{"id":42440,"date":"2019-07-22T01:59:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T20:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/?p=42440"},"modified":"2019-07-22T01:59:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T20:59:14","slug":"westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Westhampton Win 6-2 in Heat-Shortened Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Chris Sacchi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite a weekend with some of the hottest temperatures since 2003, every team in the Hamptons League can\u2019t afford to lose intensity with the playoffs starting on Wednesday and seeding still to be determined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a chase for the number one seed, the Westhampton Aviators took down the Southampton Breakers 6-2 in a heat shortened game through 5 and a half innings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aviators southpaw starter <\/span><b>Ryan Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was taken out in the first inning, but not due to ineffectiveness. After getting the first two outs, Breakers first baseman <\/span><b>Gerard Sweeney <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hit a bullet up the middle that ricocheted off Smith\u2019s right leg. Smith looked fine initially, breaking towards the ball that was rolling towards third base, and making a throw to first that Sweeny beat out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35232 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith then paced around the mound and flexed his leg multiple times. After one warmup toss, he shook his head and told his coaching staff he couldn\u2019t continue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right hand pitcher <\/span><b>Ryan Toran <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">replaced Smith, and allowed a single into right field to Southampton\u2019s <\/span><b>Justice Thompson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that allowed Sweeny to race over to third.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With first and third and two out, catcher <\/span><b>Kyle Lagrutta <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hit a dribbled foul down the first base line. However, the ball had so much topspin that it rolled back into fair territory near first, and Aviators first baseman <\/span><b>Sean O\u2019Keefe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">picked it up for an unorthodox third out and a 3-unassisted in the scorebook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the home first, Westhampton seemed determined to get off to a good start, having to win out for the rest of the regular season for a chance at the top seed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39858 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0919-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0919-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0919-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0919.jpg 708w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dan Franchi<\/strong>, with two hits shy of the Aviators record 54 in a season, hit the first pitch he saw from Breakers right-hand starter <\/span><b>Peyton Maple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into left field for a single.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Maple\u2019s second pitch, All-Star <\/span><b>Eric Callahan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">roped a single into right. Fellow All-Star <\/span><b>Chaney Dodge <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then walked, and All-Star <\/span><b>Bailey Peterson, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the last of four All-Stars atop the Westhampton order, was hit by a pitch to score the first run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catcher <\/span><b>Johnny Puchullio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then singled to score a run, and outfield <\/span><b>Frankie Gomez <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">singled two batters later to make it a 4-0 game with only one out. After <\/span><b>Franchi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">struck out looking, his brother Dan added his second hit of the day and his first two RBI to give his team a 6-0 lead after one inning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some records today for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHAviators?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WHAviators<\/a> in a 6-2 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SH_Breakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SH_Breakers<\/a>; the all time Aviators mark for wins in a season, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hamptoncoffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hamptoncoffee<\/a> player of the game Dan Franchi tying the Aviators record for hits in a season with 54. Franchi speaks with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SachChristopher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SachChristopher<\/a> postgame. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b3p3Aus7eL\">pic.twitter.com\/b3p3Aus7eL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1153003833414627328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a very hot day, the action was pretty quiet through the rest of the game, until Sweeny hit a two run homer in the top of the fifth to make it 6-2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That top of the fifth was the final frame because of the extreme heat, which forced the home plate umpire out of the game. Play stopped in the third in the middle of an at-bat to Westhampton\u2019s <\/span><b>Tom Summers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a 2-2 count. The umpire conferred with his field umpire, and headed for shade in the away Breakers dugout before being removed from the game, and given fluids as well the rest of the day to recover.