On a beautiful New Hampshire, spring afternoon at Memorial Field in Concord, a story unfolded that was both a beginning and an end at the same time. The margin between the polar opposites was minor at best. When the game ended, the #1 seeded Concord Crimson Tide advanced in a game of, "who made fewer mistakes", beating Goffstown, 2-1. Continue Reading...
Baseball 1st Round: Goffstown Erupts Then Hangs On, 9-8 In Extra Innings
Memorial and Goffstown amassed 17 total runs on 23 total hits en route to a thrilling first round game at Gill Stadium. Goffstown trailed 5-1 entering the 6th inning before taking a lead, losing it, and then winning the game, 9-8 in 8 innings. It was an exciting game between two teams that each finished the regular season with 10-8 records. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Grizzlies Win Old Fashioned Pitcher’s Duel
I received a few different severe weather alerts on my phone this afternoon. There were threatening skies in the area, and many more areas received high winds, rain, and who knows what else. In Rochester though, the storms stayed away and two pitchers took matters into their own hands, both going the distance. Goffstown won 2-1 in a 7-inning game that was finished in less than 2 hours. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Grizzlies come back before falling to the Crusaders, 5-4
Every day is a new day, and just about anything can happen. This afternoon Goffstown returned to their home field to play the Manchester Memorial Crusaders in a battle between teams looking to possibly host a first-round tournament game. Eight pitches into the game, the Grizzlies found themselves behind, 3-0. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Instant Classic, Grizzlies win at Bedford, 4-3
The sun was shining, for the most part. There were some big, no huge, clouds, but also, sun, shadows, and some blue sky. It was one of the very few truly beautiful days for baseball since the season began. And, in Bedford vs. Goffstown typical baseball rivalry fashion, the game was well played, an instant classic. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Bishop Guertin scores late to beat the Grizzlies, 7-5
Goffstown came home to play the #2 Bishop Guertin Cardinals at Lion's Field this afternoon. On an overcast, mild day if it was January, the Grizzlies got off to a fast start and led for most of the game. Bishop Guertin (BG) showed their depth and skill by stringing 4 straight clutch hits together in the seventh inning to win the ballgame, 7-5. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Grizzlies Win Fourth in a Row, 1-0 at Windham
The Goffstown Grizzlies baseball team traveled down to Windham this afternoon to play the Jaguars. Both teams entered in to play with 6-6 records. The game got underway at 4 pm, with an impending nor'easter approaching fast. The rain started at 4:45 pm or so. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Goffstown comes back to win again! Three in a row!
On a dark, rainy afternoon in Goffstown baseball was played despite the weather. If this was a game two weeks ago, it probably would have been postponed. Although, with so many rainouts across the state this spring, every effort was made to get today's game in. Goffstown is glad they played it though, as they came back from a 6-2 deficit in the 5th inning, to win the game, 7-6. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Goffstown Errs Then Comes Back To Win, 10-9 Over Salem
In a game which saw 19 runs scored, of which only 8 were earned, there was a big comeback and some clutch hitting and pitching. Poor luck starter, Myles Green allowed 6 runs, all unearned, in the second inning, when 4 of the first 6 Blue Devils reached on errors in the infield. Goffstown trailed 6-1, and then 9-5 in the fourth, before coming back to win it, 10-9. Continue Reading...
Baseball: Grizzlies Fall In Extra Innings At Timberlane
The sun finally came out, and the blue sky was as beautiful as I remembered it. It was a gorgeous afternoon for baseball. Warmer temps, the sun shining and you would think maybe the offenses would be cranking. That did not happen though. But it was so nice outside that the teams decided that 7 innings would not be long enough. The Owls took down the Grizzlies, 3-2 in 9 innings on a walk-off double Continue Reading...