NS Giants 11U showed grit and hustle in a fast-paced matchup at Medford 2 on Wednesday, ultimately falling to Three Village Patriots Gold 11U, 15-3. Even in a tough result, John G<\/b> turned in a strong day at the plate, driving in a run and sparking the Giants\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n
Three Village Patriots Gold 11U jumped out early in the top of the first. Lucas C singled down the left field line, Jack G stole home, Aaron K singled down the right field line, Luca C lined a single to center, and Brayden M was hit by a pitch \u2014 each play bringing in a run to make it an early 5-0 game.<\/p>\n
The visitors added two more in the second. Jack G tripled down the right field line and Lucas C followed with a single down the left field line, each plating a run to extend the lead.<\/p>\n
In the third, Three Village Patriots Gold 11U put together a six-run frame on five hits. Brayden M doubled to drive in a run, Johnny H singled in two, Lucas C and Danny S each added run-scoring singles, and a steal of home accounted for another tally.<\/p>\n
The Giants kept competing. John G<\/b> went 1-for-2 with an RBI, leading the team in runs batted in on the day. He was joined in the hit column by Brayden W and Mallack W, who each collected a knock. The lineup showed patience too, working seven walks \u2014 with Camden M, Ryan D, and Kaeden F drawing two apiece \u2014 and stayed aggressive on the bases, swiping nine bags as a team. Ryan D and Brayden W each stole multiple bases. Defensively, NS Giants 11U played clean baseball without an error, and Brayden W led the way with four chances in the field.<\/p>\n
On the mound, Brayden W started for NS Giants 11U, going two innings while allowing nine hits and seven runs with one walk. For Three Village Patriots Gold 11U, Luca C opened with two innings of two-hit, one-run ball, striking out one and walking three.<\/p>\n
Three Village Patriots Gold 11U totaled 19 hits. Lucas C drove in three and finished a perfect 3-for-3. Jack G led all hitters with a 4-for-4 day, while James S, Danny S, Johnny H, and Brayden M posted multi-hit efforts. The visitors were active on the bases as well, recording 20 steals \u2014 with Caedan G, Christopher C, Aaron K, Jack G, James S, Danny S, Brayden M, and Lucas C each swiping multiple. They were also sure-handed in the field, playing error-free baseball, with Lucas C making two plays.<\/p>\n
Next up: NS Giants 11U face Eastern A\u2019s 11U on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NS Giants 11U showed grit and hustle in a fast-paced matchup at Medford 2 on Wednesday, ultimately falling to Three Village Patriots Gold 11U, 15-3. Even in a tough result, John G turned in a strong day at the plate, driving in a run and sparking the Giants\u2019 offense. Three Village Patriots Gold 11U jumped out early in the top of the first. Lucas C singled down the left field line, Jack G stole home, Aaron K singled down the right field line, Luca C lined a single to center, and Brayden M was hit by a pitch \u2014 each play bringing in a run to make it an early 5-0 game. The visitors added two more in the second. Jack G tripled down the right field line and Lucas C followed with a single down the left field line, each plating a run to extend the lead. In the third, Three Village Patriots Gold 11U put together a six-run frame on five hits. Brayden M doubled to drive in a run, Johnny H singled in two, Lucas C and Danny S each added run-scoring singles, and a steal of home accounted for another tally. The Giants kept competing. John G went 1-for-2 with an RBI, leading the team in runs batted in on the day. He was joined in the hit column by Brayden W and Mallack W, who each collected a knock. The lineup showed patience too, working seven walks \u2014 with Camden M, Ryan D, and Kaeden F drawing two apiece \u2014 and stayed aggressive on the bases, swiping nine bags as a team. Ryan D and Brayden W each stole multiple bases. Defensively, NS Giants 11U played clean baseball without an error, and Brayden W led the way with four chances in the field. On the mound, Brayden W started for NS Giants 11U, going two innings while allowing nine hits and seven runs with one walk. For Three Village Patriots Gold 11U, Luca C opened with two innings of two-hit, one-run ball, striking out one and walking three. Three Village Patriots Gold 11U totaled 19 hits. Lucas C drove in three and finished a perfect 3-for-3. Jack G led all hitters with a 4-for-4 day, while James S, Danny S, Johnny H, and Brayden M posted multi-hit efforts. The visitors were active on the bases as well, recording 20 steals \u2014 with Caedan G, Christopher C, Aaron K, Jack G, James S, Danny S, Brayden M, and Lucas C each swiping multiple. They were also sure-handed in the field, playing error-free baseball, with Lucas C making two plays. Next up: NS Giants 11U face Eastern A\u2019s 11U on Saturday.<\/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-6464","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\/6464","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=6464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6469,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions\/6469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gianutsos.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}