Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Peabody Champions 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 9 7 3 Reading Braves 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 12 3

Champions used some timely hitting and solid relief pitching to beat Reading at Reading High 9-6. Brian Marshall and Dave Ruggiero each had 2 run homers to help pace the offense. Marshall finished with 3 hits, 3 runs and 3 RBI. Andrew O'neil had 2 walks, 3 runs and an RBI double. Jon Blodgett and Mark Shorey scored the other runs for Pub. Starter and winning pitcher Mike Moroney got out of a bases loaded jam in the 5th by inducing an inning ending double play, started by Marshall. John Guilmet struck out 2 in the 7th to earn the save. For Reading, Drew Carter had 2 doubles and Nick Scali had a big 2 run single as part of a 2 hit game. Rob Marks had 3 hits and 2 runs as well.