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...combined offerings of starter Bob McGinnis and reliever Dave Brigham, while its ace Jack Shepherd limited the hard hitting varsity to only four. However, among them was a bases-empty home run over the left field fence by Bob Hastings, and a run-scoring double by John Simourian...
...varsity opened the scoring in the top of the first, when leadoff man Tom Bergantino worked Shepherd for a walk, the first of four he gave up. After Bob Cleary struck out, Bergantino stole second, and scored on Simourian's double. Simourian, who had advanced to third on Hasting's long sacrifice fly, scored on a single by Matt Botsford...
Bergantino led off the third with the first of his three walks. After Cleary popped out, Bergantino stole second. Simourian grounded out, but Hastings worked Nelson for a pass. Then, Matt Botsford delivered the big blast of the day, unloading a long triple to center to score both Bergantino and Hastings. With Getch at the plate, Botsford romped home on a wild pitch. Getch then singled, stole second and came home with the fourth run on Stahura's solid double to center...
...remaining Crimson runs were brightly gift-wrapped. The first was picked up in the fourth without a hit. After Bergantino walked, Cleary's routine grounder was thrown away by the Bruin second baseman, Bergantino winding up on third. Simourian sent Bergantino home with a sacrifice...
Hastings added a single, a stolen base, and a walk to his pair of home runs, to move his average up near that of Simourian, who leads the Greater Boston League. Another encouraging sign at the plate was the apparent return of Bergantino's batting eye. The Crimson third baseman got a single, a double, and a triple, scored twice, drove in two, and walked once in six times...