SHREWSBURY — Saint John’s (Shrewsbury) junior pitcher Brady Chenevert was fired up after his fifth-inning strikeout stranded a BC Excessive runner on third.
It was the final batter Chenevert would face in Saint John’s 11-1 romp over the Eagles on Wednesday at Pioneer Area in his third consecutive begin for the Catholic Convention energy.
However there was a lot extra behind his celebratory shout as he pounded his glove to his crest. After falling in final season’s Division 1 state title recreation to BC Excessive and arising brief at TD Backyard with the hockey group this winter, Chenevert’s efficiency displayed a participant who yearns for a hoop.
“Losing to these guys, and just losing two state championships, I wanted it out there,” Chenevert stated.
Behind 5 innings of one-run baseball from Chenevert, Saint John’s (14-2) proved its mettle as a premier risk within the Division 1 area to comb the common season collection in opposition to BC Excessive (10-7).
Chenevert stated shedding to the Eagles on the large stage final spring “definitely made it personal” on Wednesday.
After Gabe Terlato was thrown out at residence within the first and Andrew Schmit was stranded on third within the second, the third time was the allure for the Pioneers to interrupt the ice.
A 3rd-inning rally that plated 5 runs got here in response to BC Excessive’s Tommy O’Donnell scoring on a handed ball within the high half of the body to carry a short-lived 1-0 lead.
“That big inning was a great response,” stated Saint John’s head coach Casey Cummins. “We talk about always responding when a team puts up one run. We always got to respond, and we obviously did in a big way today.”
Jackson Fournier notched a leadoff single to kickstart the offensive explosion and was ultimately pushed in on an RBI single off the bat of Parker Higgins. Conor Secrist added an RBI earlier than Aiden LeBel’s two-run liner into proper area supplied the Pioneers with a commanding 5-1 cushion.
“That hit was massive,” Cummins stated of LeBel’s hit. “And he’s not an every day starter, but he was given this opportunity and he made the most of it today.”
The Pioneer bats didn’t calm within the fourth. Terlato’s triple into the left area hole was the catalyst, scoring on account of a screaming RBI single by Jack Forgues. Higgins and Forgues crossed residence on wild pitches earlier than an RBI double by Jackson Lucarelli elevated the result in 9-1.
In the meantime, Chenevert protected the Pioneer lead on the hill. BC utilized strain all through the competition — stranding a runner on third within the first, third and fifth frames — however Chenevert shut the door when it mattered. He scattered 4 hits and struck out three in 5 innings.
August Brock dumped a single into proper area to attain Forgues within the sixth to tack on an insurance coverage run earlier than a balk plated the Pioneers’ eleventh run to set off the run rule within the sixth.
