American Legion: Medfield Drops Game To Norwood

Having only three games left in the season, Medfield Post 110 needs one more win to lock up the third seed in the playoffs.  

Medfield didn't help its cause very much Thursday night after losing to Norwood Post 70, 11-4.

Medfield held a 4-2 lead heading into the top of the fourth inning when things began to unravel for Medfield pitcher Sam Jordan. With Norwood infielder Jordan Davis at the plate, Jordan threw a wild pitch that sailed to the backstop. Davis reached first on the strikeout. Davis advanced from first to all the way to home to score a run on three more wild pitches from Jordan making the score 4-3.

“We didn’t pitch well. We didn’t field well. We made mental mistakes. It was just a bad game against a good team,” said Medfield head coach James Lagos.

Jordan then loaded the bases with Norwood's Sean Keady at the plate, who laced a single into center field scoring two runs and chasing the Medfield pitcher from the game, giving Norwood a 5-4 lead.

“Pitching was not our strong point,” Lagos said. “We just weren’t as disciplined as we should have been.”

In the bottom of the fourth Norwood brought in pitcher Michael Goodwin, who shut down Medfield's offense for the rest of the game.

“He hasn’t pitched in two years because of some arm troubles,” Norwood head coach Paul Samargedlis said of Goodwin. “They’re a good hitting team and to come and shut the door while we scored a couple runs and caught up was important.”

With the score 6-4 in the top of the sixth inning, Norwood continued their aggressiveness on the base paths leading to mental errors and poor defense by Medfield. Norwood scored four more runs in the inning to make the score 10-4 and put the game out of reach.

Medfield is now 10-6 on season and will look to bounce back and win at least one of their final two games of the regular season to secure the third seed in the playoffs.

Norwood is now 14-2 on the season, leading the District 6 West Division standings.

Lagos said the team did not play up to the standard which he is used to from his club.

“We didn’t think about the name of the front of the shirt, we didn’t think about that American flag on our hat, we just kind of went out there and we played selfish ball, swung at first pitches and tried to do too much instead of just doing our job. That sums it up right there for me,” Lagos said.