Stoughton High Baseball on Cusp of Postseason Berth: Kaplan, Hot Bats Down Quincy

The was in action Friday afternoon when they traveled to for a non-league match up. The Black Knights were able to come out of Adams Field with an impressive 6-0 win.

The bats started rolling early with the Knights scoring early and often. Sophomore Jovani Pires led the offensive attack with a double and triple on the day. Junior captains Mike Connelly and Pat Jackman also turned in impressive performances at the plate.

Senior captain Brian Kaplan pitched for the Knights, and went the distance only surrendering four hits in seven innings. Kaplan, who has been impressive all season, pitched another gem in which no more than two base runners reached in any given inning.

This signifies the 9th win for Stoughton, leaving the team just one win away from an automatic berth in the state tournament.

The team has two games remaining in the regular season, a game at Monday afternoon and a Hockomock League crossover game at a Kelley-Rex school on Wednesday.

After a 1-5 start, the team has gone 8-4 to climb back to the .500 mark at 9-9. 

After the Quincy game Jackman said, "Great overall win for our team this afternoon. We went out swinging the bats well and were able to get some early runs up on the board. It was nice to see how well J [Pires] was swinging the bat today. We are going to need more at bats like today from him to make a deep run in the tourney."

Connelly, the team's catcher, was impressed with Kaplan's performance on the mound. 

"I think Brian did a great job of managing the game today," Connelly said. "We really worked on getting the hitters off balance and he did a good job of hitting his spots. Brian continues to pitch gems for us and we will take them."

Stoughton will look to earn magic win number 10 Monday afternoon when the team travels to Canton, in what can be considered the biggest game of the year for the Knights.

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