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By William Tauro
Little League crowned its 2010 Major League ChampionbTuesday night. A sizeable crowd came out to watch a battle between Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union (CPCU) and The Somerville Bulldogs. On the mound for the home team Bulldogs was Mike McPherson along with his battery mate and younger brother Matthew McPherson behind the plate. Zachary Colleran would be pitching for CPCU with Devon Alves behind the plate the game looked to be another high scoring game. CPCU had just come off a huge win which they had belted in 36 runs the night before to bring them one step closer to winning the Championship.
The Bulldogs had John Kalogeropoulos, Anthony Amari, and Jordan Daulphin in the out field ready for CPCU’s hitters. The Bulldogs got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning. Mike McPherson got on base with a double to left field. Matt McPherson brought home Mike on a base hit to right field. Isaac Saron singled to right field, stole second, and then scored on a Kyle Gil hit to the outfield to make the score 2-0.
In the bottom of the 2nd Kyle Roache scored on a triple by Mike McPherson to make it 3-0. Mike then stole home on a pass ball to make the score 4-0 Bulldogs.
In the third inning with some great glove plays by CJ Resmini at second and John Lynch at third the batters for CPCU went down in order.
In the top of the forth inning the Bulldogs sent their substitutes in Dewey Butler 3b, Jack Sheehy 2b, and Sean Hunt LF. In the top of the inning CPCU got on the board. Jack Clark singled to center field then stole second. Devon Alves then hit the ball towards the right field line to bring Jack home and make the score 4-1. In the bottom of the fourth the Bulldogs responded. Anthony Amari walked, Isaac Saron singled and both scored on a Kyle Gill base hit to make the score 6-1.
Mike McPherson looking for a complete game took the hill in the top of the 6th. Jack Clark started off the inning with a single to the outfield. An error by the Bulldogs had Jack come home to make the score 6-2. Zack Colleran would then get on base with a single. With man on first and two outs, the next batter up for CPCU hit rocket ground ball to second base area. The second baseman made a great catch to stop the ball from going into the outfield. He then threw the ball to 2nd base to get the 3rd and final out giving Mike McPherson a complete game and the victory to the Somerville Bulldogs.
During the celebration the bulldogs brought down the banner that they had and had all the players sign it. The banner will be going to our troops overseas as a show of support.
William C. Shelton (The East |
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By George P. Hassett A woman walking home from the Porter Square train station was knocked to the ground and attacked by a man on Sunday night, police said. Police are looking for a suspect described as a white male, 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, medium build, brown hair and clean shaven. |
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By William Tauro Somerville Police and Fire units were dispatched to the intersection of McGrath Highway and Medford Street in Somerville Thursday morning for an incident involving an MBTA bus and an injured passenger.
A child sustained minor injuries due to an apparent fall that occurred as the bus was stopping while approaching the bus stop next to Glass Stop.
The child was treated and later released. MBTA inspectors are investigating the matter. Continue reading » |
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By William Tauro The U-Haul facility located on Linwood St. is undertaking a major facelift.
With a complete powerwash as well as a fresh paint job, the Linwood St. storage company will soon have a new look while continuing to being a good neighbor. |
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Hybrid boxes first in New England By George P. Hassett Call it cutting down on your pizza footprint. A Ball Square pizza spot is the first restaurant on the east coast, and the ninth in the country, to offer environmentally-conscious customers reusable plastic boxes for take-out pizza orders.
The best news for pizza purists: the new boxes actually make a pie taste better – unlike cardboard, the cheese never sticks to the plastic.
Owner Grover Taylor said he was inspired to pursue plastic boxes last year when he served 250 pizzas at Tufts University’s freshman orientation and saw the pies and cardboard boxes destroyed in less than 10 minutes. “It was awful,” he said. “There was cardboard everywhere.” Industry experts estimate 200 million pounds of cardboard boxes are used each year, and most of that can’t be recycled because it has come into contact with food. Taylor discovered the reusable, plastic pizza box and is now taking pre-orders at $10 for each “hybrid” box. Eat at Jumbo’s is offering customers $1 off a pizza if they reuse the washable box. Continue reading » |
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The City cooling centers are open: The Cross Street Center, 165 Broadway and Ralph & Jenny Center, 9 New Washington Street. The Ralph & Jenny Center will be open from 8:30 A.M. until 3:30 P.M., and the Holland Street Center will be open 8:30 A.M. until 4:30 P.M., or longer as needed. For additional information, please dial 311. |
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By Mike Rubin
The Somerville District 12 Little League squad couldn’t find its groove in the opening round of the District tournament.
Brandon Bunker blasted a three run home run as the Medford National squad stopped Somerville in a tough 8-2 defeat in Thursday night’s match-up at Columbus Park.
Somerville will now enter the loser’s bracket and will face its next opponent at a date and time to be determined.
After Bunker nailed a three-run blast, Anthony DiRenzo increased the lead to 4-0, capitalizing off a throwing error.
Facing a 4-0 deficit, Somerville ace Mike McPhearson settled into a grove striking out two batters to round out the inning in escaping further damage.
On the mound, Bunker was also effective, scattering just five hits through five and two-thirds innings of work. Bunker also walked two and struck out six, continuing to frustrate Somerville bats.
Battling back, Somerville closed the gap to 4-1 as Jack Clark, who reached base, managed to score on an RBI groundout by Kyle Gil.
Any hopes of momentum for Somerville quickly fell behind the wayside as Kyle Lynch plated an RBI triple, increasing the lead to 5-1 before Bunker and DiRenzo secured the win, nailing consecutive doubles in the fourth en route to a 7-1 lead.
In the later innings, Somerville managed to push across another run as Justin Barry delivered an RBI fielder’s choice to knock in Matt McCune.
Earning the save for Medford was Anthony Pineda, who registered the final out, striking out Somerville’s last batter to end a scoring threat in the top of the sixth.
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