By Blake Buscemi Jared Restmeyer goes the distance, throwing a complete game shutout in a shortened second game of a doubleheader. His final line was 7 innings, 3 hits allowed, 5 strikeouts, and ZERO walks. Final: Tomcats 1, Whalers 0 pic.twitter.com/4nLQWPZEyH — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 1, 2022 The second game of a doubleheader featuring the Sag Harbor Whalers and Riverhead Tomcats took place at Veteran’s Memorial Park Friday afternoon. Both teams are in the top three in the Hamptons League standings, so it was expected to be a competitive game. The pitching matchup featured two of the best pitchers statistically in the entire league in Jared Restmeyer of the Tomcats and Will Pacheco of the Whalers. Both pitchers have an ERA under 1.00 as of the conclusion of this game, ...
This week kicked off the regular season for the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League (LICBL). Most teams have played five or six game to this point and the top players are beginning to emerge. For our audience that has been following us from last year, there are many familiar names that populate the local Long Island and city colleges. Below is a breakdown of players to keep an eye on through out the season: Position Players: Hermes Abreu-New York Redbirds (Concordia) Noah Centeno-Long Island Lightning (Sacred Heart) A.J. Cain- Long Island Lightning (New Haven) Andrew Florides- Long Island Lightning (NYIT) Brian Forbes- Diamond Spikes (Herkimer CC) Noah Fortuna-New York Hurricanes (New Haven) Brian Goulard-Long Island Storm (Fordham University) Gannon Kenney-McGowan- New York Cardinals (...
We are about to enter the portion of the year when the top players entering their senior years of high school will announce their verbal commitment to colleges–if they haven’t done so already. A handful of the Class of 2018s have already committed. Players like Mark Faello, Jason Coules, Matt Hogan, Anthony D’Onofrio, Logan Doran, Bobby Vath, Logan O’Hoppe, Liam Pulsipher, Anthony Fontana and Jake Guercio are already off the table. Here’s the best players still on the board. Joe Litchhult (Hills East LHP, 1B) The big left-handed pitcher had a phenomenal season for the League III Champs. He really showed what kind of pitcher he is. He throws in the low-to-mid 80s, he has very clean and repeatable mechanics and he has command of a changeup and breaking ball as w...