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Lawrence Lancers Baseball '10

Wed, Apr 14, 2010 04:30 PM @ Tewksbury
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final
Lawrence 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 5
Tewksbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Calzetta dominates Tewksbury again

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TEWKSBURY — The first marquee matchup of the Merrimack Valley Conference season pretty much went the way they all went last year, with Lawrence’s Michael Calzetta mowing down the competition.

Pitted against UConn-bound junior Matt Luppi, Calzetta ran his scoreless run against the Redmen to 24 straight innings by spinning a three-hit masterpiece in the 5-0 Lancer victory.

"He’s a big game pitcher, no doubt about it," said coach Brendan Neilon, whose Lancers moved to 3-0 with the win in the conference opener.

"Any chip he can find, he seems to use it to his advantage. Any time anyone doubts him, he feeds off it and that makes him more competitive, and that’s hard to believe."

Calzetta was staked to a quick 4-0, thanks to the key shot, a deep two-run triple from senior Harvey Blanco.

"Harvey’s one of those guys who handles good pitchers well," said Neilon. "He hit that ball a long way."

With that advantage, Calzetta poured strikes and the outs piled up.

"He was very efficient," said Neilon. "He competes against every hitter in the lineup."

The reigning Eagle-Tribune baseball MVP walked one and moved to 2-0 in the early going.

Tito Lluberes paced the Lawrence offense with a pair of hits, scoring twice. He was also hit by pitch, once again.

Game Statistics:

Lawrence (5): Sandoval 3b 3-0-1, Lluberes 2b 3-2-2, Blanco ss 3-0-1, Quezada c 3-0-1, Calzetta p 3-0-1, Montanez rf 4-0-1, Ventura cf 4-1-1, Mendez 1b 2-0-0, Guilamo lf 2-2-1. Totals 27-5-9 

Tewksbury (0): Lehner cf 3-0-1, Hulme 2b 3-0-0, McCarthy 1b 2-0-0, Luppi p 2-0-0, Gulino p 1-0-0, White rf 3-0-0, Cabral 3b 2-0-0, Wallace c 2-0-1, Connolly lf 2-0-1, Lee ss 2-0-0. Totals 22-0-3

RBI: L — Blanco 2, Lluberes, Quezada, Calzetta

WP: Calzeta; LP: Luppi 

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