BLACKSTONE VALLEY MEMORIES

July 29 1971

In the deciding game, right-hander Chick Robertson limited the opposition batters to just three infield singles as the Cumberland-Lincoln Babe Ruth All-Stars rallied from a one-game deficit in their best-of-three series to capture their second state crown by blanking Warwick American 11-0 and 4-0 in a doubleheader at Cardines Field in Newport. In the first game, lefty Ronnie Briere scattered four hits, notched five strikeouts, walked four, laced two singles and drove in three runs. In game two, Tony Ferreira, Al Ervey and Billy McCourt banged out two hits apiece for the champs.

1981

Donna Deroy sparked a five-run first inning with a three-run homer as the Pawtucket Rainbows clinched the regular-season pennant in the Pawtucket Women’s Softball League by trouncing Murphy’s Lounge 17-2. Bev Bugbee stroked two hits and Robin Wyllie drove in two runs for the Rainbows, while Moe Carroll rapped two singles and Karen Greggerson chipped in with a triple and two RBI for Murphy’s. In other league play, Laura Maguire belted a two-run basesloaded single and My Brother’s Pub then scored twice more in the sixth inning to edge Albano’s, led by Paula Williams’ two hits and Fran Duffy’s two RBI, 6-5.

1991

Manager Mark Gauthier’s Darlington American 13year-old All-Stars overcame a 7-6 deficit with two bases-loaded walks with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Smithfield 8-7 and capture the state crown. Jimmy Mello tossed a complete-game seven-hitter and collected three hits including a double, while Chad LaPointe added a two-run double to give DALL a 6-5 lead in the sixth frame. “We never gave up in this tournament although we trailed a number of times,” said Gauthier.