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Final: Farmingdale Greendogs 10, Plainview Hawks 3 Coach LoGerfo on his team’s patience at the plate@EcybTournaments pic.twitter.com/ekjd3TGVwY — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 28, 2019 Patience was certainly a virtue today for the 8U Farmingdale Greendogs as their plate discipline allowed them to draw 17 walks which led to six of their 10 runs in a 10-3 rout of the Plainview Hawks. Head Coach Mike LoGerfo was proud of his team’s ability to expand outside of the strike zone. “The kids have definitely been controlling the zone–in Aaron Boone’s words,” said LoGerfo. “You can see we’re a pretty good team. The kids rally around each other. When Dylan DeBlasi came out early–he gave us two good innings–the teammates rall...

The Oil City Bandits used their power bats and four pitchers to hold off the East Coast Cannons, 6-1, in a Friday night showdown under the lights at Mitchel Field. They got off to a quick start in the bottom of the first. After an error allowed their leadoff batter to reach, Ryan Piccola crushed a two-run inside-the-park HR to give the Bandits a 2-0 lead right off the bat. Dan Pignataro singed after him but was stranded at second to end the inning. They extended their lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second on an RBI ground out by Gavin McMahon to score Pat Sullivan and an RBI infield single by Chris Marano. Their lead never really was threatened, but the Cannons did get runners on each inning. In the second inning, they even had second and third with nobody out, but a perfect throw home o...

by James Ryder Field 3 at Plainedge Park Sunday morning saw the 10u East Meadow Mustangs meet up with the Islip Owls. Their game lasted through the top of the fifth inning before the game was called due to time limit. The Mustangs were able to break open a 4-4 tie early in the game and slowly expanded their lead over the Owls. They went onto win 12-4. The Owls took their only lead of the game in the top of the first. Despite having their first two batters strike out, Islip went up 1-0 on a bullet off the bat of Frank Greco, which was lined into the left-center field gap resulting in an inside the park home run. In the bottom of the first, Islip’s starting pitcher struggled to throw strikes. Several wild pitches and a couple passed balls led to six walks and many stolen bases in the frame. ...

by James Ryder The 12u East Meadow Mustangs faced the PYA Legends on Carpentier Field Saturday morning at the East Meadow Baseball Complex. The teams managed to exchange leads for most of the game. Several runs came on RBI’s and errors by both teams. In the end, East Meadow was able to hang onto the lead and win 7-6. The Mustangs’ first lead of the game came in the top of the first inning. Joe Augustin hit a lead off single and was brought home on Trevor Smith’s RBI double to the left field fence. In the bottom half, the Legends responded by taking their first lead. Jack Mastronardi’s bloop single to shallow left-center field scored Leo Schindler to tie it up at 1-1. Mastronardi then stole second and came around to score on an error. A ground ball hit to second base was thrown in an attemp...

by Ethan Marshall The PYA Legends overcame a three-run deficit to defeat the Kings Park Knights, 11-6, in five innings at Plainedge Field. An eight-run third inning capped off the Legends’ comeback, with the dagger coming on a two-run triple by Andrew Blake. Throughout the frame, the Legends put together competitive at-bats, took advantage of the Knights’ mistakes and were aggressive on the bases. According to Legends head coach Tim Workman, the team feels they are never out of any game, including this one. “We’re never in a panic, we never sit back or worry because the team consistently battles back,” Coach Workman said. “It’s something that we’re known for and the kids are very comfortable battling from behind.” The Knights jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning thanks to RBI...

by James Ryder Final: 19-4 Titans. Here is Alejandro Gonzalez with thoughts on the teams win (Interview sponsored by Muddy Locker Sports): pic.twitter.com/NXSjhefcwM — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 14, 2019 The 11u Long Island Titans and the Batting 1.000 Seminoles squared off Saturday morning at Plainedge Park. The Titans went up early and the lead would swell in the top of third inning. The game only lasted until the end of the following frame as the game ended due to time limit. The Titans won in dominating fashion, 19-4. The Seminoles bats and the pitching simply struggled to compete in this one. In contrast, the Titans had great plate discipline, several big hits, and stellar pitching from starter Jake King. King went two innings with only two walks and a single given...

by James Ryder Here is Marcus Duncan on his relief outing success: pic.twitter.com/pwI1u58lka — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 7, 2019 The 12u East Meadow Mustangs matched up against Long Island Baseball Saturday afternoon at Mitchell Park. The game was extremely competitive for the first couple of innings as each team stayed fought until the bottom of the third. It was here that LIB gained their first lead of the game and went on to win, 14-7, thanks to a ton of firepower in the batter’s box. However, it was the Mustangs who got this high scoring outing started in the top of the first. After a leadoff single from Augustyn and back-to-back walks from Dominguez and Smith, Lanza brought them all home on an inside-the-park grand slam. This 4-0 lead was short lived though as LI...

Brendan Magill ripped a 2-R triple in the first inning and also contributed on the mound. He discusses the victory @EcybTournaments pic.twitter.com/EgDevUirC3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 1, 2019 It would be an understatement to say that 8U Team Beast Black has been having a successful year. The young squad entered the day 47-5-3 on the summer and they entered East Coast Labor Day Tournament as a red-hot team. They continued their red-hot play with a 6-5 walk-off victory on a walk drawn by Jake D’Andrea this afternoon at Plainedge Park. It was an entertaining game of baseball. The game was delayed 15 minutes by a late arrival of the umpire who was greeted to a round of applause by the Sharks Academy team in an innocent gesture that drew laughter from the parents. ...

Bronx Warriors with the run-rule victory over the Cyclones. Coach Garcia on the victory pic.twitter.com/RuOtqhhuf2 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 31, 2019 It’s hard to come out in better fashion than the Bronx Warriors did on Saturday afternoon against the Massapequa Cyclones. The 11U squad did just about everything right in order to build an insurmountable first inning lead. They put up 10 runs, sending 14 batters to the plate against two pitchers. They got going right away as lead off batter Luis Hernandez drew a walk and scored when Nathaniel Bisceglie drove a double and an interference on the shortstop resulted in the first run coming across the board. They added their second and third runs on a ground ball to the third baseman off the bat of Chris Luna that result...