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RGMVM 9-10 Yr. Old Tournament Team:
Monday, July 31, 2006
RGMVM - 8 Bedford Hills - 4
On Monday night in Elmsford, the boys from RGMVM, the District 27 Champion stayed hot and kept their hopes of winning the Sectional Title alive by beating the District 33 Champion Bedford Hills. The pitching match up was Eric Tully for RGMVM and Scott Michaels for Bedford Hills. Tully retired the side in order in the top of the first inning, striking out two batters. RGMVM would score two runs in their half of the first. The first two hitters, T.J. Ritter and Brandon Acosta walked, then stole third and second respectively. This set the stage for Eric Tully to help his own cause with a sac fly for the first run of the game. Daniel Ammirati singled to left for the second run.
Michaels would settle down after that and retire RGMVM in order the second and third innings. Bedford Hills would put together a little rally of their own in the second inning. An error and a walk put runners on for Henry Jacobs, who doubled to center to score a run. Unfortunately for Bedford that was all they scored in the inning as a runner was thrown out at home trying to score on a past ball by catcher Brandon Acosta. The catcher recovered quickly and flipped to pitcher Tully covering home. Tully would strike out the next batter to end the threat. Tully also would get into a grove and not allow a run over the third and fourth innings. RGMVM would score four runs in the fourth inning. There were four consecutive hits, a double by Tully, then singles by Daniel Ammirati, Karl Klesin and Paul Hyland. Bedford would make things closer by scoring three runs in the top of the fifth inning. There was a walk, a batter hit by a pitch, an error, a single and double, before Tully got relief help from Nick Lante to stop the rally. RGMVM was not going to let this game get away as they scored two runs of their own in the bottom of the fifth. Karl Klesin tripled to left, scoring Frank Chiodi, who had singled earlier in the inning. Then Klesin stole home. Lante allowed a meaningless single in the top of the sixth before getting the final three outs of the game.
The Sectional Title game will be Wednesday night in Van Nest, Bronx between RGMVM and Staten Island.
Saturday July 29
RGMVM - 6 Eastchester Little League - 0
On Saturday July 29th, at beautiful Seither Stadium the District 27 Champions RGMVM Little League faced off against the District 20 Champions Eastchester Little League. The District 20 Champions made the trip down from Westchester County to Middle Village. They arrived with their cars painted with fancy logos and good luck praises for their hometown heroes, but that proved to be of no help as they ran into the strong pitching of Chris Piteo.
Piteo pitched a complete game no hit shut out on a total of only 77 pitches. In fact Piteo allowed only three base runners, two by infield errors and one on a walk. RGMVM got eight hits and six runs off Eastchester’s starting pitcher Nick Campana. In the second inning, Daniel Ammirati led off getting hit by a pitch. He would come in to score on Casey Sordi’s RBI sacrifice fly. Karl Klesin and Austin Nieves had infield singles and they were driven home by T.J. Ritter’s single.
RGMVM would go down 1-2-3 in both the third and fourth innings. In the fifth T.J.Ritter led off with a single to right field (Ritter was 3 for 3 in the game with two singles and a double). The next batter Brandon Acosta took the first pitch he saw deep over the right center field fence. RGMVM was not finished yet, Chris Piteo had an infield single and he scored on Eric Tully’s double to center field. Next up for RGMVM will be a trip on Monday July 31st to play the District 33 Champion Bedford Hills in Elmsford.
BOYS 10U MINOR TEAM WIN DISTRICT FLAG:
The boys 10U Minor team beat Ozone Howard Little League 12-2 to take the Queens District tittle.
Look for the full game summary to be posted.
The boys now head for sectional play on Saturday July 29 at 11 AM.
The game will be played at RGMVM 's Seither Stadium.
UDATE 7/25/06:
Boys Major 12U Team Sectional Play Games Summary:
Tuesday July 25, 2006
RGMVM - 8
Bayside - 0
On Monday July 24th the Little League District 27 Major Division Champion RGMVM traveled north to Dutchess County to play the District 26 Champion Bayside Little League. The pitching match-up was Marco Martino for RGMVM and Christian Cruz for Bayside. RGMVM was the visiting team in the contest and they were looking to get off to a quick start in the top of the first inning.
First baseman Nicholas Picht walked, then Marco Martino singled. A double steal put runners on second and third. The stage was set for left fielder Rob Shanley, who stepped up to the plate and hit a hard grounder to the third baseman. The third baseman for Bayside threw wildly to first allowing both runners to score. RGMVM would score three runs in the third inning. Martino led off the inning with a double to centerfield. Third Baseman Kevin Lawlor singled to drive in Martino. A fileder’s choice erased Lawlor. Then right fielder Joe Mortillaro doubled to center field, catcher Mike Guglielmi walked and second baseman Ken Sumsky singled to deep centerfield to drive both of the runners home. Three consecutive hits in the fourth gave RGMVM two more runs. Shortstop Sal Ciccone led off with a triple, Martino plated that run with a double to centerfield and Shanley singled center to score Martino. After a fielder’s choice and a couple of stolen bases Shanley singled in the fifth inning for RGMVM’s final run of the game. While RGMVM was doing all the scoring, Martino had Bayside shut down. The District 26 Champion could do nothing to dent the scoreboard. Martino didn’t allow a runner to get past second base. Martino allowed two hits, two walks, and struck out 9 batters in the complete game shutout victory. The next game for RGMVM is the Sectional Championship game Wed night in Yonkers. Sunday July 23, 2006
RGMVM - 4
Inwood Little League - 2
On Sunday July 23rd RGMVM, the District #27 Champion faced the District #23 Champion from Inwood, Manhattan Little League at Seither Stadium. The damp weather could not dampen the spirits of the two teams. This was a the first Sectional playoff game for the right to advance to Albany for the State Championship.
