THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, August 9, 2019 Page 13 ~ Yawkey League Baseball ~ Rockies clinch Yaz Division, set sights on playoffs By Greg Phipps acing one of the squads that managed to beat them this season; the Revere Rockies took care of business by sweeping a twin bill from the AI Thomas Athletics in Yawkey League play last Saturday at Revere High School. Revere’s fi rst-game 15-5 romp over the A’s clinched this year’s Carl Yastrzemski Division title. The Rockies went on to capF ture a 4-0 win in game two, and followed that up with a 6-2 home victory on Sunday over the Stoneham Sabers, who led the Ted Williams Division as of early this week. Revere, which sported a 26-2 record after Sunday’s win, played its fi nal three games of the regular season this week, as it gears up for the postseason. Game one on Saturday got off to a shaky beginning, as the visiting A’s, who had defeated Revere about a week earlier, built a 4-2 lead off the strength of a three-run third inning against Rockies starter Jon Shepard. An Alex Wong homer helped tie the game in the fourth, and then the home team exploded for 11 runs combined in the fi fth and sixth frames to race away with the game. Ryan Petrone and Kenny Polanco also blasted roundtrippers. Petrone drove in fi ve runs and Wong fi nished with three RBI. Wong, Petrone and Mike Lembo each had three knocks among the 18 total hits the Rockies managed in the contest. On the defensive side, Shepard was able to fi nd his rhythm on the mound and held the A’s to just one run over the last three innings. He did not strike out a batter, but his control was good (just one walk) as he improved to 8-0 on the season. Scoring three times in their fi rst at bat in the second contest, the Rockies produced all the runs they would need in an eventual 4-0 win. Starter Oliver Collette surrendered one hit in his fi ve innings of work, and Gehrig Schilling hurled two frames of scoreless, one-hit ball in relief. Collette earned his second win of the season. The two combined for seven strikeouts. The off ense was held to just six hits but Revere made the most of its chances. Wong doubled and drove in two runs while Bobby Foote also brought in a run with a hit. Revere got off to a fast start against the Sabers on Sunday, tallying single runs over the first three frames for an early 3-0 lead. The Rockies would add three more in the fifth. Petrone launched another long ball and Tony Iafolla drove in two. Jacob Byrne and Adam Del Rio added two hits each as well. Starter Kevin Sinatra (fi ve hits, two walks, two strikeouts) went the distance to notch his third win of the season against one defeat. Looking ahead to the playoffs, the Rockies are determined to make up for their runner-up league performance last season, when they lost the championship series to the Brighton Braves in seven games. Revere shortstop Ryan Petrone is the recipient of this hard slide by an Al Thomas Athletics baserunner during a force-out play in last Saturday’s doubleheader opener at Revere High School. Second baseman Mike Lembo lifts the glove after tagging out an A’s baserunner on Saturday. Rockies ace Jon Shepard had troubles early but settled down to earn his eighth win of the season in last Saturday’s doubleheader opener against the AI Thomas Athletics. Revere’s Alex Wong plows into second base but was out trying to steal in last Saturday’s fi rstgame win.
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