Video Highlights from Warren Game (7/13)

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Westfield gets out of a bases loaded, no out jam in the 1st inning with great pitching and solid defense



Westfield outfielders come up throwing to the plate



Westfield hitting highlights


A big thanks to Rich Mele for taking video of the game.

Hillsborough Video - You make the call

The situation...

• -- Westfield trails Hillsborough 3-2 in the 5th inning
• -- Chris "Mariano" Varano on 2nd and Hopper Murray on 3rd
• -- Eric Varakian hits hard grounder back to the mound and Hopper heads home and gets caught in a rundown
• -- Hopper executes the rundown perfectly and he slides into the plate and gets in ahead and under the tag

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Video Highlights - Defense in Hillsborough Game

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Video Highlights - Offense in Hillsborough Game

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Video Highlights - Cranford in Cranford Tournament

Compilation of highlights from game vs Cranford in Cranford Tournament (does not include Mele grandslam which can be found in earlier post)
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Video Highlights from Tournament Game vs Cranford

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Mele's Grandslam

Video highlights from Basking Ridge game (7/3)

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RBI Singles from Scott and Ethan



Combining for the shutout - Hopper, Brett and Ethan

Westfield falls to Basking Ridge Tournament team

Basking Ridge’s Tournament team defeated Westfield 10-0 in a 4 inning, mercy rule shortened Cranford tournament contest.

Basking Ridge stifled the potent Westfield offense with a combination of accurate pitching and very strong defense. Westfield put the ball in play often and hit the ball extremely hard a few times, but each time Basking Ridge made the plays. Chris Rinaldi hit a hard line drive near the fence in left in the 1st inning, but it was right at the left fielder who was playing deep and made the play. In the 2nd inning, Vin Difilippo hit a laser to deep right center field, but the Basking Ridge right fielder who was also playing extremely deep, made a diving catch worthy of a Sportscenter Webgem to rob Vin of an extra base hit.

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Despite the lopsided score, Westfield got strong pitching from Difilippo, Chris “Boots” Boutsikaris and Brett Robertshaw, but the defense committed 5 errors behind them and Basking Ridge capitalized with good base running and timely hitting. Difilippo left the game with Westfield down only 1-0 after pitching two solid innings (Tournament rules limited him to 2 innings due to his outstanding 4 inning performance in this past weekend’s Hazlet win). Boots took over in the 3rd and was throwing well, but Basking Ridge put the ball in play and Westfield was uncharacteristically sloppy in the field and the team committed 3 errors on the first 4 batters Boots faced. Brett Robertshaw was brought in to put out the fire and following a couple of walks, he retired 3 batters in a row (the last 2 on strikeouts). Basking Ridge continued to put the ball in play in the 4th and after a couple of hits and a couple of other batted balls that dropped in, Basking Ridge scored 4 runs pushing the score to a 10 run differential and the game was called.

Nick Mele was very strong behind the plate throwing out 2 attempted base stealers and Boots made a difficult over the shoulder catch on a pop in foul territory off of first base.

Next up is the semi final round of the Cranford tournament against a team that is still to be determined. The game is scheduled for 8pm and warm ups will start at 7:15. The boys will wear their blue jerseys.

Branchburg Video - Hitting Highlights

Video of Mele, Tupper and Anderson hitting.
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Hazlet Video - Devin's Clutch Hit

Video of Devin Anderson's hit
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Hazlet Video - Matt's 1st Double

Video of Matt's 1st of 2 doubles
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Hazlet Video - Quick as a Cat

Nick M reacting quickly to make a great play in front of the plate.
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Hazlet Video - Collision at 2nd

Eric V makes a nice throw to 2nd base where Chris R gets steamrolled.
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Hazlet Video - Coach Footage

Decent reaction for an old guy
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Video Highlight: Triples by Varakian and Mele

Video highlight of back-to-back triples by Eric Varakian and Nick Mele.
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Roselle Park Video Highlight - Matt Macik Playing Solid D

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Westfield vs Merrill Park Video of Hits (6/23)

Video compilation of some of today's hits.
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