Boston English snaps losing streak in major way against Lincoln-Sudbury

SUDBURY Amid a four-game losing streak the Boston English baseball association didn t care as much about its losses as much as it did about playing up to its lofty expectations Saturday afternoon the reigning Div state champion Eagles answered that call to get back on track Jaurel Melo -for- double three runs two RBI and Anyer Gomez -for- three runs RBI led six different players to collect multiple hits for Boston English - fueling a - nonleague win over Lincoln-Sudbury in a tournament shortened to six-plus innings due to thunderstorms in the top of the seventh The Eagles scored at least three runs in four of those innings surpassing their previous season-high of runs Pitchers A great number of De Jesus three-plus innings six hits two runs three strikeouts and Luis Mejia three innings no hits no runs one walk three strikeouts combined to snap the Warriors - streak of seven straight games with at least five runs Boston English s Luis Mejia celebrates as a run scores while standing on second base during a - baseball win over Lincoln-Sudbury on Saturday Photo by Paul Connors Media News Group Boston Herald We came in here knowing we were playing a really good organization and we had to come out here and do something differently than what we ve been doing for the past four games mentioned English head coach Christian Ortiz Our starter and our reliever came in and kept the runs to the minimum It was a good unit win in the modern day This is something I hope is a turning point to our season The hunt for offense resorted to a long series of bunts early on using sacrifices and good placement to keep the lineup moving Armanis Romero -for- double two runs walk Gomez and De Jesus -for- two RBI each scored in a - first inning as L-S struggled to limit the impact of those bunts De Jesus plated one and reach on an error from his sacrifice attempt before Mejia -for- run RBI walk drove in a run on a flare single Ismel Villar reached on a bunt single to load the bases and Matthew Guerrero two RBI drove in another on a suicide squeeze bunt Nine-hitter Yeduary Soto -for- two runs RBI came around to sum on another De Jesus bunt in the second inning for a - lead Boston English pitcher Various DeJesus right releases a pitch against Lincoln-Sudbury batter Law DeNormandie during the first inning Photo by Paul Connors Media News Group Boston Herald In the first limited innings we supposedly laid down about bunts Ortiz noted It ended up working for us and then we just kept that momentum going That set the tone for the offense to erupt come the fourth inning All nine batters had an at-bat in the stanza which plated Luis Cruz two walks Melo and Gomez all with two outs for a - advantage It started with Melo s RBI single to bring in Cruz from second base which Gomez and De Jesus followed with a single and a RBI single respectively Mejia walked to load the bases and Villar drove in the last run by absorbing a hit-by-pitch Melo drove in two more by going opposite field in a three-run fifth inning and his double kicked off a three-run seventh against Lincoln-Sudbury s bench before the storm ended the match In the modern day was a good organization effort everyone one-through-nine Ortiz explained I think they were all on base For those guys to step up and get hits in current times especially the bottom of the order it just shows how much we can do and what we re capable of The Warriors flashed several clutch moments to limit damage chosen innings and threaten for a big offensive response but they couldn t get enough to stay within reach In the bottom of the first Mason Tarantino -for- hit-by-pitch scored on a balk to cut the deficit to - and Garrett Mahoney advanced to third with one out but De Jesus fanned the next two Lincoln-Sudbury shortstop Mason Tarantino rear leaps for the throw from home to force out Boston English s Almany Santana during the third inning Photo by Paul Connors Media News Group Boston Herald First baseman Law DeNormandie threw out a runner at the plate but not before a run scored in the fourth Noah Brown inherited a bases-loaded situation in the fourth and got out of it with a strikeout though English scored three before he came in And after Connor Hammond -for- run DeNormandie -for- and Luke Danielson each reached base to start the bottom of the fourth Mejia came in to strand the latter two to hold off a budding rally