Nearly 30 minutes after Walpole thought they had made Super Eight history, the Rebels finally put it in the book.
After seeing Mansfield rally for five two-out runs in the bottom of the ninth off of starter Matt Donato, Walpole answered with three runs of their own in the top of the tenth highlighted by a Tyler Page go-ahead RBI double. In bottom half of the frame, Rebels’ reliever Matt Chamoun worked around a one out error to close it out as Walpole defeated Mansfield in 10 innings, 10-7, in an elimination on Friday night at Campanelli Stadium.
Walpole advances to play the loser of Saturday’s quarterfinal matchup between St. John’s Prep and Franklin. Mansfield finishes its season at 19-5.
