New Hyde Park Little League Roundup: May 14-17

The New Hyde Park Little League is back for the 2013 season and we have all the weekly roundups right here on Patch! Check back here each week for the most recent roundups of the local teams!

The following article was posted by Geoffrey Walter. It was written by Joanne Dominguez.

New Hyde Park Little League (NHPLL) Boys Farm Division

On May 14 the night game between New Hyde Park Funeral Home and Dr. Zatz's Mighty Molars was highlighted by strong hitting performances by both teams. Chris Dominguez from the New Hyde Park Funeral Home had a long solo homerun. Dr. Zatz's Mighty Molars struck back with multiple hit games by Jake Binaso, John Kessler, Joshua Park and Jason Greci.

On May 16, Dr. Zatz's Mighty Molars faced R. Stutzman in a slugfest. Dominick Balletta, Alec Guglielmo and John Cutter each went 4-4 and four other boys had multiple hit games. Alec Guglielmo, Steven Niles and Jerry Farelli all had RBI's in a high-scoring game. Not to be outdone the boys from R. Stutzman struck back with some powerful hitting of there own, lead by Stan Young and Alex McLaughlin. The fielding was outstanding in this game with strong plays by Nolan Langer and Brandon Obienzo of R. Stutzman, and The Mighty Molar's Steven Niles making an inning ending catch on a towering fly ball.

The game between Park Funeral Home and New Hyde Park Funeral Home on May 17 was a tightly matched game. New Hyde Park Funeral had an excellent first inning, scoring 5 runs at the start. The bats were busy for Joe Abramo, John Dermezis, Greg & James Marzano, John Waldron, Dillon Powell and Rishi Sinha. Carter Fredericks-Dort had an RBI in the second and Greg Marzano and Ryan Oommen each had an RBI in the third. The fifth inning didn't disappoint with amazing back-to-back home runs by James Asmus and Ryan Oommen. Pitching for New Hyde Park Funeral were No. 13 Aiden Finley in the third inning, No. 23 John Condon in the fourth, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 3 batters and No. 20 Jack McFall in the fifth, also allowing only 2 hits and striking out 3 batters. New Hyde Park Funeral also had success at the plate as in the bottom of the third inning, Kevin Reilly (No. 17) had an RBI single to score his brother Thomas Reilly (No. 19). Christopher Dominguez (No. 11) hit for his third homerun of the season. Thomas Lusk (No. 51) and the youngest on the team, did an excellent job catching.

New Hyde Park Little League (NHPLL) Boys Minors Division

On May 15 Persi Construction had a 12-7 win over Mike's Convenience. The game was tight, especially in the top of the third, where Mike's Convenience was behind by a score of 7-4. Batting for Mike's Convenience was Matt Cipolla, who had a hit and stole home to make it 7-5. Kristos Fernandez had a nice single to left field and stole second & third base. Michael Dominguez had an RBI single to center field, scoring Kristos, making it 7-6. Dominguez stole second base, with Justin Roa hitting an RBI double, to tie the game. Persi Constuction had some tough batters throughout, having some big innings, especially Dominic Fulgieri hitting a triple and an inside the park homerun.

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