Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MAy 26, 2023 Sachems finish strong by winning three of four By Greg Phipps I n a season where it lost several close, late-inning affairs, the Saugus High School baseball team may have gotten past that lategame hurdle by emerging victorious in three of its final four regular-season games. After shutting out Northeast Metro Tech last Monday, the Sachems edged Winthrop, 5-4, in a road contest last Wednesday and pulled out a 6-5 extra-inning battle at Gloucester on Monday. The win at Gloucester concluded the 2023 season for the Sachems, who finished 4-16 overall. That mark could easily have been better had Saugus been able to come out on top in some tight games this spring. Against Gloucester, righty Cam Bernard pitched six and a third innings and fanned nine batters. Jordan Rodriguez took over for him with one out in the seventh and ended up with the win by going an inning and twothirds. Cam Soroko, the team’s leading hitter, had a big day with four hits and a home run. Saugus smacked 13 hits all told, perhaps its best total offensive output of the season. The Sachems were defeated, 8-3, by Swampscott last Friday in the team’s final home game at World Series Park. Last Wednesday at Winthrop, Saugus came out of the gate fast with four runs in the top of the first inning. The host Vikings responded with two of their own in the bottom of the frame and eventually tied the game at four apiece. The Sachems broke that deadlock with a single tally in the top of the sixth and made it stand up. For Saugus, it was a reversal of numerous 2023 storylines, where the opponent was the one to score the late winning run. Danny Zeitz doubled and drove in two runs, while Nathan Soroko and Shane Bourque each knocked in runs. Connor Bloom contributed a single. Pitchers Bernard and Cam Soroko combined to fan nine batters. Shane Bourque drove in one of Saugus’s five runs in a 5-4 win at Winthrop last Wednesday. Pitcher Cam Bernard went sixplus innings for Saugus in an extra-inning, season-ending victory over Gloucester on Monday. Sachems make postseason for 7th straight year Q By Greg Phipps ualifying for the state playoffs for the seventh season in a row was just one of the recent achievements for the Saugus High School softball team. With a 14-7 win over Salem last Saturday at the Belmonte School Field, the Sachems also clinched their ~ ANNOUNCEMENT~ REVERE AMERICAN LEGION POST # 61 Is reopening soon! second Northeastern Conference Lynch Division title in three years. They were the runner-up last year and have gone 22-2 in the division over the past three seasons. A 16-4 mercy-rule victoWe are happy to announce that we have begun making reservations for our function hall. At 249 Broadway, Revere for events after May 20, 2023 For information, please call 781-284-9511 * Leave your name and telephone number. ry over Swampscott last Wednesday was Saugus’s 10th win of the spring and earned the Sachems, who sport a roster exclusively of underclassmen players, their postseason berth. “I’m extremely proud of these kids for what they have been able to accomplish this season, especially given the fact that we are so young,” said Head Coach Steve Almquist after the Salem win. “Going into the season there were a lot of unknowns, and I don’t think anybody saw this type of season unfolding.” The offense was at its best against Salem as Lily Ventre led the way with four hits, two triples and two RBIs. Devany Millerick added three hits and two RBIs, and Ava Rogers and Kaitlyn Pugh combined for four hits (two each). Rogers drove in two and Maria Silva (hit and two RBIs) and Sydney Deleidi (RBI) chipped in as well. Pitcher Taylor Deleidi hurled a complete game victory, and Alexa Morello, Danica Schena and Isabella Natalucci had standout defensive games. Hannah Duong was key on the basepaths with several stolen bases. The Sachems put Ava Rogers was one of Saugus’s major offensive contributors as the Sachems qualified for the playoffs for the seventh season in a row. the game away for good by scoring nine times over the final three innings. Against Swampscott, the bats were again in full gear as the Sachems collected 20 hits total. Taylor Deleidi was the winning pitcher. Pugh socked four hits, including two doubles and a triple plus two RBIs. Millerick and Rogers each contributed three hits and two RBIs, and Ventre and Morello both recorded two hits and drove in two. Sydney Deleidi finished with three knocks. Duong drove in a run with her first varsity base hit, while Schena drilled a triple and Abby Enwright and Silva both reached base safely. Saugus put the contest away early by scoring six times in the first inning. A 10-2 loss at Masconomet on Monday and a close 6-5 defeat against Somerville on Sophomore Hannah Duong drove in a run with her first varsity hit in Saugus’s playoff-clinching win over Swampscott last Wednesday. Tuesday left Saugus with an 11-8 overall record entering this Thursday’s regular-season finale at Pentucket. Almquist said the performance of this year’s squad is “a credit to the hard work that these kids have put in along with the outstanding job preparing these kids by my assistant coaches Amanda Naso [the junior varsity head coach], Joe Cimetti, Mike Shaw, Anthony Ascolese, and Billy Enwright.” In the Somerville contest, Taylor Deleidi hurled a complete-game effort with five strikeouts. Millerick posted three hits and drove in two runs while Rogers brought in a run with a triple. Sydney Deleidi had two hits.
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