Summer Roundup, Schedule: Burkett cruises in Junior League tournament

Jul 14, 2026 - 13:30

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SOFTBALL

Little League

Jesse Burkett 19, Peabody 1: Darcy Molinari was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles, 3 RBIs and 3 runs and Amalya Febles (double, triple, 3 RBIs, 3 runs), Madysen Smith (2 RBIs, 2 runs), Soph Delvalle (double, 2 RBIs) and Demetria Golsch (3 RBIs, 3 runs) all had three hits as visiting Burkett (5-0) scored six in the second and nine in the fifth and pounded 23 hits in a five-inning rout of Peabody in the Junior Division state tournament.

Jocelyn Kinney struck out nine and allowed one unearned run on two hits over five innings for Burkett, which continues round robin play at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Scituate.

Sammy Butland (triple, 2 stolen bases, 2 RBIs) and Sam Mitchell (2 stolen bases, 2 RBIs) each had two hits for Burkett.

BASEBALL

American Legion

Leominster 10, Grafton 0: Mark Garner was 2 for 4 with a solo homer, Brendan Mariani was 2 for 3 with two doubles and one RBI and A.J. Wozniak and Liam Bridgham also went deep as host Post 151 (20-2) cruised to a win over Post 92 (14-7) in six innings to cap the regular season.

Danny Frade (3 IP, 1 K), Austin Gibbons (2 IP, 1 H) and Will Urda (1 IP) combined for the one-hit shutout for Leominster.

Zach Otis singled for Grafton.

Northborough 16, Vernon Hill 15: Nate Citro (2 for 4) drew a four-pitch walk to cap a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to give Post 234 (2-20) a walk-off win over visiting Post 435 (1-21).

Austin Rea (2 for 4) started the rally by reaching on an infield single to lead odf the inning, then Matthew Flatkow (2 for 4) singled to center and after Sebastian Debonet (2 for 5) grounded out, Grady Bishop (4 runs, RBI) reached on an error to score Rea.

Calvin Chan (2 RBIs) drew a walk and Hunter Sether Kang (5 RBIs) was hit by a pitch to plate Bishop and tie the game, setting up Citro's winning walk one batter later.

Liam Murphy doubled twice for Northborough, which recorded 14 hits.

Ahmed Ortiz was 3 for 5 with two doubles, a homer and five RBIs to pace Vernon Hill, while Zach Braconnier (double, 2 RBIs), Ethan Sonnenberg (double, run) and Noah Jolly (2 RBIs, 2 runs) each had two hits as Post 435 took a 9-0 lead and racked up 13 hits.

Milford 18, Main South 8: Gavin Metcalf (2 doubles, RBI), Ben Maiorano (double, 3 RBIs) Nick Pedrolli (2 RBIs), Joey McGee (double, RBI) and Jackson Fournier (RBI) as host Post 59 (19-3) scored 11 in the third inning to roll past Post 341 (3-18-1).

Caden Lane was 3 for 3 with two runs and one RBI, Aiden O'Connor singled and drove in two and Cooper LeBlanc singled twice and drove in two for Main South.

Futures Collegiate League

Westfield 6, Bravehearts 3: Hunter St. Denis was 2 for 3 with a double and a a run and Will Kraemer singled, doubled and drove in a pair, but the host Bravehearts (19-21) were edged by the Starfires (14-23) after Westfield rallied for a pair of runs in the top of the ninth to put the game out of reach and deal Worcester its sixth-straight loss.