‘The 12-year-old MV Little League All Stars hosted the team from Brookfield, Thursday, and treated them to a mercy rule-shortened shutout, 10-0.
Home and away was determined by a coin flip, won by Brookfield, so the Islanders came to bat first.
Leadoff batter Silas Berlin grounded out to short. Mahoney drew a base on balls. Jack Slayton flied out to right field.
Wiley was safe at first when the throw from short could not be handled. Wiley was caught in a run down, during which Mahoney scored.
The first two Brookfield batters reached first on a line drive into right, then on an error. But Kevin Cleary struck out the next two batters and got the third to pop out.
Neither team scored in the second inning.
In the top of the third the Vineyarders crossed the plate five times. Jeffers led off and reached base on an error. Berlin’s drive into center field scored Jeffers. Berlin scored on a wild pitch. Mahoney beat out on infield hit. Slayton reached on a throwing error. Wiley singled, driving in Berlin. Cleary’s drive up the middle scored Mahoney and Slayton. Isaac grounded back to the pitcher, Michaelski struck out swinging, Emily Turney hit back to the mound.
In the Brookfield half a pop-up to the mound was followed by a double to deep left field, a called third strike and a ground out to second.
MV added two runs in the fourth. Berlin and Mahoney reached and scored on Slayton’s single.
Brookfield threatened in the bottom of the fourth.
A hit batter and a drive to deep right put runners on second and third with no outs. But Cleary fanned the next batter and the inning ended on a neatly turned 1-3-2 double play.
In the top of the fifth McCarren singled and took second on an overthrow. Michaelski reached when his hot bouncer could not be handled at short. Both scored putting the Vineyard up 10-0 and the league’s mercy rule ended the game.
Monday the Islanders took on Barnstable on the Raiders home field. Barnstable won, 13-2, putting an end to the team’s dreams of glory.
But wait a minute! The 12-year-old MV all stars will travel to Cooperstown, N.Y. to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame and play ball with several of the teams gathered from all over the nation on one of the many diamonds at C-town. If that’s not glory we’ll eat it.
