Recap

Expos squeak by the Rockville Royals 3-2 in another epic battle between these two opponents.  Greg Kraucunas and Joe Turcotte combined to just out-pitch the Royals Shane Legare and Bill Riggieri.  17 Royals and 18 Expos went down on strikes on the day.  Offensively for the Expos, Leo Davila got things started with a single, stolen base and a run scored in the top of the first, on a double by Greg Kraucunas helping his own cause.  Kraucunas also helped the Expos put a two run lead on the board with a single with two outs and later scoring to end the day 2-3.  Joe Turcotte scored the winning run, reaching base on a two base error, stealing third, followed by George Platsis’ RBI single in the top of the 9th.  For the Royals, Jay Botti got the score within 2-1 in the top of the 4th, reaching on an error and later scoring on a close play at the plate on a wild pitch.  Dan Copes was clutch in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game with a solid single scoring Josh Svoboda who worked a hard fought walk.  Junior Antonelli went 1-3 and Shane Legare reached base twice.

Details

Date Time League Season
September 17, 2017 1:00 PM CTABL 2017

Field

Rockville High School Junior Varsity
70 Loveland Hill Rd, Vernon, CT 06066, USA

Results

Team123456789RHEOutcome
Royals000100100226Loss
Expos(2018)101000001343Win

Royals

# Batting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB HBP SF SO LOB
Bill Riggieri4000000000030
Scott Clouser4000000000010
Shane Legare3000000000020
Josh Svoboda2100000010010
Dan Copes3011000000010
Jordan Copes2000000001010
Joe “Junior” Antonelli3010000000010
Rich Hilton2000000010020
Tim Field3000000000020
Jesse Wilkinson3000000000020
Jay Botti3100000000010
 Total322210000210170
Pitching IP W L S BF H R ER BB SO HR
Shane Legare300017321030
Bill Riggieri6010221102120
Total9010394312150

Expos(2018)

# Batting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB HBP SF SO LOB
Leo Davila4110000100030
Brian Smith-Nelson3000000010030
Angel Davila4000000000020
Greg Kraucunas3111100000010
Alex Weir4000000000010
Joe Turcotte4100000100000
Mike Musumeci4000000000010
Jacob Pullen4000000000040
George Platsis4011000000010
Chris Platsis3000000010020
 Total373321002200180
Pitching IP W L S BF H R ER BB SO HR
Greg Kraucunas7000281213130
Joe Turcotte21007100040
Total9100352213170