On April fools day NECC Knights faced Quinsigamond community college the first game of a 3 game set over the weekend.

The Knights had Jayden Volker of Coventry on the mound — last time he pitched was against Central Maine on March 26 when Volker throw a no hitter. The Knights defeated Quinsigamond 21-1.

I asked Mejia how he is going to put the right players in the field as the Knights is playing 3 games in the next 2 days “ We are in great tip tok shape very very thorough program so fatigue is not a issue it will not be a factor at all” he said.

First pitched was 6:57 with one out in the inning Jarred Coppola of Lynn made a diving catch at third to robbed Neyffi Sanchez of Worcester of a hit for the second out of the inning. Volker pitched a 1,2,3 inning in the first.

Brandon Hart of Spencer was pitching for Quinsigamond. Nick Panzini of Methuen reached first in a throwing error by the shortstop and he didn’t waste no time as he stole second. The Knights had runners in scoring position with nobody out Chris Bear of Boston hit an inside the parker 2 run home run as the Knights were up 2-0. Nicholas White hit a triple and scored on an error as the ball went into the Knights dugout. Coppola ground out for the first out of the inning and Joseph Settle of Melbourne strike out. Clay Campbell of Goffstown N.H. hit a double over the first base head Campbell was left stranded at second after Kyle Hsu of Brookline, N.H. groundout to second to end the inning.

On the second inning Volker walked the first batter to lead off the inning. Coppola throw the ball to second which it was a throwing error as the ball went to center field and the runners were in the corner with nobody out. Voelker got him self out of trouble without scoring a run.

Lucas Berube of Dighton hit a solo home run on the first pitched through left field that he saw to make it 4-0 Knights “It feels good the boys be rollin all year long and I’m just having fun seeing the ball well and doing my thing,” Berube said. followed a ground roll double of Kameron Levesque of Hooksett, NH Panzini hit a RBI single to make it 5-0 Knights.

Chris Bear walked the Knights had bases loaded with nobody out when Coppola hit a ground ball for a double play to make it 6-0 Knights.

The Knights scored the 7 run on a wild pitched when Campbell was batting and settle moved to second when Campbell hit a base hit up the middle to make it 8-0 Knights. Berube hit a high fly ball and the catcher and the pitcher miscommunicate as the ball landed in front of them that scored the 9 run of the game. Levesque hit an opposite field bloop double that scored 2 more Knights run that made it 11-0. Knights put an 8 spot on the second as they really had a comfortable 11-0 run.

On the third inning Volker strikeout the first 2 batter after giving an opposite field single but he managed record the three outs via strikeout. Bear reached on first on a error by the shortstop as he dropped the pop up.

White hit a double and the Knights had second and third and nobody out for Coppola at the plate and he made it 12-0 Knights the second baseman dropped the ball when Settle was at the plate the Knights had the bases loaded when Campbell was at the dish he made it 13-0 when he got ground out from first and the run from third scored.

Hsu struck out.  Berube walked the Knights had the bases loaded for Levesque when he hit a bases clearing double that made it 16-0 Knights a throwing error by the third baseman he throw the ball to first wide Panzini went to second and Levesque scored made it 17-0 Kevin Rodriguez came off the bench and he walked Mejia send Luis Colon of Lawrence to pinch hit for White.

Quinsigamond brought a pitching change it was Benjamin Borrero of Worcester Colon strike out to end the inning. The Knights were up 17-0 heading to the 4th.

Volker night was over as Mejia uses his bullpen for the 4th Tyler McDonald of Haverhill was on the mound McDonald strikeout the side for a 1,2,3 inning.

Coppola got hit in the first pitched that he saw Settle and Campbell walked Knights had bases loaded and nobody out when Hsu walked to force in a run. Knights made it 19-0 on a walk and Levesque hit a groundball short roller to make it 20-0 on an infield hit. The Knights managed to score one more run inning the Knights left the bases loaded Colon hit a line drive right at the pitched for the third out of the inning.

On the 5th inning the Knights were 3 outs away from the win with one out Quinsigamond had first and second, they scored the first run over the leaping try of Campbell with 2 outs in the inning.

“It feels good it feels really good that’s what you want to do when you play in conference game hit the ball and pitched well and we did that all night,” NECC Knights asistant head coach Evan Glew said.

On March 30, the red hot 14-2 Knights entered the game against Fisher College JV at Fraser Field in Lynn with a six game winning streak. When the Knights faced Fisher JV on March 21, the Knights won 16-1. On March 30 the Knights defeated Fisher JV 12-2.