The low score was not indicative of the high level of play by both teams. Rob Shanley was the starting pitcher for RGMVM and his counterpart for Inwood was Joseph Morel. RGMVM would get on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning as Shanley helped his own cause by singling to drive in shortstop Sal Ciccone, who had previously doubled. Shanley cruised thru the top of the first striking out two of Inwood’s first three hitters. However, Inwood would tie the score in the bottom of the second inning. First baseman Eric Roman would single in the pitcher Morel who had led off the inning with a single back up the middle, but bad base running cost Inwood a chance to take the lead as three base runners were cut down at third base. RGMVM would regain the lead in the third inning. First baseman Nicholas Picht led off the inning by grounding out to third. The next batter Sal Ciccone blasted a long drive over the right center field fence. RGMVM was not done as centerfielder Marco Martino walked, Rob Shanley singled. Third baseman Kevin Lawlor sacrificed to move both runners up one base. Mike DaGostino followed that with a single driving in Martino. Rob Shanley would steal home for the third run of the inning. RGMVM would not come close to scoring over the final three innings, as Morel settled down and got help by his second baseman Stephen Alamais, who leaped to snare a liner off the bat of left fielder Patrick O’ Reilly in the top of the sixth inning. A definite web gem play.
The question now was could Shanley hold the lead. Yes he could with help from his defense. Catcher Mike Guglielmi threw out a would be base stealer in the fourth, but the highlight came in the bottom of the sixth as both Marco Martino and Patrick O’Reilly made game saving diving catches of line drives. These catches would be highlight film replays. I say game saving because the third batter in the sixth inning Inwood’s third baseman Anthony Fernandez took Shanley’s first pitch over the left field fence. Shanley quickly recovered striking out the next batter to move RGMVM on to their next contest against the District #26 Champion Bayside Little League. That game will be played Monday July 24th in Patterson N.Y. Dutchess County.
Monday July 17:
The boys major 12U team beat Rockaway Little League 16-2 On Monday July 17th at Seither Stadium, to win the Queens District Championship. RGMVM started quickly in this game. Although the game ended after four innings due to the mercy rule RGMVM scored in every inning. Rockaway started Kyle Schreiner. He was the same pitcher that had started the game last Thursday. This time RGMVM was ready as evidence by the final score. There were contributions from many players in this game. Three hitting stars carried the game for RGMVM.
They were Marco Martino, who went 2-3, 2 Hr’s, 7 RBI’s, Mike Guglielmi who went 4-4, Hr, double, 2 singles, 4 RBI’s, and Rob Shanley who went 3-4, double, 2 singles, 2 RBI’s. All this hitting power was not wasted as RGMVM’s starting pitcher, Joe Mortillaro struck out five batters in three innings giving up just two runs on two hits. Rob Shanley worked a 1-2-3 4th inning to close out the game.
The next game for RGMVM is Saturday July 22nd at Seither Stadium 11am start. They will face the winner of a game to be played Friday night between Manhattan-Riverdale and Brooklyn
Minor Baseball Division Team District Game Summary
The RGMVM Minor Division All-Stars took their game on the road for a match up against the previously undefeated Rockaway Little League team. The game was played at Fort Tilden Rockaway on Saturday on July 15 on a hot summer day.
On the mound making his first start of the tournament was Chris Piteo. RGMVM was the away team and the bats started out quickly as they jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning. The Rockaway team put forward a great effort but the big bats of the RGMVM team kept banging out hit after hit. The hitting was contagious as everyone in the line-up had multiple hit games. Brandon Acosta (who caught a great game) 4-5, Nick Lante 3-5, Karl Klesin 4-5 with a couple of hard line drives, Eric Tully 4-4, Paul Hylnad 2-3, Casey Surdi 2-3, Chris Piteo 5-5, Danny Ameranti 4-4, T.J. Ritter 4-4. The story of the game was the pitching of RGMVM as Chris went 4 innings (due to the forfeit 10 run rule) of no hit ball as RGMVM rolled to a 16-0 win.
The team seems to be rock solid as their pitching and defense has not allowed a hit in two games while scoring 28 runs. Their next opponent for the District 27 Minor Division flag will be Ozone Howard Little League July 20 at 5:30 PM Thursday night at RGMVM Seither Stadium.
