{"id":44562,"date":"2023-06-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=44562"},"modified":"2023-06-15T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:00:00","slug":"wrhs-baseball-falls-to-walpole-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/06\/15\/wrhs-baseball-falls-to-walpole-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"WRHS baseball falls to Walpole, 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"
By John Orrell <\/b>
\n Landmark Correspondent<\/i><\/div>\n

HOLDEN \u2014 The Wachusett Regional High School varsity baseball team\u2019s bid for advancement in the MIAA Division 1 state tournament fell short with a 3-1 first-round loss to visiting Walpole High on June 5. Wachusett, ranked 16th overall, concluded its season with a record of 12-9, and now sets its sights on a bounceback in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team is all A+ kids,\u201d said Mountaineer head coach Jeff Kodys. \u201cWe had a couple of injuries that made our lineup a little bit different, but we just couldn\u2019t make the adjustment today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe come out here every day for big games like this, and sometimes things don\u2019t go our way, and that\u2019s what happened today,\u201d added senior co-captain Alex Toomey, who will continue with baseball at Anna Maria College next season.<\/p>\n

It was Toomey getting the start for Wachusett and the early goings were shaky, as the poised righthander allowed a pair of first inning runs to the Timberwolves. A visit to the mound from the bench settled him down, allowing no additional runs through four innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy coach was telling me to pitch the way I had all season (3.06 ERA) and to keep pounding the zone,\u201d Toomey said. \u201cIt happens in baseball. Everyone gets in a jam, and there\u2019s always a way to work out of it and minimize the damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wachusett would score its only run of the day in the sixth frame when senior co-captain Jack Hansen and Jason Flaherty belted back-to-back hits with a single and double, respectively, but the highlight reel play goes to centerfielder Noah Pratt. The Bentley College-bound co-captain speared a blast that appeared destined for the left-centerfield gap before the speedy outfielder went fully body extension to make the catch, saving a run in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just running as fast as I could,\u201d said Pratt, also a senior co-captain. \u201cThe wind was blowing in, and I thought I might have a chance. I decided to take a nice dive out there, and I just got it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe important part of a playoff game is staying within yourself and not thinking it\u2019s too big of a game,\u201d he added. \u201cI think we did a good job today. We just couldn\u2019t get the bats going.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if, as head coach, Kodys approaches a playoff matchup differently than a regular season tilt, he explained: \u201cYou don\u2019t have too many opportunities to watch teams throughout the season, scouting-wise. We knew that they had a lefty who was pretty good, and their lineup was good. That\u2019s how you approach any game, whether it be playoffs or regular season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of the 2023 Wachusett Regional High School varsity baseball team: Sam Perry, Ben Domineck, Braden McLoughlin, PJ O\u2019Rourke, Nick St. Cyr, Dennis Jardine, Anthony Doe, Jason Flaherty, Will McGrail, Gavin L\u2019Heureux, Alex Toomey, Jack Hansen, Lucas Gamache, Noah Pratt, Justin Mariani, Travis Moran, Steven Hebert, Nate Roy, Aiden Riley and Ethan Divito.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HOLDEN \u2014 The Wachusett Regional High School varsity baseball team\u2019s bid for advancement in the MIAA Division 1 state tournament fell short with a 3-1 first-round loss to visiting Walpole High on June 5. Wachusett, ranked 16th overall, concluded its season with a record of 12-9, and now sets its sights on a bounceback in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}