We have all heard the phrase "history tends to repeat itself." For the Metrowest Orioles, it has become a seasonal tradition. With a 2-0 finals sweep of the Northborough Cardinals, the Orioles captured the 2025 MetroWest 28+ championship, winning their fourth straight title, fifth in ten years, and 17th overall as a franchise.

The 2025 champs went 4-0 in the postseason, outscoring opponents 49-11 while averaging 10 runs and 12 hits per game en route to another title. "Winning is always the goal", said longtime Orioles' manager Chris Currie. "When you win with a tremendous group of friends, it never gets old".

Coming off three straight MetroWest Division championships, the Orioles entered the 2025 season with the same expectation that has defined the franchise — dominate the regular season and finish the job in the playoffs. They did exactly that, producing a division-best 16-1 record in the regular season, while defeating opponents by a combined margin of 139-38.

Offensively, the Orioles led the division in batting average (.384), slugging percentage (.490), and OPS (.989) while finishing second in runs scored (141) and hits (170).

Much of that production was driven by first-year Oriole Chris Curran, who won both the Batting Title and MVP, hitting a division-best .563 (27-for-48) with 20 runs scored, 15 RBI, 5 doubles, a triple, a home run, 7 walks, and a perfect 18-for-18 in stolen bases.

On the mound, the Orioles leaned on veterans Steve Cadoret and Brian Lindsey. Cadoret delivered his best season to date. The seasoned southpaw went 7-0 with a 1.21 ERA and 62 strikeouts, earning his first Cy Young Award after finishing in the top five in voting each of the previous three seasons.

Lindsey, a two-time Cy Young winner, was equally reliable, producing a 6-1 record with a 1.88 ERA and 26 strikeouts. Together, they posted a 13-1 record with 88 strikeouts and a 1.51 ERA.

The 2025 postseason opened with a pair of semifinal matchups featuring the top four teams in the division. The No. 1-seeded Orioles drew the No. 4-seeded Metrowest Mets (8-10), who were making just their second postseason appearance in the team's six-year history.

The defending champions wasted no time asserting their dominance, defeating the Mets in two mercy-rule shortened games by scores of 11-0 and 22-3. The O's offense batted .383 as a team, exploding for 33 runs on 22 hits, including five doubles and a triple.

The pitching tandem of Steve Cadoret (W, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 9 K, 2 BB) and Brian Lindsey (W, 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 K, 0 BB) handled the rest, holding the Mets to just three runs — two earned — on just 7 total hits in the series.

For the seventh straight season, the Orioles advanced to the Finals, set to take on a familiar foe in the No. 2-seeded Northborough Cardinals (14-4). The Cardinals punched their ticket with a 2-1 semifinal series victory over the third-seeded Worcester Nationals (9-7-1), rallying to win the final two games after dropping the opener.

This set the stage for a third consecutive Finals meeting between the top-seeded Orioles and the second-seeded Cardinals. Losers of the previous two matchups, the Cardinals looked to finally get over the hump and capture their first title since 2019. Meanwhile, the O's aimed to secure their fourth straight championship and add another chapter to their dynasty.

In Game 1 of the best-of-three Finals doubleheader, the O's turned to Cy Young winner Steve Cadoret, while the Cardinals countered with four-time Cy Young winner Andrew Quinn, setting up a premier pitching matchup between two of the division's top left-handers.

The Cardinals' bats looked unfazed early on. Andrew Miskinis (3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B) led off the game with a double, Mark Keller (2-4, RBI) pushed him to third with a single, and Quinn Moynihan (0-1, 2 RBI, 2 SAC) drove him in with a sacrifice fly for a quick 1-0 lead.

The O's answered right back in the bottom half, cashing in on several defensive miscues to push across two runs and grab a 2-1 advantage.

The scoring went quiet until the fifth, when the Cards strung together two runs on five straight hits, punctuated by another Moynihan sacrifice fly, to reclaim the lead, 3-2.

Momentum swung once more in the sixth. Steve Robb (0-1, BB) drew a leadoff walk, Chris Curran (0-2, R, K, SB) was hit by a pitch, and with two outs, Chris Deane (1-3, RBI) came through with a clutch RBI single that tied the game at 3-3.

In the top of the seventh, Miskinis came through again for the Cards, recording his third hit of the day — a clutch, two-out RBI double that put his team back in front, 4-3, heading into the final frame.

Down to their last three outs, the 5-time BMBL champs mounted one last rally. John Jones (2-2, R, 2B) led off with a double, Paul Goodwin (1-3, R) followed with a single, and Adam Ferrucci (0-2, R, BB) walked to load the bases. Moments later, his brother Brian Ferrucci (0-2, K, HBP) was hit by a pitch to force in the tying run.

With the tension mounting and the bases still juiced, Alex Hall (0-2, RBI, SAC) delivered the knockout blow — a sacrifice fly to right that scored Goodwin and sealed a dramatic 5-4 walk-off win for the O's.

Cadoret (W, 7 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5 K, 3 BB) earned the complete-game victory, while Quinn (L, 7 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 3 HBP) took the tough-luck loss despite a strong outing.

With their season on the line heading into Game 2, the Cards once again came out firing, jumping out to an early 2-0 lead in the first on three straight hits, capped by an Andrew Quinn (1-4, 2 RBI, 2B) two-run double.

The O's fired right back in the second, plating five runs on three walks, a hit by pitch, and two errors. The five-run inning woke up the bats, sparking an offensive avalanche, as the O's put up an additional two runs in the fourth, one run in the fifth, two runs in the sixth, and another run in the seventh.

Five different players recorded multi-hit performances as the reigning champs pounded out 12 hits and cruised to an 11-4 Game 2 win, clinching the 2025 MetroWest Division championship for a fourth straight season.

George Sergi earned postseason MVP honors, hitting .417 (5-for-12) with five RBI, five runs scored, three doubles, two stolen bases, and two walks.

Congratulations to Manager Chris Currie and the Metrowest Orioles on winning the 2025 MetroWest Division championship, their fourth straight title, fifth as a member of the BMBL, and 17th overall as a franchise.