Tag Archive for: Youngstown Class B

PROSPECTS PITCHING HANDLES BALLISTIC

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STRUTHERS OH- The 18U division of Prospects used dominant pitching, and timely defense to dispatch Ballistic Baseball in the opener of Class B play on Sunday. The Prospects scored three runs in the 1st and 3rd innings, and added two runs in the 4th. Ballistic was able to scratch across a run in the bottom of the 7th to avoid a shutout.

Jared Mindek led the RBI category for the Prospects going 2-4 with 2 RBI. Michael Galterio also had a good day going 2-3 with a RBI. Clay Wiesen had a perfect day at the plate going 2-2 scoring 3 runs.

Anthony Koulianos had the lone RBI for Ballistic going 1-2 with a walk.

Jeremy Kreuzwieser led the pitching for the Prospects, giving up no runs on 4 hits and striking out two in four innings pitched.

18U ASTRO FALCONS LOOK SHARP ON DAY ONE

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STRUTHERS OH- The 18u division of the Astro Falcons had no trouble in their Class B opener on Sunday against the Whiting Roll-Offs. A seven run 5th inning alongside a dominant pitching performance by Andrew Russell  let the Falcons cruise to a 10-0 win on a perfect afternoon for baseball.

Will Ray led the Falcons offense going  2-3 with 3 RBI. Dom Pilolli also had 3 RBI going 1-2.

Andrew Russell got the win on the bump for the Falcons as he threw 5 scoreless innings and struck out 6 while walking just one.

14U ASTRO FALCONS FLEX ON OPENING DAY

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STRUTHERS, OH- As the gates opened on the 25th year of Bob Cene Park, the founding organization showed their tradition of winning ways.

Astro had everything working on Sunday, winning big over Ballistic Baseball 11-1 in 5 innings.  Ballistic opened up scoring in the first inning, when Ryan Conti singled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run.  Conti also went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead Ballisitc Baseball in hits.

Drew Kaschak calmed down to pitch Astro to victory. He went four innings, allowing one run on three hits, striking out three and walking zero. Dylan Barrett threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.

Dom Elia was on the hill for Ballistic. He went three and two-thirds innings, allowing nine runs on nine hits and striking out two. Ryan Conti threw one-third of an inning in relief.

The Astro Falcons tallied 12 hits.  Jake Schneider, Nick Lewis, Ryan DiLullo, and Bo Fornataro all collected multiple hits for the Orange and Blue. Lewis and Schneider all had three hits to lead all hitters.

 

 

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BALLISTIC COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH CHRIS COSENTINO

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- There’s a new team in town- and they have powder blue uniforms.  No, we’re not talking about the Toronto Blue Jays, we’re talking about Ballistic, the 10th gem in the gauntlet we call Class B.  Under the tutelage of first-year skipper, Chris Cosentino, Ballistic is out to prove that new franchises can hang with the big boys in Youngstown.

With first pitch coming in just over a week, we had the chance to talk to Coach C about his new team, challenges of a new franchise, and the steps he had to take to lead the charge for this team.

You can hear all his answers and more on Ballistic Coach’s Corner (EP 1) with Chris Cosentino.

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YOUNGSTOWN CLASS B COACH’S CORNER: ASTRO FALCONS (EP 1) WITH DON PLETCHER

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- “Play Ball” are two words that the Mahoning Valley has been longing to hear for months.  As the official media partner of the Youngstown Class B League, YSN will feature our series of Coach’s Corner for the B League this season.

We had the opportunity to sit with Astro Falcon 18U Manager, Don Pletcher to start the series.  Pletcher enters his second season as the lead bird of the Astro organization, and is looking to once again take the league by storm with his beefed-up roster, and outstanding staff.

Catch the thoughts of “The Sheriff” heading into the season, and how he feels about having the eyes of so many on Bob Cene Park beginning on June 14th.

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