At 6:48 p.m. the umpires were at the field.

Before the game Coach Jeff Mejia said he believed that Fisher was going to change the game plan a little.

“ Yeah, we already talked, he’s got some different guys that weren’t here last game that will be playing for them this game, so I am expecting a really competitive game,” Mejia said.

The Knights had Jack Swarbrick of Haverhill on the mound to start.

In the first inning, Fisher College had Cameron Lataille of North Smithfield, R.I., on the mound. Richie Williams of Georgetown got hit by a pitch and Chris Bear of Boston singled. The Knights were set up first and third and no one out for Nicholas White of Townsend at the plate. White he drove the first run of the game a deep fly ball to right field at the warning track that scored Williams from third and Bear tagged on the sac fly to third. Jarred Coppola of Lynn hit a double to left that scored the second run of the game. The Knights were not done yet. Joseph Settle of Melbourne, Fla. brought home the third run of the game as Coppola and Settle hit back to back doubles. The Knights got three runs in the inning and left Settle who was stranded at third.

Swarbrick struck out the first two of the three batters in the inning. The third batter grounded out, for a clean one two three inning.

Fisher went to the bullpen early as they put Brayane Garre of Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, on the mound in the second inning. The first two batters were out after Kevin Rodriguez of Manchester, N.H., and Kameron Levesque of Hooksett, N.H., grounded out.

Williams walked and stole second when Bear hit an opposite field single between second and third that brought the 4th run of the game.

Swarbrick walked Alejandro Sola of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, in four pitches and he didn’t waste no time in the wheels as he stole second. Jeremy Renta of Cagus, Puerto Rico, hit an opposite field single. There was a great out field assist by Levesque throwing out Sola at the plate. Renta stole second with 2 outs in the inning, Swarbrick struck out Janiel Laracuenta of Cagus, Puerto Rico, looking to finishthe inning.

In the third inning the Falcons brought Bryan Montanez of Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on to pitch after Coppola ground out for the first out of the inning. Settle walked and stole second. The Knights had a runner in scoring position with less then two outs when Clay Campbell of Goffstown, N.H., walked. The Knights had first and second with one out when Lucas Berube of Dighton popped out to the catcher. The Knights were trying to double steal when the catcher throw out Settle at third for the final out of the top of the third. The Knights brought in a new pitcher, Jagger Iovinelli, of Huntington Beach, Calif., Fisher’s Diego Melendez of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hit off a lead-off single with one out in the inning. Iovinelli started a double play on his own. Jose Neris of Caguas, Puerto Rico, ground out to Swarbrick. He hrew to second the shortstop. Campbell threw the ball to White to complete the double play.

In the fourth inning Fisher brought in Nomar Rosario of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on the mound. Levesque hit a booming double in right center field and Levesque stole third with two outs in the inning. Bear struck out as the Knights wasted an opportunity and they did not score.

Fisher’s Luis Lopez of Catano, Puerto Rico, hit a single that the right fielder almost caught in a leaping try. Iovinelli threw the ball to first as Lopez was in a rundown but it didn’t matter because the second base umpire called a balk on Iovinelli. The Falcons scored the first run of the game on a double over the head of Levesque followed by an RBI single up the middle by Renta. Falcons cut the deficit in half. Laracuente hit a single through left and the Falcons had men on first and second with 2 outs when Swarbrick strike out Melendez looking.

In the fifth inning Jose Cruz Jr. of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was on the mound for the Falcons. White hit a base hit up the middle and he stole second the very next pitch. Coppola walked and the Knights were in business on first and second with nobody out. The Knights were looking for a double steal and this time it paid off as both runners successfully moved 90 feet. Settle reached on first by error and the Knights had the bases loaded and nobody out when Campbell hit a rocket right field that scored 2 runs as the Knights had runners in the corners with nobody out. Lucas Berube of Dighton successfully sacrificed to bring home the 7th run of the game as the Knights traded an out for a run. Levesque was at the plate with 2 outs and Campbell went to third on a passed ball.

The Knights were leading 7-2 as they moved on to the bottom of the fifth Tristian Ciampa of Wilmington was on the hill for the Knights. Williams almost made an unbelievable play on a leaping catch to rob Neris of extra base hits, instead Naris was on second with a double. Sola struck out looking and the Falcons didn’t scored.

