Game Recaps
Ayden Deslauriers Leads Eastport-South Manor over Mount Sinai in Pitcher’s Duel
by Andy Smith Deslauriers continued on how he bounced back after being down early. pic.twitter.com/iQSaJ4FERo — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 3, 2023 It was a low-scoring affair on a cold windy day. While both starting pitchers only surrendered one run combined, there were many batters left on base. In the opening frame, Ayden Deslauriers and Brady McGowan of ESM hit two consecutive singles. Then, following a stolen base by McGowan and a base on balls by cleanup hitter Tristan Gatchalian, who then swiped a bag, the Sharks had two men in scoring position. However, Mount Sinai starter and Mercy College commit Max Reichenbach worked out of the early jam to keep it scoreless. Reichenbach finished the day with four shutout innings and six punchouts. Bennie Franquiz was the fSS f...
Ken Kortright State Farm Game of the Week: North Babylon’s Bats Come to Life in 13-7 Win Over Hills East
Postgame interview with Chris Stumpf who was the winning pitcher in Game 1 & 3 of the series and saved Game 2 as North Babylon improves to 3-0 on the season. He’s our Player of the Game Powered by @GCsports pic.twitter.com/XewGp9GQ2w — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 31, 2023 North Babylon had a strong season last year, but Coach Steve Corrado noted that they hurt themselves with their failure to secure more series sweeps, which impacted their playoff seeding. So far, so good. The Bulldogs pulled off the series sweep against a difficult Hills East team on Friday afternoon in the final day of March. They had won the first game, 1-0, on a walk-off single in the eighth inning. Chris Stumpf earned the win in relief. They won Game 2, 4-2, behind a strong pitching performance by D...
Nick Berasti, Clarke Cruise to 7-0 Win Over Lynbrook
by Eddie Lennon Today’s Axcess Baseball Player of the Game powered by @GCsports is Clarke’s winning pitcher Nick Berasti. He struck out 5 over 5 and only allowed 3 hits. He secured the 7-0 shutout win for the Rams. pic.twitter.com/YnSTKQgzJx — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 28, 2023 Clarke, the 2022 Nassau County Class A runner-ups, improved to 2-0 on the season after a dominant 7-0 win against Lynbrook. Clarke struck early and kept their offense consistent throughout the same, complimenting a tremendous pitching performance by junior Nick Berasti. Berasti got the start for Clarke and Brian Mansfield was on the hill for Lynbrook. Clarke took no time to get on the scoreboard. Right fielder AJ Cumbo got his day started by getting on base with an infield single. He would soon scor...
Jerry Suppa’s Arm and Bat Leads Smithtown East to 6-0 Win Over Centereach
Jerry Suppa was the winning pitcher for Smithtown East – throwing 4.1 innings of shutout ball and also driving in a run with an RBI double. He’s our Player of the Game Powered by @GCsports pic.twitter.com/vitxNSz2Ch — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 28, 2023 Last season was one to remember for Smithtown East, who reached the Suffolk County Class AA Finals in Head Coach Rob Christensen‘s first season where they lost to Commack. They graduated several impact players, but the experience that the returning players gained was invaluable. That was on display this afternoon as they defeated League rival Centereach, 6-0, behind a dominant performance by senior Jerry Suppa. These two teams squared off in the postseason last season, with Smithtown East coming out on top. The r...
Calhoun Slugs Their Way to a Big Opening Day Victory Over Long Beach
by Eddie Lennon Here’s Charlie Imhof’s 3-R HR from today’s win pic.twitter.com/soNP8SEnuC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 27, 2023 Calhoun, the 2022 Class A Long Island champions, picked up in 2023 right where they left off in 2022. They opened the season with an overpowering 21-2 win over Long Beach. Calhoun made it clear that they are prepared to defend their title and look to repeat. PJ Kakalos took the mound for Calhoun while Dylan Cantwell was on the hill for Long Beach. Fairfield-commit Matt Kalfas was an early spark plug for Calhoun’s offense, singling to left and stealing second in the first. This set up Charlie Imhof, a Molloy-commit, to get his tremendous day started. Imhof drove in Kalfas to take an early lead. Long Beach tied it up in the second inning when Alonso ...
Friday College Recap (3/10) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Andy Smith We enter Week 4 of the NCAA College Baseball season and the local Div-I teams are starting to get their legs underneath them. The Division-II teams and some D-III teams are on their Spring Break trips down south enjoying the beautiful weather and a handful of games. Here’s how yesterday’s action went down. As always, thank you to Orlin & Cohen for sponsoring this weekly segment Division-I: St. John’s 5, University of Albany 9 Final: Albany 9, St. John’s 5 Freshman Dylan Banner earned the 6 out save with 3 strikeouts pic.twitter.com/l8i0hIpkZm — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 10, 2023 Both offenses exploded in the opening frame. Albany tallied three runs in the first inning, off two RBI doubles by right fielder Dan Tauken and catcher Chris Fisher. T...
