All Post Game Wrap-Ups (365)

West Hartford played Ellington close this evening in a 10-9 finish with Ellington taking the lead in their last at bat. The game finished in 5 innings. West Hartford could not retake the lead in the top of the 5th.  WH had the lead from the get go led by pitchers Luke Gfeller and Chris Maglio who pitched 2 innings a piece.  Both had strong outtings but it was the bottom of the 4th that Ellington bats came alive and they also capitalized on a couple of WH errors.  In the first inning, on an…

West Hartford White won their first summer ball game tonight, 14-12, against Wethersfield (grey).  WH made some great plays in the field tonight starting with Anthony Carabello in the 4^th inning throwing a runner out at home from left field.  Wethersfield attempted to turn third base and Anthony threw a bullet to Spencer Martindale at home who made an solid pro tag on the runner to end the inning.  This was followed by a similar play in the 6^th inning.   Brian Brewer at…

Saturday, July 9 – West Hartford White lost a nail biter in the bottom of the 6^th inning to Manchester (A).  Manchester struck early with 4 runs in the 1^st inning.  But WH held them to 1 run over the next 4 innings.  Emmett Coco came in relief striking out 5 batters in two innings giving up only 2 hits; another impressive showing on the mound.  Vincent Nemergut relieved Emmett and threw two more strong innings giving up only 1 run and 1 hit.  Vincent played a great…

Thursday, July 7 – The West Hartford U10 White team made a come-back in the bottom of the 5^th inning (5 innings played) to tie the Ellington B team, 12-12.  WH gave up 4 runs early in the 1^st inning but held Ellington to 3 runs over the next 3 innings.  Emmett Coco had his debut with the WH U10 throwing two strong innings.  Ean Tyler relieved in the 4^th inning striking out three of the four batters faced to retire the side.  Ellington fought back in the…

The U10 Red Raiders began their Tournament play with a nail biter win.  Defense was the name of the game against a hard hitting Burlington Team.  Burlington jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings, but the Raiders scored once in the 3rd as Sam Harrington walked, and stole the next three bases making it 2-1. The bats came alive in the 4th with hits from John Scrimgeour, Andrew Siemienski, and a double by Matt Keller to take the lead 4-2.  Burlington came back with 1 in the 5th to make it…

The Red Raiders win opener on road, defeating Manchester A 9-7 in 4 inning.  A late start and darkness caused the game to go only 4, but that didn't stop the Raiders from focusing on their mission.  Dylan Mallinson took the mound in the first walking a few but finding his groove by striking out the side.  Sam Levine threw 1 2/3 inning with a 1,2,3 in the 2nd.  Dom Mongillo came in relief to face 2 batters and getting the final out of the 3rd. John Scrimgeour closed the game in Papelbon…

The West Hartford Wahoos U11 team shut out Hartford Rago/Peters 14-0 to kick off their district play.  The Wahoos banged out 12 hits, the big blow a grand slam by Patrick O'Keefe (2-3, 2 runs, 4 rbi's) in the 4th inning.  Jeff LaRosa (2-3, double, 3 runs, rbi) and Joe Kitz (2-4, 1 run, rbi) each had two hits while Miles McCarthy-Reynolds, Grady Brockway, Joe Morrisey, Michael Mack, Spencer Altman and Burke Martindale each added hits on the night.  Brockway and McCarthy Reynolds both…

  Father's Day and Baseball: always a good combination. The Minor's Div. Royals and Angels entertained the fans from opening pitch to last. For the Royals, Jackson Grady led the offense doubling in the first and later scored two runs. Patrick Sullivan had two hits (one a double) and Will Murkette and Mason Dupont both added base hits. On defense, Royals' pitcher Thomas Sullivan impressed with two innings of no-hit,no-walk ball. Coach Sullivan praised the Royals' squad including…

On Fathers Day it was a beautiful day for baseball and Lucas Busch and his golden arm came to pitch. Busch dominated the Angels who during the season were arguably the best hitting team in WHLL. Busch kept them off balance the whole game as one player remarked to Lucas’ dad during the game “I can’t hit that”. The Braves starting pitcher went the distance with 13K’s, 1 hit and 1 walk and not allowing a hit to the top 5 batters. Catchers Matty Berson and Alex Haggerty were clutch behind the…

The Braves and A's matched up in a semi-final gem battling for a birth to the Championship.  It promised to be a pitchers duel with Braves ace James Eden squaring off with A's ace Eli Freilich and catchers Charlie Lage and Lucas Busch behind the plate.   A pitchers duel it was, as a 1-1 score was carried into the 6th.  Both pitchers went 5 innings with Eden giving up no earned runs and Freilich only one.   The Braves got their run in the 3rd when Blake Deresienski dropped a bunt single,…

The Phillies advance to the AAA championship game Sunday by virtue of a thrilling 15-14 victory over the Cardinals. Early in the game, Phillies pitchers could not find the plate and struggled in the rainy conditions. Meanwhile the Cardinals behind the pitching of Sam Levine and Jack Brennan were seemingly on cruise control with a 14-7 lead heading to the botttom of the fifth. The Phillies scratched out 2 runs in their bottom half to cut the Cards lead to 14-9. Cairo McCrory, who pitched…

The TotalVision Eyecare Center A's and the Murtha Cullina Marlins  hooked up in just a great quarter-final round playoff game at UConn with the A's coming away with a 6-5 walk off victory. With the win the A's will move onto the semi-finals Wednesday night at UConn to take on the Braves.

The Marlins got off to quick start by scoring 3 runs in the top of the first. Consecutive hits by Kevin Puleo (1-3,R), Danny Dashefsky(1-3, R) and Nichloas Paul(2-3,2R,RBI) plated two runs and Paul…