Babe Ruth Southeast Regionals: Eleven-Run Assault

Melrose fifth-inning eruption overturns 2-0 deficit to turn back Gloucester, 14-2

  • Melrose baserunner Brayden Smyth asks for timeout after diving back into first base after a Gloucester pickoff attempt in the fifth inning Wednesday. (Special to Daily News/ Cindy Barry
    Melrose baserunner Brayden Smyth asks for timeout after diving back into first base after a Gloucester pickoff attempt in the fifth inning Wednesday. (Special to Daily News/ Cindy Barry
  • Melrose hurler Cason Pilcher delivers a pitch in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 14-2 victory. (Special to the Daily News/ Brandi Screen)
    Melrose hurler Cason Pilcher delivers a pitch in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 14-2 victory. (Special to the Daily News/ Brandi Screen)
  Four innings into its initial game Wednesday, the Melrose 15-and-under Babe Ruth All-Star baseball team was struggling against a team that only needed to come across the York River to play. Then…

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