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Andover Golden Warriors Baseball '09

Thu, Apr 16, 2009 03:30 PM @ Andover
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Central Catholic 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
Andover 1 1 3 1 2 3 0 11
Teammates of Central Catholic's Tim Wheeler wait for him at home plate with the aluminum bat he broke while hitting a home-run off the score board during Central's 11-4 loss at Andover High School.  » Roger Darrigrand, Staff PhotographerMore photos

Carlson popping, Andover rebounds

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Thursday, April, 16 By Hector Longo
Staff writer

ANDOVER - Big-time pitching eases growing pains.
So does clutch hitting.
A day after getting blindsided, 15-1, by Dracut, the Andover High baseball team got both and took its frustration out on Central Catholic, 11-4, yesterday at Aumais Park.
"Dracut destroyed us," said Warrior righty Shawn Carlson, who spent his five innings of work pounding the strike zone and lighting up the radar guns with an 88-91 mph fastball. "Today we came back with a little anger. This one was truly important. This is the best team we've seen so far."
A two-game hole in the MVC large would have been the price exacted for an Andover loss.
Instead, the Warriors move to 1-1 in the league, just like defending champion Central.
Carlson, now 2-0, personified power on the hill, registering 13 of his 15 outs via the strikeout.
"I'm used to the guns by now," said Carlson, who walked two and gave up six hits. "I thought I was throwing hard but my slider really helped me today."
Central did touch him up for four runs on six hits, including a spectacular broken-bat two-run homer off the scoreboard in left by Tim Wheeler, but Carlson got some help, too.
Twice, Alex Patti drew bases-loaded walks. Andrew Ruiz-Henriquez chipped in a two-out RBI hit as the Warriors took advantage of 11 free passes (9 walks, 2 hit batters) on the day.
Leadoff man Jake Ponti was all over the basepaths with two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored. Ruiz-Henriquez had a pair of hits, and Patti reached safely in all four trips to the plate.
After Carlson left, William & Mary-bound John Farrell got his turn, working the final two scoreless frames, adding three more strikeouts, 16 on the day.




Game Statistics:

Central (4): Robbie Taylor ss 4-0-1, Pat Noone cf 3-2-2, Brendan Walsh p/rf 4-0-0, Tim Wheeler 1b 3-1-2, Marc Crowley lf 3-0-0, Matt Pelletier c 3-0-1, Zak Adamopoulos 3b 3-0-1, Ben Bousa dh 2-1-0, Darren Infante 2b 3-0-1, Brian Wolfendale rf 0-0-0, Zack Lattrell p 0-0-0, Joel Sullivan p 0-0-0, Chris Berganti p 0-0-0, Totals 28-4-8 

 Andover (11): Jake Ponti cf 3-3-2, John Hennessy ss 3-1-1, Kris Riemer 3-1-1, Andrew Ruiz-Henriquez lf 2-2-2, Alex Patti 3b 1-1-0, C.J. Leary dh 4-0-0, Alex Driscoll 2b 3-1-1, Akira Sembommatsu rf 3-1-0, Shawn Carlson p 0-0-0, John Farrell p 0-0-0, Totals 26-11-8

RBI: CC - Wheeler 3, Infante; A - Ponti 2, Gusovsky 2, Ruiz-Heniquez, Patti 2, Leary, Driscoll 2, Sembommatsu

WP: Farrell; LP: Walsh

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