“It’s hot out, so I tried to get my foot down and get out ahead of the ball,” said Peters, an 18-year-old headed to FDU-Florham Park in the fall.Īfter what he called “a breakout season” with head coach Gene Darling’s Greyhounds this spring, Peters had joined the Legion team at Braden Dromboski’s suggestion. Every one of those at-bats helped set up a rally.īordentown, serving as the visitors, got an unearned run in the first, then saw Peters’ bunt single load the bases in the third on the way to two more runs as Braden Dromboski walked with the bases loaded and Rees Pillik grounded out to plate Kevin Stewart with another run for a 3-0 lead. 2 hole.īesides having infield singles in the third and fifth innings, Peters walked in the first inning and singled to right in the seventh. Besides being a standout backstop behind the plate, Peters reached base every time up, while batting out of the No. That’s where his Liberty Division foe-turned-friend Peters helped out. “I hadn’t really eaten anything, and I needed to drink more.” “I was starting to feel dizzy and dehydrated out there in this heat,” Addotta said. Post 372 defeated Hillsborough, 3-0, yesterday.Ĭonsidering Addotta did not feel his best, it was quite an impressive outing considering the 18-year-old headed to Montclair State University gutted out six innings, scattering three hits, walking two, hitting one and striking out 10. Sunday in the district championship game. With the win, manager Ryan Podlesny’s 23-0 team advances to play Cherry Hill Post 372 at 2 p.m. Saturday in the opening round of the New Jersey American Legion District 3 Baseball Tournament at Gilder Field, Addotta picked up his sixth win of the summer and Peters went 3-for-3 to lead Post 26’s offense as it defeated Mullica Hill Post 452, 6-2. As two of the tops at their positions, Addotta, a right-handed pitcher from Burlington Township High, and Peters, a catcher from Northern Burlington High, have made the most of their time together as a battery. When you just keep winning, that’s probably a little easier. Addotta and Franklin Peters quickly learned to be friends with the Bordentown Post 26 baseball team this summer. BORDENTOWN - After being foes throughout their high school careers in the Burlington County Scholastic League, C.J.
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