Medford Baseball State Tourney Run Ends
Mustangs Fall to Acton-Boxborough Thursday Night
Story Updated 9:50PM, Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Medford varsity baseball team headed to Acton-Boxborough in the first round of the North Division 1 state tournament and unfortunately came home with a 9-4 loss on Thursday night.
The Mustangs finished the regular season 11-9 (.550) and were the 19th of 22 seeds in their division, just behind Malden Catholic (18th, 12-8). Acton-Boxborough (13-7, .650) is seeded 14th.
Acton-Boxborough nows heads to #3 seed Westford, who has a bye in the first round, on Friday.
Two other Greater Boston League teams qualified for the state tournament. Everett (14-6, .700) is seeded 11th and faces bottom seed Lowell on Friday. Cambridge (12-6, .667) has the 12th seed and lost to #20 seed Waltham (11-9, .550), a former GBL team, on Thursday. Former GBL-er Arlington is seeded 17th and heads to 16th seed Haverhill on Friday after Thursday’s game was postponed due to weather. Another former GBL team, Peabody (17-5, .773), is seeded 6th and has a bye in the first round. The winner of the Everett game will head to Peabody.
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Check out all of the state baseball brackets from the MIAA
– InsideMedford.com