Great opening day team effort for Carousel. Nice pitching by Colin, Michael & Jack. Great batters' eyes by Ryan, Tommy, Frankie, Jake & Patrick to put us in position to get some runs! Thanks to Sean for catching a "complete" game and driving in a couple of RBIs! Looking forward to applying our learnings next Saturday.
Flibotte 69 pitches, Saleski 40, Forbes 29

Solid pitching performance by Colin "CoCo" McDonnell along with Sean, Colin and Frankie to slow down the savy batting eyes of Natale's. Strong batting by Micheal, Jack F, Jake & Charles.
CoCo McDonell 25 pitchesSetian 55, Flibotte 49, F Forbes 3. Nick Walsh 51, Cameron LeDuc 75, Brandon Lehif 21.

Consistent pitching by Michael and Colin F. combined with our best batting effort yet lead to Carousel's third straight win! M Saleski 66 pitches, Jackson Harwell 74, Dillon Redmane 44, Colin F. 34.

What a barn burner at Hersey today between two good teams. Carousel came out swinging in the 1st with 4 runs and 3 in the 2nd to take a commanding lead with some spectacular defense including 2 extra base denying catches in centerfield by Mike Saleski. Allied came back in the third with 8 runs including a homer from Finn Powell and a triple off the bat of Nathan Townsend. Great pitching by Carousel's Colin McDonald(36), Pat McGaghan made a fine debut(17), and Allied's pitchers were great with Greg Patrolia (54), Stephen Townsend(55), and Finn Powell(24). Frank Forbes and his coaches did a great job giving everyone a shot at pitching and playing the infield. A exciting game and fun for all.

Two great teams faced off at Hersey Field and when the game ended they were both standing tall. Fantastic pitching by Carousel's Michael Saleski (58 pitches) and Jack Forbes (32 pitches) cooled the hot Turner bats. Turner's Reese Linton pitched his game of the year going the distance over 6 innings (75 pitches). Great defense all around, highlighted in the sixth inning when Carousel was rallying and Turner's Joshua Cassino spearheaded a double play.

Colin Flibotte 66 Pitches, Chris Flanders 75, Reader 29, Dillon Leary 22

Jack Forbes 62 Pitches, Sean Setian 23, Patrick McGeoghegan 22,Charles Webb 20. Drew Rowland 54 Pitches, J Lastoria 61, J Stanley 44.

Two of the hottest teams in the league treated a capacity crowd to a classic contest at Kress field this morning. The Snug struck first, with two runs in the first off strong hits by Greg Williamson and Jack Santilli. Carousel Academy rallied back with runs by Ryan Mcinnis and Ian Webb. The middle innings featured extraordinary pitching by Carousel Academy's Michael Seleski (10 strikeouts) and the Snug's Harry Wheeler (7 strikeouts). Wheeler was assisted by some stellar Snug defense including a run-saving throw from outfielder Will D'Entremont to catcher Brendon Morris and leaping catches by first baseman Greg Williamson and Adam Zona.

Carousel was down 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth. Patient batting allowed them to score one run one off of a walk and force the game into extra innings. The Snug came out swinging in the seventh with a single by Jack Santilli and yet another game winning home run by Bendan "Big Red" Morris. The Snug's Billy "the Kid" McNally came in to close out the seventh and seal the Snug's fifth win of the season.

Great pitching by True North's Austin Irvin (72 pitches)and Charlie Cosgrove (17 pitches) as well as Carousel's Colin Flibotte (64 pitches), Patrick McGeoghan (29), Charles Webb (29) and finish by Sean Setian (4) supported by outstanding fielding by Brendan Tedeschi, Sean Setian, Colin Flibotte & Jack Forbes made for a game that came down to a top of the 6th rally by True North that came up just short. A "true" class act 7 gentleman's duel by both teams.

Many highlights to the game, Andrew Burke playing stellar defense. Multiple his for the Jewelers were Drew Foskett, Bobby Beane, Brendan Smith. Michael Marchioni with a double and singles by Sean Flaherty, John Henry Johnson and Chris Smith. But " Big Bat" of Jackson Bennis was the highlight of the game with a shot over the right field fence. Strong pitching by the " Killer B's", Beane, Bennis and Burke.
Mike Saleski could not be held down having a three hit day which included a double. Two hits by Helfrich, singles by Dedian, Forbes, Flibbotte, Mc Innis, and Mc Donnell.


Beane 73
Bennis 30
Burke 30

Let's get our bats in order for some confidence building batting practice!

It looks like the fielding is really developed nicely for both teams. Two stellar defensive plays by BB's Jack Donius who turned a double play with Mike Ferrara and made a diving pop-up grab as catcher. Carousel had an unbelievable throw to first for the out -from centerfield by Patrick McGeoghegan. The J. Forbes to F. Forbes infield play accounted forat least three outs. Great job in his first pitching outing for Max McCollum. Great starting pitching by J Lemanski and Colin Flibotte. Great hits by John Gillig, Michael Saleski & Ryan McInnis.
Flibotte 57 C Grant 34
Setian 21 Lemanski 26
B Lemanski 50 K Tieburski 9

Great baseball weather for some fine defensive plays on both sides. Cameron O'Conell of WG made a great long fly ball grab to rob a hit from Jack Forbes late in the game. Fine pitching by nearly the entire WG lineup with Eugene Mattie finishing up strong. Buzz Helfrich had an unbelievable pitching debut for the Academy - going 3 full innings of one run play.
Buzz Helfrich 70 pitches
Patrick McGeaghan 24
Jack Forbes 30

Max Pomroy 27
Robert Smith 17
Dylan Scoffield 19
Willie Anderson 25
Eugene Mattie 15

Consistent pitching by both teams - lead by Dylan Leary of N'Tierty and Colin Flibotte of Carousel Academy kept the game close for the first 4 innings. Then the bats of CA began to go to work - great in the park grand slam by Colin Flibotte! Unbelievable backup play on shortstop by Patrick McG to get a long out at first.

Colin Flibotte 63 pitches
Jack Forbes 25

Dylan Leary 74
George Reter 29

Another great pitchers duel - again for these two teams. During the season they played to a 0-0 tie. The trend continued through 4 innings in this game - behind the very solid pitching of Ben Turner for Turner and Michael Saleski for Carousel. There was great defense on both sides - highlighted by an unbelievable shoestring, face in the dirt catch off the mound by Patrick McGeoghan with Turner men in scoring position. It stopped Turner from having a big third inning and it was arguably the best catch of the year. The Turner bats finally came alive in the fifth for 5 runs. The rally was sparked by Christian Boretti's sharp line drive double down the third base line with Coleman Chase in scoring position. He was then followed by a Jack Costello walk and big hits by Chris Edwards, Frankie Vadaro, Matt Chakalis and Jesse Lee (double). The Carousel team and their coaches should be congratulated on a great season (9-4-1 record for first time coach Frank Forbes).

Pitchers:

Carousel -
Michael Saleski - 74
Patrick McGeoghan - 11
Buzz Helfrich - 32

Turner:
Ben Turner - 76
Christian Boretti - 16