Martlets Defeat Cardigan

The Martlets JV Baseball team walked-off the Cardigan Mountain School Cougars on Friday night. After the Cougars tied the game in the top of the 7th, Paul Coccaro led-off the home half of the inning with a line drive rope to left field on the first fastball he saw. Coccaro then stole second, and Kareum Skovron-Rasheed was hit by the sixth pitch of his at-bat after fouling off a couple of good two-strike pitches to keep the at-bat alive. With forces at every base, Coccaro and Skovron-Rasheed executed a double-steal to perfection to set the table for Lucas Steniger to hit a deep sacrifice fly to center field to plate Coccaro and win the game for the Martlets! The Westminster pitching, defense and hitting were all better in this game than in the previous couple of games. Andy Do, Skovron-Rasheed, and Tyler Beaudoin combined to strikeout six, walk only one, and allow six hits in seven innings. Offensively, Coccaro had two hits, and Steniger (2B), Polastry (2B), Michael Rossi, and Skovron-Rasheed also recorded hits. Massimo Guarnieri, Rossi, and Steniger (2) recorded RBI, while Coccaro (3), Skovron-Rasheed, Rossi, and Will Derbyshire all had stolen bases. Matteo Di Marzo, Dylan Ness, and Polastry were excellent at making plays on balls in the air in the outfield, and they were aggressively fielding base hit ground balls to only give the Cardigan hitters what they earned at the plate. The Martlets are back in action on Wednesday, May 6th at home versus Taft School on Osborn Field. First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 pm.