Dedham 7, Norwood 3: Friendly fire

Standings, yesterday's scores and today's schedule.

Depending on where you grow up, the dream is different. If it’s Bloomington, Ind., maybe its hitting the winning shot in the Final Four. Columbus, Ohio, catching the winning touchdown in the Rose Bowl. Calgary, Alb., hoisting the Stanley Cup.

After getting cut from the Norfolk American Legion Post 335 baseball team last year, Jake Cintolo found a home in Dedham with Post 18. He also had something to prove to his friends and the coaching staff he left behind.

The last thing a team can afford to do these days is give Foxboro American Legion Post 93 baseball is give them extra outs. Westwood did just that last night as errors resulted in five unearned runs as Post 320 suffered an 8-2 setback at Xaverian Brothers High School in District 6 West action.

When Chris Foley asked Norwood American Legion Post 70 manager Paul Samardgelis if he was pitching against Franklin last night, the skipper looked him in the eye and said, "Yeah, and you're going all seven."

Starting slow and picking up steam over the course of the season has been the m.o. for the Needham American Legion Post 14 baseball team for the past few years and this year has been no different starting out losing eight of their first 10 games only to win their last three.

The weekend got off to a rotten start for the Westwood American Legion Post 320 baseball team, but they regrouped from losses to Norwood and Canton with a pair of wins yesterday sweeping Walpole Post 104 8-7 and 13-10 at Xaverian Brothers High School.

Having seen its once vast lead in District 6 West shrink after two straight losses, the Norwood American Legion Post 70 baseball team needed to find a way to stop the bleeding on Friday night against Westwood.

Walpole American Legion Post 104 baseball coach Chris Costello gave his team an impromptu math lesson after last night’s 8-5 extra-inning loss to Norfolk last night, explaining that the difference between sitting at 2-6 and 3-5 at this point in the season is more than just one game.

Coming off a loss on Wednesday that left the Westwood American Legion Post 320 baseball team a game over .500 and just two points in front of a pair of teams for fourth place, last night’s contest against Franklin Post 75, one of the two teams tied for the fifth and final playoff spot, meant more than just the two points.