by Chris Jones ·
Friday, May 1, 2026
Conor Glew slides into second base. (Photos by Hannah Taylor)
Last year, the Bromfield boys baseball team finished 17-3 and made the playoffs, but this year is a different year and a different season. On Friday, April 24, the squad lost a pitching duel 4-0 to a solid Quabbin Panthers team (4-3) that left the Trojans at two wins and six losses, one game ahead of last place Murdock in the Midland-Wachusett D League.
Freshman starter Jamie Quirion, one of a number of underclassmen, struggled to find the strike zone early, issuing six walks and two hits in one and one-third innings, which led to a 3-0 Quabbin advantage. As a result, Coach Lonnie Quirion turned to junior reliever Liam Morton to stop the bleeding, and Morton delivered.
Leaning on a 12-6 vertical curveball, a pitch that often sinks out of the strike zone, Morton stymied Quabbin Regional, tossing five and two-thirds scoreless innings while striking out five batters. “Liam did a great job today; we had to go to him early, and he kept us in the game,” Quirion said. Morton didn’t yield a run until the top of the seventh, and it would be his only one of the afternoon.
Morton and center fielder Liam Glew, who tracked down multiple fly balls, kept the score close, but in the end, Bromfield’s offense faltered, scratching out just three hits on the day. “Offensively, our approach wasn’t great. We grounded out to short about seven times, which tells me we’re just rolling over on the ball and not taking good swings like we needto be,” Quirion said.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Trojans threatened, putting runners on second and third with two outs, but Lucas Roy grounded sharply to pitcher Adam Adams, who knocked the ball down and then made the throw to first for the final out of the inning. On a cool but sunny afternoon, Adams, Quabbin’s senior ace, pitched the full seven innings, striking out nine without giving up a run despite three Quabbin errors. Against the veteran, the Trojans’ bats never heated up.
Jamie Quirion watches his hit as he heads for first base.
After the game, Coach Quirion sat the team down in left field and spoke to his players. When asked about the conversation, he said, “We’re 2-6 right now, and I asked them, ‘What do you want to do with the rest of this season? What do you want this to be?’” The Trojans consist of just 13 players with four eighth-graders and a starting freshman shortstop.
According to Quirion, last year was easier because their pitchers threw a lot of strikes, and this year, those strikes have been hard to come by. “It’s a simple game if you throw strikes and make plays.”
The Trojans would have a chance to adopt that philosophy when they traveled to Murdock, Wednesday, April 29, to take on the winless Blue Devils.