By HockomockSports.com Staff
Taunton junior Brayden Cali has been selected as the HockomockSports.com Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, for June 4 through June 18. Cali is the 32nd player chosen as Player of the Week for the 2022-23 school year and 10th in the spring season.
Cali was instrumental in Taunton defending its Div. 1 state title, providing a spark at the top of the order as the Tigers beat league rival Franklin 7-2 to win its third championship in the past four seasons. Over the final two games of the playoffs, Cali had five hits, was on base eight times, scored five runs, and drive in one for an offense that scored 17 runs.
In the state semifinal against St. John’s Shrewsbury, Taunton fell behind 3-0 just five batters into the game, but the Tigers quickly responded at the plate to get the win. Cali, batting second in the lineup, was 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three runs scored in the 10-5 win. He singled in the first, getting to second before being stranded. Cali led off the third with a double and, on Ryan MacDougall’s single, dove in head first at home to tie the game. The following inning, he drew a walk and scored on MacDougall’s triple. Cali came up again in the sixth and singled, scoring on Dawson Bryce’s long home run.
He continued to be a spark in the state title game, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI, while reaching base four times. He reached on a fielder’s choice in the first. With two outs, he was running on the pitch when MacDougall skied a ball into shallow left. Cali never stopped running and, when the ball dropped, he came all the way around to score the opening run. He singled in the second inning and again came in to score from first, this time on a double by Bryce. In the fifth, Cali lined a double to left center, bringing in Dwayne Burgos with the sixth run. Cali led the team with a 0.441 average in the regular season, with 30 hits, 12 RBI, and 23 runs scored for the league’s top offense.
Click here for a photo gallery from the state semifinal game against St. John’s Shrewsbury.
Click here for a photo gallery from the title game against Franklin.
The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision.
Brayden Cali
Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Cali The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at
midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the
decision.
