Family ties have Foxboro’s baseball program headed in the fitting route.
Courtesy of senior captains Jack Watts and Tom Marcucella, in addition to two-way standout junior captain Sean O’Leary, Foxboro will head into the MIAA State Tournament with a 13-7 file, its first profitable common season since 2009. The trio additionally all has youthful brothers in Tommy Watts, Mike Marcuecella, and Ryan O’Leary who’ve developed into contributors as freshmen on the varsity workforce.
Foxboro coach Derek Seuss’ pleasure surrounding the group is obvious.
“The family environment created by having three kids with younger brothers on the team has helped us develop consistency in the way we approach the game,” Seuss mentioned, “It’s kind of pushed us over the edge. They enjoy playing for each other. Jack and Tom have stepped up. They spent time with us as freshmen and now their brothers are also, so it is a cool environment.”
Overall, pitching has powered the Warriors this spring. Sean O’Leary is 4-1 on the mound with 42 strikeouts in 29.2 innings to go together with a 1.65 ERA. Freshman Nolan Gordon has been lights out, going an ideal 6-0 with a 1.17 ERA. Gordon has surrendered simply 32 hits in 41.2 innings. Overall, the Warriors employees has allowed three runs or fewer of their final seven video games.
“Our pitching has carried us,” Seuss mentioned. “This has certainly been a nice surprise and story, but with the guys we have here I think the success is somewhat expected.”
Offensively, the Warriors are led by O’Leary, who’s batting .423. Along with O’Leary, Ryan LeClair boasts a .381 common with 11 RBIs and 15 runs scored whereas manning the new nook. Louis Caraneglo is hitting a powerful .358 with 16 RBIs whereas Tyler Prescott is at .341. As they put together for the state match, they sit fifth general within the MIAA Div. 3 Baseball energy rankings. They maintain a key win over fellow Hockomock Davenport foe North Attleboro whereas additionally delivering a robust early-season efficiency in opposition to Div. 2 frontrunner Milton.
Franklin coach Zach Brown has been impressed all season with the best way Foxboro has performed.
“They get the most out of their players every day,” Brown mentioned. “I have so much respect for the way their program operates. Ryan LeClair is a really good, dynamic player. Sean O’Leary is a beast. They have middle of the order bats you have to respect. Overall it’s just a strong team that is well coached.”
Extra innings
Tuesday couldn’t have been significantly better for Westford softball star Ragini Kannan. Kannan fired a no-hitter as Westford defeated Lincoln-Sudbury 5-0 within the Dual County League semifinals.
Winthrop baseball solidified its spot within the Div. 4 tourney with a victory over Chelsea on Thursday. The win improves the Vikings to 10-10 on the season, the primary 10-win season in 14 years for Winthrop.
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