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Written by Ryan Barnett ATHERTON, CALIF. -- The Menlo Park Legends capped their regular season this week with a stretch of six games. The Legends split those contests, but had one of their best weeks both offensively and from a pitching standpoint. Legends player of the week Alec Ackerman set the pace for Menlo Park, going 10-19 at the plate with three doubles, a home run, and six runs driven in, while Tony Masetti chipped in five doubles and a team high seven RBI on the week. On the mound, plenty of pitchers stood out, including Connor Robinson, who fanned nine over six innings, and Hayden Friedland, who tossed four innings without allowing an earned run. The Legends will ...

Written by Ryan Barnett ATHERTON, CALIF. -- As the BACL season reaches its final weeks, your Menlo Park Legends were able to break out of their recent funk, picking up a pair of wins this week.  With this week's successes, the Legends run their record to 11-21 for the Summer.  This week’s standout performer was Will Linberg, who went 6-20 at the plate with four extra base hits and eight runs batted in.  In the span of this week, Will saw his batting average jump from .192 to .257.  Cooper Paulino and Tony Masetti both batted over .500 this week with Cooper tallying 10 hits in 19 ABs, scoring twice and driving in six and Tony going 6-11 with ...

Written by Ryan Barnett ATHERTON, CALIF. -- It was a marathon stretch for the Legends, who after playing a doubleheader last Sunday, took to the diamond for five games in seven days, including three on the road in Humboldt.  The Legends offense stood out this week with a trio of players tallying at least five hits, however, it wasn’t enough to muster up a win, as the Legends fell to 9-17 and have now dropped eight in a row.  Matt Palomino was named player of the week, coming up with a team high seven hits and four RBI this week.  On the summer, Matt is hitting at .382 with a team high 15 runs driven in.  The Legends opened ...

Written by Ryan Barnett Happy Fourth of July, Legends Fans. Your Legends definitely had the offensive fireworks going off this week, splitting six contests over the span of this week. With the split, Menlo Park moves to 9-12 on the season. The Legends kicked off the week with an offensive explosion, downing the NorCal Warriors 15-6. The Legends fell behind 2-0 in the first, but were able to take their first lead in the second at 3-2 and would never look back. Elie Kligman was the offensive star for Menlo Park, going 4-5 with a home run, a pair of doubles, three runs scored, and three runs driven in. The Legends tallied 19 hits, with Kligman, as well as ...