MARBLEHEAD (Podcast) The Marblehead baseball team ranked #29 in the MIAA D2 Tournament upset #4 Hopkinton yesterday 8-4. The Magicians had opened the tournament earlier this week with a home win (13-11) over Somerville. Marblehead jumped on top in the first with 1 run and added four more in the second to take 5-0 lead. Drew Whitman battled for the Magicians going 4 2/3 innings giving up 2 earned and 3 overall.
Hopkinton didn’t go away as they tacked on runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth but Marblehead padded their lead in the 5th with 3 big runs. Chris Cannuscio came in to pitch for the Magicians and went the final 2 1/3 innings giving up one unearned run for the save.
The Magicians will now travel to Westfield to face the 20th ranked Bombers on Thursday at 3:30 pm.
Mike Giardi – Marblehead Baseball Coach with Bill Newell
