THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2024 Page 11 NAVS PLAYERS STEP UP IN THE CLUTCH, PRODUCE BIG MOMENTS Until the North Shore Navigators assemble at Fraser Field to begin the 2024 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) season in early June, the team will be highlighting its incoming players’ top performances each week on nsnavs.com and social media. Below is the sixth installment of the Navs' College Baseball Report, which will appear weekly on Mondays. LYNN, Mass. — Timely performances were the theme of the week for returning and incoming North Shore Navigators alike during the seventh week of the collegiate season, with players stepping up when the stage was the biggest. Returning Navs infi elder Brendan Jones (Holy Cross) continued his recent hot hitting on a big Saturday for the Crusaders, going 2-for-6 with a double and two RBI over the fi rst two games of a three-game Patriot League sweep against Bucknell. Jones got one hit in each of the Saturday games while walking twice in the second game. He also stole his fi rst base of the season and scored two runs on Sunday. Jones is hitting.304 and has a.944 OPS across 13 games this season, having started in each of his last seven. Catcher Matt Chatelle (Merrimack) carried over his performance from last week as he was 4-for-9 in two games of the Warriors’ key Northeast Conference series win at Wagner. Chatelle started by going 3-for-5 with one RBI to extend the lead in an eventual 8-3 win. In a 4-3 win the next day, the Stoneham native collected two of the team’s four RBI in game-tying situations on a sacrifi ce fl y and a single. He has recorded a hit in each of the last three games he has started. Returning Navs with big weeks weren’t limited to the batter's box, as Brett Dunham (Northeastern) recorded four strikeouts in a two-inning start last Tuesday against Central Connecticut State. It was his fi rst shutout start of the season, helping to set the table for a 10-9 win for the Huskies. Dunham has also worked two innings and fanned at least four batters in back-to-back starts dating back to his outing against Merrimack the previous week. Dunham’s teammate and fellow North Andover native Ryan Griffin (Northeastern) pitched his second shutout performance of the season, fi nishing off Monmouth with a scoreless and hitless inning of work in Friday’s fi rst game of a weekend sweep. He didn’t allow a hit, walked just one and struck out a batter for the third time in as many appearances this spring. Outfielder Ryan Gerety rounded out a strong week for the Northeastern trio, going 4-for-12 with four RBI and three runs scored across the three JOSEPH D. CATALDO, P.C. NECBL | SEE Page 20 Monmouth games. Gerety recorded two hits in only his second career start in Friday’s series-opening win, driving in the Huskies’ fi rst runs of the game as part of a three-RBI performance. The freshman was masterful at putting the ball in play as he fi nished the fi nal two games of the weekend without striking Law Offices of “ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW” ESTATE/MEDICAID PLANNING WILLS/TRUSTS/ESTATES INCOME TAX PREPARATION WEALTH MANAGEMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING ELDER LAW 369 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 (617)381-9600 JOSEPH D. CATALDO, CPA, CFP, MST, ESQUIRE. AICPA Personal Financial Specialist Designee out once, giving him the fewest strikeouts of any Northeastern hitter to appear in more than fi ve games. As for other Navs newcomers, Danny MacDougall (Endicott) continued his torrid performance
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