East Coast Youth
Antonio Lari Walk-Off HR Delivers New York Longhorns-Black 4-3 Win
by Ethan Berch ANTONIO LARI DELIVERS!! WALK OFF HOMERUN WINS IT AND SENDS TEAM FRANSICO INTO THE PLAYOFFS! pic.twitter.com/sahJx5El3y — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 31, 2020 Halloween Day and early morning baseball sounds as sweet as candy! It was as cold as it gets for an October morning here at Allen Park in Farmingdale. The 9u Farmingdale Greendogs took on New York Longhorns-Black in an East Coast matchup. The winner of this game would presumably clinch a spot in next week’s playoffs! Antonio Lari got the nod for the Longhorns. Lari was a big kid who threw the ball with high velocity. Little-to-no kids were able to catch up with his fastball. The Greendogs struck first in the top of the first inning after three straight walks and hit batsmen. However, Lari struck o...
Junior Ducks Sneak Past Farmingdale, 2-0
Axcess Reporter Ethan Berch (@eberch5) speaks with the Ducks head coach following their 2-0 win! pic.twitter.com/6M4ghK7Mqt — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 23, 2020 There is something about baseball under the lights and Friday night that goes together just way too good. Here at Cantiague Park, the 10u LI Jr. Ducks took on the 10u Farmingdale Greendogs. This may have been a low-scoring one, but just as exciting as it gets. Colin Johnson got the start for the Ducks. The right handed pitcher came out with a fastball-curveball combination which was nasty. He forced a lot of groundouts and ended the first inning with a strikeout leaving a runner at third base. Aiden Simonetti was the starter for the Greendogs. Aiden threw hard and kept plenty of the Ducks hitters off balance. The...
12U Cannons Secure 6-5 Win in Thrilling First Game Finish
by James Ryder Cannons take early lead with 2 out rally. A 2 RBI single to CF makes it 2-0 going into the bottom of the 1st: pic.twitter.com/boyeFPFVlQ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 8, 2020 Wednesday nights 12U game at Plainedge Park Field 2 began with a brief rain shower overhead. The East Coast Cannons not only escaped Mother Nature, they escaped a late game comeback by the Long Island Thunder-Gaghan. The game ended in thrilling fashion with the Cannons holding onto a 6-5 victory. The Cannons, out of Syosset, took the lead in the top of the first off of Max Spector’s 2 RBI double. The line drive to center field scored leadoff hitter Luke Checkmayan and Joe Doherty, each of whom walked, to make it 2-0. In the bottom half, Spector took the mound. He began a solid start with ...
11u Team Steel Select Take 8-7 Victory Over the Commack Crushers
In a game that was filled with offense, each team going back-and-forth, trading leads multiple times throughout the game, the 11u Team Steel Select was able to scratch out an 8-7 victory over the Commack Crushers. The game featured an enormous display of timely hitting coming from both sides including the game winning RBI coming in the in the 5th inning with two outs. To the start the game, Team Steel sent out Santino Capozolla to the mound. After giving up a leadoff walk to the first batter of the game, the Crushers were immediately able to capitalize through an RBI single by center fielder, Khye Addison. He would later score on a past ball that inning that gave his team an early 2-0 lead However, Steel was able to answer right back on a line drive double over the left fielder’s head by R...
Ozone Academy Defeats South Shore Chiefs
by James Ryder The bats were clearly awake for Sunday mornings 9 AM game between 11u Ozone Academy and the South Shore Chiefs. Both teams combined for 19 runs on 19 hits. However, the defense for Ozone Academy still seemed to be half asleep for the first few innings. Despite this, the team kept up with South Shores early scoring and came back from down 7-1 to win 12-8in five innings. Ozone Academy got a 1-0 lead to start the game in the top of the first inning. Ethan Sorensen led off and hit a single to center field. Phil Albergo started his impressive day at the plate by bringing home Sorensen on an RBI infield single to shortstop. As mentioned, Ozone’s woes started on the other side of the ball from the get-go. South Shore quickly loaded the bases on a single from Christian George, a ...
LI Titans Noe Capture 10U Stars & Stripes Tournament
There are not many 10U teams that can compete with them, but the Farmingdale Greendogs are one of them. “We always play this Farmingdale team and we know they can really play,” said LI Titans Head Coach Kenny Noe. “We know they have about 3 or 4 pitchers that can really throw so for us it’s just about grinding out at bats, getting pitch counts up and going deep into counts and it showed. We got their pitcher up over 100 pitches in four innings–he went to 107 pitches and it was after throwing 75 on Thursday so it really showed,” he added. That pitcher was Chris Parisi, one of Farmingdale’s power arms but pitching on 2-days rest after throwing a complete game, he certainly battled to find his command. The Titans took advantage of this by drawing five...
