{"id":96288,"date":"2024-05-09T14:07:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=96288"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:07:32","slug":"long-stretch-of-games-on-tap-for-wrhs-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2024\/05\/09\/long-stretch-of-games-on-tap-for-wrhs-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Long stretch of games on tap for WRHS baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"
By John Orrell<\/em>
\nLandmark Correspondent<\/em><\/div>\n

HOLDEN \u2014 If you\u2019re a hard-core fan of the boys of spring, aka the Wachusett Regional High baseball team, this is your time of the year to shine.<\/p>\n

The Mountaineers began a streak of 10 games that concludes on May 17, so fasten those seatbelts for a lot of action on the diamond, says head coach Jeff Kodys. He says his troop is ready, willing and able to take on any challenges that come their way.<\/p>\n

First up were the visiting Blue Devils of Leominster High on April 29, who entered the matchup at 6-1. Junior Nate Roy drew the starting assignment for Wachusett (3-4) going 4\u2154 innings. Roy surrendered a pair of first-inning runs before shutting down Leominster until yielding to reliever Matt Moreno, who finished the game. Leominster came out on top in this one, 8-7.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to keep it simple and just throw strikes when I\u2019m focusing on the batter, Roy said. \u201cAdrenaline was keeping me going. We have to show up at practice every day and work to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leominster pulled ahead with 5 runs scored in the fifth to seemingly put this one in the win column, but the Mountaineers had other ideas. With two away in the bottom half of the frame, Wachusett rallied to within one run when Travis Laidlaw (2 hits from the leadoff position) singled. Brendan Mariani cracked a two-base hit before co-captain Ben Domineck belted a two-run triple that plated Laidlaw and Mariani. Domineck would come home on a wild pitch to make it 8-7, but the Blue Devils would hold the scoring to close out the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of the team, because today we really got the bats going,\u201d Domineck said. \u201cThat should mean good things going forward. This is a very young team with only four seniors, but I can see improvement in everyone. Everyone swung the bats today. We had key hits in key situations. We looked good even though we lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe threw me an inside fastball, which I caught off the hands,\u201d he continued in explaining his triple. \u201cIt was a great swing, and we needed it to get going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey definitely showed some compete. We\u2019re in the game with a very good baseball team,\u201d said Kodys. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a busy week coming up, so hopefully we\u2019ll turn the page and move on. We\u2019re working on some things. We\u2019re young. We\u2019ve got things to work on every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids are ready to go. I don\u2019t think we have to motivate them. They\u2019re ready to go, and they know they have to show up every day and keep on doing what we\u2019re doing and improve on the things we need to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team next takes on host Springfield Central on May 10 under the lights for a 7 p.m. first pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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