Bellmore Blue Fire Defeats Port Washington, 21-2

Peyton Fishman pitched four solid innings and the Bellmore Blue Fire erupted with a 12-run second inning to lead to a 21-2 victory over the Port Washington Diamondbacks at the East Meadow Sports Complex on Tuesday night.

The game, which was the opener for the 10-year old division of the PAL Tournament, featured a patient attack from the Blue Fire. In the second, Bellmore collected seven walks, and that set the stage for some big hits. One of those came from Danielle Polirer, who drove in a run with a single in the second, and also hit a two-run single later that inning.

"I made sure that I hustled to first," Polirer said. "You can never stop running."

Also contributing to the cause in the second was Amanda Maffucci and Kaitlin Maniscalco, who each contributed two-run singles. Jeanette Kropp doubled in a run, and Elizabeth Kutil capped things off with an impressively struck two-run triple.

Fishman started for Bellmore, and after allowing consecutive RBI doubles to Emma Lupoli and Maura Intemann, she was spotless, and Fishman's control played a big role.

"I pitched really good," Fishman said. "I threw strikes and kept my focus."

Coach Joe Maniscalco was proud of how his team rebounded from a loss in their last tournament in Floral Park.

"I have coached a lot of different teams," Maniscalco said. "They get an A for effort."