Game Recaps
Mulqueen’s All-Around Day Leads LI Indians to 7-4 Victory Over Camelot Knights
by Desiree Keegan Steven Mulqueen was king of the baseball field Friday. The LI Indians 12-under center fielder went 2-for-3 with three runs, an RBI and two stolen bases to lead his team to a 7-4 win over the Camelot Knights in opening round of the East Coast Columbus Day Tournament at Uniondale’s Mitchel Athletic Complex Oct. 5. After a 1-2-3 inning by Indians starting pitcher Kiran Paningankar, Mulqueen started off the scoring for his team with an RBI-triple, helping his pitcher cross the plate. Catcher Brian Licata, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk, singled to score Mulqueen for an early 2-0 advantage for his team that never trailed. LI Indians starting pitcher Kiran Paningankar tossed 7 Ks over five innings to earn the win in his team’s 7-4 victory over the Camelot Knights in th...
Blue Chip Prospects Host Northeast Elite Underclass at Baseball Heaven
Three champions were crowned yesterday at Baseball Heaven for the annual Blue Chip Prospect Northeast Elite Underclass tournament. Below are the champions and the MVPS of each age group: 14U- Team Beast United Opponent: Team Steel Select (7-0) MVP: Jake Griffen Here’s a preseason video we did on them from January recapping their outstanding 2017 season. 15U- Tri-State Arsenal Opponent: Bronx Bombers (6-2, 8 innings) MVP: Zach Stein 16U-Titans Quattrini Opponent: Youth Service (7-4) MVP: JT Raab
Whitestone Renegades Capture 14U East Coast Labor Day Bash
And Renegades are your East Coast Labor Day Champions! pic.twitter.com/4vzDfFZQF9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 3, 2018 The East Coast Labor Day Bash tournament 14u division featured some of Long Islands well-renowned travel organizations including the Hitters Club Hawkeyes, Long Island Royals and the Long Island Black Diamonds. However, it was the Howard Beach Wolfpack and the Whitestone Renegades who were the final the teams remaining and were ready to square off to bring home the trophy and possibly some bragging rights for the best team in Queens. On a blazing hot afternoon, reaching the upper 80’s at Eisenhower Park both teams took the field stocked with their best 9. Out of the gate, the Wolfpack sent John Dezago to the mound. Dezago breezed through the first innin...
Garden City Captures 12U East Coast Labor Day Bash
Final: Garden City 9, Junior Ducks 4 WP: Soutar Soutar also drove in 4 runs pic.twitter.com/zZWEgwxb4L — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 3, 2018 Trailing 4-0 after two innings, Garden City was down but certainly not out. They mounted a furious comeback that featured nine unanswered runs over the next five innings. Braden Soutar stole the show with a two-run single and two-run triple at the plate, while also firing five innings of scoreless relief to slam the door shut and complete the impressive comeback. The Junior Ducks got off to a quick start, taking advantage of the wildness of the opposing starting pitcher–drawing six walks in just 1+ inning. They let a golden opportunity to break the game open get passed them, though. With the bases loaded, yesterday’s her...
Kaitlyn Klepper Fires Complete Game Shutout to Send 12U Junior Ducks to Championship of East Coast Labor Day Bash
Kaitlyn Klepper on her outstanding CG shutout in a 1-0 victory to send the Junior Ducks to the championship of the East Coast Labor Day Bash pic.twitter.com/ebcMnRuv75 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 2, 2018 With the bases loaded and only one out in the second inning, it was a rocky situation for any young pitcher. Fortunately for the Junior Ducks, their pitcher, 12-year-old Kaitlyn Klepper was the most prepared player on the field. The young hurler induced a come backer to the mound, she fielded the ball, composed herself and fired a strike to the catcher, who fired it to first to complete the inning-ending 1-2-3 double play and escape the inning unscathed. She let out a big fist pump and headed back to the dugout. That was the closest that the opposition came to getting ...
LI Royals Cruise to 7-1 Victory Behind Derek Watts CG Gem, Aggressive Base Running
Final: LI Royals 7, LI Black Diamonds 1 WP: Derek Watts (complete game) Here he is on the victory and who is favorite player in the Major Leagues is pic.twitter.com/RiXX8pccTB — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 1, 2018 It’s not often that a team uses base running as its primary offensive weapon, but executing 10 steals in one game will almost certainly always equal a victory. The LI Royals used six steals in the third inning to open up a 6-1 lead that would ultimately be the difference in their 7-1 victory over the Black Diamonds in a 14U East Coast Labor Day Bash tournament showdown on Saturday afternoon at Eisenhower Park. Starting pitcher Derek Watts was excellent; throwing a complete game allowing just three hits and working out of a bases loaded jam in the last inn...
