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

Meron's Nick Passino (27) with the catch at third to get the force out of Peabody's Shane Perrotte (2) coming in hard. The Peabody Padres would host the Meron's Expos in week 5 of the Champlain Valley Baseball League. In the opening game, the Padres would take the 1-0 lead in the third on an RBI single by Mark Eggleston. The Expos would come back in the fourth and tie the game at one on a sacrifice fly. The Padres would regain the lead in the fifth with two runs one by wild pitch score Shane Perrotte and Matt Rivers would score on an RBI sacrifice fly by Brady Burleigh to take a 3-1 lead. In the sixth inning, the Expos would try and come back with an RBI single by Dominick but it would come up short and the Padres win game 1. In the winning effort, Matt Rivers would go the distance giving 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out seven. In the second game, the Expos would take the 2-0 lead in third with a pair of RBI singles by Matt Golden and Chris Rodenbeck for the 2-0 lead. Then in the fifth inning, the Expos would extend there lead to 5-0 with a 2 RBI double by Bourdeau and an RBI single by Cliff Connors. In the sixth inning, the Padres would get on the board with a Brady Burleigh score to make it 5-1. Then in seventh, they would score again on Brady Burleigh RBI single to give the Expos the 5-2 win. In the winning effort, Mike Bergmen would go the distance giving up 2 runs on 2 hits. With the split, the Padres go to 6-2 while the Expos go to 7-3 on the season.

Peabody's Zack Myers (15) with the long stretch at first to get Meron's Jordan Woods at first.

Lyon Mountain's Scott Baker with the catch of the hot smashes down the line to rob a base hit. The Peabody Padres would host the Lyon Mountain in week four of the Champlain Valley Baseball League. In the first game of the twin bill, the Padres would score early and often getting two runs in the first off RBI singles by Mark Eggleston and Jeff Norton to make it 2-0. In the second inning, the bats would really come alive as they would score five runs with the big blow coming on Mark Eggleston's bases-clearing triple to make it 7-0. The score would stay there til the 6th when the Miners would get on the board on Riley Lawless RBI single to make it 7-1. Although at the bottom of the inning the Padres would add 5 more and close out the Miners with a 12-1 victory. In the winning effort, Matt Rivers would go the distance giving up 1 run on four hits while striking out four. While at the plate Mark Eggleston would go 3-4 with 2 RBI's. In the second game, it would be a pitchers duel as Padres Frank Brogna and Kris Chase. Although the Padres would get the lone two runs of the game in the fourth inning to secure the win and the sweep. In the winning effort, Frank Brogna would go the distance for the shutout victory while striking out nine. With the win, the Peabody Padres go to 5-1 while the Miners fall to 4-4 on the season.

Peabody's Frank Brogna (5) with the stretch at first to get a sliding Lyon Mountain's Justin Mahan for the out.

Peabod.y's Matt Rivers(88) with the fastball release for the strikeout as part of a seven strikeout the day. The Peabody Padres would host the Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs in doubleheader action at Saranac in Week 3 of the Champlain Valley Baseball League season. The first game would remain scoreless until the fourth inning when the Padres would explode four runs in the inning with the big blow coming from Matt Ormsby two rbi single and take the 4-0 lead. The Padres would do it again in the fifth with two more runs playing small ball to make it 6-0. Then in the sixth inning the Padres would add one more to secure the lead at 7-0 with some bad play in the field by the Timberjaxxs. In the seventh inning the Timberjaxxs would avoid the shutout and get a run on the board as the Padres would get the 7-1 win. In the winning effort Matt Rivers would go the distance striking out seven and giving up one run on three hits. With Padres Shane Perrotte would go 3-3 with a RBI. The Padres would also take the second game and go to 2-2 on the season while the Timberjaxxs falls to 0-4.

Peabody's Shane Perrotte (2) with hit for a double off the end of bat as part of a 3-3 for day.

Adam's Glass (40) with the steal of second base ahead of the tag by Peabody's Shane Perrotte (2). In week two action of the Champlain Valley Baseball League as the Peabody Padres would host the new Adam's Glass Dodgers in doubleheader action in the first game Adam's Glass Dodgers would get the 6-2 victory in extra innings with the big inning coming in the ninth when they would open up for four runs. In the second game of the doubleheader, it would be another low scoring pitchers duel as the Padres would get the 5-1 win thanks to a three-run fifth inning. With that being said the teams would get a split on the day and the Padres would start there season at 1-1 while Adam's Glass would go to 2-2 on the season.

Peabody's Shane Perrotte (2) with the feet first slide into third ahead of the tag of Adam's Glass Sprague (7).