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About half an hour later, the field umpire was behind home plate, with the declaration that after the game would be made official, (after the away fifth, with an Aviators lead,) the game would be called.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the victory, the Aviators broke a single-season record for wins in a season with 26. At 26-11-2, they are half a game behind that one seed; the Riverhead Tomcats are at 26-10-2. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Chris Sacchi Despite a weekend with some of the hottest temperatures since 2003, every team in the Hamptons League can\u2019t afford to lose intensity with the playoffs starting on Wednesday and seeding still to be determined.\u00a0 In a chase for the number one seed, the Westhampton Aviators took down the Southampton Breakers 6-2 in a heat shortened game through 5 and a half innings.\u00a0 Aviators southpaw starter Ryan Smith was taken out in the first inning, but not due to ineffectiveness. After getting the first two outs, Breakers first baseman Gerard Sweeney hit a bullet up the middle that ricocheted off Smith\u2019s right leg. Smith looked fine initially, breaking towards the ball that was rolling towards third base, and making a throw to first that Sweeny beat out.\u00a0 Smith then paced around the mound and flexed his leg multiple times. After one warmup toss, he shook his head and told his coaching staff he couldn\u2019t continue.\u00a0 Right hand pitcher Ryan Toran replaced Smith, and allowed a single into right field to Southampton\u2019s Justice Thompson that allowed Sweeny to race over to third.\u00a0 With first and third and two out, catcher Kyle Lagrutta hit a dribbled foul down the first base line. However, the ball had so much topspin that it rolled back into fair territory near first, and Aviators first baseman Sean O\u2019Keefe picked it up for an unorthodox third out and a 3-unassisted in the scorebook.\u00a0 In the home first, Westhampton seemed determined to get off to a good start, having to win out for the rest of the regular season for a chance at the top seed.\u00a0 Dan Franchi, with two hits shy of the Aviators record 54 in a season, hit the first pitch he saw from Breakers right-hand starter Peyton Maple into left field for a single.\u00a0 On Maple\u2019s second pitch, All-Star Eric Callahan roped a single into right. Fellow All-Star Chaney Dodge then walked, and All-Star Bailey Peterson, the last of four All-Stars atop the Westhampton order, was hit by a pitch to score the first run.\u00a0 Catcher Johnny Puchullio then singled to score a run, and outfield Frankie Gomez singled two batters later to make it a 4-0 game with only one out. After Franchi struck out looking, his brother Dan added his second hit of the day and his first two RBI to give his team a 6-0 lead after one inning.\u00a0 Some records today for the @WHAviators in a 6-2 win over the @SH_Breakers; the all time Aviators mark for wins in a season, and @hamptoncoffee player of the game Dan Franchi tying the Aviators record for hits in a season with 54. Franchi speaks with @SachChristopher postgame. pic.twitter.com\/b3p3Aus7eL \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 21, 2019 On a very hot day, the action was pretty quiet through the rest of the game, until Sweeny hit a two run homer in the top of the fifth to make it 6-2.\u00a0 That top of the fifth was the final frame because of the extreme heat, which forced the home plate umpire out of the game. Play stopped in the third in the middle of an at-bat to Westhampton\u2019s Tom Summers with a 2-2 count. The umpire conferred with his field umpire, and headed for shade in the away Breakers dugout before being removed from the game, and given fluids as well the rest of the day to recover.\u00a0 About half an hour later, the field umpire was behind home plate, with the declaration that after the game would be made official, (after the away fifth, with an Aviators lead,) the game would be called.\u00a0 With the victory, the Aviators broke a single-season record for wins in a season with 26. At 26-11-2, they are half a game behind that one seed; the Riverhead Tomcats are at 26-10-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,472,461],"tags":[1410,1357],"class_list":{"0":"post-42440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"category-game-recaps","9":"category-news","10":"tag-hamptons-collegiate-baseball-league","11":"tag-hcbl"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Westhampton Win 6-2 in Heat-Shortened Game - Axcess Baseball<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Westhampton Win 6-2 in Heat-Shortened Game - Axcess Baseball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Chris Sacchi Despite a weekend with some of the hottest temperatures since 2003, every team in the Hamptons League can\u2019t afford to lose intensity with the playoffs starting on Wednesday and seeding still to be determined.\u00a0 In a chase for the number one seed, the Westhampton Aviators took down the Southampton Breakers 6-2 in a heat shortened game through 5 and a half innings.\u00a0 Aviators southpaw starter Ryan Smith was taken out in the first inning, but not due to ineffectiveness. After getting the first two outs, Breakers first baseman Gerard Sweeney hit a bullet up the middle that ricocheted off Smith\u2019s right leg. Smith looked fine initially, breaking towards the ball that was rolling towards third base, and making a throw to first that Sweeny beat out.\u00a0 Smith then paced around the mound and flexed his leg multiple times. After one warmup toss, he shook his head and told his coaching staff he couldn\u2019t continue.\u00a0 Right hand pitcher Ryan Toran replaced Smith, and allowed a single into right field to Southampton\u2019s Justice Thompson that allowed Sweeny to race over to third.\u00a0 With first and third and two out, catcher Kyle Lagrutta hit a dribbled foul down the first base line. However, the ball had so much topspin that it rolled back into fair territory near first, and Aviators first baseman Sean O\u2019Keefe picked it up for an unorthodox third out and a 3-unassisted in the scorebook.