On the sixth  inning Gerado Mollina of Levittown, Puerto Rico was on the mound for Fisher when he hit Williams and he stole second. Bear hit an RBI triple and the Knights were up 8-2, which brought an opportunity of White to score the 9th run of the game and he did just that. White ground out to second for a productive out that scored White from third. Coppola hit a line drive bullet that was caught by the third baseman for the second out of the inning. Settle singled and he stole second. Campbell double over the leaping shortstop Fontanez. It wasn’t deep enough for Settle to score from second so he stayed at third. The Falcons made a pitching change as Evan Delilo of Peabody came to pitch and a 1-2 count on Berube he flied out to the right fielder Ben Sawyer  of Portland, Maine to end the top of the sixth inning.

Ciampa was about to work a 1,2,3 inning not following Laracaurente single on a ground ball up the middle that Campbell almost made a terrific play robbing Laracuente of a base hit, but unfortunately it didn’t go that way but it didn’t matter as Melendez ground out to third and Coppola made a terrific play and with a strong arm he threw it to first to get the final out of the inning.

In the top of the seventh inning William Carpetner of Brentwood, N.H.,

was pitching for the Falcons as Kevin Rodriguez of Manchester, N.H, hit a double through left center field. Rodriguez got caught stealing at third. Levesque and Nick Panzini of Methuen walked. Panzini was pinch hitting for Williams. Bear scored 2 runs on a single that advanced to second and third on the throwing error.

“I was trying to get a barrel at the wall hit good pitches,” Bear said after the game.

White walked which brought the Fisher manager out from the dugout for a pitching change. The Falcons brought Elvin Perez in to pitch. The Knights scored the 12 run on a wild pitch advanced White to second

Settle struck out. Thomas Cattaneo of Guilford, Conn., was on the mound for the Knights he only gave up a hit during the seventh inning and a strikeout as the Knights defeated Fisher JV 12-2.

In Game 2 Todd Tringale of Saugus was on the mound. He struck out the side. The Knights shutout Eastern Conneticut State  JV  7-0. The Knights went quietly as well in the first inning of game 2. Two of the three batters for the Knights struck out in the inning.

Tringale walked the first batter in the second inning. White made a diving play at first base. He knocked the ball down and stepped on the base to rob a hit off Eastern Connecticut.

Eastern Connecticut JV was changing pitchers every inning of both games of this double header. With one out, Settle walked. Campbell struck out.

Lucas Berube of Dighton was batting and the pitcher threw a wild pitch and Settle stole second. Berube took advantage of the runners in scoring position, hitting an opposite field single to score home the first run of the game.

In the third inning Tringale struck out two of the three batters.

In the bottom of the inning Bear and White grounded out as the Knights left the men on third and they did not score.

In the fourth inning Kevin Rodriguez of Manchester, N.H., made a nice catch to throw out the runner on first. The next out was a ground out to Campbell at shortstop. Tringale struck out the next batter to end the inning.

Coppola began the bottom of the fourth with a triple between left center field. Settle walked. The Knights had runners on the corners. Settle stole second and Campbell walked. The bases loaded when Berube was at the plate as he ground out for a fielder’s choice and Rodriguez ground out to the second baseman, he bobbled it and the run scored, the Knights got the third run on a double steal. The Knights got their fourth run on Panzini’s infield single. Williams flied out to center field to end the forth.

In the fifth inning Tringale began with a strike out. He walked a batter and Tringale kept throwing to first to keep a close eyes on the runner. Tringale did a good job so the runner didn’t steal. Tringale got the third out on a strikeout. White got walked. Coppola get on base on an error and Luis Colon of Lawrence pinch hit for Coppola. Colon got out in second but White took advantage and he went home for the fifth run of the game. Settle ripped a triple that he almost

hit it out through left. Campbell knocked in the fifth run on a single to right Campbell got out on second trying to steal.

In the top of the six inning Bear made a nice play at second and White scooped the ball at first for the first out of the inning. Tringale struck out the batter for the second out and Nick White caught a pop out to first base. The Eastern JV pitcher walked Williams. Panzini hit an opposite field single through right field the Knights scored one run that inning.

Tringale only needed three outs for a no hitter. He walked the lead off batter in the seventh inning. That didn’t hurt Tringale as he struck out two of the three batters in the inning. Tringale pitched a no hitter, striking out 13 batters as the Knights won the second game of the doubleheader, 7-0.

The Knights won both games of a doubleheader against Eastern Connecticut State University JV on Sunday, March 27, which was their home opener at Trinity Stadium in Haverhill.

The first game was 15-2 and Game 2 was 7-0 .

