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 TB LOB
Bill Riggieri40000000000300
Scott Clouser40000000000100
Shane Legare30000000000200
Josh Svoboda21000000100100
Dan Copes30110000000100
Jordan Copes20000000010100
Joe “Junior” Antonelli30100000000100
Rich Hilton20000000100200
Tim Field30000000000200
Jesse Wilkinson30000000000200
Jay Botti31000000000100
 Total3222100002101700
Pitching IP W L S BF H R ER BB SO HR HBP
Shane Legare3000173210300
Bill Riggieri60102211021200
Total90103943121500

Expos(2018)

# Batting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB HBP SF SO TB LOB
Leo Davila41100001000300
Brian Smith-Nelson30000000100300
Angel Davila40000000000200
Greg Kraucunas31111000000100
Alex Weir40000000000100
Joe Turcotte41000001000000
Mike Musumeci40000000000100
Jacob Pullen40000000000400
George Platsis40110000000100
Chris Platsis30000000100200
 Total3733210022001800
Pitching IP W L S BF H R ER BB SO HR HBP
Greg Kraucunas70002812131300
Joe Turcotte210071000400
Total91003522131700