The Gloucester baseball team picked up a big 6-2 win over Peabody at home Monday improving its record to 6-3 on the year. Junior south paw Jason Vizena picked up the win going the distance while striking out 10. The lone blemish on Vizena's line was a two run home run surrendered in the second inning, but the lefty shut the door from there on in.
"Jason continued to pitch great, this was his third win of the year," Fishermen head coach Joe Orlando said. "This was an important win because we haven't had much success against Peabody recently and we did not want to go into Wednesday's game against Beverly with a 5-4 record."
Trailing 2-1 heading into the fifth Gloucester batted around and scored five runs. Lenny Zappa got things started with a solo home run to tie it at 2-2, Mike Muniz and Vinny Terranova each had RBI singles with the other two runs coming home on bases loaded walks.
SOFTBALL
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The Chieftains dealt the Vikings their first loss of the season as they fall to 8-1.
Masconomet plated four runs in the second inning to take control but Rockport nearly came back in the bottom of the seventh inning plating two runs on a Gabby Muniz (2 hits) home run over the left field fence. Mollie Watson, and Kristin Turner each had two hits for Rockport.
GIRLS TENNIS
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Gloucester picked up wins from No. 1 singles Kim Foster (6-2, 6-4), No. 2 singles Corinne DeLouise (6-0, 6-0), Meghan Muniz at No. 3 singles (6-0, 6-0), the No. 1 doubles tandem of Eleanor Keller and Maryka Gillis (6-0, 6-0), and Jill MacDonald and Qiana Curcuru at No. 2 doubles (6-0, 6-0).
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The defending Division 3 State Champions remain unbeaten on the year improving to 8-0 with the win. Picking up wins for the Hornets were No. 1 singles Michelle Fuca, Kendall McCormack at No. 2 singles, Eliza Rohner at No. 3 singles and the No. 1 doubles tandem of Rachel Daley and Molly Carlson.
BOYS TENNIS
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The Hornets move to 4-1 with the win and were led by No. 1 singles Mike Fuca (6-1, 6-0), Calvin Lamothe at No. 2 singles (6-2, 6-3), the No. 1 doubles tandem of Ben Scarfoni and Colin Babikian (6-0, 6-0) and the No. 2 singles team of Emmett Ryan and Kevin Celucci (6-2, 6-3).
BOYS LACROSSE
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The Fishermen fall to 2-7 on the year and received goals from Robert Deckert, Austin Titus, Jason Lattof and Ian Kennedy.
