Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 19, 2019 Malden High baseball “squeezes” out a 3-2 win over Somerville By Nick Toscani The “third time’s a charm” saying really paid off for the Malden High School baseball team on Wednesday in a Grand Opening! Wood Fired Pizzeria View our Full Menu Online Buy One Pizza/Get 2nd Pizza FREE! (Monday & Tuesdays/Dine-in or Pick-up Only) 1268 Broadway, Rte. 1 North, Saugus (781) 558-5353 * www.famigliafornaciari.com Open Daily: 11:30-10:00 PM dramatic extra innings victory over Somerville at Maplewood Park. As a matter of fact, the fi rst and second times were pretty successful, too. Malden freshman Shai Cohen laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Ezra Kruckenberg from third base with the game-winning run in a 3-2 Golden Tornadoes win over the visiting Highlanders – Malden’s fi rst win of the year. The exciting fi nish was coupled with another command performance on the mound by Golden Tornadoes senior lefthander Billy Stickney, who went the distance, eight full innings, for the win. Stickney allowed zero earned runs, scattered six hits and struck out 12. For Malden, the game-winning squeeze bunt by Cohen was the third time in the game the play worked eff ectively, the fi rst time Coach Steve Freker said he’s seen it in a high school game in nearly four decades of coaching. “It’s a gamble every time: You have to have nearly perfect execution from relaying the sign to the batter and the baserunner to getting the bunt down, and then having the runner get to the plate in time,” Coach Freker said. “ That ’s the first time any team I have coached has done it three times in one game and also the fi rst time all of our runs have been scored by the squeeze play,” he added. Coach Freker said the more remarkable part was that two of the successful squeeze bunt plays were by the two Malden freshmen who start on the varsity team: Cohen and leftfi elder Shawn Bartholomew. “Those two young guys really stepped up for us. That’s a pressure play and these kids haven’t been in that spot before … Shai [Cohen] told me after the game it was the fi rst time he’s ever gotten that sign from Malden senior lefthander Billy Stickney struck out 12 in a 3-2 win over Somerville on Wednesday. (Photo Courtesy of MHS Athletics) a third base coach and the fi rst time he’s ever squeeze-bunted in a game,” Coach Freker said. “There you go.” BASEBALL | SEE PAGE 19 SKATING CENTER www.Roller-World.com | 781-231-1111 ATM on site Friday, April 19 at 8 PM Singer/Musician DAVE MACK Saturday, April 20 at 8 PM DJ LOGIK Dance to all the Hits of Yesterday and Today! MONDAY'S SHUCK! $1.00 Oysters Book Your Special Events With Us! Call 781-629-3798 SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET Only $19.95 / 11am-2pm Featuring Al Whitney Jazz Band BOOK YOUR NEXT FUNCTION WITH US * GIFT CARDS AMPLE FREE www.marinaatthewharf.com 543 North Shore Rd. Revere 781-629-3798 PARKING AMAZING WATER VIEWS Located Adjacent to Rite Aid Pharmacy in Saugus Plaza, South Bound Route 1 MBTA Bus Route 429 FREE WI-FI - 2 WIDE SCREEN TV’S SCHOOL VACATION WEEK Schedule Monday thru Thursday 12 noon - 8 p.m. Friday & Saturday 12 noon to 11 p.m. Admission: arrive before 6 p.m. $7.50/person Arrive after 6 p.m. $8.50/person Price includes roller skates — Blades $3 BIRTHDAY PARTIES $11.50/Person, min. of 10 kids. Price includes Adm. + Roller Skates. Cake, soda, paper goods, 20 tokens for birthday person plus 100 Redemption Tickets and a gift from Roller World. in one of our private BP Rooms. At the end of the school year WOW! FREE Trip for two to Vegas Bellagio Hotel to a school that held a party at Roller World. FREE Trip for four to Disney World for a lucky birthday party that was held at Roller World. Airfare + Hotels Included • Bowling • Two Skating Floors • Arcade • Two Snack Bars NOW OPEN!
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