Post 88 came into the playoffs on the wrong foot, but the Marshfield American Legion Baseball team tried to recover. The tough part for Post 88 was that it did not get the chance to fully recover.
Marshfield, which had trouble in its final two games of the regular season getting the offense going, gave Zone 10 top-seed Brockton Post 35 all it could handle in the teams? best-of-three playoff series.
The two teams fought through rain and darkness curfews, but could not complete the best of three series.
They were tied at one game each, but rainouts on both last Thursday and Friday prevented them from finishing the series. The south sectionals were slated to start this past Sunday, and according to the rules in Zone 10 and the other zones in the south, the team with the higher seed advances on to the sectionals, and that was Brockton.
?It definitely was a tough way to go out,? Marshfield Manager Zack Perry said. ?Unfortunately, the series all had to be completed by Friday.?
The series that started on Monday, July 22, went through out the entire week. It featured a first game that was scoreless after 12 innings and suspended to the next day. What proved to be the tough part of the series was that the next day, Tuesday, July 23, had heavy rain even though the two teams played a scoreless 13th inning at Siever Field in Plymouth.
The first game marathon concluded on the third day. The two teams finally decided the first game in the 14th inning.
The game was completed on a day when Zone 10?s other three series were all completed. The tough part for Post 88 was that after missing scoring chances in the game, which included the top of the 14th, Brockton Post 35 came back with an unearned run in the bottom of the inning for the 1-0 win.
?We played 14 innings in the first game, and we could not get a timely hit in the game,? Perry said.
The second game was played immediately after the first game was completed at Forges Field in Plymouth, and Marshfield won, 3-1, to even the best-of-three series.
The third game was rained out twice, and Marshfield was the tough luck losing team in the series that was not completed.
The pitching for Post 88 in the series was great. Marshfield got 10 shutout innings from Greg Langer in the first game. He struck out three and scattered nine hits, but got a no decision.
Nick Colafemina was immense in the second game of the series. He pitched a complete game in Post 88?s 3-1 win over Brockton.
?Greg Langer?s effort was incredible,? Perry said. ?He pitched a great game. Nick Colafemina pitched a great game for us in the second game. It was too bad that the series had to be decided by the weather.?
Marshfield came up with its three runs in the second game in the fourth inning, scoring its first run on a D.J. Evans? fielder?s choice with the bases loaded to tie the game, 1-1.
Evan Vigneau slashed a two-run single off of the Brockton third baseman to give Post 88 a 3-1 lead.
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