{"id":46355,"date":"2021-07-12T15:57:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/?p=46355"},"modified":"2021-07-12T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:58:19","slug":"li-thunder-cruise-to-sweep-over-dodgers-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2021\/07\/12\/li-thunder-cruise-to-sweep-over-dodgers-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"LI Thunder Cruise to Sweep Over Dodgers Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Gabe Zoda<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After the game, we were able to chat with WP Nick Williams (4IP, 4Ks, 1BB) for the LI Thunder. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2g9mhEBLUO\">pic.twitter.com\/2g9mhEBLUO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1414271657666138116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/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;\">Sunday held some more<em> LI Boys of Summer<\/em> DH action. Plainedge was home to the 14u game between the LI Thunder and Dodger Nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This game was between two friendly teams as most of the guys between the two teams have played together before so the atmosphere was all good vibes on that baseball field.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately one team had to lose in these games and it was shown pretty early who that team would be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the day, the LI Thunder would win both games of the DH. The first game ended in a run-rule through 5 innings. The final score of that game was 13-2.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second game the score would be a little closer but the Thunder would take that one by the score of 4-0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wouldn\u2019t all be down for Dodgers Nation as in the first game they were up for quite a bit. In fact they would start the scoring in the first game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They put up 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning off the bat of <strong>Vito Lonardo<\/strong>. The action would start with leadoff batter<strong> Joe Thomas<\/strong> who walked. The next two batters (<strong>Jayden Loccisano<\/strong> and <strong>Zach Migliore<\/strong>) would also walk to make the bases loaded. Thomas would get picked off to leave an open spot for a runner and<strong> Guy Mangano<\/strong> would take that spot with a walk as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That would bring up starting pitcher for the Dodgers, Lonardo and he would send a single into the outfield that would bring in 2 runs and give them a 2-0 lead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That 2-0 lead would last until the 4th inning. Lonardo was pitching a really good game until that 4th inning when everything seemed to get out of hand for the Dodgers Nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That start of that inning would show the writing on the walls as <strong>Nick D\u2019Aquino<\/strong> launched a 2B. After that there would be a stretch that would end up to 13 runs in that inning. <strong>Nick Williams<\/strong> started that stretch off with a single.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Vinny Azzariti<\/strong> walked to load up the bases. From here the cascade of runs would ensue.<strong> AJ Cantore<\/strong> singled to bring in the first run. After that <strong>Anthony Asaro<\/strong> walked in run number 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Domenick Caponi<\/strong> drove in a run with a 1B of his own and then a throwing error would clear the rest of the bases and leave Caponi on 3rd. This sequence made the score 5-2. <strong>Matthew Biscardi<\/strong> walked, <strong>Nick D\u2019Aquino<\/strong> got hit by a pitch and the bases were back to being loaded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tommy DeSantis<\/strong> walked to bring in one more, Williams would follow that up with a walk of his own. Right after Williams, Azzariti would mark the 3rd walk in a row. The next 3 batters (<strong>AJ Cantore, Anthony Asaro<\/strong> and <strong>Justin Haluck<\/strong>) would all reach on errors and runners would come home in all of those scenarios.