The Reading High baseball team exacted some revenge on Wednesday when they defeated a talented Arlington squad, edging the Spy Ponders, 2-1, in Arlington.
Earlier in the season, the Spy Ponders went to Reading and bested the Rockets by a 2-0 score. Once again, this was another good high school baseball contest.
The defeat dropped the Spy Ponders to 8-5 overall.
AHS pitcher Jay Masci threw well in the loss, rarely getting into trouble. Unfortunately for Arlington, Reading took advantage of the very few mistakes the team made.
In that same inning, Masci allowed a single to left field, which plated the eventual winning run for the Rockets.
The Arlington offense struggled at the plate for most of the day and really only had two opportunities to score. In the bottom of the second, the Spy Ponders put runners on second and third but could not capitalize. In the fifth, AHS again put runners on second and third again, this time with no outs.
With Reading’s infield playing in, Masci blasted a low, line drive at the Rocket shortstop, who made a nice catch, then doubled off the runner at third base.
Ryan Davies stepped up and laced an RBI single, driving in Arlington’s lone run of the day.
Arlington will host Woburn on Friday.