Tyler O’Neill
Dominant Pitching Leads Steel to DH Sweep over LI Strong
Some familiar names were on display in today’s Boys of Summer-Perfect Game Collegiate League double header at Brentwood State Park between the Steel Collegiates and LI Strong. Despite fielding a team of primarily 2021 graduates, Steel looked like a team mature beyond their years and executed well in all aspects of the game. It starts with pitching and they performed in spaces. Here’s how it went down: Game 1 Tyler O’Neill took the mound for the Steel Collegiates. He is fresh off winning Nassau Conference II Pitcher of the Year for Mepham. He picked up right where he left off, but before he took the mound he was staked to a 1-0 lead. Joe Sanguedolce (St. Joseph’s) led off with a single to right and scored on Billy Kender’s RBI double. It was a huge day for Kend...
League MVPs Announced
It’s always an exciting day when the League/Conference MVPs are announced because after the Long Island Championships, you’re expecting a slow news day and then the list drops and it’s another hit of news. To be fair, the list didn’t actually drop but I was able to find out the winners and here they are. Quick note: Nassau opted to award a Most Valuable Position Player as well as Most Valuable Pitcher, whereas Suffolk just named one player. Naturally, many players in Suffolk will feel slighted if they felt they had a case to win. The next big announcement will be the two Diamond Award winners as well as the Carl Yastrzemski Award, Paul Gibson Award and Silver Slugger. Nassau County: I- Vin Mallon (Massapequa), Liam Carroll (Massapequa) II- Co-Winners: Patrick Sanche...
Jordan Babbo’s Double Sends Calhoun Into Nassau Conference II Finals
What a wild day of baseball it was. Walk-offs, game-tying grand slams, lights-out relief performances and yes, even some fan ejections. Yesterday had it all. Here’s a breakdown of the double header between Mepham and Calhoun. Mepham had taken Game 1 on Saturday and they did not play on Sunday due to prom so it was a 10:30am start yesterday. Mepham had ace Tyler O’Neill on the hill and Calhoun was without their stud SS, Patrick Sanchez, who was ejected on Saturday and had to serve a one-game suspension. It was one of those games where Mepham felt like they were going to run away with it – but just didn’t get the big hit. In the second inning, Mepham opened up a 4-1 lead and had the bases loaded with one out. Calhoun coach Art Canestro made the call to take out starti...
Long Beach Scores 8 in the Seventh to Complete Improbable Comeback
by Joseph Curto Long Beach scores 8 in the bottom of the 7th to defeat Mepham 12-11! John Farina comes through the game winning hit and also earns the W on the mound pic.twitter.com/xQrWBfIsJ0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 18, 2021 Just a day ago, the Mepham Pirates hosted the Long Beach Marines and took care of them by scoring 15 runs and holding their offense to just three runs. What a difference a day can make. The Long Beach Marines played host to the Mepham Pirates and offered one of the most exciting games of the day. The game featured a pair of junior right handers facing off against one another. Connor Nooney had the ball for Long Beach, and Aidan Amato got the ball for Mepham. The game was scoreless till the top of the third when Pirate’s leadoff man Charlie Le...
Tyler O’Neill and JT Raab Go Toe-To-Toe in Thriller, Mepham Wins 3-1 in Extras
Final (9 innings): Mepham 3, MacArthur 1 WP: Billy Kender pic.twitter.com/DGjKSp2pwV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 4, 2021 They’ll be talking about this one for years to come. I knew this would be a great pitching match up between two of Long Island’s best pitchers in Stony Brook-commit JT Raab and Bucknell-commit Tyler O’Neill, but somehow the actual game exceeded even the loftiest of expectations. MacArthur and Mepham are two of the top teams in Nassau County entering 2021 and they proved it today, in an unbelievable pitcher’s duel that resulted in a 3-1 victory in 9 innings for the Pirates with the go-ahead run scoring on a safety squeeze with the bases loaded executed by Jack Hellerer to score Billy Kender – who led off with a two-strike doubl...
Led by Two Bucknell-Commits, Mepham Looking to Build off 2019
Gianni Macchio walks it off with a 2RBI double and Mepham eliminates Wantagh!!!!!! FINAL: Mepham 3 Wantagh 2 WP: Tyler O’Neill (CG) Gianni Macchio: Walk off pic.twitter.com/KWbKBq1QJ9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2019 Knocking off the three-time defending Class A Long Island Champions is no small task. Mepham was able to accomplish that back in 2019 in large part to sophomore starting pitcher Tyler O’Neill. Head Coach Eric Passman was optimistic that 2020 would be a great year for his team, as they were set to return their entire infield, 2/3 of their outfield and their entire pitching staff. That plan, of course, was thwarted with the cancellation of the season. “We were going to have a real solid team top-to-bottom,” said Passman, who is entering his f...
Who Are The Top Remaining Uncommitted 2021s?
This year more than any year, uncommitted players are looking at the calendar and getting nervous about where they will play at the college level. That’s human nature, worrying if you missed your short. I’ve been there, plenty of players have been there. But here’s the good news: schools are always looking for good players. It doesn’t matter if it’s a pandemic. If you can play at the collegiate level, they will make room. Without further ado, here’s the list of the top uncommitted players on Long Island from the 2021 class. Brendan Williams, West Hempstead Alright so this is becoming an all-time duel. Williams strikes out his 12th batter of the day (against the top-ranked team in the region) allowing just one hit. Ventimiglia is back out for the 7th with...
Mepham Ready To Make A Playoff Run
Gianni Macchio walks it off with a 2RBI double and Mepham eliminates Wantagh!!!!!! FINAL: Mepham 3 Wantagh 2 WP: Tyler O’Neill (CG) Gianni Macchio: Walk off pic.twitter.com/KWbKBq1QJ9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2019 by Zevan Shuster Coming off another playoff appearance, one that featured an exciting walk-off against Wantagh, Mepham is poised for another playoff appearance. “We have two thirds of our outfield coming back. We have our star pitcher coming back. The only thing that’s up in the air right now is the rest of the pitching and the catching, that’s all,” Mepham head coach Eric Passman said. The mix of certainty and comfort, to go along with uncertainty and unknowns, makes for an interesting start to the year for Passman’s club. While the head coach is getting a...
