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ASTROS BACK FOR FALL '09 & OPEN WITH A 4-0 SHUTOUT AGAINST MASSAPEQUA CYCLONES!!
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BAD STARTS TO A GAME CAN BURY A TEAM FOR THE REST OF THE GAME. GARDEN CITY SCORED 5 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING OFF PAUL TWIBELL WITH ONLY ONE HIT BALL REACHING THE OUTFIELD. TWO SQUIBBERS IN FROM OF THE PLATE, A POP UP DROPPING IN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND, TWO GROUNDERS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INFIELD WHERE PLAYS TO HOME WERE CALLED SAFE AND MENTAL ERRORS IN THE FIELD SAW THE ASTROS DIG AN EARLY HOLE. THE INNING WAS A NIGHTMARE OF POOR FUNDAMENTALS CLEARLY SHOWING A LAYOFF OF THREE WEEKS DUE TO RAINOUTS. TWIBELL SETTLED IN TO GO THREE ADDITIONAL INNINGS OF SHUTOUT BALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ASTROS WAITED UNTIL THE FIFTH AND SIXTH INNINGS TO MOUNT ANY COMEBACK. IN BOTH INNINGS, POOR BASERUNNING DECISIONS ENDED THREATS AND THEY WERE DEFEATED 5-2. MIKE SCULLY ALSO PITCHED 2 SHUTOUT INNINGS TO FINISH. THE ONLY HITS CAME FROM SCULLY, LUCAS HALL, DEAN MIGLIORE AND TOMMY.
MIGS ASTROS TOOK A CONVINCING 5-0 WIN FROM THE BELLMORE BENGALS. MIKE SCULLY WAS ONCE AGAIN ON THE TOP OF HIS GAME TWO HITTING BELLMORE. HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED WITH A HIT AND A RUN SCORED. ASTROS DEFENSE AND BASE RUNNING WERE OUTSTANDING AS THREE RUNS WERE SCORED ON OUTS. LUCAS HALL ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF HITS FOR THE ASTROS. THEY WILL FACE GARDEN CITY ONCE AGAIN AT ALKEN AVE. AT 5:30PM ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
MIGS ASTROS WON A RIVETING GAME AGAINST THE NYS 11U WILLIAMSPORT FINALIST MERRICK BY THE SCORE OF 4-3. MIKE SCULLY STARTED ON THE MOUND AND WAS NOT HIS BEST, BUT STILL KEPT THE ASTROS IN THE GAME WHEN HE LEFT AFTER 2 2/3 INNINGS. THE GAME WAS SEESAW AT THAT POINT WHEN SCULLY LEFT AND PAUL TWIBELL WAS SUMMONDED TO THE MOUND. FACING THE GO AHEAD RUNS WITH TWO OUTS, TWIBELL BENEFITTED FROM AN OUTSANDING PLAY IN RIGHT FIELD FROM AUSTIN TOPEL TO TRACK DOWN A FLY BALL IN THE RIGHT CENTER FIELD GAP. THAT SPARKED THE ASTROS AS THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF WILDNESS FROM MERRICK'S PITCHER TO SCORE THE GO AHEAD RUN WHEN ERIC MCCLOSKEY WALKED WITH THE BASES LOADED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THRID INNING. PAUL TWIBELL WENT THE REST OF THE WAY ALLOWING ONLY ONE HIT TO GET THE WIN WITH 3 1/3 SHUTOUT INNINGS. HE WAS THE BENEFACTOR OF OUTSTANING DEFENSE INCLUDING DEAN MIGLIORE'S STAB OF A POTENTIAL DOUBLE AND 5-3 PUTOUT AND FOUR ASSISTS ON THE DAY, LUCAS GOLON RUNNING DOWN A LONG FLY TO LEFT FIELD, AND AUSTIN TOPEL'S DEFENSE IN RIGHTFIELD AND AT FIRST BASE, AND NICK JORDAN'S DEFENSE BEHIND THE PLATE. WHILE THE ASTROS MADE A FEW MISTAKES ON THE BASES, THEIR DEFENSE AND TIMELY HITTING WERE THE DIFFERENCE. MIKE PEREZ'S GROUNDOUT SCORED THE TYING RUN AND ERIC MCCLOSKEY'S WALK WITH THE BASES LOADED WAS THE DIFFERENCE.
