Hopewell Youth Baseball
Team Gigliotti Wins 1st Two Games!
Hopewell Youth Baseball kicked off this week with in-house matchups Hopewell vs Hopewell. Team Gigliotti jumps out early to a 2-0 start defeating Team Yesionek and Team Rankin with a walk off in six.
In their first matchup Team Gigliotti spread the ball around with the entire lineup swinging the bat and winning decisively 15-3 vs Team Yesionek. Team Gigliotti put up 15 runs on nine hits. The team also showed promise in their pitching efforts as they struck out ten batters with five different pitchers throwing scoreless innings; Rilynn Davis, Wesley Gigliotti, Connor Reed, Noah Honess and Mason Santamaria!
On a 40 degree Spring Evening game two Team Gigliotti took on Team Rankin and won 7-6 in walk off fashion after six innings. Team Ranking showed good command on the mound and aggressive bats all evening but Team Gigliotti came out on top after a late rally in the sixth.
Austin Gallagher began the game for Team Gigliotti. The starting pitcher gave up zero hits and zero runs over one inning, striking out one and walking one. Eli Seech stepped on the bump first for Team Rankin. They surrendered zero hits and one run over one inning, striking out three and walking two. Rilynn Davis, Wesley Gigliotti, Anthony Ellison, Mason Santamaria., David Johnson each threw shutout innings for Team Gigliotti in relief.
Mason Santamaria provided pop in the middle of the lineup, and led Team Gigliotti with two runs batted in. Number seven hitter, Austin Gallagher, showed the depth of Team Gigliotti’s lineup, by leading them with two hits in three at bats. Connor Reed led Team Gigliotti with three walks. Overall, the team had a strong eye at the plate, collecting 10 walks for the game. Connor Reed, Mason Santamaria, David Johnson and Austin Gallagher each stole multiple bases for Team Gigliotti. Team Gigliotti stole 16 bases in the game.
It’s clear this team was not built for power or around a single player, but it is full of talented kids with the will to win. This is a well balanced team that HSN will continue to follow throughout the season as they continue to play teams outside the league with upcoming games against our hometown rivals Central Valley and Ambridge.
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