“It is always a pleasure to play here, a great field (Trinity Stadium) and they take really good care of us generally excited every time we get a chance to play baseball,” Coach Jeff Mejia said.

First pitch was at 11:57 a.m. Dallas Vaughan of Haverhill was on the mound. With one out he gave up a triple to Emmanuel Zaiter to left center field. He then gave up a RBI single to Petterson Irby. Eastern JV only scored one run as they were heading to the bottom of the first inning.

In the bottom of the first, Richie Williams of Georgetown walked. A single by Chris Bear of Boston followed by an RBI single by Jared Coppola of Lynn. Joseph Settle of Melbourne, Fla., brought home the second run of the game followed by a triple by Clay Campbell of Goffstown, N.H., to bring home two more Knights runs. The Knights scored 4 in the first inning and they were on top 4 to 1.

In the second inning Vaughan struck out the side.

“Dallas did great a little shaky at the beginning. He settled in like he normally does. He gave us a complete game …” Mejia said.

A new pitcher for Eastern JV was pitching when Kameron Levesque of Hooksett, N.H. reached on a throwing error by the shortstop. Williams hit a single up the middle that scored the 4th run of the game. Nicholas White of Townsend hit a double that scored two more runs. The runner was in scoring position for Campbell when he walked on a wild pitch to bring home the seventh run of the game. The Knights were up 9 to 1 heading to the top of the third inning.

In the third inning Vaughan gave up a leadoff walk but Eastern JV did not score. Levesque hit a liner opposite field single. When Williams was at the plate Levesque stole second. Williams cleared the bases with an inside the park home run to make it 11-1. Coppola was fouling off pitches. It was a great battle but he got struck out looking. Campbell made it 12-1 on an error by the second baseman. The Knights made it 13-1 on a walk to Kyle Hsu of Brookline with the bases loaded to force in a run.

In the fourth inning Vaughan pitched a 1,2,3 inning.

A new pitcher for Eastern JV was pitching when Williams hit a single and White hit a triple to score Williams from first. The Knights scored two more in the fifth to have a 15-1 lead.

Vaughn gave up two hits to the first two batters in the fourth inning, a chop roller to the catcher. He threw it to third and the third baseman Coppola couldn’t catch the ball for the

forced out at third. As a result the bases were loaded and Eastern JV scored on a bloop single to right field for the second run of the game.

Vaughn said after the game he felt relaxed because he knew his team has such a good defense.

“….my catcher is good, just knowing that you have guys around you able to make plays, not try to do it too much, let them do the stuff for you,” Vaughan said.

In Game 2 of a doubleheader with Central Maine Community College, the Knights were looking to finish off what they started in game 1.

The Knights won Game 2 8-0, a one hitter performance of Alex Sweeney of Raymond, N.H.

In the first inning Richie Williams of Georgetown walked and stole second when Chris Bear of Boston singled to left center field. The Knights scored the first run of the game on a double steal with runners in the corner. Williams was waiting for the catcher to throw to second so he could score from third in the first inning. Nicholas White of Townsend connected on an opposite field double to the corner on left and White went to third on a pass ball. Joseph Settle of Melbourne, Fla., walked. The runners in the corner for Kyle Hsu of Brookline, N.H., hit a sac fly that scored White from third. Settle didn’t re-tag the second base as he was going back to first on the fly out as a result. Central Maine appealed it and Settle was out for not re-tagging.

“Yep yeah it happens you know he did everything right the ball was deep enough he rounded second well he just missed it on his way back to first base…,” Coach Jeff Mejia said.

Alex Sweeney was on the mound for game 2 of this double header. Sweeney struck out two of the three batters that he faced for a 1,2,3 inning.

Nick Panzini of Methuen walked and stole second. The Knights had runners in scoring position with no one out. Kevin Rodriguez of Manchester, N.H., struck out. Panzini went to third on the wild pitch and the next pitch Will Bean of Milton, Maine, threw it was a wild pitch that allowed Panzini to score. Kameron Levesque of Hooksett, N.H., walked and Richie Williams hit a come backer to the pitcher that threw to second to try to get the forced out, instead it was a throwing error. The Knights had the runner on the corner when the Central Maine manager made a pitching change and brought Hunter Warren of Phillips, Maine, to pitch. Williams stole second and Chris Bear hit a 2 run single to make it 6-0. Hit and run for the Knights, Bear was stealing second and White hit a base hit up the middle. Runners were in the corner when Jarred Coppola of Lynn was at the plate. White was running when Coppola hit a base hit that scored the seventh runner of the game. Coppola was called out for interference with the shortstop on a fly ball.