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that the inning would finally end but the damage was already done. They had just put up a 13 spot and after not being able to score in the top of the 5th, they ended it due to the run rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that first game, the Dodgers Nation Squad had a lengthy talk about how to clean up their play in the second game. They seemed to answer that call as they cleaned up their defense in that second game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately the bats would not follow along as they wouldn\u2019t be able to score any runs but the LI Thunder performed really well in this second game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This good performance really started with starting and winning pitcher, Nick Williams. He ended up pitching for 4 innings of the 6 played. He struck out 4 and only walked 1 batter throughout this game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Thunder squad seemed to rally behind their pitcher and gave him 4 runs of run support before his day was done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first 2 of those 4 runs would come in the 2nd inning. <strong>Nick D\u2019Aquino<\/strong> would start things off once again with a walk. He would move over to second on a stolen base and then end up on 3rd after a single from <strong>Tommy DeSantis. Vinny Azzariti<\/strong> would load the Bases on a walk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first run would come after a wild pitch. This would score <strong>AJ Cantore<\/strong>, who was pinch running.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second run would be scored by<strong> Tommy Desantis<\/strong> after <strong>Justin Haluck<\/strong> walked with the bases loaded. Those 2 runs would make it 2-0 in the 2nd but later on in the game they would have another 2 run inning to make it 4-0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This second spurt of runs would come in the 4th inning. To kickoff this inning, Azzariti would single to center field.<strong> Anthony Asaro<\/strong> would then work his second walk of the game . Vinny would end up coming in after another wild pitch to make it a 3-0 ballgame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final run of the inning came off the bat of <strong>Domenick Caponi<\/strong> again. His single in the 4th would drive in <strong>Anthony Asaro<\/strong> and make it a 4-0 ballgame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The LI Thunder would then put on 2 really nice pitching performances after DeSantis and Cantore would not allow the Dodgers to get anything going. These two innings were crucial in not allowing any sort of comeback from their opposition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">F\/6 LI Thunder 4, Dodgers Nation 0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kOtUsTeQQf\">pic.twitter.com\/kOtUsTeQQf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1414269948445212679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/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;\">The game would end after the completion of the 6th inning due to time constraints. The LI Thunder continue their strong season as there record moves to 8-4 after winning both games of the DH and Dodgers Nation fall to 3-6 on the season with obvious hopes of getting back to where they want to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gabe Zoda After the game, we were able to chat with WP Nick Williams (4IP, 4Ks, 1BB) for the LI Thunder. pic.twitter.com\/2g9mhEBLUO \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 11, 2021 Sunday held some more LI Boys of Summer DH action. Plainedge was home to the 14u game between the LI Thunder and Dodger Nation.\u00a0 This game was between two friendly teams as most of the guys between the two teams have played together before so the atmosphere was all good vibes on that baseball field.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately one team had to lose in these games and it was shown pretty early who that team would be.\u00a0 At the end of the day, the LI Thunder would win both games of the DH. The first game ended in a run-rule through 5 innings. The final score of that game was 13-2.\u00a0 In the second game the score would be a little closer but the Thunder would take that one by the score of 4-0.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t all be down for Dodgers Nation as in the first game they were up for quite a bit. In fact they would start the scoring in the first game.\u00a0 They put up 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning off the bat of Vito Lonardo. The action would start with leadoff batter Joe Thomas who walked. The next two batters (Jayden Loccisano and Zach Migliore) would also walk to make the bases loaded. Thomas would get picked off to leave an open spot for a runner and Guy Mangano would take that spot with a walk as well.\u00a0 That would bring up starting pitcher for the Dodgers, Lonardo and he would send a single into the outfield that would bring in 2 runs and give them a 2-0 lead.\u00a0 That 2-0 lead would last until the 4th inning. Lonardo was pitching a really good game until that 4th inning when everything seemed to get out of hand for the Dodgers Nation.