Fourth Ward's Jessey with the diving stop at shortstop to rob a Padre's base hit. The Peabody Padres and the Fourth Ward Athletics would meet in week 6 of the Champlain Valley Baseball League at Saranac. The Padres would take the quick 1-0 lead in the first inning of game one when Shane Perrote would score on a pass ball. The Athletics would tie the game up at one in the bottom of the inning on a Richards RBI single. The Padres would take the 2-1 lead in the third on Jeff Norton's RBI single. The Athletics would tie the game at two on Buck's RBI single. The Athletics would take the 3-2 lead on Eliott's sacrifice. Then in the 6th inning, the Athletics would explode for five runs and secure the 8-2 win in game one. In the win for the Athletics Kirkpatrick would give two runs on five hits while striking five. In the second game, it would be a pitchers duel. The game would be scoreless till the 6th inning when the Padres would get 4 runs helped by Mark Eggleston's 2 run homer. That would be all the Padres would need as they would hold on for the 4-0 win to gain the split on the day. In the winning effort, Jeff Norton would go the distance for the shutout while scattering five hits and striking out six. As for batting Jeff Norton would go 4-7 at the plate with 2 RBI's as the Padres go to 7-3 on the season. Gallery

Peabody's Jason Favro (14) with the off-balance throw to first to record the last out of game two for the Padres win. Gallery