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| Gully, the Newport mascot signs some hats on Newport's Hat Night. | |||||||||||||
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On June 24 Team USA came to Newport. here the USA squad powows before the game. | ||||||||||||
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Gabriel Saade (Duke) leads off first and is held by Team USA's Justin Smoak (South Carolina). Newport starter Adam Wilk was a freshman for Team USA Head Coach Mike Weathers at Long Beach State this past year. Wilk had now allowed a run in 11 innings and two starts prior to giving up runs in the first... Justin Smoak had four multi-RBI games the first week. This night he he had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI in a 5-4 victory. Once again the Torrington Twisters were the only team to beat the USA squad 4-3 the night before.Melissa Paiva photos | ||||||||||||
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On Tuesday, June 26th the Lowell All-Americans visited Northwest Park in Manchester, CT to face the Silkworms. This game, like all NECBL games, was broadcast on the internet. | ||||||||||||
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| Opposing starters for the game are Lowell's Drew Bignall (Trinity/Wayzata, MN) and Manchester's Giuseppe Granitto (Concordia/Bronx, NY) | |||||||||||||
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| Lowell catcher Brendan Akashian (Holy Cross/Lowell, MA) connects on a low and inside pitch. Ryan Lavarnway (Yale/Woodland Hills, CA) catches for Manchester. Akashian was announced as the Co-Player of the Week, Lavarnway was the Player of the Week the previuos week. | |||||||||||||
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| Silkworm firstbaseman Anthony Russell (E. Tennessee State/Waldorf, MD) tries to snag a foul pop off the bat of Miguel Magrass only to have the ball fall an inch over the fence. Magrass (Vermont/W. Roxbury, MA) would then single in 2 runs. Here he's congratulated after scoring later in the inning. Lowell prevailed 5-1. | |||||||||||||
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| Above left Silkworms shortstop Casey Frawley (Stetson) makes an over-the-shoulder catch against the Westerners on June 29. Right fielder Brian Kelaher (Brown) looks on. On July 3rd Newport came to town. Here Frawley takes a high-throw on a Gulls steal attempt. | |||||||||||||
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Newport's Drew Poulk (North Carolina) chugs it to first while Kelaher, playing first this night, takes the throw.
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North Adams SteepleCat right-hander Nick McCully (Coastal Carolina) proudly holds up a baseball with a big zero representing his no-hitter against the Manchester Silkworms on July 2nd at Joe Wolfe Field. | ||||||||||||
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| On July 8th the SteepleCats hosted Danbury. North Adams Mayor John Barrett honors America along side the Cats. Jon Ban (Gardner-Webb) started for North Adams. | |||||||||||||
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Ozzie Borrell (Florida Gulf Coast) slides into third safely avoiding the tag of Danbury's Carmelo Jaime (Miami Dade).
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| Silkworms host Mom, Cathy Tabachnick sings the National Anthem at the Silkworms Host Family Night on Friday July 13th. Silkworms GM, Ed Slegeski presents a rose to his wife Wendy in appreciation for allowing him to summer at Northwest Park Ken Sullivan Photos | |||||||||||||
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| In a July 9th game against North Adams Matt Vance (Harvard) steals second. SteepleCat Nieko Johnson (Kentucky) takes the throw while Danny Menendez (Maine) looks on. | |||||||||||||
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| Danbury visited Newport on July 20th. At left Zach Zaneski (Rhode Island) waits out a fly ball while trying to score from third. Above Gulls first baseman Ryan Wiegand (Gonzaga) holds Danbury's Kyle Suire (Louisiana-Monroe). | |||||||||||||
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Will Skelton (Texas Christian) pitched for Newport. The game was Military Appreciation Night. Newport mascot Gully struts his stuff while the Navy Band performs.
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After the Danbury game Newport's Matt Vance signs baseballs and helmets for Little Leaguers.
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