In game one, the Wanderers received strong pitching from Greg Massa and Anthony Samela as they cruised to a…
The nine-year-old Whitestone Wanderers broke into the win column Saturday with a convincing doubleheader sweep over the Franklin Square Seminoles.
In game one, the Wanderers received strong pitching from Greg Massa and Anthony Samela as they cruised to a 17-1 win. Samela and Steven Rufo led the offense with three hits apiece, and Michael Cheesman and Eric Mirkov added two hits each.
In Game two, the Wanderers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning when clean-up hitter Mike Rosario hit a grand slam homerun. The Wanderers got three hits each from Rufo, Samela and Frank Marin. Cheesman, Mirkov, Angelo Luongo and Chris Regan collected two hits apiece in the 19-4 victory. Andrew Florides, James Narlis, Cheesman and Mirkov each pitched a scoreless inning.
The 10-year-old Wanderers got their summer season going with a sweep over the Garden City Fire, 16-5 and 12-5. In the first game, Anthony Andreani picked up where he left off in the spring season by giving up only two runs in four innings. Shane Lowrey was his unusual consistent self on the mound and was able to finish out the game.
New additions to the team are: Mark Dipaolo, Ben Horowitz and Mike Tesoriero, who got on base 8 out of 11 times, including a triple by Horowitz.
Andrew Goldstein squashed any hope of a comeback by the fire with a great catch of a line drive hit to left field. Vinny Depperman showed his true value to the team, hitting to the opposite field three times to drive in runners.
In the second game, Peter Forgione did his job on the mound, allowing only two runs over three innings with Dipaolo and Tommy Regan keeping the Fire in check over the final three innings.
The Wanderers got excellent defensive play and key hits from Alexis Demolina, Andreani, Depperman, Forgione, Lowrey and Regan.
The 11-year-old Wanderers dropped a doubleheader to West Hempstead 5-3 and 6-1. In the first game, Manpreet Singh pitched a complete game, striking out six and walking only one. Rocco Sacramone was 2-for-2 and scored a run. Singh also had two hits. Devon Ferante and Adam Lipowicz each had a hit for the Wanderers.
In game two, the Wanderers fell behind 5-0 after two innings. Ferante pitched 3 and 1/3 innings in relief, allowing just one run while striking out five. Brandon Sheiner knocked in Pat Thompson with a solid single to right for the Wanderers only run. Sacramone continued to rip the ball, adding a hit and laser that was caught by the right fielder. Joe Marin and Mike Russo each had a hit.
The 12-year-old Wanderers beat the Bellmore Blue Demons 10-0 on Wednesday. Vincent Florido pitched a one hit shutout and had eight strikeouts. Shortstop Joey Depperman and second baseman Anthony Polito turned a nice double play. The Wanderers hitting attack was led by Mike Dinoto, Mike Lowrey and Polito who had two hits each. John Massa had the only extra base hit of the game (a ground rule double). Johnny Liquori and Brandon Rosenthal contributed a single each.
On Saturday, the 12’s split a doubleheader with the Long Island Lightning. In the opener, Lowrey pitched a complete game to get the win. Losing 4-3 in the fifth inning, Florido hit a two out two-run double to put the Wanderers ahead 5-4. The Wanderers added an insurance run in the sixth on Greg Polkowski’s third hit and third RBI of the game. Nick Zavattieri crushed a long double and Dinoto, Lowrey, Rosenthal and Nick Lamonaca had a hit each in the 6-4 victory. In the nightcap, the Wanderers scored a run in the first inning and held a1-0 lead through the third inning. The Lightning scored two runs in the fourth to take the lead 2-1; neither offense was able to score the rest of the game.
Polkowski went the distance and was the hard-luck loser. Lamonaca, Massa, Polito and Polkowski were the only Wanderers to get a hit.
On Sunday, the 13-year-old Wanderers split a doubleheader with the Long Island Knights. After losing game one 6-5, the Wanderers came back from an 8-0 deficit to win game two 14-13. Anthony Panella pitched five strong innings of relief while the Wanderers got their bats going. Max Meltzer had four hits and was 7-7 with six RBIs on the day. Nick DeFalco, Chris Moreno and Rob Liquori added two hits each with Liquori’s second hit the game-winner. In the first game, Liquori pitched well enough to win but was victimized on defense.
