All-Star Games

2009 32nd Annual All-Star Games

Evan MacDonald, The Boston Globe

LYNN - In a game full of offensive firepower, it was the pitching of the South All-Stars that made the difference against their Centeral counterparts in the annual Massachusetts High School All-Star Baseball Game. The South defeated the Central 9-6, in the nightcap of the 32d annual event at Fraser Field. South allowed only eight hits, while racking up fifteen.

BC High’s Tyler Horan (2 for 4 with a RBI) was named Most Valuable Player, and Bridgewater-Raynham’s Eddie Campbell (three strikeouts over two innings) was Most Valuable Pitcher. “There’s a lot of talent over on those benches, and we had a lot of fun,” said South coach Brain Whelan of Westwood. “Everybody was feeling each other out at first, then we decided to go out and take care of business.”

South broke a scoreless game open in the third. Christopher Ferror’s sacrifice fly began the damage, and run-scoring doubles by Frank Vilacha and Joe Flynn, RBI singles by Drew Larson and Phil Sciretta and botched pop fly by the Central infield led to the South taking 6-0 lead. “We smacked the Ball real well” Horan said. “We got a couple good strikes, and some deep balls.” Central’s Matt Ball walked, advanced on a wild pitch, and came home on a wild pitch, and came home on a throwing error, making it 6-1 in the bottom of the third. However, South built a 9-1 advantage in the fourth when Horan hit a sacrifice fly and Campbell singled home two runs.

Central got a home run from Joe Leroux, an RBI triple form Fran Whitten and sacrifice from Chris Creen to get within five runs, 9-4, in the bottom of the fourth. South’s Zach Smith and Dennis Medeiros, and Central’s Alex Julian, Mike St. Martin and Liam O’Sullivan kept the game scoreless over the next 41/2 innings. Central added two more runs in the ninth on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Graham Henningson. “I never though we were totally out of it,” said Central coach Mike Farrell of Tantasqua.

In the opening game of the all-star doubleheader, the North all-stars defeated the West 5-2. Malden Catholic’s Dario Pizzano was the Most Valuable Player, and Lawrence’s Michael Calzetta was the most Valuable Pitcher.

In the Annual Connecticut-Massachusetts All-Star game, the Massachusetts squad prevailed in an exciting pitchers duel, 3-2. Joe Flynn of Plymouth North HS earned the Most Valuable Pitcher award, and Dario Pizzano of Malden Catholic was the Most Valuable Player.