Scituate's O'Brien throws second straight no-hitter
Scituate baseball coach Kevin Greer has witnessed four Sailors' no-hitters in his 13 years behind the bench. Blaine O'Brien has thrown two consecutive no-hitters for Scituate in the last 10 days.
Working on a little extra rest after a rainout Tuesday, the 6-foot-7-inch senior standout continued to dominate, striking out 11 in Scituate's 8-0 victory over Norwell yesterday. O'Brien extended his scoreless streak to 33 innings and has struck out 67 in five starts this season (4-1). His only loss came against Hingham, 3-1, but all the runs were unearned.
"He was overpowering today," said Greer. "It was strikeouts, ground balls to the second baseman, and a couple of fly balls."
Against Hull April 21, O'Brien struck out 16 in a 4-0 victory. The Sailors went on to beat Marshfield, 8-7, the next day for their first Brian F. O'Donnell Memorial tournament championship since 2001.
Terrence O'Brien, Blaine's brother, caught Scituate's other two no-hitters during Greer's career. Blaine's oldest brother, Michael, started the O'Brien family tradition with Greer's Sailors nearly a decade ago.
"They've been hanging with me as I've been coaching," said Greer. "I remember [Blaine] being a little kid at the field. It's a baseball family."
Bay State: Sam Murray pitched a one-hitter, striking out 16 as No. 10 Walpole prevailed against Brookline, 3-0. Murray improved to 5-0 and has allowed just one earned run this season.
Boston City North: Cameron Harrington struck out 17 to lead Charlestown past Fenway, 7-2.
Catholic Conference: Chris Labriola (4-0) tossed his fourth complete game, scattering four hits in No. 1 Malden Catholic's (10-1) 4-0 victory over No. 14 Catholic Memorial (8-5).
Dual County: Derek Klinka (4-0) took a no-hitter into the seventh, then gave up three hits to Boston Latin before closing the door in No. 4 Westford's 11-2 win.
ISL: Down, 2-1, in the bottom of the seventh, BB&N (7-1) figured out Kyle McKenzie and Thayer (6-2). Scott MacPhee singled to break up McKenzie's no-hitter and two outs later, Colin Quirk delivered a game-tying double. Andre Joseph then singled to cap the Knights' 3-2 walkoff victory. Andrew Chin (2 ER, 8 K's) pitched a complete game for BB&N.
South Shore: Coach Pat Cronin had to wait until the bottom of the seventh of East Bridgewater's 5-4 victory over Mashpee to celebrate his 300th career victory. With two outs and two men on, cocaptain David Pierce smacked a line drive into the outfield as the Vikings improved to 9-2.
Softball
Merrimack: Mirissa Fiorentino earned her seventh shutout in her last eight outings, allowing just three hits and striking out 11 as No. 11 Tewksbury shut out Central Catholic, 3-0. Erica Belliveau knocked in all three runs for the Redmen.
Northeast: Kristen Finn struck out eight and did not allow an earned run in Winthrop's 5-1 win against Salem.
Tri-Valley: A hit batter reached home on errors in the sixth, but Medfield did little else against Liz Galvin, whose no-hitter included eight strikeouts and no walks in Medway's 3-1 victory.
Girls' lacrosse
Dual County Small: No. 15 Weston took the lead with 10 minutes to play but couldn't hang on, as visiting Concord-Carlisle scored twice in the final minute to upset the Wildcats, 15-14. Marissa Potter (6 goals, assist) set a pick for Wyatt Davis (3 goals, assist) on the winning goal with 35 seconds remaining. Goalie Amelia Vierstra made 10 saves for the Patriots.
Hockomock: Kerry Eaton (7 goals, 5 assists), Sarah Biron (6 goals, 2 assists), and Jackie Lomp (2 goals, 8 assists) combined for 15 goals and 15 assists in No. 8 King Philip's 23-1 romp over Foxboro.
Boys' lacrosse
Tri-Valley: Max Zuccarini scored four times and Ryan Foster added a pair to propel No. 2 Medfield (10-1) past Hopkinton, 14-9.
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