Martha's Vineyard Sharks News
Catcher Austin Pierzynski, third baseman Jackson Taylor and outfielder Kevin Hall will start for the South Division, with Jackson Roper, Wesley Scott, Nick Rubino and Ryan Renfroe joining them as reserves — all playing for Sharks skipper Peyton Fuller, who will manage the South squad.
Fuller, who guided Martha's Vineyard to the top of the South Division at 25–7, earns the honor in just his second summer at the helm.
Jackson Taylor's game-tying, three-run triple in the sixth — a hit he turned into a run of his own — and Nick Barron's go-ahead single in the eighth carried Martha's Vineyard back into the win column in a 4–3 comeback over the Keene Swamp Bats.
Five Bristol pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout and the Blues cashed in four Vineyard errors for three unearned runs, sending the Sharks home 5–0 losers and ending their winning streak at Muzzy Field.
Kevin Hall stole home in the first inning and finished with two home runs, four hits, five runs and six RBI as Martha's Vineyard pounded out 17 hits in a 17–6 rout of the Ocean State Waves.
Austin Pierzynski went 3-for-4 with three RBI — the last on the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the tenth — after Nick Barron and Will Hampton laced back-to-back two-out doubles in the ninth to pull Martha's Vineyard even.
Wesley Scott launched a fifth-inning grand slam and Nick Barron crushed a three-run homer, four RBI apiece, while five Martha's Vineyard pitchers combined on a three-hit, 12-strikeout shutout to snap a two-game skid.
Caeden Cloud fell a double shy of the cycle and drove in three runs as Newport finally solved Martha's Vineyard on its fourth try this summer, handing the Sharks a 4–1 defeat in Monday's makeup game at the Shark Tank.
Danbury's Glenn Smith silenced the Island bats with 5.1 dominant innings, and the Westerners handed Martha's Vineyard its first loss in eleven days, 4–1, in front of 2,601 fans at the Shark Tank.
Chris Hacopian becomes the first first-round pick in program history at No. 11 overall, headlining a seven-player class scooped up by seven different Major League organizations over one unforgettable weekend.
The 2024 Vineyard standout, who hit .370 with nine home runs and a 1.085 OPS in a Sharks uniform, becomes the first first-round selection in program history and the highest-drafted alum the Sharks have ever produced.
Wesley Scott homered and rapped three of the Vineyard's four hits, Will Bavaro drove in three, and the Sharks turned ten walks and six stolen bases into their sixth consecutive victory — avenging their only road loss of the summer.
Jackson Roper rapped three hits, Bryan Sornas delivered a two-run single in a four-run ninth, and the Sharks' staff struck out 13 as Martha's Vineyard erased an early deficit for its fifth consecutive victory.
Ryan Gold and Ben Waterman combined on a two-hit shutout as the Martha's Vineyard Sharks took the doubleheader nightcap 2–0 to run their winning streak to four.
Trailing early, the Martha's Vineyard Sharks surfaced with a five-run flurry to sink the Sanford Mainers 5–3 and extend their winning streak.
Jake Lodgek fired seven scoreless innings of two-hit relief and Jackson Taylor's seventh-inning double down the right-field line delivered the go-ahead run as Martha's Vineyard avenged Wednesday's loss to the Blues.
