{"id":6451,"date":"2025-09-25T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:16:22","slug":"francis-g-leads-aviators-with-smart-base-running-in-8-4-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/francis-g-leads-aviators-with-smart-base-running-in-8-4-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis G Leads Aviators with Smart Base Running in 8-4 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East End Aviators 10U 65 Fall claimed an 8-4 victory over LI Warriors 10U 65 Fall on Thursday at Moriches 3 in a game decided by timely offense, stingy pitching and relentless pressure on the bases.<\/p>\n<p>The Aviators struck first in the top of the first when Lucas F grounded out but plated the game&#8217;s opening run to put East End ahead early. They extended the lead in the bottom of the third: Clayton A ripped a double down the left-field line, and Ryan C followed with a grounder into a fielder&#8217;s choice that drove in another run.<\/p>\n<p>On the mound, Jax T took the hill for East End and worked four and one-third innings, allowing three hits and two runs (one earned) while striking out six and walking three. For LI Warriors, Brycen M started and gave up one hit and three runs (one earned) over two and one-third innings, recording three strikeouts and one walk. Philip R came on in relief for the Aviators to help finish things out.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, Sam H paced the Aviators with two runs batted in from the No. 7 spot, going 1-for-2. Lucas F led the team with two hits in three at-bats. The Aviators&#8217; attack wasn&#8217;t limited to the bat\u2014East End stole a game-high 16 bases, creating constant disruption and adding momentum to their offense. Among those who attacked the seams was <b>Francis G<\/b>, who, alongside Jax T, Grayson L, Lucas F and Roman D, swiped multiple bases and helped keep the defense off balance.<\/p>\n<p><b>Francis G<\/b>&#8216;s aggressive and heads-up base running was a clear thread through the Aviators&#8217; win. By taking extra bases and forcing quick decisions from the Warriors&#8217; defense, he helped manufacture scoring chances and amplified every small advantage the Aviators could find.<\/p>\n<p>Defensively, East End was flawless \u2014 the team committed no errors, and Jax T made the most plays with three. LI Warriors also played clean ball in the field with no errors; Paul T drove in LI&#8217;s run and went 1-for-2 at the plate, while Ryan M led the Warriors with two hits in two at-bats. The Warriors were active on the base paths as well, collecting 13 stolen bases in the game.<\/p>\n<p>In a contest decided by fundamentals \u2014 timely hitting, solid pitching and aggressive, smart base running \u2014 the East End Aviators finished on top, 8-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East End Aviators 10U 65 Fall claimed an 8-4 victory over LI Warriors 10U 65 Fall on Thursday at Moriches 3 in a game decided by timely offense, stingy pitching and relentless pressure on the bases. The Aviators struck first in the top of the first when Lucas F grounded out but plated the game&#8217;s opening run to put East End ahead early. They extended the lead in the bottom of the third: Clayton A ripped a double down the left-field line, and Ryan C followed with a grounder into a fielder&#8217;s choice that drove in another run. On the mound, Jax T took the hill for East End and worked four and one-third innings, allowing three hits and two runs (one earned) while striking out six and walking three. For LI Warriors, Brycen M started and gave up one hit and three runs (one earned) over two and one-third innings, recording three strikeouts and one walk. Philip R came on in relief for the Aviators to help finish things out. Offensively, Sam H paced the Aviators with two runs batted in from the No. 7 spot, going 1-for-2. Lucas F led the team with two hits in three at-bats. The Aviators&#8217; attack wasn&#8217;t limited to the bat\u2014East End stole a game-high 16 bases, creating constant disruption and adding momentum to their offense. Among those who attacked the seams was Francis G, who, alongside Jax T, Grayson L, Lucas F and Roman D, swiped multiple bases and helped keep the defense off balance. Francis G&#8216;s aggressive and heads-up base running was a clear thread through the Aviators&#8217; win. By taking extra bases and forcing quick decisions from the Warriors&#8217; defense, he helped manufacture scoring chances and amplified every small advantage the Aviators could find. Defensively, East End was flawless \u2014 the team committed no errors, and Jax T made the most plays with three. LI Warriors also played clean ball in the field with no errors; Paul T drove in LI&#8217;s run and went 1-for-2 at the plate, while Ryan M led the Warriors with two hits in two at-bats. The Warriors were active on the base paths as well, collecting 13 stolen bases in the game. In a contest decided by fundamentals \u2014 timely hitting, solid pitching and aggressive, smart base running \u2014 the East End Aviators finished on top, 8-4.<\/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-6451","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\/6451","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=6451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6452,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions\/6452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}