LI Boys of Summer 2024
GAME RECAP: Vance Kane Comes up Clutch to Complete Seventh Inning Comeback and Keep Titans Undefeated Season Alive
by John Sullivan Postgame interview with Vance Kane, who was 2 for 3 with the go-ahead two run inside the park homer in the seventh inning pic.twitter.com/B4gRdVPzvW — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 9, 2024 The matchup on Tuesday night at Mitchel field featured the top team in the league, LI Titans Crema, who were 12-0 entering the game, facing off against the bottom team in the league, CPD East, who were 0-10 going into the game. CPD would go on to prove that they’re a much better team than their record shows, and they can beat any team on any given day, especially when Steven Quiroz is pitching for them. Quiroz, a consistent strike thrower who pitched to contact, started off the game in the top of the first with a scoreless inning, despite issuing a walk and a base hit. In th...
GAME RECAP: 6-Run Fifth Inning Propels LI Elite Prospects to 7-4 Win
by Jacob Infald Despite an RBI single from Quinn, Cruz gets Martin to strikeout to end the game. LI Elite Prospects 7 – B1 Ghost 4 pic.twitter.com/o210zpmCZA — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 6, 2024 On the evening of July 5th, LI Elite Prospects Sav took on the B1 Ghost JTF in the 15U National Division for an LI Boys of Summer league showdown. Despite being one of the top teams in the league with a 5-2-1 record, B1 Ghost was taken down thanks to a six run barrage in the fifth inning from LI Elite, as they were victorious by a score of 7-4. Ryan Manno (Chaminade 2027), got the action started for LI Elite in the top half of the first. With Andrew Cucuzza (Plainview-Old Bethpage 2027), on the mound for B1 Ghost, Manno worked a leadoff walk. The speedy Manno stole second, adva...
GAME RECAP: Bats Lead LI Central Rams to Double Header Sweep
by Joe Bello The Central LI Rams took on Dodger Nation in a LI Boys of Summer 17/18u Varsity division double header on Wednesday evening. The Rams, led by the excellent play all day long of Giancarlo Rengifo, took both games against the Dodgers. Giancarlo Rengifo following game one of today’s double header. Went 2/2 with 2 doubles, a walk and an RBI in the 6-4 victory. pic.twitter.com/tyjTQhuCNa — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 3, 2024 Game 1 Matt Kurz pitched a complete game in game one of the double header. He was very good, only running into trouble in the 7th inning. He pitched 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 walks and 3 earned runs, while having 7 strikeouts. The offense was headlined by Rengifo, who went 2 for 2 with 2 doubles, a walk and an RBI. “Just simplifying things.” R...
GAME RECAP: Dodgers Nation Jasmin Hold on For 6-4 Win Over LIB Select
by Jacob Infald Tonight’s player of the game is Dodger Nations’ starting pitcher Costa Popoutsakis(Clarke 2027). Popoutsakis speaks on how he was able to get outs tonight without having his sharpest stuff and how his squad was able to use their energy to pull off the close victory. pic.twitter.com/5ryGITDRxS — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 28, 2024 On the evening of June 27th, Dodgers Nation Jasmin took on LIB Select in a league contest in the LI Boys of Summer 14U American Division. In a scrappy affair, Dodgers Nation was able to get the upper hand, winning 6-4 behind some strong aggressive base running. Costa Papoutsakis got the start on the mound for Dodgers Nation. Papoutsakis, a member of the 2027 graduating class for perennial Nassau County public school powerhouse Clarke...
GAME RECAP: Dodgers Nation Hold Off a Cardinals’ Comeback for Big Win
by John Sullivan Constantine Cheung lets us know what was working for him out there today pic.twitter.com/6P6GTXKsKQ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 26, 2024 Dodgers Nation and the Cardinals faced off in a Boys of Summer game at Mitchell Field on Wednesday night that would see two great starting pitchers take the mound. Dodgers Nation sent Constantine Cheung to the mound, who is a hard throwing right hander with a nasty breaking ball. For the Cardinals, Marco Visintainer, a strike thrower who hits spots and has good off speed, got the start. Visintainer started things off with a quick top of the first. He got the lead off batter to line out and after walking the next batter, he got out of the inning scoreless with two straight groundouts. In the bottom of the first, the Cardin...
GAME RECAP: Next Level and 110 Baseball Finish in 3-3 Tie at Long Island Lutheran
by Joe Bello 110 Baseball’s Dylan Payano discusses his 2/2 with a walk and 2 R day at the plate following the tie. pic.twitter.com/SmzXWGAKkl — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 26, 2024 ; Next Level and 110 Baseball faced off Wednesday night in a Long Island Boys of Summer 16u National Division league game. Coming into the matchup, Next Level sat atop the division with a record of 2-0 and a +11 run differential. While 110 was 0-1 and had a -6 run differential. This game didn’t feature a lot of offense from either side, finishing with a 3-3 tie once the final out was made. Next Level started the game with a run in the first inning. Jack Regan doubled to deep left-center field and was eventually brought in with a sacrifice fly by Jake Ganulin. 110 would go on to tie it up in the bot...
