Northwest VT Babe Ruth Baseball

In last night's action 6/11/26.......

On a hot and humid summer evening Swanton 16u Babe Ruth hosted Essex. Swanton would send Gabe Grimes to the hill to start things off. Grimes would give up a leadoff single. Essex then drew a walk and then plated a run on a fielder's choice. That would be all though as Grimes would strike out the next two to end the top half of the first.

Swanton would come out looking to swing, only coming away with two groundouts and a strikeout in a quick bottom half .

After a 1-3 out to grimes to open the second, Essex would add another run by capitalizing on a single with stolen base and a few walks , before Grimes would get them to pop up to the catcher and ground out weakly to short.

Swanton once again went quickly in the second, popping out to short and then back to back strikeouts.

In the third, Essex once again found a way to tack on another single run by drawing walks, stealing bases and moving runners with ground balls. Grimes would end things though by inducing a weak pop up behind first base. Essex would take a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the third.

Swanton looked like they would come to life in the third when Sawyer Comfort had a long at bat and fought his way to an eventual single through the hole into right. Liam Labelle would follow that up with an absolute missile into right center that the CF cut off holding him to a single and sending comfort to third. Labelle would take second on the unsuccessful throw to third though. With 2 men in scoring position and no out, Swanton would send the next three hitters up to strike out, with 2 of them looking, and coming away with nothing to show.

Going into the 4th down 3-0 JF Comfort would tow the rubber for Swanton relieving Grimes. Comfort would strike out the side and Swanton seemed to gain some momentum and poised to make up for the lost opportunity the inning before.

In the bottom half of the 4th Swanton catcher Finn Chagnon drew a walk. As he was stealing second, leadoff hitter Sawyer Splonskowski put down a beautifully placed sacrifice bunt and Chagnon was off around second and chugging for third. Essex took the out at first and then threw across the diamond but Chagnon was in safely having gone from 1st to 3rd. A single by Gabe Grimes would give Swanton their first run, but back to back strikeouts to end things deflated Swanton once again. The score would be 3-1 Essex after 4 innings of play.

Essex would add two more runs to pad their lead in the top of the 5th , taking advantage of a Hit by pitch, stealing and advancing on wild pitches. A single would knock in the first run, a walk would put another in scoring position. With the lead runner advancing on another wild pitch, Essex capitalized on a fielder's choice to score the second run of the inning. Comfort would settle a bit, starting by covering home promptly after a wild pitch and getting the runner hung up in a rundown, which Swanton would successfully execute for the out. Finn Chagnon would make a perfect throw to Comfort to the third base side of home to get the play started for out #2. Comfort would finally get the last out freezing the batter for strike 3.

Bottom half of the 5th would see Swanton go quickly 1,2,3 two of those by strikeout at the hands of a pitching change.

Essex pulled away completely in the 6th , by taking advantage of sloppy play by Swanton and free passes. To their credit they did steal every base they could to capitalize. They didn't have a hit in the inning but moved runners well.

Swanton would attempt a rally in the bottom half of 6 when Liam Labelle once again barreled up the ball and launched it deep over the left fielder's head in left center. Labelle would end up on second with a leadoff double. After a strikeout, Bentley Brown would draw a walk and end up stealing second. After another walk to Kayden Marinoff, Brown would get caught trying to advance on a ball that got loose from the catcher. A Hit by pitch to Finn Chagnon though would give Swanton another man in scoring position and two on again. After another great at bat by Sawyer Splonskowski, he would eventually ground out to end things for Swanton.

Sawyer Comfort would come in for Swanton to relieve his older brother In the 7th. He would give up a leadoff single , before issuing 2 strikeouts ( one looking) and a walk. He would get the final out of top half grounding the batter out to second.

One final opportunity for Swanton in the bottom of the 7th would see Gabe Grimes poke his second hit of the game up the middle , JF Comfort walk, and then a single to left by Josh Garrant, scoring Grimes. JF Comfort would get thrown out at 3rd advancing. Essex pitcher would get the next two batters to ground out and pop up to the pitcher to end the game. Despite our hitting Essex, the mistakes, walks, and Essex base running was simply too much to overcome. Essex heads back down I-89 with a 10-3 victory. Swanton falls to 0-2 and will travel to Milton Monday 6/15 for a 6 pm start.

Swanton pitchers:

Gabe Grimes - 3 IP, 2H, 3 runs/3 ER, 2K, 5 BB
JF Comfort - 3IP, 1H, 6 runs/3 ER, 5K, 4 BB
Sawyer Comfort - 1 IP, 1 run/ 1 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Offensive stars:

Liam Labelle 2-2 (dbl, single) 1 Run
Gabe Grimes 2-3 ( 2 singles), RBI, Run , 2 sb
Josh Garrant 1-3, RBI
Sawyer Comfort 1-3

In last night's action - Tuesday 6/9/26.........

Swanton 16u Babe Ruth traveled to SD Ireland Field in Burlington to take on Burlington 16u Babe Ruth for a 6 pm start.