Hance Dominates, Leads 12u LI Thunder to Victory in Labor Day Tournament
Axcess MVP of the game George Hance discusses his start on the mound. He allowed 2 runs 1 earned in 4 innings and struck out 8 batters. He also hit an inside the park home run in the game. pic.twitter.com/tzn8YG0iYy — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 1, 2018 As the summer comes to a close, it was a beautiful day for baseball at Plainedge Park. The LI Thunder and LI Junior Ducks faced off in a 12u East Coast Labor Day Bash Tournament matchup looking to claim victory on this beautiful day. George Hance toed the rubber for the Thunder in the top of the 1st looking to set the tone for the game for his team. Hance struck the first two batters of the game out, and then after an error and a walk he got the final out with a groundball to first. Mike Lazaridis was hoping to set a simi...
Kevin Bowrosen’s Bases-Clearing Triple Propels Body Armor to 3-1 Victory in Metropolitan Classic
Kevin Bowrosen (Miller Place 2020) clears the bases with a one-out triple and Body Armor takes a 3-1 lead in the fifth pic.twitter.com/p9OMHGZbAC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 24, 2018 Great hitters are able to notice patterns in opposing pitchers and capitalize when they make mistakes. James Madison-commit Kevin Bowrosen (Miller Place 2020) is that caliber of hitter. And the mistake happened to be a critical one in the fifth inning with the bases loaded with his Body Armor Titans team trailing 1-0. The Miller Place infielder took a 1-1 fastball and ripped it into the left-center field alley way to score Josh Graham, Luke Orbon and Danny Corona which proved to be the difference in the game. “The pitcher was sitting outside on me the whole time so I waited on that pitc...
Steven Rizzo & Vito Friscia Capture the 2018 Axcess Home Run Derby
On a hot & humid August afternoon, two players stole the show and stood above the rest in their respective brackets. Steven Rizzo (St. Anthony’s) captured the high school division and Vito Friscia (Hofstra) captured the college division in front of a packed crowd at Baseball Heaven. Rizzo led all high school hitters with 10 home runs, including seven in the first round. He defeated Matt Brown-Eiring (Connetquot 2020) in the championship round with two home runs. David Falco (Center Moriches 2019) smacked 3 HR, Brock Murtha (Saville 2020) hit two while Kyle Rausch (Longwood 2019) and Brown-Eiring each hit one. The college age players put on a clinic. St. Joseph 1B Paul Britt hit four home runs. He is a finalist for our Axcess Most Valuable Player for his amazing 2018 season for th...
Team Steel Captures Boys of Summer College Division Title
Brentwood State Park, Brentwood NY – Team Steel Baseball Heaven (Yaphank) has won Boys of Summer College Division Championship game played at Brentwood State Park Monday night. The Boys of Summer (Selden) College Division had 19 teams competing in their summer baseball league. Team Steel defeated the Mattituck Ospreys 4-3 in the quarter finals, Hank’s Yanks 4-1 in the semi- finals and the Bulldogs 8-3 in the Championship game. Pictured left to right standing: Coach Mike DeSantis, Nick DeSantis (Immaculata University), C.J. Owen (SUNY Purchase), William Romano – East Patchogue Bellport High School(Mansfield University, PA), Bobby Pollock (University of Bridgeport), Tommy Desena (SUNY Farmingdale), Corey Tingo (SUNY Cobleskill), Frank Gebel (SUNY Cobleskill), Ethan Angress (City College...
Steven Murphy Throws Well, LI Strong Cruise to 7-2 Victory
LI Strong wins 7-2. Here’s pitcher Steven Murphy on what was working for him, as well as the accomplishment of winning 40 games as a team this season. pic.twitter.com/CTULDfTX9t — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 11, 2018 To kick off the East Coast Nationals tournament, Long Island Strong defeated Team Steel by a score of 7-2. A strong offensive showing, as well as an excellent performance on the mound by Steven Murphy led to the victory. Murphy started off the game strong, striking out the first batter he faced. Although he then allowed a single, the next two batters were also retired via strikeout. In the bottom half of the first, LI Strong went to work to give their pitcher a lead. Tyler Solomon was on the mound for Team Steel, and he struggled early. A leadoff single and a ...
Monstrous 3rd Inning, Dominance from Leonard in Relief Leads B1000 Seminoles to Victory
Axcess player of the game Liam Leonard discusses how he felt his stuff was working on the mound today. Leonard entered the game in the top of the 3rd trailing 3-2 and pitched 4 scoreless innings with 5 k’s and only 2 hits allowed, helping lead his team to their 8-3 victory. pic.twitter.com/09vbwA2cd8 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 8, 2018 Baseball like most other sports is a game of momentum. One little thing can change the outcome of a game dramatically. In this case, though, instead of one little thing, the more proper thing to say would be one big inning. In a 15u Boys of Summer clash between Beast White and the B1000 Seminoles, Beast White jumped out to a quick lead in the top of the 1st inning. Josh DeCicco drove in Kelly Burke with an RBI single to get Beast off to a ...
