By The TimesLedger
The Major Boys New Hyde Park Wireless Diamondbacks squared off against the Ralph’s Ices Yankees on Monday, June 11. D-backs’ Billy Gillespie and Albert Marin, along with Kevin Cheddie, were magnificiant with their hitting. Gillespie was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Cheddie was 2-for-3 with a walk and scored twice and Marin was 3-for-4 and scored a run. In the field, Mohammed Hashim was excellent behind home plate. Defensively, he kept the Yanks from running wild and stealing every base in sight.
Right from the start of this game the Yankees came ready to play. Yankee players Brian Kelleher and Frankie Sadicario both hit the ball hard and often. They scored several times as their team jumped out to an early 7-0 lead. But the Diamondbacks came battling back. They scored multiple runs from the seconnd through the sixth inning, capped off with a home run by Randall Cruz. Marin pitched a marvelous complete game and struck out seven batters.
Joey Pellegrino and Timmy Gallagher were exemplary in the field and Gallagher ended up scoring the winning run in D-backs’ 11-8 win.
On Saturday, June 16, the Diamondbacks faced elimination from the playoffs at the hands of the Andron Century 21 Pirates. The Pirates had finished with the best record in the league and they brought their best in this game. The game was tight at the beginning, as shortstop Gillespie kept the game close with a double play in the second inning. Although Gillespie also went 3-for-3 at the plate, he could not carry the whole team by himself against these talented Pirates.
David Treminio contributed with some strong hitting, but the only real offensive threat the D-backs had was squashed in the fifth inning. Gallagher led off the inning with a base on balls before Marin doubled to deep center field. Then Gillespie doubled to left field, scoring Gallagher, but Marin was tagged out at home plate.
The D’backs ended a fine season with a 17-2 loss to the Pirates.
The Gary Spitz Tigers took a 10-0 lead in what looked like aneasy win over the first place Modells White Sox on Saturday June 17. But the Sox battled back to finish the game in a 10-10 tie on the final day of the regular.
The Tigers offense took on the White Sox pitching staff and scored five quick runs in the first inning. Justin Namit and Will Opataw couldn’t hold the Tigers and were replaced by Alex Reinharz, who pitched the end of the inning to stop the opposition. For three innings the White Sox didn't do any damage against Tiger pitcher Jonathan Kruczowy.
In the fourth. the Tigers scored five runs at the expense of Scott Guandasegui, who was victimized by the Sox defense, which committed four errors.
Things got interesting in the bottom half when the White Sox scored eight runs. A couple of walks issue by Kruczowy, base hits from Will Opataw, Joey Caraballo and errors by the Tigers defense contributed for four runs. Matt Kruczowy came in to game as a reliever and gave up the other four runs, including a base-loaded triple by Stephen Roa.
With the White Sox feeling they had a chance to win the game, they brought their ace Joey Caraballo to pitch the top six and, as expected, he stroked out three batters, but not before loading the bases on three walks.
In their turn at bat, the White Sox had two runners on base and nobody out, but a base-running bunt by Namit and Scott Kimble gave the Tigers a chance to put the game away. Joey Caraballo and Will Opatow each hit a RBI single to tie the game, but Peter Bukewitz struck out to end the game.
For the White Sox, Will Opatow had three hits, Justin Namit had two singles, Stephen Roa had a triple with three RBIs and Joey Caraballo two hits in three at bats with an RBI.
Playoff start this week and the Modells White Sox are ready to battle for the championship after a great regular season performance.
The Modell's White Sox didn't need their ace Joey Caraballo arm to win this game and clinch the regular season championship title. Instead they relied on Alex Reinharz, who hurled a 4-O complete-game shutout over the North Folk Bank Indians on Tuesday June, 12.
Reinharz was at his best, dominating the Indians and getting his third win of the season. With the win the White Sox will get a first round bye in the upcoming playoff.s Joey Caraballo and Reinharz now make an excellent one-two pitching punch for the White Sox, who are ready to take on the League Championship.
It was a well-played game by both teams with not many scoring opportunities. But when there was one the White Sox took advantage.
Michael Levy was the hitting star for the White Sox, with two singles and two RBIs. Once again Joey Caraballo did his part, only this time he did it with his bat by hitting a home run in the fourth inning for the last White Sox run.
With the win the White Sox record now is 11-2, good enough for first place.
While it looked like a long day for the Modell’s White Sox on Tuesday, June 12, became a walk in the park for the first place team in the Glen Oaks Little League international division, which won by the score of 17-5.
After a shaky start by White Sox starter Scott Gandasegui, Joey Caraballo came to rescue and stopped the Braves to improve to 7-0.
The Braves jumped on Gandasagui in the first inning, scoring five runs with timely hitting and good base running.
Caraballo came in the second and pitched the rest of the game giving the opposition no liberties. He did not allow any uns or hits and struck out nine and walked three batters. Caraballo now has 109 strikeouts in 38 and 1/3 innings.
The White Sox scored two runs in the second to make it 5-3 with the help of Justin Namit who hit a triple to open the inning Robert Cassistre with a RBI and Joey Caraballo with a RBI single.
In the third inning the White Sox broke the game open, going around the bases six times on a couple of walks, RBI-double by Justin Namit, infield hit by Cassistre and a two run double by Carballo.
Behind the excellent pitching of Joey Caraballo the White Sox never looked back and posted their 10th victory in 12 games this season.
For the Modell's White Sox, Justin Namit hit for the cycle, collecting a single in the fourth and a home run in the fifth. Cassistre had two hits and a RBI, and Joey Caraballo contributed with a 3-for-4 performance with two singles a double and 4 RBIs.
