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Haverhill Hillies Baseball '09

Wed, Apr 08, 2009 03:45 PM @ Haverhill
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final
Methuen 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3
Haverhill 6 0 1 0 1 5 0 13

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Wednesday, April, 08 By Hector Longo
Staff writer

 HAVERHILL - Two games, 27 hits and 25 runs ...


Somebody had better take serious note of the 2009 Haverhill baseballers.


The Hillies got their second straight complete-game mound performance from a previously unknown commodity - this one from junior Alex Ieronimo - and again left no doubt offensively, obliterating Methuen, 13-3, in a non-league battle.

"Every guy is anxious to get up there and hit," said Hillie leadoff man Josh Chasse, whose four RBIs yesterday are testament that his club is tearing it up top to bottom right now. "We're going up there with confidence, and I'm not really surprised that we're hitting the ball like we are."

Chasse's 3-for-4 backboned a 12-hit assault on three different Rangers yesterday. Again, the Hillies pounced early, batting around and putting up a half-dozen runs in the home half of the first.

Zach Cox's two-run single and Chad Kimball's RBI base hit highlighted the frame, which included four walks, a hit batter and a pair of Methuen errors.

The cushion made life easy for the southpaw Ieronimo in his varsity debut. He put goose eggs up through four on his way to an eight-hitter, striking out out with just one free pass.

"Just awesome," lauded Chasse, a three-year starter headed to play at Daniel Webster next year. "Trevor (Behrendt) came out throwing strikes in the opener, and Alex just kept it up."

Cox also had three hits, while Franklin Xia scalded a pair. Neither made an out, chipping in three walks as well.
For the 0-2 Rangers, who committed five errors, Tim Higgins and Kevin Miller each clouted homers. Losing pitcher Kenny Polanco (0-2) and sophomore catcher Alex Shepard had two hits apiece.

Game Statistics:

Methuen (3): Kevin Miller cf 4-1-1, Tim Higgins lf 4-1-2, Kenny Polanco p/rf/3b 4-0-2, Isaac Rivera rf/p 3-0-0, Nick Fabrizio 1b 3-0-0, Cal Carroll 3b/ss 2-0-0, Matt Richardson 2b 3-0-1, Alex Shepard c 3-1-2, Bobby Cole ss 2-0-0, Moises Melo p 1-0-0, Totals 29-3-8

  Haverhill (13): Josh Chasse cf 4-2-3, Brendon Bretton dh 4-0-1, Ronnie Rosario c 3-1-0, Taylor Robinson 1b 4-1-0, Zach Cox rf 3-2-3, Franklin Xia lf 2-2-2, Chad Kimball 3b 3-1-1, Edwin Mendez 2b 3-1-0, Trevor Behrendt ph 1-0-1, Matt Pickles ss 2-3-1, Alex Ieronimo p 0-0-0, Totals 29-13-12

RBI: M - Higgins 2, Miller; H - Chasse 4, Bretton 2, Cox 2, Kimball 2

WP: Ieronimo; LP: Polanco

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