By CHAD COOPER

PLANET VALENTI Sports

(BROCKTON, Mass., GAME OF TUESDAY 8/31/11) — The Pittsfield Colonials and Brockton Rox locked up in a pitcher’s duel from start to finish, with the Rox making two early runs hold up in a 2-0 Brockton victory.

The Colonials magic number to clinch a playoff spot remains at three. Any combination of Pittsfield wins and Brockton losses equalling three puts the C’s in the Can-Am playoffs for the second straight year.

Brockton scored single runs in the first and second innings on a Phillip Cuadrado single and a Chris Grossman groundout to plate Keith Brachold and Shawn Williams respectively for the only runs of the contest.

Meanwhile, on the bump, Zach Woods (2-1) allowed Pittsfield just two hits over 7.2 innings, walking two and striking out eight in earning the win. Chad Paronto (9-7) was equal to the task on the other side, allowing just two baserunners after the second inning, retiring 18 of the final 20 batters he faced.

The final game of the series comes up on Thursday with David Qualben (6-7. 4.02) on the mound for Pittsfield against Dustin Birosak (7-1, 2.86) for Brockton. The game can be heard on WTBR FM and is scheduled for a 7:05 first pitch with the pregame show beginning at 6:45.

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THE BOX SCORE

Pittsfield vs Brockton: 0-2 scoreboard | standings | leaders | stats | schedule | transactions | attendance Boxscore Text Version |  Game Live Version Pittsfield Brockton 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brockton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 7 0 2 Game Info Winning Pitcher: 33 – Zach Woods Losing Pitcher: 31 – Chad Paronto Save Pitcher: 22 – Jake Hale Date: 08/31/2011 Start Time: 07:10 PM Duration: 2:09 End Time: 09:19 PM Plate Ump: Andrew Carroll Field Ump #1: Dave Speranza Field Ump #2: Field Ump #3: Rob Healey Location: Campanelli Stadium Attendance: 1736 Weather: Comments: Batting Stats Pittsfield # Batter P AB R H RBI BB SO AVG 11 Edmondson, J CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .305 13 Bomback, D 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .342 10 Mottram, B LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .311 45 Molina, A 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .306 14 Welch, J 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .286 17 Fatse, P RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .278 20 Torres, C C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .288 4 Nandin, M SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 3 Davis, Q DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 29 0 2 0 2 9 Brockton # Batter P AB R H RBI BB SO AVG 11 Valencia, C CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .326 5 Barbero, D LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 9 Brachold, K RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .344 10 Cuadrado, P 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300 3 Falu, M DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 15 Torres, M 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .346 8 Williams, S 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 .308 7 Ramos, D SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .277 29 Grossman, C C 3 0 0 1 0 0 .256 31 2 7 2 0 2 BATTING SB: A.Molina (11). Team LOB: 4. FIELDING A: D.Bomback 3 (226), A.Molina 4 (63), J.Welch 3 (102), M.Nandin 2 (119), C.Paronto (11). PO: J.Edmondson (250), D.Bomback (159), B.Mottram 2 (134), A.Molina 9 (576), J.Welch (39), P.Fatse 3 (99), C.Torres 3 (175), C.Paronto 4 (14). TC: J.Edmondson (267), D.Bomback 4 (407), B.Mottram 2 (190), A.Molina 13 (643), J.Welch 4 (152), P.Fatse 3 (198), C.Torres 3 (193), M.Nandin 2 (181), C.Paronto 5 (26). BATTING 2B: K.Brachold (22), M.Torres (25), S.Williams (15). RBI: P.Cuadrado (5), C.Grossman (36). Team LOB: 5. FIELDING A: M.Torres 3 (221), S.Williams (66), D.Ramos 5 (242). PO: C.Valencia 4 (210), D.Barbero 2 (62), P.Cuadrado (5), S.Williams 10 (193), C.Grossman 9 (487), Z.Woods (1). SBA: C.Grossman (71). TC: C.Valencia 4 (216), D.Barbero 2 (68), P.Cuadrado (18), M.Torres 3 (328), S.Williams 11 (267), D.Ramos 5 (392), C.Grossman 9 (530), Z.Woods (4). Pitching Stats Pittsfield # Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO ERA 31 Paronto, C 8.0 7 2 2 0 2 3.80 8 7 2 2 0 2 Brockton # Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO ERA 33 Woods, Z 7.2 2 0 0 2 8 1.17 18 VanLeur, J 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 22 Hale, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26 9 2 0 0 2 9 PITCHING BF: C.Paronto 31. P-S: C.Paronto 99-66. PITCHING BF: Z.Woods 27, J.VanLeur 1, J.Hale 3. P-S: Z.Woods 99-64, J.VanLeur 7-4, J.Hale 10-7. PLAY BY PLAY: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Top of 1st Pittsfield #11 Jerod Edmondson Called Strike, Called Strike, 11 Jerod Edmondson putout (strike out swinging) for out number 1 #13 Danny Bomback Ball, Ball, Called Strike, Foul, 13 Danny Bomback putout (fly out to center field) for out number 2 #10 Billy Mottram Ball, 10 Billy Mottram putout (fly out to left field) for out number 3 Runs: 0, Hits: 0, Errors: 0, LOB: 0 Bottom of 1st Brockton #11 Chris Valencia Ball, Ball, Called Strike, Foul, Foul, Foul, 11 Chris Valencia putout (fly out to center field) for out number 1 #5 Dan Barbero Called Strike, 5 Dan Barbero putout (Ff9) for out number 2 #9 Keith Brachold Called Strike, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, 9 Keith Brachold advances to 2nd (double to right field) #10 Phillip Cuadrado 10 Phillip Cuadrado advances to 1st (single to right field), 9 Keith Brachold ScoresEarned (10) #3 Melvin Falu Foul, 3 Melvin Falu putout (fly out to right field) for out number 3 Runs: 1, Hits: 2, Errors: 0, LOB: 1