Announcement
2007 RGMVM 11U Tournament Team Wins New York City Championship!
The 11U Team Takes The New York City Little League Championship By Defeating Staten Island 3-1 Behind The Pitching Of Chris Piteo.
TOURNAMENT GAME SUMMARY / NEWS:
SECTION GAMES:
A Brooklyn NY setting was most appropriate for the 2007 Section Championship rematch between RGMVM and Staten Island. Traveling to Kings Bay LL on August 1st, 2007, RGMVM set there sights once again on capturing a City/Sectional title after making history in 2006. As the game commenced on the well groomed field, all players and parents alike knew it would be a gem of a game between two well rounded teams.
After 2 scoreless innings with #34 Chris Piteo in total control on the mound, RGMVM put up their only runs of the game. After a single by TJ Ritter and a beautiful sacrifice bunt by KC Surdi to move TJ into scoring position, Gerard Frarraci doubled to score Ritter opening up a 1-0 lead. The offense did not stop there as Eric Tully ripped a towering 2 run shot over the right field fence to put RGMVM ahead 3-0. Piteo continued to dominate through the third, allowing no hits and striking out a total of five 5 to that point. In the bottom of fourth, after reaching base on an error and advancing to second, Staten Island scored on their only hit of the game. Anthony Locasio and Chris Piteo opened up the 5th with back to back singles, but Staten Island’s relief kept RGMVM at bay through to the sixth. Piteo retired the first three batters in the bottom of the sixth, giving RGMVM Little League their second Sectional Title and advancing them into the NYS Championship finals accomplishing the feat on a 1-hitter with a total of 60 pitches (53 strikes, 7 balls) and 9 strikeouts. RGMVM now heads to Van Ness Little League in the Bronx to see if they can capture the NYS Championship that eluded them in 2006.
The first game is scheduled for Sunday August 4th versus a returning 2006 final four team Brighton LL form Rochester. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE RGMVM PLAYERS!!!
The team now heads to the NY State Championship which will be held Saturday Aug 4 in the Bronx at Van Nest LL. Game times and more info to follow..
Come down and root our Boys on to a first ever RGMVM LL State Championship.....
Section Game #2 - July 30, 2007
RGMVM traveled back to Van Ness on July 30 with memories of their 2006 City/Sectional win at the Bronx field still fresh in their minds. This year however, their opponent was Patterson in game #2 of the Sectional Round.
With #9 Eric Tully on the mound for RGMVM, Patterson jumped out to an early 2-0 lead following a 2-run homer in the top of the first. Not to worry as RGMVM responded in the bottom of the 2nd. After back to back walks to Karl Klesin and Dan Ammirati, TJ Ritter punched an RBI single scoring Klesin to pull within 1 run. Patterson then tacked on a run in the top of 3rd to go ahead 3-1 putting RGMVM in unfamiliar territory for the first time this 2007 season.
After a scoreless 3rd, and a 9 pitch retirement of Patterson by Tully in the top of the 4th, RGMVM responded with a towering 3 run homer over the left centerfield fence by # 34 Chris Piteo following a walk by #6 Paul Hyland and single by Brandon Acosta. Tully kept Patterson at bay in the 5th with another 9 pitch inning that included a nicely executed 6-4-3 double play by Hitzler-Piteo-Nieves.
RGMVM tacked on 4 more runs in the fifth after singles by Tully, Acosta and Nieves setup an RBI walk by TJ Ritter, followed by a base clearing 3 RBI double by Chris Piteo which scored Hyland, Acosta and Ritter. Patterson responded with a solo home run in top of the sixth, but a little too late as Patterson succumbed to RGMVM 8-4.
After the win, the RGMVM 11U Tournament team found themselves traveling a familiar road as they set there sights on Staten Island in the City/Sectional Championship to be played on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at Kings Bay, Brooklyn. GO RGMVM!
Section Game #1 - July 28, 2007
Rested after their District 27 Championship win on July 16, the RGMVM 11U Tournament Team headed back to Broad Channel, mosquito repellant in hand, to face Van Ness in game #1 of the City/Sectional round.
