New Hyde Park Little League Roundup: June 12-17

Playoff Game June 12, 2013: NHP Funeral vs. R. Stutzmann

Team R. Stutzmann had home field advantage and started the game with great defense for a scoreless top of the first. In the bottom of the inning, Nolan Langner and Dylan Ogden had a couple of scorching line drives, putting R. Stutzmann up by two runs.   

In the top of the second, Christopher Dominguez had a triple for New Hyde Park Funeral, followed by Thomas Reilly’s RBI single to score Dominguez. Great heads up defensive plays by NHP Funeral’s John Condon, who caught a fly ball at second and a beautiful play by Aidan Finley, who caught a fly ball at third and then threw to first for a double play to end the inning. Offensively, Condon then had a nice hit, followed by Kevin Reilly who hit for double, earning him an RBI. Chris Dominguez hit for a single, advancing Reilly to third, followed by Thomas Reilly’s RBI single, scoring his brother Kevin, to make it 3-2 New Hyde Park Funeral.

In the bottom of the third, R. Stutzmann battled back with base hits from Josh Fox, Edric Balgos and Sean Jones, who earned the RBI, scoring Josh Fox, tying the game at three. Pitching in the top of the fourth for Stutzmann was Josh Fox, who struck out the side. Defensively for New Hyde Park Funeral in the bottom of the fourth, Anthony Mastahinic and Anant Bhartiya made nice plays, along with pitcher Chris Dominguez, allowing only one run on a hit by Dylan Ogden for a double that scored Nolan Langner. Kevin Reilly, backing up Aidan Finley at third, made a heads-up play, getting the ball and tagging the runner out at third base to end the inning.

In the top of the fifth, Nolan Langner pitched a great inning, striking out two batters and allowing only one run on a base hit from Thomas Reilly for an RBI, scoring Chris Dominguez that tied the game at four. In the bottom of the fifth, Kevin Reilly pitched a scoreless inning with Aidan Finley making a beautiful back peddling catch at first base.

In the top of the sixth inning, with hard hitting from Jake Coyle and Thomas Lusk from New Hyde Park Funeral, and R. Stutzmann’s Dylan Ogden and Edric Balgos.  No runs scored on either side, taking the game into extra innings.

To start the top of the seventh, Kevin Reilly shot a rocket to left field for a double, and Thomas Reilly singled to advance his brother to third. New Hyde Park Funeral was unable to score.  R. Stutzmann had some nice base hits by Christian Ferafino and Joseph Carroll, putting runners at first and second. Next up was Stan Young, who hit a line drive up the first baseline to drive in Joseph Carroll, winning the game 5-4.

Some boys to mention from New Hyde Park Funeral who were unable to make the playoff game were Jack Macfall and Maurizio “Reese” Migliore.

In the Consolation game on Thursday, June 13, New Hyde Park Funeral ended up taking third place after a great game against Dr. Zatz’s Molars. Team R. Stutzmann advanced to play Team Thomas Dalton for the Championship on Monday, June 17.

NHP Little League Boys Farms Division – Championship  Game June 17, 2013: Thomas Dalton vs. R. Stutzmann

This game brought all the excitement you expect from a championship game, with the scoring going back-and-forth in each inning. In the top of the sixth, Team Thomas Dalton were a couple of runs short, but they battled back scoring 4 runs to take the lead 7-5.

R. Stutzmann gave a good effort in the bottom of the sixth, but were unable to score. Congratulations to Thomas Dalton, on winning the Boys Farms Division Championship.

Dormers Construction went up against the highly favored Fitness Revolution.  Fitness Revolution were strong this season, but for Dormers – “it ain’t over till it’s over” was the sentiment – and it wasn’t over for Dormers who stood their ground and prevailed against Fitness Revolution, winning the game, 8-4, sending Fitness into the consolation round.

The next round of games came in-between the rain, as Nuzzi Construction played Village Justice Devane. Nuzzi Construction opened up with a run, as the O’Shea boys quickly combined forces to score. Anthony O’Shea got on base with a nice single, and brother Nicky drove him home with a triple. Devane Justice answered right back as Dan Laughlin walked to get on base and Julian Belardo doubled for an RBI. Justice’s bats of Justin Obedienzo, Dillon Henning and Nick Parente, all loaded the bases before Michael Guglielmo creamed the ball with a triple to centerfield, making it 4-1 Devane Justice.

Nuzzi Construction then battled back, but lefty Justin Obedienzo was on fire on the mound. Nicky O’Shea got on base and stole his way home, adding a run for a score of 4-2. Justice wanted a few more insurance runs, so Chris Simms and Neal Mehta both hit for RBIs making the score 6-2. Julian Belardo hit a long fly ball going past the score board, but quick-moving left fielder, Aldo Mancin, got it in to hold Belardo to a triple.

Nolan Lee, Louis Messina and Steven Brendel weren’t ready to give up for Nuzzi as they fought back with a hit parade of their own. It was cut short as Nick Parente caught a base runner in a pick off at third, combined with solid pitching from hard throwing reliever Julian Belardo, to end the game with a 9-3 win sending Nuzzi Construction to the consolation round.

Fitness Revolution won the consolation round against Nuzzi Construction, winning third place, and Dormers Construction battles Village Justice Devane for the Championship Title on Thursday, June 20. Stay tuned for scores and details.

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