PITCHING
MIKE SCULLY 2 2/3 IP 4 H 3 R 3 ER 3 BB 2 K
PAUL TWIBELL 3 1/3 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K
HITTING
LUKE HALL 1/2 2 RUNS SCORED
MIKE SCULLY 1/2
LUKE GOLON 1/3 DOUBLE
AUSTIN TOPEL 2/3 DOUBLE
MIKE PEREZ GAME TYING RBI
ERIC MCCLOSKEY GAME WINNING WALK
THE ASTROS GAME BACK THE NEXT DAY TO FACE THE LI ROYALS. ERIC MCCLOSKEY WAS ON THE MOUND AND HAD A ROUGH START GIVING UP 3 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING. HOWEVER, ERIC WAS STELLAR THE REST OF THE WAY TO PITCH A COMPLETE GAME AND SHUTOUT BALL THE REST OF THE WAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ASTROS BATS WERE SILENT AS THEY WERE ONE HITTED AND ONLY MANAGED ONE RUN AND LOST 3-1. THEIR RECORD IN LEAGUE PLAY IS NOW 4-1 AND THEY ARE ON TOP OF THEIR DIVISION AT THIS POINT.
PITCHING
ERIC MCCLOSKEY 5 IP 3 H 3 R 2 ER 1 BB 5 K
MIGS LONG ISLAND ASTROS ARE ONCE AGAIN TOGETHER FOR THE FALL OF '09 AFTER FILLING THEIR LITTLE LEAGUE WILLIAMSPORT COMMITMENTS. SINCE THEIR INAUGURAL 2008 SEASON, THEY HAVE SPORTED A 33-26-1 RECORD THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 2009.
75 FOOT BASES SEEM TO AGREE WITH THE ASTROS PERSONNEL AS THEY ARE NOW 3-0 IN LSW LEAGUE PLAY. ON SATURDAY, THEY BROKE OUT EARLY AGAINST GARDEN CITY WITH A 7-0 LEAD BEHIND ERIC MCCLOSKEY ON THE MOUND. ERIC DEPARTED AFTER THREE INNINGS OF SHUTOUT BALL. LUCAS HALL TOOK OVER ON THE MOUND AND A FIRST BATTER STRIKE-OUT PASSED BALL LED TO A ROCKY INNING BEFORE PAUL TWIBELL RECORDED THE THIRD OUT. GARDEN CITY CAME BACK TO SCORE SEVEN RUNS IN THE INNING TO TIE THE SCORE.
THE ASTROS RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY IN THE FOLLOWING INNINGS WITH SIX RUNS AND PAUL TWIBELL BLANKED GARDEN CITY THE REST OF THE WAY AS THE ASTROS TOOK A 13-7 VICTORY. KEY HITS FROM DEAN MIGLIORE, JOHNNY LOCURTO, MIKE PEREZ AND MIKE SCULLY LED A TWO OUT NO ONE ON BASE ATTACK TO RALLY BACK WITH THE SIX RUNS AND WIN GOING AWAY. oUTSTANDING PLAYS IN THE INFIELD FROM ERIC MCLOSKEY, MIKE PEREZ AND JOHN LOCURTO SEALED THE DEAL.
THEY THEN CAME BACK SUNDAY AND COASTED TO A 13-1 VICTORY AGAINST LEVITTOWN NORTH. IT WAS A HIT PARADE INCLUDING TWO HITS FROM LUCAS HALL, MIKE SCULLY, AND OTHER BIG HITS FROM DEAN MIGLIORE AND JOHN LOCURTO. ERIC MCCLOSKEY AND PAUL TWIBELL COMBINED ON THE MOUND ONCE AGAIN FOR STELLAR PITCHING.
