Bridgewater-Raynham's bats and Plymouth South pitching lead South to victory in MBCA Senior All-Star game
Cattogio was named MVP, finishing with two hits, and Ducie struck out five in two scoreless innings to earn Pitcher of the Game honors. Combined, the South fired a four-hit, eight-inning shutout.
Dighton-Rehobeth's Ben Miller pitched the sixth inning, contributing to a four-hit shutout for the South staff.
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'It's great getting to show everybody what we can do individually and as a team,' the Assumption-bound Cattoggio said. 'Obviously, we produced. It's a great bunch of kids and I'll miss playing with them a lot.'
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Amid a collaborative pitching duel, Cattaggio's blast stood out — a towering shot on a 3-2, two-out pitch that ricocheted off the field house behind the left-field fence.
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'He came in before the at-bat and he was like, 'I don't know if I'm going to get one or two at-bats, but I'm going to swing as hard as I can,' said South coach Connor Pratt, an assistant at Plymouth North. 'It was incredible.'
Pratt was joined on the South team by three Plymouth North players (Matt Nardone, Will Novak, and Jake Novak) and crosstown foes-turned-friends in Ducie and Plymouth South coach Walter Fust. They enjoyed the opportunity to share a dugout.
BC High's Tommy O'Donnell was hoping for a safe call at the plate in the sixth inning, but it wasn't coming.
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Ducie and the Novak twins were longtime schoolmates up until high school, when they attended opposing high schools.
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'It's great to represent your town like that, especially playing with guys from across the town,' Ducie said. 'I don't get to play with them during the high school season so it's cool to come together.'
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It's the final of six all-star games put on by the MBCA — with two games for the seniors and juniors, as well as the introduction of a freshman game.
'It's a tradition that should keep going,' Pratt said. 'For the seniors, they love it, it's their finish. It's just a great representation of the whole state. You get all the different regions and all different leagues playing together.'
Reading's Ryan Marino, fresh off pitching in the Division 2 state championship game, took the mound for the North All-Stars.
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