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By: Jayson Poirier
NORTON- On Thursday May 28, 2015 the Junior varsity Norton Lancers baseball team took the bus ride to play Millis High. This would be the last game of the year for the Norton Lancers. At this point in the season Norton proved worthy at a record of (15-2). Mills thus far was (11-7), so they were not a team to exclude from the winnings.
This was not the first time that these two teams had met this season. Earlier in the season they met at Norton highs field where the then, undefeated Norton took a 7-6 win in the bottom of the 8th inning. When asked,"How do you feel about the first time you played millis?" head coach Aaron Sumner responded, " Our bats came out dead and we let them stay in the game for too long."
In this match up on Millis' field it was bound that great plays would happen. Millis came out of the gate strong with an early 3-0 lead on the Lancers. In the first inning on the first hit ball of the game Junior second basemen Ben Veglas made a fielding error that would lead to a fallout of pitching from Sophomore pitcher Jayson Poirier. Struggling to hit the strike zone the right hander ended the first inning letting up 3 runs, 2 of which were earned runs.
Mills received help from the umpires in this game. There were several calls that would not be in the Lancers favor. A run down between home and third base would lead to a score from Millis on a questionable call from the home plate umpire. A well slapped tag from sophomore catcher James Morris was an expected out. The umpire how ever believed other wise.
In the fourth inning Nortons bats came alive, the same time that Millis defense started to fail. Nortons right fielder Adam Lesiw smacked his second of four singles in this game. We asked Lesiw how he felt at the plate today and his response "I was in the zone the whole game and wanted to end the season on a great note." justifies exactly what he accomplished.
Millis would not be able to handle Nortons offence for the rest of the game. By the start of the sixth inning the Norton Lancers were up 14-3. With many pitching changes from Millis they would continue not to find anyone who could shut down Norton. This game was snow ball style game that would build in Nortons impressive 18-3 victory over Millis.
In this match up on Millis' field it was bound that great plays would happen. Millis came out of the gate strong with an early 3-0 lead on the Lancers. In the first inning on the first hit ball of the game Junior second basemen Ben Veglas made a fielding error that would lead to a fallout of pitching from Sophomore pitcher Jayson Poirier. Struggling to hit the strike zone the right hander ended the first inning letting up 3 runs, 2 of which were earned runs.
Mills received help from the umpires in this game. There were several calls that would not be in the Lancers favor. A run down between home and third base would lead to a score from Millis on a questionable call from the home plate umpire. A well slapped tag from sophomore catcher James Morris was an expected out. The umpire how ever believed other wise.
In the fourth inning Nortons bats came alive, the same time that Millis defense started to fail. Nortons right fielder Adam Lesiw smacked his second of four singles in this game. We asked Lesiw how he felt at the plate today and his response "I was in the zone the whole game and wanted to end the season on a great note." justifies exactly what he accomplished.
Intro needs some more context--a bit more detail.
ReplyDeleteDon't need to put question in quotation marks, just paraphrase the idea before you incorporate Sumner's quote.
Good start, but make sure to revise for grammar errors "Norton High's"