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From left to right: Cody Heselton, Jacob Hines, Matt Blachuta and Cris Peguero. Celine Hines photos.
They were due.
PSA’s baseball team, mired in a collective weeklong offensive slump, broke out in a big way Saturday night in a convincing doubleheader sweep of Bridgton Academy to end its week on an upbeat note.
The Mustangs had been shutout in three games earlier in the week, but Matt Blachuta erased all that with one swing of the bat in the first inning of the first game. His three-run homer took some pressure off his teammates and gave starting pitcher Jacob Hines some room to work with in what eventually became an 8-5 win.
Ryan Ponte added a two-run home run in the third inning to push PSA’s lead to 7-0. Jeffry Ferreira had two hits for PSA in support of Hines, who struck out seven and allowed just two runs (one earned) over 5 1/3 hitless innings.
PSA won the second game 15-1, and blew it open by scoring 10 runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by David Batista’s two-run double and Ferreira’s two-run triple. Blachuta, Robbie Natale, and Junior Mesa all delivered run-scoring hits in the inning.
Harry Roy got the win, scattering six hits and striking out nine in five innings.
Monday, PSA lost 9-0 to AIC’s JV team. Cody Heselton struck out seven and allowed just one run on two hits over four innings, but the Mustangs mustered just three singles in the game.
PSA had just three more hits in another shutout loss Tuesday to Paramount Academy, before falling 2-0 Wednesday at Hamden Hall, a Top 10 team in New England. But the at-bats were better in that game, and things finally broke out for PSA after that.
Stephen Nalbandian
Sports Information Director
Putnam Science Academy
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