Cain's Walk-Off Seals Woburn Win

First baseman Steve Cain's bunt won it for Woburn in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday afternoon.

In a game between two teams hungry for a win, Woburn’s Steve Cain provided the late-game heroics Friday with a walk-off, suicide-squeeze bunt. With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Cain dropped a short bunt down the first-base line, which brought home teammate Joe Burnham without a play at the plate, as the Woburn High baseball team beat visiting Stoneham 5-4. “It was a big win for us,” Woburn coach Wayne Pandolph said, “and hopefully it’ll catapult us through the second half of the season.” Woburn (2-7) had been on a seven-game losing streak after opening the season with a 14-5 drumming of Bedford. Stoneham’s losing streak now stands at seven. The 1-7 Spartans also won their first game 14-5, against …

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