“Yeah it happens….It was a pop fly the shortstop kinda misread it, or the wind possibly took it, so Jared was trying to get around him and that kid jumped back to try to catch the ball. It was contact so it is automatic interference call once again the umpire got it 100 percent right,” Mejia said.

Sweeney gave up a single in the first and he was trying to steal second when Sweeney stepped off the rubber, he threw to second and the runner was out. Corey Armstrong of Monmouth, Maine, got hit by a pitch and Caleb Valliere of Sabattus, Maine, ground out a double play to the pitcher.

In the third inning the Knights didn’t score as Warren struck out two of the three batters for a clean 1,2,3 inning. Sweeny stuck out the side to end the third inning.

In the fourth inning with one out Bear hit the ball to left field. Warren threw the ball to first and the first baseman didn’t caught it. It went passed him and that allowed Bear to go to second White singled and stole second without a throw. Coppola hit a sac fly to center field that made Bear score from third to make it 8-0. Settle struck out for the third out of the inning.

Central Maine went 1,2,3 in the fourth inning.

In the top of the fifth inning with two outs Rodriguez walked and stole second. Levesque singled to right field. The runners were first and third when Levesque went to second on a passed ball not that deep for Kevin Rodriguez to score from third. Williams ground out to the third baseman.

In the bottom of the fifth a nice defense play by Rodriguez took away a base hit from Corey Armstrong of Monmouth, Maine, as Central Maine went 1,2,3 again.

In the sixth inning after the first two hitters for the Knights got out Coppola, Settle and Hsu walked. Panzini hit a high pop out to the second baseman and the Knights didn’t score that inning. Sweeny retired the side in order.

In the top of the seventh inning with one out Levesque walked and with two outs in the inning he stole second on a throwing error by the third baseman Caden Truman of Norway, Maine. White grounded to end the inning.

Coppola told me how they were able to beat this good Central Maine team.

“We played as a team, we start together, we hit the ball like what we did really well we played solid defense and overall it was a good win,” Coppola said.

Sweeney pitched a complete game shutout striking out six batters and giving up just one hit.

NECC Knights visited Central Maine Community College for a noon start time in Auburn, Maine, for game one of the doubleheader.

The Knights defeated the Mustangs 10-0. Central Maine’s record was 21-6 heading into the game while NECC Knights were 10-2 and undefeated on the road games 5-0. Double headers are seven innings as opposed to the normal 9 innings.

Chris Bear of Boston went to first with one out it was a dropped third strike. Nicholas White of Townsend reached first on an error. Bear and White had a double steal with one out that gave an opportunity for Jared Coppola of Lynn to rip the ball in between shortstop and third for a 2 RBI single.

Coppola stole second but the Knights left him stranded. Jayden Volker of Coventry, R.I., was on the mound for the Knights. He gave up a walk to Jimmy Reed of Skowhegan, Maine, to lead off the game. Reed stole second. Jake Arel of Auburn, Maine, walked. Stefan Lesco of Sommers, Conn., hit a ground ball to shortstop Coppola who threw a strike to Ryan Brown of Haverhill to get out Reed at the plate. Caden Truman of Norway, Maine, walked to load the bases.

Volker caught the ball and threw it home for the second out and Volker struck out Caleb Valliere of Sabattus, Maine, to escape out of trouble and Maine did not score.

Volker had a shaky start in the first inning but he settled in as the game progressed.

“Not to make excuses but there is no bullpen here so he wasn’t able to throw anything of the mound until the start of the game you know it’s tough pitchers are rhythm you know… but what I like is that he worked himself out of every jam,” Coach Jeff Mejia said after the game.

Lucas Berube of Dighton got hit by a pitch followed by a walk of Rodriguez. The Knights had first and second when Berube stole third. Berube scored on a tag fly from Kameron Levesque of Hooksett, N.H. It got away from the catcher which allowed Rodriguez to try to advance to second and he got caught on second trying to advance.

Chris Bear of Boston hit a double on right field. It was a hit and run that scored Richie Williams of Georgetown for the 4th run of the game. White singled to left to score Bear from second. White stole second and went to third on a error on the catcher. Volker struck out two of the three batters in the second inning.

In the top of the third inning Luis Colon of Lawrence hit a double with one out but the Knights couldn’t get that run across from second as they did not score. Volker retired the side in the second and in the third.