GAME RECAP: Chase Bocchi is the Hero of LI Elite’s 5-4 Win vs Team Francisco
by Joe Bello Chase Bocchi walks it off for LI Elite Cuomo with a 2-RBI single!!! LI Elite takes this one 5-4 over Team Francisco. pic.twitter.com/MDonkujxV0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 19, 2024 Long Island Elite Cuomo and Team Francisco Notorious 9 faced off on Wednesday night in a battle of the first and second place teams of the Boys of Summer 15u National Division. LI Elite would go on to win this exciting matchup 5-4 on a walkoff, standing strong in first place while improving their record to 7-0-2. While Team Francisco would drop to 6-4 on the summer, dropping from 2nd to 4th place in the standings with the loss. While this one may not be considered a pitcher’s duel, there wasn’t too much offense for either side as well, LI Elite only had 4 hits, while Team Franc...
GAME RECAP: Timely Hitting and Taking Advantage of Mistakes Helps NY Longhorns Maisano Complete Come From Behind Win
by John Sullivan Final: Brady Hunt closes it down and the Longhorns win it 8-5 pic.twitter.com/clenUpHBip — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 18, 2024 The 13u Boys of Summer matchup at Holy Trinity on Tuesday night was a highly anticipated one, as two of the best teams in the league matched up. B1 Ghost Diaz Gold entered the game with a 4-1 record and a run differential of 29-8. NY Longhorns Maisano entered play with a 3-1 record and a run differential of 24-6. B1 sent Giancarlo Cantorno to the mound, who immediately put Longhorn lead off batter, Brian Kalinowski, on with a walk. Cantorno got the next batter to ground into a fielder’s choice for the first out, but an E6 put Brady Hunt on and made it first and second for the Longhorns. Joey Moy then ripped a line drive into c...
GAME RECAP: South Shore Elite Manfredo and Top Tier Aviators Navy Square Off in Competitive Sunday DH
by Jacob Infald On the afternoon of June 16th, South Shore Elite Manfredo took on the Top Tier Aviators Navy in an exciting Father’s Day doubleheader for the Long Island Boys of Summer 13U American Division. After a competitive, back and forth afternoon of baseball, South Shore Elite won the first game 6-5 and the two squads ended up in a tie after game two, with a score of 8-8. Sean Gorey talks about what was working for him out on the mound. He only surrendered one run over four innings of work. He struck out five as well and worked out of multiple jams. pic.twitter.com/Z4A99EWpM1 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 16, 2024 Game 1: In the first game, South Shore Elite was led by a great starting pitching performance from Sean Gorey. Gorey pitched four innings, only surrendering ...
GAME RECAP: Bocci and Brown Power Elite to Win to Stay Undefeated
by John Sullivan Postgame interview with Chase Bocchi, who went 4 and a third with no runs, 3 hits and 6 strikeouts, and John Brown, who went 2 for 2 with a single, double, and 2 RBIs pic.twitter.com/BmSlcMeCIj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 11, 2024 B1 Ghost knew they had a challenge ahead of them on Tuesday night, as they went up against Mike Cuomo’s talented Long Island Elite team who entered the game 5-0-1 in league play. Although the Ghost were underdogs and only 2-3 coming into the game, they knew they had a fighting chance because they sent Jonathan Moya, a hard-throwing right hander with a great breaking ball and solid command, to the mound. Unfortunately for B1, Moya didn’t have his A+ stuff at the beginning of the game and Elite took advantage of that. After Chris B...
GAME RECAP: 16u Top Tier Aviators, South Shore Elite Earn Wins over Titans Baseball Petraitis
by Trevor Dugan Game 1 Axcess caught up with the Top Tier Aviators after their 4-1 victory@liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/K7nyZaiO9j — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 9, 2024 Titans Baseball Petraitis played two games Sunday morning, facing the Top Tier Aviators in game one at Diamond in the Pines. Runs were hard to come by to start the day as both teams’ starting pitchers had their best stuff working. The Aviators started Jake Bodenburg, and he was lights out from the very beginning. He struck out the first batter of the game looking. The next Titans batter walked and reached scoring position, then Bodenburg struck out the next two batters as well. The Titans sent out Tommy Murphy to start on the mound. Not to be outdone by his Top Tier counterpart, Murphy also struck out thr...
GAME RECAP: Top Tier Aviators Power Their Way to 11-7 Victory
by Trevor Dugan Aviators get the win after six innings FINAL: Aviators 11 – B1 5@liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/GRaOp0crT5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 7, 2024 The 18u Top Tier Aviators overcame B1 Ghost Sarni 11-7 on Friday night to earn their third win of the Boys of Summer season. The Aviators wasted no time getting the scoring started, as they struck for seven runs in the top of the first. Patient at bats by the Aviators yielded several walks. Disciplined hitting and a few timely hits, including an RBI single by catcher Christian Meadows, secured a huge lead for the Aviators right away. It was 7-0 midway through the first. But B1 didn’t want to go quietly. In the bottom of the first, B1 Sarni loaded the bases and had their whole dugout on the fence. With the pressu...