\u00a0 That start of that inning would show the writing on the walls as Nick D\u2019Aquino launched a 2B. After that there would be a stretch that would end up to 13 runs in that inning. Nick Williams started that stretch off with a single.\u00a0 Vinny Azzariti walked to load up the bases. From here the cascade of runs would ensue. AJ Cantore singled to bring in the first run. After that Anthony Asaro walked in run number 2.\u00a0 Domenick Caponi drove in a run with a 1B of his own and then a throwing error would clear the rest of the bases and leave Caponi on 3rd. This sequence made the score 5-2. Matthew Biscardi walked, Nick D\u2019Aquino got hit by a pitch and the bases were back to being loaded.\u00a0 Tommy DeSantis walked to bring in one more, Williams would follow that up with a walk of his own. Right after Williams, Azzariti would mark the 3rd walk in a row. The next 3 batters (AJ Cantore, Anthony Asaro and Justin Haluck) would all reach on errors and runners would come home in all of those scenarios.\u00a0 After that the inning would finally end but the damage was already done. They had just put up a 13 spot and after not being able to score in the top of the 5th, they ended it due to the run rule.\u00a0 After that first game, the Dodgers Nation Squad had a lengthy talk about how to clean up their play in the second game. They seemed to answer that call as they cleaned up their defense in that second game.\u00a0 Unfortunately the bats would not follow along as they wouldn\u2019t be able to score any runs but the LI Thunder performed really well in this second game.\u00a0 This good performance really started with starting and winning pitcher, Nick Williams. He ended up pitching for 4 innings of the 6 played. He struck out 4 and only walked 1 batter throughout this game.\u00a0 This Thunder squad seemed to rally behind their pitcher and gave him 4 runs of run support before his day was done.\u00a0 The first 2 of those 4 runs would come in the 2nd inning. Nick D\u2019Aquino would start things off once again with a walk. He would move over to second on a stolen base and then end up on 3rd after a single from Tommy DeSantis. Vinny Azzariti would load the Bases on a walk.\u00a0 The first run would come after a wild pitch. This would score AJ Cantore, who was pinch running.\u00a0 The second run would be scored by Tommy Desantis after Justin Haluck walked with the bases loaded. Those 2 runs would make it 2-0 in the 2nd but later on in the game they would have another 2 run inning to make it 4-0.\u00a0 This second spurt of runs would come in the 4th inning. To kickoff this inning, Azzariti would single to center field. Anthony Asaro would then work his second walk of the game . Vinny would end up coming in after another wild pitch to make it a 3-0 ballgame.\u00a0 The final run of the inning came off the bat of Domenick Caponi again. His single in the 4th would drive in Anthony Asaro and make it a 4-0 ballgame.\u00a0 The LI Thunder would then put on 2 really nice pitching performances after DeSantis and Cantore would not allow the Dodgers to get anything going. These two innings were crucial in not allowing any sort of comeback from their opposition.\u00a0 F\/6 LI Thunder 4, Dodgers Nation 0 pic.twitter.com\/kOtUsTeQQf \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 11, 2021 The game would end after the completion of the 6th inning due to time constraints. The LI Thunder continue their strong season as there record moves to 8-4 after winning both games of the DH and Dodgers Nation fall to 3-6 on the season with obvious hopes of getting back to where they want to be.\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46356,"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":[2220,2545,899,1386],"class_list":{"0":"post-46355","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-dodgers-nation","11":"tag-gabe-zoda","12":"tag-li-boys-of-summer","13":"tag-li-thunder"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LI Thunder Cruise to Sweep Over Dodgers Nation - 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\/2021\/07\/12\/li-thunder-cruise-to-sweep-over-dodgers-nation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LI Thunder Cruise to Sweep Over Dodgers Nation - Axcess Baseball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Gabe Zoda After the game, we were able to chat with WP Nick Williams (4IP, 4Ks, 1BB) for the LI Thunder. pic.twitter.com\/2g9mhEBLUO \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 11, 2021 Sunday held some more LI Boys of Summer DH action. Plainedge was home to the 14u game between the LI Thunder and Dodger Nation.\u00a0 This game was between two friendly teams as most of the guys between the two teams have played together before so the atmosphere was all good vibes on that baseball field.