2009 Westfield Blue 11S Summer Travel Baseball: WILD RALLIES BRING WESTFIELD WIN OVER LONG HILL 14-13!

Exciting rallies, big steals, key RBI’s, and solid defense earn Westfield a big win over Long Hill, 14-13

The first inning sparked exciting defense with Owen Murray pitching a scoreless first with the help of Tyler Roth nailing the runner at home with a bullet to George Murray at the plate. (Tyler credits one of his basketball pump fakes to trick the batter at third).

Westfield’s aggressive base running and stealing lead to a 2-0 advantage in the second inning with additional help from Rowan’s single, George and Justin Lin’s key hits and Daniel Criscuolo’s RBI. The third inning was highlighted by two outstanding catches in right field by Owen Brancatella, but soon Long Hill rallied and posted 5 runs to give them the lead. Parker took the mound to start the fourth and pitched a solid inning. Parker and George executed another outstanding tag at the plate to keep Long Hill from scoring. The fourth inning was filled with a slew of RBI’s started by Steven Barmakian. With Steven on base, Parker hit a rocket off the fence scoring Steven. Owen Murray singled in Parker and George got a base hit to bring Owen home. Westfield continued their rally with good at bats by Daniel, Justin Lankler, and Michael Jeffery which loaded the bases and generated more runs for the team. Tyler finished off the inning hitting in two key RBI’s with a base hit to secure a Westfield lead 9-5.

Long Hill fought back and started the fifth inning with a solid double and gained two runs to make the score 9-7. With Justin Lin at the mound, Westfield answered with the help of our batters and key RBI’s by Owen Murray, George, Owen Colwell , Justin Lin, Daniel, and lastly, Owen Brancatella’s killer double to bring our lead to 14-7. With such a lead, Westfield thought the game was secured but Long Hill rallied once again and challenged Westfield’s nerves...With the tying run on third base, Justin remained calm and cool and finished off Long Hill with a strike out to end the game!

Game Recap by Daniel Murray