by Chris Prystupa Here’s Mattew Filip who had a monster game two in this doubleheader. He spoke with us about how he felt up at the plate and his game plan every time he stepped in the box pic.twitter.com/7RGdaAmNt1 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 21, 2022 The Long Island Astros and Team Steel squared off at Cantiague park for some Blue Chip collegiate action on Monday night. Both teams would come away with a win as Team Steel took game one by a score of 3-1 and the Astros responded by taking game two by a score of 6-3. Team Steel would waste no time in game one, capitalizing on a few walks that scored on a hard hit ball from James Ackerman off of Justin Aramini to bring in two runs. The Astros responded right away in the bottom of the first with a run of their own off of AJ P...
Justin Bestler fires a 2-hit shutout to propel LI Nor’Easters to the 2021 Blue Chip Collegiate League Championship Final: Nor’Easters 1, Astros 0 pic.twitter.com/DWxHU9BhUf — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 9, 2021 If you stopped to take a bathroom break, there’s a good chance you missed a big portion of this one. Southpaw Justin Bestler was magnificent and efficient while firing a two-hit complete game shutout over the LI Astros in a 1-0 victory for the LI Nor’Easters. The game was completed in an incomprehensible 1 hour, 15 minutes – roughly the same time it took for the Indians and Yankees to complete three innings during the ALDS last October. Nobody was complaining about the pace of this game, as it moved along swiftly throughout with both Bes...