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately one team had to lose in these games and it was shown pretty early who that team would be.\u00a0 At the end of the day, the LI Thunder would win both games of the DH. The first game ended in a run-rule through 5 innings. The final score of that game was 13-2.\u00a0 In the second game the score would be a little closer but the Thunder would take that one by the score of 4-0.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t all be down for Dodgers Nation as in the first game they were up for quite a bit. In fact they would start the scoring in the first game.\u00a0 They put up 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning off the bat of Vito Lonardo. The action would start with leadoff batter Joe Thomas who walked. The next two batters (Jayden Loccisano and Zach Migliore) would also walk to make the bases loaded. Thomas would get picked off to leave an open spot for a runner and Guy Mangano would take that spot with a walk as well.\u00a0 That would bring up starting pitcher for the Dodgers, Lonardo and he would send a single into the outfield that would bring in 2 runs and give them a 2-0 lead.\u00a0 That 2-0 lead would last until the 4th inning. Lonardo was pitching a really good game until that 4th inning when everything seemed to get out of hand for the Dodgers Nation.\u00a0 That start of that inning would show the writing on the walls as Nick D\u2019Aquino launched a 2B. After that there would be a stretch that would end up to 13 runs in that inning. Nick Williams started that stretch off with a single.\u00a0 Vinny Azzariti walked to load up the bases. From here the cascade of runs would ensue. AJ Cantore singled to bring in the first run. After that Anthony Asaro walked in run number 2.\u00a0 Domenick Caponi drove in a run with a 1B of his own and then a throwing error would clear the rest of the bases and leave Caponi on 3rd. This sequence made the score 5-2. Matthew Biscardi walked, Nick D\u2019Aquino got hit by a pitch and the bases were back to being loaded.\u00a0 Tommy DeSantis walked to bring in one more, Williams would follow that up with a walk of his own. Right after Williams, Azzariti would mark the 3rd walk in a row. The next 3 batters (AJ Cantore, Anthony Asaro and Justin Haluck) would all reach on errors and runners would come home in all of those scenarios.\u00a0 After that the inning would finally end but the damage was already done. They had just put up a 13 spot and after not being able to score in the top of the 5th, they ended it due to the run rule.\u00a0 After that first game, the Dodgers Nation Squad had a lengthy talk about how to clean up their play in the second game. They seemed to answer that call as they cleaned up their defense in that second game.\u00a0 Unfortunately the bats would not follow along as they wouldn\u2019t be able to score any runs but the LI Thunder performed really well in this second game.\u00a0 This good performance really started with starting and winning pitcher, Nick Williams. He ended up pitching for 4 innings of the 6 played. He struck out 4 and only walked 1 batter throughout this game.\u00a0 This Thunder squad seemed to rally behind their pitcher and gave him 4 runs of run support before his day was done.\u00a0 The first 2 of those 4 runs would come in the 2nd inning. Nick D\u2019Aquino would start things off once again with a walk. He would move over to second on a stolen base and then end up on 3rd after a single from Tommy DeSantis. Vinny Azzariti would load the Bases on a walk.\u00a0 The first run would come after a wild pitch. This would score AJ Cantore, who was pinch running.\u00a0 The second run would be scored by Tommy Desantis after Justin Haluck walked with the bases loaded. Those 2 runs would make it 2-0 in the 2nd but later on in the game they would have another 2 run inning to make it 4-0.\u00a0 This second spurt of runs would come in the 4th inning. To kickoff this inning, Azzariti would single to center field. Anthony Asaro would then work his second walk of the game . Vinny would end up coming in after another wild pitch to make it a 3-0 ballgame.\u00a0 The final run of the inning came off the bat of Domenick Caponi again. His single in the 4th would drive in Anthony Asaro and make it a 4-0 ballgame.\u00a0 The LI Thunder would then put on 2 really nice pitching performances after DeSantis and Cantore would not allow the Dodgers to get anything going. These two innings were crucial in not allowing any sort of comeback from their opposition.\u00a0 F\/6 LI Thunder 4, Dodgers Nation 0 pic.twitter.com\/kOtUsTeQQf \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 11, 2021 The game would end after the completion of the 6th inning due to time constraints. 