Hofstra Come From Behind, 6-5, To Defeat Albany in Home Opener
by Michelle Rabinovich Final: Hofstra 6, Albany 5 The Pride walk it off on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Steven Harrington. Kevin Bruggeman tied it up with an RBI single pic.twitter.com/KtuEPBUwS3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 23, 2023 The Hofstra Pride baseball team walked off their home opener, 6-5, over the University of Albany Great Danes. The Pride had nine walk-off wins last season on their way to the first CAA Championship in program history, got their first won of 2023 in the process. The storyline of this game was both starting pitchers; Dylan Banner for Albany and Mark Faello of Hofstra are graduates of Plainview JFK HS. Additionally, both won the Diamond Award – which is given annually to the top player in Nassau County. Banner had the honor of being ...
St. John the Baptist Takes Field in 2023 Under First Year Coach Ryan Dalton
by Nick Cipolla An awesome moment for Long Island baseball as Logan O’Hoppe singles in his first big league at bat! pic.twitter.com/VrtoNLTjKz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 29, 2022 Ryan Dalton is no stranger to St. John the Baptist program. He played for the Cougars, he was the JV coach for the past two seasons and his father is well-respected Athletic Director, Ralph Dalton. Casey McKay was at the helm before him, helping lead the Cougars to the CHSAA Championship in 2018 but decided to step down and is now an assistant coach on staff. There was a lot to celebrate for the St. John the Baptist program last year as 2018 alum Logan O’Hoppe reached the big leagues with the Los Angeles Angels and his close friends and family were able to be in attendance to watch him ...
South Shore Elite Capture 13u National Boys of Summer Fall Division Championship
by Brian Honka The South Shore Elite would take on the TC Blackhawks in a Boys of Summer 13U Championship game The Elite would get on the board early and not look back. They came out swinging getting 3 base hits in the bottom of the first with RBIs from Christian Orlandi, a line drive to left from Dylan Sollitto, and Colby Grzelaczyk. DJ Brodi would hit a fly ball that the wind took and kept taking deep enough for the runner from third to score giving the Elite a 4-0 lead after the first inning of play. An RBI single from Dylan Sollitto makes it 2-0 Elite pic.twitter.com/QURQ0IcBMn — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 6, 2022 The Blackhawks would try and come back as they were able to get a run across in the top of the 4th. The Elite would get that run back and add on to the lea...
LI Crew Capture 15u Boys of Summer Fall Championship
by Brian Honka The LI Crew took on the South Shore Elite in a 15U Boys of Summer Fall Championship game The Crew would jump out to an early lead as they would lay off pitches, not in the strike zone, and punish balls that were A 2 run single from Ryan Plutman and the crew are up 6-0 in the first with no outs pic.twitter.com/2ekcV6oBkE — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 6, 2022 After a few walks and hit by pitches, Ryan Plutman would rip a line drive into the left-center gap scoring 2 runners and giving the Crew a 7-0 lead, he would later come into score With an 8-0 lead after the first inning Crew starting pitcher Dan Hansen would not have to worry very much. He was dominant striking out the side in the top of the second. The Crew would add more runs to their total in the 3r...
LI Titans Hannan Capture the LI Boys of Summer 15u American Fall Division Championship
by Brian Honka Post game interview with Joey Aronica pic.twitter.com/k3gf3ukq9C — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 5, 2022 With the 15U Boys of Summer Fall championship on the line, the LI Titans took on the LIB Prime on a warm afternoon at the PAL Stadium. The Titans sent Aaron Zacharia to the mound to face off against Eli Sierra. Both pitchers would be on their ‘A’ games as neither would back down from a challenge both teams would get runners on base in each of the first 3 innings but great pitching and good defense from both teams stopped the runners in their tracks. In the 4th inning, the titans would have the best scoring chance of the game to this point from either team with runners on 2nd and 3rd but Eli Sierras 4th strikeout of the game ended the inning. A...
WEST Warriors Capture Half Hollow Hills Little League Fall Invitational
WEST Warriors 12u Blue captured the Half Hollow Hills Little League Fall Invitational by the score of 16-6. Here is the final out pic.twitter.com/s18gWFeg2c — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 30, 2022 The WEST Warriors 12u Blue captured the Half Hollow Hills Little League Fall Invitational by the score of 16-6 over the WEST Warriors 13u Blue in an upset. Aiden Barnett was the starting pitcher and was also credited with the victory in this one. Both teams went scoreless in the first inning, but the action picked up in the second. Sean Martin got things going with a leadoff double and he came around to score on an RBI single by Ryan Toja to make it 1-0. They added runs on an bases loaded walk by Owen McGovern and an RBI single by Brayden Nazaretian to make it 4-0 in favor of 12u ...
