“He’s been our guy and he was our guy last year,” Encarnacion said. It was a good team win.”Īnd knowing what Cantwell had to endure – for instance, suffocating heat – the Colonials didn’t want to spoil a gritty outing from their ace. So it was just nice to put some hits together, string them together and get some runs. … We haven’t been swinging too great this playoffs.

You know, it’s who scores first and who scores early and often. “That’s just kind of how this whole series has been. “I saw Norm was running so I wanted to put it on the right side any way I can and I got into it and put a nice swing on the ball.

“I’ve stung the ball a little bit this year, but that was huge,” Encarnacion said. Gerard Sweeney delivered a two-run triple. The Colonials plated four runs in the fifth off reliever Ben Thorpe to take an 8-4 lead. Norm Donkin scored easily to give Springfield a 5-4 advantage. Encarnacion hit a shot the opposite way, kicking up chalk down the right-field line. The Interboro grad belted the go-ahead RBI triple in the bottom of the fifth inning after Upper Darby tied the game with a three-run rally in the top half. Gabe Encarnacion was the hero at the dish. They tied up 4-4 and then to respond like we did, that’s all I can ask for, right? Just go out and compete.” I mean, there’s a couple times where I let it slip through but I mean, you got to shake that off, you got to play for the next inning. “I was trying to just pound the zone, you know, just let them hit it and have my defense help me out. “They’re a great team and they battled through at bats, they were fouling off pitches and making me throw more pitches than I needed to,” Cantwell said. So even though the reigning champion Blue Sox churned out 10 hits and coaxed five walks, Cantwell wasn’t the least bit nervous and ready to wave the white flag.

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