PHS VARSITY GAME SUMMARY

Newport Daily News

April 19, 2007

Tiverton

Pocasset Field, Tiverton RI

Sunny, Breezy

Ryan Westmoreland (2 - 0)

Bill Greenleaf (1 - 2)

Ryan Westmoreland (CG, 2 H, 0 R, 13 K); Nick Grande (4-4, 3B, R, 3 RBI)

John Sleeper (3-for-5, 3B, 2 R, RBI); John Pedrotty (3-for-5, 2 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI); Nick Grande (4-for-4, 3B, R, 3 RBI); Jim Houk (2-for-4, R, RBI)

Ryan Westmoreland (W, CG, ShO, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 13 K, 82 pitches, struck out 4 batters in the bottom of the 6th)

Entire team played five innings of error-free baseball.

The Patriots improved to 3 - 0 in D-I East with a dominating 12 - 0 victory over rival Tiverton. Ryan Westmoreland picked up the win for Portsmouth, his second victory of the season, by pitching a complete game two-hitter while fanning 13 Tiger batters in the process. Offensively, the Patriots banged out 15 hits, highlighted by Nick Grande's 4-for-4 day, including a triple, run scored, and three RBI's. John Pedrotty and John Sleeper each continued their torrid start. Pedrotty chipped in with a 3-for-5 afternoon, with two doubles, two runs scored, and four RBI's. Sleeper added a 3-for-5, with a triple, two runs scored, and an RBI. Overall on the day, the three, four, and five hitters for the Patriots (Sleeper, Pedrotty, and Grande) mashed Tiverton pitching for a combined 10-for-14, with two doubles and two triples, five runs scored, and eight RBI's. The Patriots will return to action tomorrow for a 10:30 AM game vs. Rogers at Bob Crudup Field.