HEWYBL Update – Week Ending 5/21/11

Cal Ripken T-BALL

The Dom's Service Center Red Ninjas and Rita's Green Giants played to a 15-15 tie. The Ninjas offense was led by the outstanding hitting of Jason Capre and Brooke Leaver. In the field, Sean Burk and Aline Caylo played great defense. The Green Giants got solid hits from Ben Ng and Joshua Greenberg while Nicholas Walsh played fine defense.

Cal Ripken Rookies

The All Star Deli & Subs Scorpions and the Allen & Stults Insurance Green Dragons squared off in a weekend series that included a game rescheduled due to a previous rain-out. Saturday's game included notable offensive contributions from Dylan Alhadef and David DiSanzo for the Green Dragons, while Jillian Schneider contributed with her great defense as catcher. For the Scorpions, Kyle Madden and Andrew Achaibar hit well and showed tremendous speed running the bases. In the second game, played on Sunday, Aidan Sharpe turned in an impressive performance pitching and catching for the Scorpions, while Odin Burk knocked in key runs late in the game. For the Green Dragons, Courtney Sabogal and Jason Calabria turned in strong performances at the plate and in the field.

Cal Ripken Minor

The Brothers Pizza & Pasta Gators and CCL Label Dominators met in a head-to-head, two-game series this past weekend where both teams competed at a higher level. In the series opener the Gators were led by the combined pitching of Joe Debrule, Luis Colon, and Zach Houtenville. The hitting was sparked with the bats of Lucas Marshall and Jonathan Drews. The Dominators were led in the first inning by the super pitching efforts of Aidan Richardson followed by some great at bats by Jordan Sobers, Griffin Burd, and Fadil Meeran. After many innings of play the game ended in a 7-7 tie.

In game two of the series the Dominators found their bats midway through the game and had great hits by many producing 8 runs overall to eventually outscore the Gators 8-5. Defensively Josh Rubinstein had a gold glove play throwing a runner out at first, brothers Luc and Ike Marino both had heads up plays on the field keeping their team in the running, and Spencer Taussig had a stellar performance behind the plate. The Gators were led by combined pitching of John O'Brien, Jeremy Bogen, and Aaron Uy. Michael Drews had great speed on the bases and the hitting was sparked with the bats of Tariq Clopton, Viram Srinath and (up-and-comer) Christopher Drews.