{"id":2598,"date":"2026-06-13T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:33:15","slug":"matt-labriola-always-believed-and-so-did-king-philip-as-it-secured-the-schools-first-baseball-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2598","title":{"rendered":"Matt Labriola always believed, and so did King Philip as it secured the school\u2019s first baseball title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WORCESTER \u2014 Even when he was playing JV last year, Matt Labriola always pictured himself starting on the mound for a state title one day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more With his dad, a former Red Sox pitcher, at his side, Jeff Plympton Jr. coaches King Philip to first title<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to believe it from the start, from day one,\u201d said Labriola.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Friday night at Polar Park, the King Philip junior\u2019s vision came true.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With a four-strikeout, four-hitter the righthander put the 11th-seeded Warriors on his back en route to a 4-1 victory over No. 4 Milton (18-7) in the Division 2 championship, securing the school\u2019s first baseball state title in its fourth championship appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In three postseason starts, Labriola went 3-0 with 29 strikeouts, surrendering just one run.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone like him, you\u2019d think he\u2019d be up last year,\u201d coach Jeff Plympton Jr. said. \u201cLast year we had a stacked pitching staff, and we knew coming in [this year] that he was going to give us a hell of an effort. He just improved every game, and it\u2019s nothing more fitting than to cap it off at Polar Park.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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