NS Giants Mejia 9U easily dispatched Longwood Lions 9U on Tuesday at Middle Country 2 (60′), 12\u20134 \u2014 and Frankie Gianutsos<\/b> made his mark with a clutch bat and a lockdown outing in relief.<\/p>\n
The Giants jumped out fast in the top of the first, stringing together three singles to grab the early lead. Ethan M started the scoring with a run-scoring single.<\/p>\n
In the second, Frankie G<\/b> ripped a single to left to extend the advantage to 4\u20130.<\/p>\n
NS Giants Mejia 9U kept the pressure on in the third, tacking on another run after a Jameson S single.<\/p>\n
The decisive burst came in the sixth when the Giants plated six runs on just one hit. Donovan L drove in a run with a groundout, Dylan O was hit by a pitch to force in another, Frankie G<\/b> punched an RBI single, Matteo C worked a bases-loaded walk, and an error brought two more across to break the game open.<\/p>\n
On the mound, starter Dylan J battled for 2 2\/3 innings, allowing two hits and four runs \u2014 all unearned \u2014 while striking out four and walking four. From there, Frankie G<\/b> slammed the door, firing 3 1\/3 scoreless frames in relief. He scattered three hits, struck out seven, and walked three to secure the win down the stretch.<\/p>\n
At the plate, Jameson S and Frankie G<\/b> each collected two hits. Jameson S, Dylan O, and Frankie G<\/b> finished with two RBIs apiece. NS Giants Mejia 9U showed outstanding patience, drawing eight walks \u2014 with Dylan J and Ryan M leading the way with two free passes each. The defense also turned a tidy double play.<\/p>\n
For Longwood, Dallas F drove in two runs and went 1-for-2. Roman D anchored the order with a 3-for-3 day, and John O drew two walks as the Lions totaled seven free passes.<\/p>\n
Next up for NS Giants Mejia 9U is a Sunday matchup at Eastern A\u2019s 9U.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NS Giants Mejia 9U easily dispatched Longwood Lions 9U on Tuesday at Middle Country 2 (60′), 12\u20134 \u2014 and Frankie Gianutsos made his mark with a clutch bat and a lockdown outing in relief. The Giants jumped out fast in the top of the first, stringing together three singles to grab the early lead. Ethan M started the scoring with a run-scoring single. In the second, Frankie G ripped a single to left to extend the advantage to 4\u20130. NS Giants Mejia 9U kept the pressure on in the third, tacking on another run after a Jameson S single. The decisive burst came in the sixth when the Giants plated six runs on just one hit. Donovan L drove in a run with a groundout, Dylan O was hit by a pitch to force in another, Frankie G punched an RBI single, Matteo C worked a bases-loaded walk, and an error brought two more across to break the game open. On the mound, starter Dylan J battled for 2 2\/3 innings, allowing two hits and four runs \u2014 all unearned \u2014 while striking out four and walking four. From there, Frankie G slammed the door, firing 3 1\/3 scoreless frames in relief. He scattered three hits, struck out seven, and walked three to secure the win down the stretch. At the plate, Jameson S and Frankie G each collected two hits. Jameson S, Dylan O, and Frankie G finished with two RBIs apiece. NS Giants Mejia 9U showed outstanding patience, drawing eight walks \u2014 with Dylan J and Ryan M leading the way with two free passes each. The defense also turned a tidy double play. For Longwood, Dallas F drove in two runs and went 1-for-2. Roman D anchored the order with a 3-for-3 day, and John O drew two walks as the Lions totaled seven free passes. Next up for NS Giants Mejia 9U is a Sunday matchup at Eastern A\u2019s 9U.<\/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-6455","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\/6455","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=6455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6456,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455\/revisions\/6456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}