\u00a0 In the home first, Westhampton seemed determined to get off to a good start, having to win out for the rest of the regular season for a chance at the top seed.\u00a0 Dan Franchi, with two hits shy of the Aviators record 54 in a season, hit the first pitch he saw from Breakers right-hand starter Peyton Maple into left field for a single.\u00a0 On Maple\u2019s second pitch, All-Star Eric Callahan roped a single into right. Fellow All-Star Chaney Dodge then walked, and All-Star Bailey Peterson, the last of four All-Stars atop the Westhampton order, was hit by a pitch to score the first run.\u00a0 Catcher Johnny Puchullio then singled to score a run, and outfield Frankie Gomez singled two batters later to make it a 4-0 game with only one out. After Franchi struck out looking, his brother Dan added his second hit of the day and his first two RBI to give his team a 6-0 lead after one inning.\u00a0 Some records today for the @WHAviators in a 6-2 win over the @SH_Breakers; the all time Aviators mark for wins in a season, and @hamptoncoffee player of the game Dan Franchi tying the Aviators record for hits in a season with 54. Franchi speaks with @SachChristopher postgame. pic.twitter.com\/b3p3Aus7eL \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 21, 2019 On a very hot day, the action was pretty quiet through the rest of the game, until Sweeny hit a two run homer in the top of the fifth to make it 6-2.\u00a0 That top of the fifth was the final frame because of the extreme heat, which forced the home plate umpire out of the game. Play stopped in the third in the middle of an at-bat to Westhampton\u2019s Tom Summers with a 2-2 count. 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After getting the first two outs, Breakers first baseman Gerard Sweeney hit a bullet up the middle that ricocheted off Smith\u2019s right leg. Smith looked fine initially, breaking towards the ball that was rolling towards third base, and making a throw to first that Sweeny beat out.\u00a0 Smith then paced around the mound and flexed his leg multiple times. After one warmup toss, he shook his head and told his coaching staff he couldn\u2019t continue.\u00a0 Right hand pitcher Ryan Toran replaced Smith, and allowed a single into right field to Southampton\u2019s Justice Thompson that allowed Sweeny to race over to third.\u00a0 With first and third and two out, catcher Kyle Lagrutta hit a dribbled foul down the first base line. However, the ball had so much topspin that it rolled back into fair territory near first, and Aviators first baseman Sean O\u2019Keefe picked it up for an unorthodox third out and a 3-unassisted in the scorebook.\u00a0 In the home first, Westhampton seemed determined to get off to a good start, having to win out for the rest of the regular season for a chance at the top seed.\u00a0 Dan Franchi, with two hits shy of the Aviators record 54 in a season, hit the first pitch he saw from Breakers right-hand starter Peyton Maple into left field for a single.\u00a0 On Maple\u2019s second pitch, All-Star Eric Callahan roped a single into right. Fellow All-Star Chaney Dodge then walked, and All-Star Bailey Peterson, the last of four All-Stars atop the Westhampton order, was hit by a pitch to score the first run.\u00a0 Catcher Johnny Puchullio then singled to score a run, and outfield Frankie Gomez singled two batters later to make it a 4-0 game with only one out. After Franchi struck out looking, his brother Dan added his second hit of the day and his first two RBI to give his team a 6-0 lead after one inning.\u00a0 Some records today for the @WHAviators in a 6-2 win over the @SH_Breakers; the all time Aviators mark for wins in a season, and @hamptoncoffee player of the game Dan Franchi tying the Aviators record for hits in a season with 54. Franchi speaks with @SachChristopher postgame. pic.twitter.com\/b3p3Aus7eL \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 21, 2019 On a very hot day, the action was pretty quiet through the rest of the game, until Sweeny hit a two run homer in the top of the fifth to make it 6-2.\u00a0 That top of the fifth was the final frame because of the extreme heat, which forced the home plate umpire out of the game. Play stopped in the third in the middle of an at-bat to Westhampton\u2019s Tom Summers with a 2-2 count. The umpire conferred with his field umpire, and headed for shade in the away Breakers dugout before being removed from the game, and given fluids as well the rest of the day to recover.\u00a0 About half an hour later, the field umpire was behind home plate, with the declaration that after the game would be made official, (after the away fifth, with an Aviators lead,) the game would be called.\u00a0 With the victory, the Aviators broke a single-season record for wins in a season with 26. At 26-11-2, they are half a game behind that one seed; the Riverhead Tomcats are at 26-10-2.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/","og_site_name":"Axcess Baseball","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/axcessbaseball","article_published_time":"2019-07-21T20:59:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_8606-1024x576.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Vinny Messana","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@axcessbaseball","twitter_site":"@axcessbaseball","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Vinny Messana","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/"},"author":{"name":"Vinny Messana","@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f547cb10f01b2dcfa9613585604f881f"},"headline":"Westhampton Win 6-2 in Heat-Shortened Game","datePublished":"2019-07-21T20:59:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/"},"wordCount":649,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_8606.png","keywords":["Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League","HCBL"],"articleSection":["Archive","Game Recaps","NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/","url":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/22\/westhampton-win-6-2-in-heat-shortened-game\/","name":"Westhampton Win 6-2 in Heat-Shortened Game - 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