On offense Swanton went down quietly in the first and second innings. Meanwhile Burlington began the game with back to back doubles and a walk off Swanton Starter Josh Garrant. Garrant then settled in nicely striking out the next two batters and inducing a weak pop up to the shortstop. After a leadoff walk in the second inning, Garrant again struck out the next two and then got the third out on a lazy fly ball to center.

The third inning saw Swanton make some noise. After a strong at bat Rowan Myers was hit by pitch and Sawyer comfort followed with a single. Wyatt Schiffiletti then provides the hit of the game, an absolutely hammered ball to right center that probably leaves the yard if there was a fence. Myers and Comfort score easily to cut Burlington's lead to 3-2. After 2 long at bats, Kayden Marinoff and Sawyer Splonskowski both draw a walk and Swanton had the bases loaded. The inning ended on a 6-3 play to end the threat.

In the bottom of the third Burlington would add another run. Things began with the batter reaching on an infield error. Swantons starter Josh Garrant then collected another strikeout for our number 1. Another double by Burlingtons leadoff hitter plated the runner and put another in scoring position. Garrant then induced a weak pop up to second base, and then another weak combacker to himself and onto first base for the final outs of the inning.

The fourth through 6th innings saw Swanton go down quickly and quietly with 7 of 9 pits by strikeout. Meanwhile Swanton brought in pitcher Michael Palumbo. In the 4th inning Palumbo Mowed down the Burlington Offense , striking out the side with two of them looking. Palumbo returned for the fifth and quickly induced a routine grounder to short and a shallow fly to center. After a hard fought at bat drew a walk and then stole a base, an error allowed another run to score for Burlington to put them up 5-2. Palumbo though would bear down and get the last out looking at strike 3.

In the 6th, Palumbo once again had things working and as a result got a ground ball out to 2b and another to 1b. He would then hit a batter and then surrender another walk and a single scoring another run for Burlington. He would get the final out on another fly ball to center to keep things in reach.

Palumbo would step up to bat in the 7th and line a hard single to right to try and get a rally going for Swanton . Swanton would fail to score again though with the next two batters striking out and the third out coming on a ground ball back to the pitcher.

Burlington walks away with a 6-2 win . Swanton pitchers handled the Burlington lineup extremely well with the exception of the #1 and #2 batters.

Pitchers for Swanton:

SP Josh Garrant - 3 IP, 5 k, 2 BB, 3 H, HBP, 3 runs allowed/ 2 earned

RP Michael Palumbo - 3 IP, 4 k ( 3 looking), 2 BB, 1 H, HBP, 3 R/ 2 Earned

Offensive Star- Wyatt Schiffiletti 1-2, reached on error, 2 RBI

Swanton Hosts Essex on Thursday 6/11 at Missisquoi Valley Union HS for a 5:30 pm start

Northwest VT Babe Ruth Baseball would like the thank our Awesome Sponsor , Gordon Winters and Memorial ACE Hardware in Swanton, VT for their donation of all the Lime we need to line our fields for the summer and fall 2026 seasons. It is generosity like this that makes it all go for our players and families and helps keep cost down. We TRULY appreciate your support!!!⚾

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Below is the 2026 game schedule for Swanton Babe Ruth 13-16 yr old team. After opening the link, use the tabs up top to filter the schedule to Swanton only and all venues.........

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Last call for summer ball signups is Friday 5/15. We can not go any longer than this if we want to leave Room to order uniforms and set up teams. I visited the middle school teams at MVU last week and sent them all home with paperwork. Email Mike Bessette with any questions at:

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Hello Swanton Babe Ruth families......

There is an opportunity to play fall Babe Ruth beginning late August and going into mid October.

This league is OPEN to outgoing little league players that just finished playing this Summer. There is one game per week and games take place Sunday afternoon only. If we have two teams there might be a schedule where younger play Saturday morning and older play Sunday afternoon.

One practice per week recommended and it's always come of you can style. We understand kids are playing fall school sports and other activities. Fall ball is honestly the most fun IMO and typically is when kids " step up" to the next level.

This summer in Swanton we had a mixed team. While we can absolutely do a mixed team for fall, the kids are best served when we can have two teams where kids are " stepping up" to their next level of play. Outgoing little league players benefit greatly from this fall league and are more than ready for spring ball by playing in the fall. Slightly older players can band together for a senior Babe Ruth team ( 15-18) and prepare for HS ball. It's is very beneficial.

Time is short for signing up, so please get ahold of me NO LATER than August 13th.

Let me know if you're interested. We would need a coach for each team or there will not be a team. Being that it's for the kids, Any dedicated individual can be a coach. I'm sure parents with baseball knowledge will fill in around you and help. I will help interested individuals to get started and to support you throughout the fall to make things run smoothly. If you Coach, your player does not have to pay to play. Cost is $75 to cover umpire fees and baseballs. Players can wear Swanton blue colored shirts or their summer uniform. New players wishing to obtain the official uniform ( although not necessary for fall ball) can do so by paying an additional fee and we'll put in an order.

Contact Mike Bessette with any additional questions
802-752-6093
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