Boys of Summer

by Salvatore D’Onofrio The Long Island Storm scored five times in the first inning and never looked back on their way to a 6-4 defeat of the Red Devils in a 16U Boys of Summer game last night at Cantiague Park. Brandon Paider took the bump for the Storm and was dominant in his three innings of work.  In the first, Brandon was able to get out of the jam by picking up Darlyn Liberato at second-base after his lead-off bunt. In the bottom half of first, the Storm bats lit up. The starting pitcher for the Red Devils Luis Reyes and his defense struggled early as he allowed a lead-off walk, two errors by the Red Devil defense,and two more walks. The Storm was able to take the lead 3-0 because of an RBI double from Will Pellegrino and an RBI single by Brian Baek. This was all for the startin...

In an evening game between the 15u Body Armor Titans, and LI Junior Ducks Schnupp, the Titans emerged victorious by a score of 9-2. While the Titans ultimately pulled off the victory, it was somewhat of a shaky start for them. Southpaw Justin Arciniegas was on the mound, and recorded two quick outs. However, he then walked back-to-back batters, and was then unable to make a play on a poorly hit grounder up the third base line. With the bases loaded and two outs, Wilmer Cuevas hit a ground ball up the middle. The Ducks were in luck, as what likely would have been the final out of the inning, actually gave them a 2-0 lead, as the ball struck the second base bag and bounced away from the fielders. Arciniegas was able to regroup, and induced another ground ball, this time for the final out of ...

by Lou Accumanno Being down three runs in the bottom of the third wasn’t an issue, as the B1000 Seminoles-Ferr scored six runs to put away the LIB Enriq, 6-3, at Mitchell Field. Tim Migliaro was on the mound for the Seminoles who had struggled early in the game.  The defense of this Seminoles squad allowed three runs to score in the first two innings that put them in a hole down 3-0. In the bottom of the third inning, pitcher for LIB Enriq, Owen Rose was in a jam himself with bases loaded and no one out. Sean Johnson for the Seminoles stepped up to the plate and smacked the ball down the first base line and sent home three runners to tie the ball game up 3-3. Sean Johnson said, “I had to stay calm, not to be overanxious with those runners on base and no outs. My hit got the team amped up a...

Dan Lippman tripled in the bottom of the 4th sending three runners home. This gave the Marlins a 9-0 lead over the Seminoles-Smith. Dan Lippman is your Axcess Player of the Game! pic.twitter.com/67ooZC1k8L — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2019 by Lou Accumanno Everyone on the varsity team of the Long Island Marlins got their licks in against the Seminoles-Smith in a convincing 9-4 victory at Hofstra University. Christian Morgan smacked in two runs in the first inning for the team that put them up 2-0. This ignited the team’s offense early as they continued to score in the second, third, and fourth innings. Bryan Hanlon drove one down the right line that had his brother, Colin Hanlon score which was a big contribution to offensive side of the game. The powerhouse in Lou Sabiti...