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Plainedge was home to the 14u game between the LI Thunder and Dodger Nation.\u00a0 This game was between two friendly teams as most of the guys between the two teams have played together before so the atmosphere was all good vibes on that baseball field.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately one team had to lose in these games and it was shown pretty early who that team would be.\u00a0 At the end of the day, the LI Thunder would win both games of the DH. The first game ended in a run-rule through 5 innings. The final score of that game was 13-2.\u00a0 In the second game the score would be a little closer but the Thunder would take that one by the score of 4-0.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t all be down for Dodgers Nation as in the first game they were up for quite a bit. In fact they would start the scoring in the first game.\u00a0 They put up 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning off the bat of Vito Lonardo. The action would start with leadoff batter Joe Thomas who walked. The next two batters (Jayden Loccisano and Zach Migliore) would also walk to make the bases loaded. Thomas would get picked off to leave an open spot for a runner and Guy Mangano would take that spot with a walk as well.\u00a0 That would bring up starting pitcher for the Dodgers, Lonardo and he would send a single into the outfield that would bring in 2 runs and give them a 2-0 lead.\u00a0 That 2-0 lead would last until the 4th inning. Lonardo was pitching a really good game until that 4th inning when everything seemed to get out of hand for the Dodgers Nation.\u00a0 That start of that inning would show the writing on the walls as Nick D\u2019Aquino launched a 2B. After that there would be a stretch that would end up to 13 runs in that inning. Nick Williams started that stretch off with a single.\u00a0 Vinny Azzariti walked to load up the bases. From here the cascade of runs would ensue. AJ Cantore singled to bring in the first run. After that Anthony Asaro walked in run number 2.\u00a0 Domenick Caponi drove in a run with a 1B of his own and then a throwing error would clear the rest of the bases and leave Caponi on 3rd. This sequence made the score 5-2. Matthew Biscardi walked, Nick D\u2019Aquino got hit by a pitch and the bases were back to being loaded.\u00a0 Tommy DeSantis walked to bring in one more, Williams would follow that up with a walk of his own. Right after Williams, Azzariti would mark the 3rd walk in a row. The next 3 batters (AJ Cantore, Anthony Asaro and Justin Haluck) would all reach on errors and runners would come home in all of those scenarios.\u00a0 After that the inning would finally end but the damage was already done. They had just put up a 13 spot and after not being able to score in the top of the 5th, they ended it due to the run rule.\u00a0 After that first game, the Dodgers Nation Squad had a lengthy talk about how to clean up their play in the second game. They seemed to answer that call as they cleaned up their defense in that second game.\u00a0 Unfortunately the bats would not follow along as they wouldn\u2019t be able to score any runs but the LI Thunder performed really well in this second game.\u00a0 This good performance really started with starting and winning pitcher, Nick Williams. He ended up pitching for 4 innings of the 6 played. He struck out 4 and only walked 1 batter throughout this game.\u00a0 This Thunder squad seemed to rally behind their pitcher and gave him 4 runs of run support before his day was done.\u00a0 The first 2 of those 4 runs would come in the 2nd inning. Nick D\u2019Aquino would start things off once again with a walk. He would move over to second on a stolen base and then end up on 3rd after a single from Tommy DeSantis. Vinny Azzariti would load the Bases on a walk.\u00a0 The first run would come after a wild pitch. This would score AJ Cantore, who was pinch running.\u00a0 The second run would be scored by Tommy Desantis after Justin Haluck walked with the bases loaded. Those 2 runs would make it 2-0 in the 2nd but later on in the game they would have another 2 run inning to make it 4-0.\u00a0 This second spurt of runs would come in the 4th inning. To kickoff this inning, Azzariti would single to center field. Anthony Asaro would then work his second walk of the game . Vinny would end up coming in after another wild pitch to make it a 3-0 ballgame.\u00a0 The final run of the inning came off the bat of Domenick Caponi again. His single in the 4th would drive in Anthony Asaro and make it a 4-0 ballgame.\u00a0 The LI Thunder would then put on 2 really nice pitching performances after DeSantis and Cantore would not allow the Dodgers to get anything going. 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