{"id":6389,"date":"2025-06-30T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/?p=6389"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:04:20","slug":"bats-show-up-in-ns-giants-mejia-9u-win-against-team-steel-9u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/bats-show-up-in-ns-giants-mejia-9u-win-against-team-steel-9u\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Shines as NS Giants Mejia 9U Rally to 16-12 Victory over Team Steel 9U"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both NS Giants Mejia 9U and Team Steel 9U had their offenses going on Monday at Firemans 1 (Ridge), but NS Giants Mejia 9U eventually prevailed 16-12. NS Giants Mejia 9U collected 11 hits, while Team Steel 9U had seven.<\/p>\n<p>The game was back-and-forth, but an error in the fifth inning helped NS Giants Mejia 9U take the lead for good.<\/p>\n<p>NS Giants Mejia 9U got on the board in the first inning after Zayn M drew a walk, scoring one run.<\/p>\n<p>Team Steel 9U made the score 3-1 in the bottom of the first after Dominic R doubled, scoring two runs, and Daniel S grounded out, scoring one run.<\/p>\n<p>NS Giants Mejia 9U flipped the game on its head in the top of the second, scoring five runs on three hits to take the lead, 6-3. The biggest blow in the inning was a single by Matteo C that drove in two.<\/p>\n<p>Team Steel 9U flipped the game on its head in the bottom of the second, scoring six runs on two hits to take the lead, 9-6. The biggest blow in the inning was a single by Brody G that drove in two.<\/p>\n<p>NS Giants Mejia 9U flipped the game on its head in the top of the third, scoring six runs on four hits to take the lead, 12-9. The biggest blow in the inning was a home run to left field by Ethan M that drove in two.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn H singled to center field, which helped Team Steel 9U tie the game at 12 in the bottom of the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>NS Giants Mejia 9U captured the lead, 16-12, in the top of the fifth when an error scored one run, Jameson S doubled, scoring two runs, and Dylan J singled, scoring one run.<\/p>\n<p>Donovan L started the game for NS Giants Mejia 9U. The pitcher surrendered two hits and five runs over one and one-third innings, striking out two and walking three. Dominic R started the game for Team Steel 9U. The starting pitcher gave up four hits and six runs (one earned) over two innings, striking out three and walking seven. <b>Frankie 42<\/b> appeared in relief for NS Giants Mejia 9U along with Dylan J.<\/p>\n<p>NS Giants Mejia 9U collected 11 hits in the game. Jameson S led NS Giants Mejia 9U with four runs batted in from the number seven spot in the lineup. Jameson S went 2-for-4 on the day. NS Giants Mejia 9U&#8217;s Dylan J, the number eight hitter, led NS Giants Mejia 9U with three hits in four at bats. Ethan M collected two hits for NS Giants Mejia 9U in four at bats. Zayn M paced NS Giants Mejia 9U with four walks. Overall, the team had patience at the plate, piling up 13 walks for the game. Ethan M stole two bases. NS Giants Mejia 9U were sure-handed and didn&#8217;t commit a single error. Donovan L made the most plays with two.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic R and Shawn H were a force together in the lineup, as they each collected two hits for Team Steel 9U. Brody G led Team Steel 9U with three runs batted in. The pitcher went 1-for-1 on the day. Team Steel 9U had patience at the plate, tallying 10 walks for the game. Lucas T, Brody G, and Alfonso R led the team with two bases on balls each. Brody G stole two bases.<\/p>\n<p>NS Giants Mejia 9U will travel to Sayville Flashes Purple 9U for their next game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both NS Giants Mejia 9U and Team Steel 9U had their offenses going on Monday at Firemans 1 (Ridge), but NS Giants Mejia 9U eventually prevailed 16-12. NS Giants Mejia 9U collected 11 hits, while Team Steel 9U had seven. The game was back-and-forth, but an error in the fifth inning helped NS Giants Mejia 9U take the lead for good. NS Giants Mejia 9U got on the board in the first inning after Zayn M drew a walk, scoring one run. Team Steel 9U made the score 3-1 in the bottom of the first after Dominic R doubled, scoring two runs, and Daniel S grounded out, scoring one run. NS Giants Mejia 9U flipped the game on its head in the top of the second, scoring five runs on three hits to take the lead, 6-3. The biggest blow in the inning was a single by Matteo C that drove in two. Team Steel 9U flipped the game on its head in the bottom of the second, scoring six runs on two hits to take the lead, 9-6. The biggest blow in the inning was a single by Brody G that drove in two. NS Giants Mejia 9U flipped the game on its head in the top of the third, scoring six runs on four hits to take the lead, 12-9. The biggest blow in the inning was a home run to left field by Ethan M that drove in two. Shawn H singled to center field, which helped Team Steel 9U tie the game at 12 in the bottom of the fourth. NS Giants Mejia 9U captured the lead, 16-12, in the top of the fifth when an error scored one run, Jameson S doubled, scoring two runs, and Dylan J singled, scoring one run. Donovan L started the game for NS Giants Mejia 9U. The pitcher surrendered two hits and five runs over one and one-third innings, striking out two and walking three. Dominic R started the game for Team Steel 9U. The starting pitcher gave up four hits and six runs (one earned) over two innings, striking out three and walking seven. Frankie 42 appeared in relief for NS Giants Mejia 9U along with Dylan J. NS Giants Mejia 9U collected 11 hits in the game. Jameson S led NS Giants Mejia 9U with four runs batted in from the number seven spot in the lineup. Jameson S went 2-for-4 on the day. NS Giants Mejia 9U&#8217;s Dylan J, the number eight hitter, led NS Giants Mejia 9U with three hits in four at bats. Ethan M collected two hits for NS Giants Mejia 9U in four at bats. Zayn M paced NS Giants Mejia 9U with four walks. Overall, the team had patience at the plate, piling up 13 walks for the game. Ethan M stole two bases. NS Giants Mejia 9U were sure-handed and didn&#8217;t commit a single error. Donovan L made the most plays with two. Dominic R and Shawn H were a force together in the lineup, as they each collected two hits for Team Steel 9U. Brody G led Team Steel 9U with three runs batted in. The pitcher went 1-for-1 on the day. Team Steel 9U had patience at the plate, tallying 10 walks for the game. Lucas T, Brody G, and Alfonso R led the team with two bases on balls each. Brody G stole two bases. NS Giants Mejia 9U will travel to Sayville Flashes Purple 9U for their next game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball-games","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6389"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6506,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389\/revisions\/6506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}