On the mound for RGMVM was # 10 Gerard Fraracci, retiring Van Ness in the first inning on 11 pitches with two ground balls to Ammirati at short and one to Tully at 3rd. RGMVM opened up with a slew of offense in the 1st. With the bases loaded, Austin Nieves roped a 2 rbi doubled to score Shane Hitzler and Eric Tully followed by a 2 rbi single by Paul Hyland that drove in Fraracci and Nieves. A single by Brandon Acosta moved Hyland to 2nd, and another RBI was in the books via a single by TJ Ritter placing RGMVM ahead 5-0. Fraracci kept Van Ness in check in the 2nd and 3rd with no runs scored. In the bottom of the 3rd, after Ammirati reached on a throwing error, #27 Austin Nieves belted a towering 2-run homer over the centerfield fence to stretch RGMVM’s lead to 7-0.
After a scoreless 4th and 5th for Van Ness, RGMVM ended the game subsequent to scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the fifth. After Acosta was hit by a pitch, and singles by TJ Ritter and Shane Hitzler, Tully walked to score Acosta and Fraracci doubled scoring Ritter and Hitzler, ending the game at a score of 10-0.
Fraracci pitched a strong game for a total of 6 strikeouts and 2 hits to put Game #1 behind them.
Next up is Game #2 vs Patterson to be played at Van Ness on Monday July 30, 2007. GO RGMVM! RGMVM’s
District Championship – July 16, 2007
On July 16, 2007 the RGMVM 11U Tournament Team headed back to Broad Channel to face Ozone Howard in the District 27 Championship Game. The game once again opened up under threatening skies but the players did not let it rain on their parade.
On the mound for RGMVM was #10 Gerard Fraracci. After a shaky start and Ozone Howard scoring in bottom of the 1st to go ahead 1-0, Fraracci settled down and kept Ozone Howard at bay into the fourth inning pitching 3 scoreless innings. RGMVM came back in the 4th to tie the game after a leadoff walk by Fraracci and RBI double by Karl Klesin.
In the 5th inning, Eric Tully homered with a towering shot to straightaway center to put RGMVM ahead 2-1. The scoring did not end there as Ammirati singled, ultimately advancing to third where he scored on a wild pitch. A single by Locasio and a fielders choice set up an RBI double by Paul Hyland scoring Klesin from 1st and giving RGMVM a 4-1 lead. In the bottom of the 5th, #9 Eric Tully started in relief of Fraracci and retired Ozone on 8 pitches.
In the top of the sixth, RGMVM tacked on an insurance run after singles by Tully and Dan Ammirati set up an RBI single by Fraracci scoring Tully. Ozone scored two in the sixth before the game was put away giving this RGMVM team their second District 27 Title and propelling them into City/Sectional round.
RGMVM continues to excel on their strong pitching, exceptional defense and timely hitting by all players. Next stop is #1 of the Sectional to be played at Broad Channel on July 28, 2007. Good Luck boys!
11U Tournament Team set out for their first District 27 Tournament game versus Ozone Howard (1-0) on Wednesday July 11, 2007.
The game, which was held at nearby Broad Channel, commenced under threatening fog shrouded skies, which eventually opened up and suspended play - but not before RGMVM scored 13 runs by the top of the fourth inning and were still at the plate with nobody out.
The boys hit the ball hard and deep all night, with Ozone Howard playing exceptional defense in the outfield. Offensive was provided off the bats of Chris Piteo (3-3, 2 HR, 7 RBI’s), which included a Grand Slam in the 4th, Gerard Fraracci (2-3), Austin Nieves (1-3), Karl Klesin (1-1), Paul Hyland (1-1), and Shane Hitzler (2-2, 2 RBI’s).
On the mound for RGMVM was #34 Chris Piteo who threw 3 scoreless innings throwing a total of 53 pitches (38 S, 15 B, and 7K’s) while allowing 2 hits to secure RGMVM's first win of the 2007 Tournament season.
Ozone Howard opted not to continue the suspended game and conceded in the top of the fourth inning with RGMVM ahead 13-0. Giving RGMVM their first win in the series.
The RGMVM 11U team has been practicing under the watchful eye of Manager Steve Adams, who led the team to a historical 2nd Place finish in the 9-10 Yr Old State Championships in 2006. The boys are hoping to attain another shot at the 10-11 Yr Old title in 2007. Their next game is scheduled for 5:30 PM on Monday, July 16, versus WORKS at Broad Channel LL.
Click on the handouts for game summaries and team stats.
