By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI
NORTH READING — Michael Bailey led the North Reading A’s, of the North Shore Baseball League, this summer in batting average at .464. He went 13-for-28 at bat with six runs batted in as he played in 11 games. Second on the team in average was Kameron Levesque who hit .375 with seven RBI.
Brandon Eaton was third in average at .286 with six RBI’s.
A’s player manager Joe Dardeno led the team in RBI’s with eight. Joe Modahi, meanwhile, led the squad in walks with seven.
Bailey also led the team in on-base-percentage at .467 while Levesque was second at .432.
Justin Snyder was the A’s top pitcher this year going 2-0. He had a team-low earned-run average of 0.86. He threw 16.1 innings, allowing seven runs but only two of them were earned. He walked eight and struck out 28.
Jagger Iovinelli had the second lowest ERA at 1.50. He pitched 18.2 innings allowing 10 runs but only four of those were earned. He fanned 20 and walked 12.
North Reading went 3-17-1 this summer as they finished in 11th-place out of 12 teams.
The A’s had a big roster turnover from last summer as there were 16 new players this season on the 30-man squad.
Four of the A’s are from North Reading. Along with Dardeno, the three other players from town are Matt DiVecchia, Frank Cassarino and Mike Vittozzi. All four of those players are infielders.
This week the finals started in the league as the North Shore Phillies are facing the Kingston Night Owls in a best-of-seven series.