On a 1-2 count Levesque hit a base hit to left fielder White walked. Bear bunted for a sacrifice play that moved up the runners to second and third. Williams hit a fly ball to center field and threw the ball home to tag out Levesque at the plate trying to score for a double play.

On the fifth inning Settle singled to center field. On a 2-1 count on Colon while Settle was running they called a balk on pitcher Wyatt Lufkin of Peru, Maine, which allowed Settle to go to second. But the Knights did not score as Rodriguez hit a fly ball to right field. Ronaldo Rodriguez of Boston got hit by a pitch on the elbow area, which Cole Brown of Carthage, Maine, went and pinch run for him.

In the sixth inning the Knights had the bases loaded with one out when White cleared the bases with a triple and scored on an error.

“… It was simple. Hit balls hard and let the barrel do the work for me,” White said.

It was 9-0 Knights in the lead when Coppola singled. He stole third and home to make it 10-0. The Knights scored 5 in the sixth after going quietly in the third and Knights won 10-0 in the first game of the double header — a no hitter by Volker.

NECC Knights traveled on the road to face Fisher College JV (Falcons) at Fraser Field in Lynn on March 21, for a 7 p.m. first pitch.

The Knights defeated Fisher JV 16-1. NECC Baseball head coach Jeff Mejia picked up his 200th career win.

The Knights were 9-2 coming into the game while Fisher JV was 13-13 with a 3 game winning streak heading into the March 21 game.

When they got to the field the Knights were preparing before the game, stretching and hitting in the cage.

The umpires discussed the field rules before the game with the managers.

The Knights began the season winning nine of the first 11 games.

“Keep taking one day at a time, one inning at a time to get healthy. We got some guys that are a little banged up right now so we’re ready to stay healthy, keep grinding it out one game at a time,” Mejia said.

Jagger lovinelli of Huntington Beach, Calif., was on the mound for the Knights.

Richie Williams of Georgetown led off the game for the Knights with an opposite field triple to right field.

“I saw him out of the corner of my eye like to go to catch it and it looked like that it went just through his glove right behind him but I did think he was going to catch the ball…” Williams said after the game.

Following a RBI single by Chris Bear of Boston. Bear stole second while Nicholas White of Townsend was batting. The Knights scored the second run of the game on a pass ball while Bear was on third on a 3-2 count on Joseph Settle of Melbourne, Fla., who walked. Settle went to second on a pass ball eventually he stole third. Kyle Hsu of Brookline, N.H., singled to right field that scored Settle from third. The Knights scored 3 runs in the first inning to jump in a fast start, a 3-0 lead.

Iovinelli had a lead before he even could throw a pitch on the mound.

“It is always comfortable knowing that my hitters got my back in every game going out there with a lead it is definitely easier on my mound less stressful don’t have to worry much and do my job,” Iovinelli said. He strikeout two of the three batters in the first inning 11 pitches 7 strikes .

Nick Panzini of Methuen got walked and stole second in the second inning the Knights had runners in scoring position when outfielder Williams doubled. It was a hit, a run to drive in the fourth run of the game. Iovinelli strikeout the side in the second inning. Fisher was changing pitchers each inning.

The Knights started a two out rally on a bases loaded walk that drove in the 5th run of the game. Williams connected a bases loaded triple to clear the bases as the Knights were up 8-0.

“I felt very confident. I think I just went up there with a plan to let the ball to get deep in the zone and try to head it to right field. I think there is a little bit of a speed change our time down in Florida and coming back down here so I felt I knew that I have to adjust that before the game and I just felt my approach was pretty solid,” Williams said.

Iovinelli struck out two of the three batters that he faced in the third inning as he was completely in control.

In the top of the fourth inning the Knights first two batters got hit and then it was a pass ball and the runner moved up 90 ft and then Settle hit an opposite field single that scored both runners.

Berube connected with an RBI single, Kevin Rodriguez of Manchester, N.H., hit an opposite field single and then stole second.

White hit a sac Fly to score the 12th run of the game. Williams was on second on an error on the first bases and a fly ball. The Knights scored 4 more runs throughout the game. In fact the Knights scored in each inning of the game, including a 7 run fourth inning.

Iovinelli had a perfect game bid until the fifth when Alejandro Sola of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, led off the fifth inning with a double which then Mejia quickly made the move for a pitching change. Eric Whitehead of North Andover had a clean five innings for the Knights to pick up the win.

Mejia talked to me about the performance of Iovinelli.

“Excellent his second start in a row that his pounding the zone he made some good pitches in tough counts he been a real bulldog for us,” Mejia said.