Silver Knights win FCBL title

By rbrown
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Updated: August 23, 2020

Franklin Pierce outfielder Dylan Jones hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Windham’s Brandon Dufault recorded a four-out save to help the Nashua Silver Knights win the Futures Collegiate Baseball League championship Saturday night by beating Worcester, 5-3, at Holman Stadium.

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After Worcester (24-17) opened the best-of-three championship series with a 3-2 victory Thursday, Nashua forced a deciding game by winning Friday’s Game 2, 5-1. Saturday’s victory gave Nashua (25-17) a league-leading fifth FCBL title.

Bedford’s Patrick Harrington (Assumption) started on the mound for Nashua. He allowed two runs on two hits in 4.2 innings. He walked four and struck out four.

Nashua first baseman Kyle Bouchard was named the championship series MVP. Bouchard played in the FCBL with Martha’s Vineyard in 2018, but didn’t play last summer. Instead he worked as a clubhouse intern with the FCBL’s Brockton Rox.

After being a member of the @brocktonrox as a clubhouse personnel and being signed August 9th, @kbouch6 (@ncbison_baseball) helped the @SilverKnightsNH win the 2020 championship and himself the championship series MVP! Hear what he had to say those experiences after the win! pic.twitter.com/ggMqWNgrnN

— The Futures League (@FuturesLeague) August 23, 2020

Bouchard didn’t join the Silver Knights until Aug. 9, after a spot on the roster opened up when Dominic Keegan left the team to return to Vanderbilt. He went 5-for-11 with five RBIs in the series. His hits included a two-run homer in Game 1.

Bouchard (Nichols College), designated hitter Ben Rounds (Harvard) and third baseman Lucas Stalman (Boston College) each had two hits in the Game 3 victory.

Nashua added a run in the eighth and another in the ninth to extend its lead to 5-2, but Worcester continued to battle at the plate. The Bravehearts received an RBI single from catcher Ben Rice (Dartmouth) in the bottom of the ninth and had runners on first and third when Dufault (Northeastern) recorded the final out via a strikeout.

Nashua’s other FCBL championships came in 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017.