly ball in centerfield on the run to keep more runs off the board for Cheverus. 

 

Colby Waterhouse pitched five innings for Windham.. Waterhouse allowed two runs during his outing. David Field photo.

 

In the fourth, Windham seemed on the verge of scoring.  Brad Carpentier reached on a single, Rocco Sbardella reached on a walk and Jake Mello hit a long single to load the bases.  After that the Stag pitcher bore down and retired the next three batters on two strike outs and a put out.

 

In the fifth and sixth, the Eagles still struggled at the plate.  In the sixth, Cheverus put together some offense  to score two runs to take a three run lead.  They repeated the performance in the sixth as Corey Cole came on in relief of Colby Waterhouse.  Cole walked the first four batters before finding his groove.  However, the fifth batter put the ball in play and recorded an RBI for the effort to give the Stags the 5-0 lead.

 

Christian Coons is out in front of the pitch. Most of the Windham squad was unable to adjust to the slower pitch speed of the Cheverus pitcher. David Field photo.

 

In the top of the seventh, Windham’s lead off batters Cole Moran and Nate Boyle both hit singles and scored.  Although the effort was admiral, it wasn’t enough to give the Eagles the win.

 

Catch Windham’s First Team on Tuesday, June 1 as they take on the Scarborough Red Storm here in Windham at 4pm.