06/14/2022
Your 14U Patterson Pirates continued their hot start to Summer League play with a stunning 4-2 come-from-behind win against a tough Fairfield County Captains team. The Boys used consistent pitching, slick defense and timely hitting to grab the win.
BB Gangi started on the bump for the Pirates and tossed 4.0 slick innings, scattering 4 hits, while allowing only 2 earned runs. BB was followed by Bryce “Is Right” Reilly who hurled 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out 2. The defense was slick behind their pitchers with sparkling plays across the diamond.
The bats were quiet early, but notched 5 hits, including knocks by Bryce, Slim Jim Thompson, Stick Middlebrook (2) and Big Country Kuhlmann. The Boys were chasing a 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the 6th, when they tied it with a double steal scoring No-No Debernardi. Then, with the game tied 2-2, with runners on second and third and 2 outs, the Stick Man doubled off the fence in right center plating Smooth Mike and Bryce is Right.
The defense locked it down in the top of the 7th and the Boys took home the W. The Squad plays again next Tuesday at home against the Kent White Sox and then off to Ripken Aberdeen in Maryland for another tourney.