Week 2

5/7/25- Plug Uglies 4 - Isotopes 3

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5/8/25- The Wonders and Goats were ready to rumble, however Mother Nature had different plans. The game ended in the top of the second, scoreless, due to rain. The matchup between the Phillies and Grays was cancelled due to rain. Make up dates for both games are TBD.

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Week 1

4/30/25- Grays 8 - Goats 1

5/1/25- Plugs 4 - Wonders 2

Plugs MGR-

At last Opening Day arrived…It was a beautiful night for baseball as the Wonders hosted the defending champion Plug Uglies at Anniversary Field in Holyoke, in a game that featured solid pitching and strong defense. 2024 Wonders MVP Rick Stacy got the start for the Wonders, and Greg “G-Bomb” Elbaum toed the rubber for the Pluglies.

The Uglies got on the board in the top of the first when Matt Boulanger drove in leadoff hitter Mike Olkin, Jeff Whitehead drove in Jeff Cabana with a sacrifice fly, and Nolan Anaya drove in Boulanger.

In the bottom of the first G-Bomb struck out leadoff batter Shawn Thompson, but he reached on a passed ball, and quickly stole second. Andy Ayers singled, moving Thompson to third. Ayers stole second as well, then Stacy hit into a 6-3 that scored Thompson. After one inning it was Uglies 3, Wonders 1.

Wonder's Stacy settled in for the next three innings, giving up only one hit and striking out a batter. But in the top of the 5th Anaya reached on a single, moved to second when Rob “Ecc” Eccleston walked, and scored on an E-5, making it 4-1 Uglies. G-Bomb pitched five solid innings, then was relieved by Bill Evans in the 6th. He greeted the 1st batter Pat Olearcek with a hit-by-pitch, who eventually came round to score via an error and sacrifice. In the bottom half of the 6th Olearcek took the ball from Stacy and fireballed his way through the next two innings of shutout ball, striking out 4. Jeff Whitehead came in to close in the bottom of the 7th and got the Wonders to go down in order to secure the save. Final score: Plug Uglies 4, Wonders 2

Players of the game: Nolan Anaya (2-2, 1 R, 1 RBI), Rick Stacy (5 IP, 3 ER, 1 K), Greg Elbaum (5 IP, 0 ER, 3K), Pat Olearcek (2 IP, 0 ER, 4 K).

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Wonders MGR-

Opening day for Plug Uglies and Wonders at Anniversary Field in Holyoke, began by both teams lined up along The First & Third base line honoring former QVOTB longtime Tiger catcher, manager and league leader, 52 year old Brian Johnson passed away at age 52 after a year  long struggle with brain cancer. A moment of silence was observed for a guy, who loved the game of baseball.

The champion Plug Uglies got off to a great start in the top of the first by banging out 4 hits with one walk to take an early 3-0 lead. The shorthanded Wonders never recovered and lost 4-2 in seven innings. The game was well pitched by all five hurlers.

Greg Elbaum 4 innings WP
Rick Stacy 5 innings LP

SV Jeff Whitehead

 

5/1/25- Phillies 6 - Isotopes 2
Chris Bernacki 4-1/3 IP WP