THE WEEKEND LINE
PITCHING
Eric McCloskey 6 IP 4 H 1 R 1 BB 8 K
Paul Twibell 4 1/3 IP 1 H 1 R 3 BB 4 K
Lucas Hall 2/3 IP 3 H 5 R 4 BB 3 K
HITTING
Lucas Hall 7 AB 3 R 5 H 3 2B 3 RBI
Dean Migliore 5 AB 5 R 4 H 1 2B 3 RBI
John LoCurto 4 AB 2 R 2 H 1 2B 2 RBI
Mike Scully 7 AB 5 R 3 H 2 2B 2 RBI
Mike Perez 4 AB 1 R 2 H 0 2B 4 RBI
THE FALL '09 ASTROS PICKED UP THEIR WINNING WAYS ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. WITH A 4-0 SHUTOUT AGAINST THE MASSAPEQUA CYCLONES IN THEIR LSW LEAGUE NOW PLAYING 75 FOOT BASES. THE STORY OF THE DAY WAS MICHAEL SCULLY. SCULLY, ONLY SCHEDULED TO PITCH TWO INNINGS, BLEW THROUGH THE CYCLONE LINEUP AND CARRIED A PERFECT GAME INTO THE FIFTH INNING. AFTER AN ERROR SPOILED THE PERFECTO, HE CONTINUED ON WITH ONLY ONE OUT TO GO BEFORE LOSING THE NO NO ON A CLEAN HIT THROUGH THIRD AND SHORT. HIS EFFORT WAS MAGNIFICENT ALONG WITH NEEDING ONLY 63 PITCHES ALONG THE WAY.
MEANWHILE, HIS DEFENSE WAS OUTSTANDING BEHIND HIM. DEAN MIGLIORE WAS OUTSTANDING ON THREE PLAYS TO THIRD INCLUDING A BARE HAND PICK UP AND THROW TO NAIL A BASERUNNER. ERIC McCLOSKEY WAS FLAWLESS AT SHORT ON THREE GROUNDOUTS AND NEWCOMER AUSTIN FLASHED OUTSTANDING LEATHER AT FIRST BASE WITH GREAT RANGLE INCLUDING COMING OFF THE BAG ON AN ERRANT THROW TO FIRST TO TAG THE ONCOMING BASERUNNER. NICK JORDAN WAS HIS USUAL SOLID SELF BEHIND THE PLATE.
THE ASTROS SLOWLY BUILT UP RUNS THROUGHOUT THE GAME WITH EXCELLENT EXECUTION. MIKE SCULLY ALSO PROVIDED TWO HITS WITH HIS OUTSTANDING PITCHING. NICK JORDAN CONTRIBUTED TWO HITS INCLUDING A PICTURE PERFECT BUNT SINGLE ORIGINALLY INTENDING TO MOVE ALONG BASERUNNERS. LUCAS GOLON WAS A FORCE ON THE BASEPATHS WITH TWO STEALS AND TWO RUNS SCORED. AUSTIN ALSO PROVIDED A BUNT SACRIFICE TO MOVE BASERUNNERS ALONG IN THE FIFTH TO PROVIDE A CUSHION FOR THE ASTROS. ALL IN ALL, A SOLID FUNDAMENTAL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PLAYING 75 FOOT BASES.
THEY NOW FACE GARDEN CITY ON THEIR HOME FIELD THIS COMING SATURDAY AT 3PM AND WILL ALSO HAVE A GAME SUNDAY TBD. THE ROSTER FOR THE FALL IS THE FOLLOWING:
DEAN MIGLIORE, JOHNNY LoCURTO, NICK JORDAN, PAUL TWIBELL, LUCAS HALL, AUSTIN, MIKE PEREZ, LUCAS GOLON, MIKE SCULLY, ERIC McCLOSKEY.
He picks up the bat,
and walks to the plate,
"gotta hit and that's that.
"The crowd starts to yell,
the game's on the line,
last inning, two outs,
the score's nine to nine.
Dad yells, "Go get it,"
Mom wrings her hands,
coach hollers, "hit it,"
but alone there he stands.
Heros are made
in seconds such as this,
but he's just a little boy,
what if he should miss?
Years after this game's ended
and he's little no more,
will he remember the outcome
or even the score?
No he'll have forgotten
if he was out, hit, or a run,
he'll only look back on
his friends and the fun.
So cheer this boy on,
alone with his fate;
help him remember with fondness
this stand at the plate.
Spend your time wisely
and help in his quest
to be a hitter
with confidence
and always his best.
And when the game's over,
this boy can stand tall,
for you've helped him prepare
to give it his all!