It was another. strong outing for the White Sox who gets closer and closer to the regular season title and be the favorite to win the championship.
The 13-14 year old Glen Oaks Dodgers just completed a wonderful week with three decisive victories. They defeated three different teams from the United Queens Alliance.
In game one against Team #5, Glen Oaks won 12-7. The Dodgers received strong pitching from Anubhav Raj who pitched the complete game victory. Stephen Gold and Adam Yager paced the attack with 3 RBIs each. Kurt Nicoll, Titus Samuel, Adam Potash, Avhik Mitra and Rony Abraham each had an RBI in a well balanced Dodger attack.
In game two against Team #2, the first place Dodgers won 17-7. Kurt Nicoll pitched four innings and Adam Yager pitched two innings for the Glen Oaks team. The offense was led by Josh Frost who had two hits and five RBIs, Anubhav Raj had two hits and three RBIs and Matt Carneiro had two RBIs. Titus Samuel, Adam Potash, Stephen Gold, Adam Yager, Kurt Nicoll and Rony Abraham each had 1 RBI to round out the Dodger attack.
In game three against Team #3, the Dodgers won 17-2. Kurt Nicoll and Anubhav Raj each pitched three innings during this victory. The offense was sparked by Anubhav Raj's three hits and four RBIs, Stephen Gold’s two hits and three RBIs, Adam Potash’s three hits and two RBIs, Titus Samuel’s two hits and three runs scored and Jon Ganesh’s two walks and two runs scored.
The Dodgers pounded out 12 hits and improved their overall record to 10-1.
The David Weprin Rockies continued their winning ways extending their record to 9-0 with a 26-9 over New Hyde Park 3, May 30 and 17-5 over New Hyde Park 2, June 3. Jillian Meyer scored and knocked in four runs. Michelle Asciote and Alexis Namit each scored 3 and drove in another 4 runs. Lizzie DiGangi was a perfect 3-for-3 scoring four times.
Tara McCullaghn and Jessica Gauthier each had 3 hits. Big hits included Lorey Giblin’s triple and Namit’s double. Catcher and cleanup hitter Marisa Bearak drove home the first David Rockies run and hard 3 RBIs. Theresa Pullo scored three runs and drove in two. Jennifer Francis and Divya Akula each scored a pair of runs. The game featured strong pitching by Gauthier and Nicole Epstein who also started at shortstop. Asciote receive the game ball.
After the disappointment of rain washing out a 10-1 lead under the lights in the bottom of the second inning at Mineola, Friday, June 1, the David Weprin Rockies came out a little flat before exploding for 15 runs to run-rule New Hyde Park 2 in five innings.
Strong pitching by Gauthier and Nicole Epstein came the David Weprin Rockies close while their bats warmed up. Lorey Giblic led the way scoring three runs and batting in four.
Lauren Glowatz was a perfect 3-for-3 and drove in 3 runs. Jennifer Francis made a key outfield catch and threw to first to complete a double play in the bottom half of the third innings. Gautheir struck out five and walked none over three innings, Epstein struck out five in two inning. Alexis Namit scored her team leading 19th and 20th runs. Cleanup hitter Marisa Bearak recorded her 22nd RBI. Giblin received the game ball.
The David Weprin Rockies play at home, 6 p.m., June 7 at the Glen Oaks Oval.
In the Major Boys Division, the New Hyde Park Wireless Diamondbacks met the Met Food Mets in their first playoff game. The Mets came out smoking, scoring two runs in the first inning and added six more in the fourth. But before the game started to slip away, Kevin Cheddie took over the pitching duties from Albert Marin.
Cheddie quickly put out the fire. With the bases loaded he was able to retire the side with brilliant pitching. Then the D-backs dug in for four runs in the bottom of that inning. Billy Gillespie continued his torrid hitting streak going 2-3 on the day while playing a solid shortstop. David Treminio also had a good game, belting a key hit late in the game and Mohammed Hashim was excellent catching as the game began drawing to a close.
But then the big hits of the game came off the bat of John Cacharani. With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the last inning Cacharani ripped a double into center field to drive in David Treminio with the tying run and Timmy Gallagher with the winning run.
Final score Diamondbacks 9 Mets 8.
The D-backs second playoff game took place on Saturday June 9 against the M & M Deli Cardinals. Randall Cruz had a hot bat that day. He batted .500 on the day. Andrew McCarthy also came alive at the plate. He is starting to hit like a veteran now. Mohammed Hashim pitched really well. He held the highly reguarded Cardinals to just two runs. However it wasn't enough. The D-backs now have their backs against the wall as they were defeated by a score of 6-2.
The Floral Homes Twins defeated the Gary Spitz Tigers in a thriller on June 6th by the score of 6-5.
In one of the most exciting games in the International Boys Division this season, the Twins rallied for two runs off the Tigers ace Jonathon Kruczowy in the top of the 6th and held off a Tiger rally in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory.
Justin Dillon’s two-out single to left scored two runs in the 6th inning, scoring Mike Laurino and Josh giving the twin a 6-4 lead going into the bottom of the sixth.
The never say die Tigers rallied in their half with two outs with John Barbari’s single and walks to Jon K. Robert Li, and Pavan Parikh forcing in a run and Adam Spitz at the plate. With the winning run on second, Adam who had hit the ball hard in his prior two at bats looked like he might win the game for the Tigers with a hard smash up the middle, Twins second baseman Chris Magnoli however ranged to his right scooping up the ball and made a perfect throw to first to get the speedy spitz and the final out of the game.
Highlights for the Tigers were Robert Li’s great catch in right, Mike Costanza’s relay to get a Twins runner at the plate. Adnar Akbari said after the game the Twins made a lot of great plays in the field.
