FHS baseball team gets to final, boys & girls lacrosse teams end playoff runs at Lincoln-Sudbury

Via HockomockSports.com & Boston Globe, we share the results of the FHS spring sports playoff action on Tuesday:

Boys Lacrosse - Division 1 = #7 Franklin, 10 @ #2 Lincoln-Sudbury, 13 – Final

Girls Lacrosse - Division 1 = #6 Franklin, 5 @ #3 Lincoln-Sudbury, 9 – Final

The Boston Globe provides some coverage of these games (subscription may be required)  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/14/sports/kean-sneath-shoots-lincoln-sudbury-girls-lacrosse-into-division-1-semifinals/

Baseball - Division 1 = #1 Franklin, 4 vs. #4 Shrewsbury, 3 – Final

Josh Perry, Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:

"One of the strengths for Franklin all season has been that each game a new player steps up to be the hero. The Panthers haven’t relied on only one or two players to get to this stage, but instead have gotten big plays from throughout the roster. 

In Tuesday night’s Div. 1 state semifinal at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field on the campus of Holy Cross, it was Ben Jarosz’s turn.

After the Panthers let a 3-1 lead slip in the top of the seventh, Jarosz came to the plate with one out, two runners in scoring position, and the infield drawn in all the way around. He quickly fell behind 0-2 to Shrewsbury reliever Benjamin Griffith, but then he started battling. Jarosz fouled off a series of two-strike pitches, staying alive until he got a mistake. Then he pounced.

Jarosz smacked a ball just out of the reach of the diving first baseman, allowing Jase Lyons to race home with the winning run. The Panthers stormed out of the dugout to chase down Jarosz in shallow right, celebrating a 4-3 win and the chance to face league rival Taunton in Saturday’s championship game."

Continue reading the game recap online ->  https://hockomocksports.com/jarosz-walk-off-sends-franklin-baseball-into-d1-state-title-game/

For a photo gallery from this game ->  https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2021-2022/Spring-2022/Franklin-Shrewsbury-Baseball-06-14-22/

Boston Globe coverage (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/14/sports/first-pressure-then-relief-ben-jarosz-franklin-baseball-walk-it-off-against-shrewsbury/

Ben Jarosz (19) sends Franklin to the D1 state title game with a two-strike single, scoring Jase Lyons, in the bottom of the seventh against Shrewsbury. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)