Farmingdale Greendogs Advance to 10U Championship
The Farmingdale Greendogs held off a late rally by Long Island Baseball in which they sent the tying run to the plate after trailing by six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to capture a 10-7 victory. With the victory, they advance to face the Long Island Titans in the 10U Stars & Stripes Tournament. LIB got off to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an error and a couple wild pitches to score Lorenzo D’Ambrosio. The lead did not last long as the Greendogs sent eight batters to the plate in the bottom of the first and crossed the plate three times highlighted by an RBI single by Thursday’s hero Chris Parisi, an error and an RBI single by William Herbert. After a scoreless top of the second, they added three more runs on an RBI single by Justin Ortiz and a two-run double ...
Knights Tie Game Late, But LIB Surges to Win in Extras
by James Ryder What started off as a fast paced, offensive slug fest at Kings Park Memorial Park turned out to be a late game thriller. The Kings Park Knights, down to their final out and final strike, managed to tie up the game in the bottom of the sixth and force extra innings. However, Long Island Baseball quickly responded with a huge top of the seventh to win 10-5. Dylan Fitzpatrick and Aiden Collins each got the start on the mound and both threw four scoreless innings. Kings Park almost scored first in the bottom of the fourth, when Nick Paliotta hit a leadoff single and stole second base. Dom Romano hit the ball to right field but was thrown out at first base. Paliotta tried going home, but was also thrown out for an inning ending double play. LIB instead struck first in the top o...
Andrew Noe Does It All in 10-0 Victory
You would never know it by watching him, but Andrew Noe had a blast in today’s 10-0 victory for the LI Titans in the Semifinals of the 10U Stars & Stripes Tournament. The stoic young man pitched four shutout innings allowing just one hit and one hit. He also hit a three-run home run, legged out an RBI single and scored three runs while acting like he’s been there before–rarely seen from a 10-year-old athlete. The game was delayed by nearly an hour but the Titans still were able to finish the victory in 1 hour and finish in less than if the game had started at the scheduled 11:15am time. The offense wasted no time getting on the board in the first inning. They got an RBI single by Shane Meehan to score Andrew Noe to give them a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, Luke Coates ...
11-Run Third Inning Propels Wolfpack to Run-Rule Victory
Vaughn Steinert clears the bases with a triple to right pic.twitter.com/Hg1BiFVNMk — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 5, 2019 They sent 16 batters to the plate and crossed the plate 11 times against two pitchers. That third inning was the reason the 12U 495 Wolfpack was able to complete a a four-inning rule-rule victory over the East End Aviators in a 4th of July Stars & Stripes Tournament game this afternoon. They got out to a quick start in this game, using three walks to load the bases for fifth-place hitter Andrew Chelius. He roped a two-run rule double to score Vaughn Steinert and Isaiah Gibbs to make it 2-0. They sent Kyle Lucas to the hill and he was in no rush to let that lead slip away. The power pitcher fired a harmless 1-2-3 first inning with two ground outs to seco...
Dylan Beirne Leads Oil City With His Arm, Bat & Speed to an 11-4 Victory
Final: Oil City 11, Sharks Baseball Academy 4WP: Dylan Beirne@EcybTournaments pic.twitter.com/SqaCNue6sM — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 5, 2019 With the score knotted at 4-4 in the top of the fifth inning the Oil City Bandits sent their top of the order to the plate. Nine batters later they held a commanding 8-4 lead. In between, they had five hits including a huge two-run go-ahead double by Carson Fessler to score Ryan Piccola (3-for-4) and Todd Segarra (2-for-3, BB). Dylan Beirne followed with an RBI single to extend it to 7-4 and Nick Alverez put the icing on the cake with an RBI double to left field to make it 8-4. They added three more in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Segarra and a two-run single by Carson Fessler again. Beirne was a huge factor in this g...
Chris Parisi Fires Gem in 4-0 Win For Farmingdale Greendogs
Final: Greendogs 4, Black Diamonds 0 WP: Chris Parisi (CG, 2 hits, 14 K) Greendogs capture their first game of the Stars & Stripes Tournament @EcybTournaments pic.twitter.com/dgJyQmxkhZ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 4, 2019 Pitching and defense is the name of the game, but on this afternoon not much defense was needed behind Farmingdale’s ace Chris Parisi. The hard-throwing 10-year-old was lights out all afternoon, as he struck out 14, allowing just two singles in a complete game (six inning shutout). The other four outs were ground outs to second, a pop out to third and a ground out to third. He struck out the side in first, second and third innings. The Greendogs didn’t need to mount much offense, but they did the necessary damage in the first inning. After ...
