Tue - May 23, 2023

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4:00 PM
GHS Field
Guilford, CT

4:00 PM - GHS Field
- Guilford, CT

6

Guilford

Grizzlies

Guilford

Grizzlies

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Xavier

Falcons

Xavier

Falcons

Guilford off to the SCC Championship After Win vs. Xavier

May 23, 2023

The Guilford Grizzlies defeated the Xavier Falcons 6-2 in their SCC Semifinal Game on Tuesday afternoon at GHS, and will now play Fairfield Prep in the SCC Championship Game on Thu., 5/25, at West Haven High School's Whitey Piurek Field - first pitch is 5:30 pm.

Andrew Shosho earned his team-leading 6th win of the year by pitching 6-1/3 innings, striking out 4 Falcons, while giving up just a single earned run to the GametimeCT's #7 ranked team in the state. Shosho demonstrated his resilience in the top of the 1st when he walked a pair of Falcons with 1 out, but got the next 2 batters to end the early rally. Xavier's only run through the first 6 innings came on a sac fly in the top of the 4th, after a Guilford error prolonged the inning. Otherwise, the "Big Sho" scattered 5 Falcon hits in a commanding outing that earned his team a bus ride to West Haven on Thursday.

Xavier starter, Owen Sotero, held Guilford scoreless through the first 3 innings, but the Grizzlies would score 5 times in the bottom of the 4th to give Shosho a cushion to work with. Bryce Meder lead off with a single to right and was followed by Carter Williams, who singled over the 3rd base bag, putting 2 runners on base to start the inning. Grizzlies' Head Coach, Nick Merullo, then had Colin Pompano lay down a sacrifice bunt, but an errant throw by Sotero attempting to get Meder at 3rd, loaded the bases for Guilford with no outs.

Up next was Alex Vincent, who drew a RBI walk and the game was tied at 1. Cole Morgan-Berry followed Vincent with an RBI ground out that gave the Grizzlies a 2-1 lead, and Sam Ametrano drew a walk to re-load the bases. Sotero would then commit a balk that forced in another run to make it 3-1, Guilford, while moving Vincent & Ametrano into scoring position. A few batters later, Lucas Deshefy, the SCC Player of The Year, delivered a 2-RBI single up the middle, scoring both baserunners, and the Grizzlies took a 5-1 lead into the 5th.

In the bottom of the 5th, Morgan-Berry delivered an RBI single to give the Grizzlies a 6-1 lead. Defensively, some great plays were made in the outfield by Lucas & Sam Ametrano, who both had diving catches to rob Xavier hits, and Morgan-Berry also laid out for a grounder playing 2nd base, that ended the top of the 6th. Shosho gave way to Deshefy in the top of the 7th, who came on to get the final 2 outs of the game via strikeouts.

Lucas Deshefy went 3 for 4 in the game with a double & 2 RBI, while Cole Morgan-Berry had a hit and 2 RBI as well. Carter Williams also had 2 hits for the Grizzlies.

The Semifinal win over Xavier pushes Guilford's win streak to 13 games and a 19-3 record on the year. On Thursday, they will have a chance to win their first SCC Championship since 2007, when they take on Fairfield Prep at 5:30 pm. in West Haven.

Tms 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
XAV 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 2
GLFD 0 0 0 5 1 0 - 6 7 2
Lineup PA AB R H TB RBI BB SO
Ametrano, S. LF 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
Ametrano, L. CF 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Deshefy, L. SS 4 4 0 3 4 2 0 0
Copeland, A. PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaro, M. 1B 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Meder, B. RF 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
Williams, C. DH 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 1
Pompano, C. 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Vincent, A. C 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
Morgan-Berry, C. 2B 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 1
Totals 32 25 6 7 8 5 5 7
Batting 2B: Lucas Deshefy
FC: Colin Pompano
SAC: Colin Pompano
CI: Michael Buccaro
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB
Shosho, A.
6.1 95 58% 5 2 1 4 4
Deshefy, L.
0.2 15 53% 1 0 0 2 0
Totals 7.0 110 57% 6 2 1 6 4
Pitching W: Andrew Shosho
HB: Andrew Shosho

Xavier

LineupABRHRBIBBSO
Beattie, C.301011
Hosney, J.310011
Fox, N.301010
Breton, M.301000
Schafer, J.100001
Frezza, L.311110
Gaer, B.400003
Beattie, B.301000
Ciampi, C.201000
Misenti, S.200100
Totals2726246
BattingTB: B. Beattie 1, C. Ciampi 1, C. Beattie 1, M. Breton 1, L. Frezza 1, N. Fox 1
ROE: B. Gaer
FC: J. Hosney
SF: S. Misenti
HBP: C. Ciampi
SB: J. Hosney, C. Beattie
FieldingE: #? 2, #??

Xavier

PitchingIP#PS%HRERSOBBHR
Sotero, O.4.09254%466450
Sotero, Q.1.23866%300300
Prestash, M.0.1757%000000
Totals6.013758%766750
PitchingL: O. Sotero
BK: O. Sotero
Lineup PA AB R H TB RBI BB SO
Ametrano, S. LF 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
Ametrano, L. CF 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Deshefy, L. SS 4 4 0 3 4 2 0 0
Copeland, A. PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaro, M. 1B 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Meder, B. RF 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
Williams, C. DH 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 1
Pompano, C. 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Vincent, A. C 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
Morgan-Berry, C. 2B 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 1
Totals 32 25 6 7 8 5 5 7
Batting 2B: Lucas Deshefy
FC: Colin Pompano
SAC: Colin Pompano
CI: Michael Buccaro
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB
Shosho, A.
6.1 95 58% 5 2 1 4 4
Deshefy, L.
0.2 15 53% 1 0 0 2 0
Totals 7.0 110 57% 6 2 1 6 4
Pitching W: Andrew Shosho
HB: Andrew Shosho

Xavier

LineupABRHRBIBBSO
Beattie, C.301011
Hosney, J.310011
Fox, N.301010
Breton, M.301000
Schafer, J.100001
Frezza, L.311110
Gaer, B.400003
Beattie, B.301000
Ciampi, C.201000
Misenti, S.200100
Totals2726246
BattingTB: B. Beattie 1, C. Ciampi 1, C. Beattie 1, M. Breton 1, L. Frezza 1, N. Fox 1
ROE: B. Gaer
FC: J. Hosney
SF: S. Misenti
HBP: C. Ciampi
SB: J. Hosney, C. Beattie
FieldingE: #? 2, #??

Xavier

PitchingIP#PS%HRERSOBBHR
Sotero, O.4.09254%466450
Sotero, Q.1.23866%300300
Prestash, M.0.1757%000000
Totals6.013758%766750
PitchingL: O. Sotero
BK: O. Sotero