John Griffith rips a single The U10 FIRE recently opened their fall season looking to stay hot and build off of their spring season success where they reached the championship series. The FIRE opened the fall with a dominating 10-1 win against the LI All Stars and then played quality ball in a 10-4 win over the CP Starts. Fresh off two wins in week one, the FIRE walked on to the field this past Saturday looking to repeat last week’s performance. Although the Franklin Square Bombers jumped out to an early lead in game #1 the FIRE quickly fought back and dominated the late innings of game #1 one winning 10-6 behind solid hitting and some long bombs. Game #2 featured some small ball, successful bunts, exciting steals and a key squeeze play that lifted the FIRE to an 8-5 win and a share of first place at 4-0 to start the season.

The solid play has been a result of a total team effort. The pitching staff of John Schlatter, John Griffith, Patrick Iorio, Kenny McCadden. Luke Keating, and Andryw Nagel have held the opponents bats in check. The hitting attack has featured CJ Kiley, Dan Salsberg, Tom Gillespie, and Richard Marooney leading the way to 38 runs over 4 games and outstanding defense has come from Patrick Murtagh, Cole Flynn, Quinn Walsh, Kyle Ober and Jack Kenny all of whom have stopped opponent rallies with excellent plays. 8 different players have already been honored with game balls and several other players have earned helmet stars for excellent individual play.

Kyle Ober hit a shot to right Garden City Fire will be back in action facing their toughest test of the season this weekend when the square off against the Glen Cove Commanches, the current state champions. GO FIRE!

Patrick Murtagh handles a fly ball out
John Schlatter throws the heat
CJ Kiley deliver a hit and gets on base again
Kenny McCadden gears up as catcher
Luke Keating gets the save against Franklin Square
Quinn Walsh handles the hot corner at third
Patrick Iorio anchoring the infield at shortstop
Dan Salsberg awaits the pitch