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| Windham freshman Ethan Clapp throws heat in one of the three innings he was on the mound during the final Wood Bat League baseball game of the season against Freeport at Windham on Tuesday, July 19. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
Windham’s Wood Bat League team trailed 4-2 against Freeport going into the bottom of the seventh inning but the Eagles made up the deficit and earned a 5-4 victory in the final game of the summer season at Windham on Tuesday, July 19.
Windham junior Erik Bowen walked. Hinton scored and it’s 4-3, Freeport.
Windham was two runs away from a win. Windham senior Ethan Barker crushed a base hit and drove in the needed runs to send Freeport home with a loss.
Plummer said he had to get home no matter what in that final inning of play, even if it meant going through the catcher. Team chemistry was way better in the last inning than previously in the game.
According to Plummer, once Windham got one player on base in the last inning it gave them hope and they were able to come alive and make up those runs.
“I knew we had been battling all game and we could come back and win it,” said Bowen. “We stayed together and kept our heads up.”
“I knew we had been battling all game and we could come back and win it,” said Bowen. “We stayed together and kept our heads up.”
Bowen said defense was sure-handed and everyone stayed together and kept fighting until the end.
Freeport scored two runs in the first inning.
In the fifth inning, Barker singled. Then senior Bob Wing doubled to bring in Barker, and Windham trailed, 2-1.
Freeport knocked in two more runs in the sixth inning.
Windham sophomore Cayden McCartney walked in the sixth inning. McCartney then stole his way to third after a passed ball. Shortly after, he stole home. Freeport led 4-2.
“I think it’s like team spirit; we were all like let’s just win this game,” said Windham freshman and pitcher Ethan Clapp, who pitched three innings. “I think fielding was great, Wing did really good at third base.”
Windham defense held Freeport to four runs in the top of the seventh inning.
“Our approach at the plate this game was excellent,” said Wood Bat League Windham coach Rob Hamilton. “We were looking for one pitch, we stayed selective, stayed patient. And the players that we needed to get the hits, did.”
Hamilton said Windham pitched very well and defensively made the plays they needed to make that helped them to win the game in the end. <
Freeport knocked in two more runs in the sixth inning.
Windham sophomore Cayden McCartney walked in the sixth inning. McCartney then stole his way to third after a passed ball. Shortly after, he stole home. Freeport led 4-2.
“I think it’s like team spirit; we were all like let’s just win this game,” said Windham freshman and pitcher Ethan Clapp, who pitched three innings. “I think fielding was great, Wing did really good at third base.”
Windham defense held Freeport to four runs in the top of the seventh inning.
“Our approach at the plate this game was excellent,” said Wood Bat League Windham coach Rob Hamilton. “We were looking for one pitch, we stayed selective, stayed patient. And the players that we needed to get the hits, did.”
Hamilton said Windham pitched very well and defensively made the plays they needed to make that helped them to win the game in the end. <
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