Chris Sacchi
North Babylon Looks To Restore Momentum From 2019
by Chris Sacchi Steve Corrado and his North Babylon High School Baseball team can be seen as a reflection of the current state of affairs when it comes to overcoming Covid-19. At first, Corrado has to reflect on what has been lost: “The first thing I would say is that last year, my heart was broken for my seniors, that they didn’t get an opportunity to come back out and prove that we were going to be a good team.” Just like the rest of the world, Corrado is hoping we can reclaim what was had before. Absolutely dominant outing by 6’4 RHP Colin Rhein (North Babylon 2021). Sitting 87-88 T89 with a vicious 72 MPH hook pic.twitter.com/oWzo8Ye3kj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 24, 2020 “We hope that the blueprint for success in ‘18 and ‘19 will carry over to all these...
Westhampton Aviators take game 1 of the HCBL Championship Series over Riverhead, 10-4
by Chris Sacchi Two teams throughout the Hamptons League season sparred back and forth all season for the top spot. The Riverhead Tomcats and Westhampton Aviators both won 27 regular season games, besting their franchise marks. Their dominance over the league can be punctuated by this fact; no other team in the 7-squad league finished above .500. It was no surprise, then, that these two forces would meet in a three game series to determine the league champion. Due to a 4-2 head to head record, the Aviators received the top seed and thus enjoyed home field in games one and three, if needed. They swept the Southampton Breakers two games to none in round one. Riverhead was taken to a decisive game three against Sag Harbor before scoring key runs in the bottom of the eighth to move ...
Riverhead Advances to HCBL Championship Series
by Chris Sacchi In a win or go home game three of a first round playoff series between the Riverhead Tomcats hosting the Sag Harbor Whalers, it truly came down to the wire in an exciting 6-4 victory for Riverhead, moving on to face the Westhampton Aviators in the championship series. After a scoreless top half for Tomcats starters Nick Desalvo, his team jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, thanks to production from some of the best hitters in the entire Hamptons League. Robert Gallagher hit .319 and set his own record for stolen bases in a Tomcats season with 38. Jason Coules set the Tomcats record for triples and was the only Hamptons Leaguer to bat over .400 this season. Coules was the one who got it starter for Riverhead with a walk against Whalers southpaw start...
Westhampton Aviators Advance to HCBL Championship Series
By Chris Sacchi Game two of a three game opening round playoff series between the Southampton Breakers hosting the Westhampton Aviators was delayed 55 minutes from its 4:30 start, due to umpires that were preoccupied at another game at Baseball Heaven. After two innings, the game was an absolute slugfest with a score of 7-7, with those two innings taking almost an hour. Westhampton proceeded to score 10 more runs, while Southampton stayed quiet in a 17-7 loss that eliminated them from the postseason. In the top of the of the first, Dan Franchi, who holds the all time record for hits in a season and hits across a career for the Aviators, fittingly led off with a single. Teammate Eric Callahan followed with another single into right, and Franchi sped over to third. With runners at the cor...
Dan Franchi Sets HCBL Hits Record in Westhampton Aviators Victory
by Chris Sacchi A beautiful Friday afternoon game between the Westhampton Aviators and the Sag Harbor Whalers came down to a close 5-4 victory for host Westhampton, with an added historic milestone. Sag Harbor went down quickly with two ground outs to start the game against George Washington right handed starter Harrison Cohen. Whalers three hitter and shortstop Brock Franks then hit the first pitch he saw right back from where he came for a hard hit line drive single up the middle. Whalers center fielder Andrew Bates then followed with a long shot to straight away center field that was easily extra bases. Frank’s came around third base hard trying to score, but a great throw in from the outfield from Aviators center fielder Dan Franchi cut off Sag Harbor from a first inning run to end t...
Riverhead Tomcats Start off HCBL With a 2-0 Victory
Reporter @SachChristopher talks with @RHTomcats outfielder Robert Gallagher about “setting the table” at the top of the order. Gallagher scored both Tomcats runs out of the lead off spot in a 2-0 victory. pic.twitter.com/3iGJpR1dsK — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 1, 2019 Last season, the Riverhead Tomcats entered play as the only team in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League without a championship. Fast forward a year, and they’re looking to be the only team in HCBL history to win back-to-back titles. “We were the last club to win it,” Tomcats general manger Patti White told the Riverhead Times. “We’re going to be the first club to repeat.” Entering opening day of its matchup with the Shelter Island Bucks, the Tomcats had returned only three players from last season’s champio...
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