Stoughton Legion Baseball Tops Weymouth Thanks to Big Fourth Inning

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The Stoughton Legion Post 89 baseball team defeated Weymouth Post 79 by a score of 6-3 on Sunday to even its record at 3-3.  

Sam Werman earned the complete game victory, his second of the season. Werman scattered 6 hits and struck out 4 along the way.

"Sam is a competitor and though he didn't have his 'A' game early in the game, he got into a good rhythm and pounded the strike zone," said Stoughton manager Jim Derochea.

"We've been really short-handed for one reason or another so far this season and we really needed this kind of outing (from Sam) to help our bullpen get some rest.  Sam is a horse on the mound and it is great to see him continue to grow as a pitcher."

While Weymouth was jumping out to an early 3-0 lead, Stoughton struggled to push across runs in the early going, stranding 5 runners against Weymouth's knuckleball pitcher in the first 3 innings.  Stoughton finally got on the board in the 4th inning, striking for 4 runs to take the lead.  

Stoughton batters worked 3 walks in the inning combined with a Kaleb Ballou single and 2 wild pitches and 2 stolen bases to tie the score. Team Captain, Pat Jackman then added a long sacrifice fly to give Stoughton it's first lead, 4-3.  

Post 89 added an insurance run in both the 5th and 6th innings to extend the lead to 6-3.  

In the 5th inning, a clutch 2-out single by Matt Provost brought home Mike Gallagher who had led off the inning with a long double to left center field.  In the 6th, Nic Panasci singled, stole second and later road home on a Jackman single to close out the scoring.  

It was all Werman from there as he cruised to his second complete game win of the young season.

"This was a nice win for us because Weymouth's knuckleballer had us off balance in the early going.  We battled through it and manufactured some runs to get us going in that 4th inning to get back into the ball game," Derochea said. 

Stoughton plays a Home-Home series against Cohasset,Monday at Cohasset High and Tuesday at Stoughton High before traveling to Quincy's Adams Field on Wednesday night.