Mystic Valley baseball team defeats Lynn Tech, 8-3

By Emily Brennan

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s boy’s baseball team defeated Lynn Tech at Frasier Field in Lynn under the lights on a chilly Monday night by a score of 8-3.

The Eagles (4-2) gave the ball to junior Jack Mangone, who pitched outstandingly. Mangone had 10 strikeouts over seven innings, throwing the entire game, letting up no runs earned. The score was 0-0 until the top of third inning. The Eagles got on the board as Liam Thompson and Anthony Capalino started things off with back-to-back walks. Liam Powers and Josh Stover would both hit singles, driving in one run each. Stover swiped two bases before the next batter sent a long ball to right center to put the Eagles up 2-0. Mangone hit a triple out to right center to drive in two more runs and to put the Eagles ahead 4-0.

The Eagles did not slow down in the top of the fifth inning, as they added another run. Eighth grader Matt Maccone recorded his first varsity base hit, getting to second on a one-out double down the right field. Maccone eventually scored thanks to an RBI single to left from Vishant Chawla to make the score 5-2. The Tigers answered the Eagles in the bottom of the fifth with another run of their own.

Mangone pitched the next two innings scoreless, allowing just two hits and striking out three. In the top of the seventh, Mystic Valley would add three more insurance runs on hits from Mangone, Maccone and Thompson. In the bottom of the seventh with the Eagles up by 5, Mangone struck out the next batters to secure the save and an Eagles 8-3 win.