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BYMC Game-By-Game Recap
MAY 9 - BYMC 1, American Legion 0:
Chris Sestilli pitched no-hit ball for 5 innings in the league opener.
Billy Joe Spratt stroked a triple off the right field fence leading off
the sixth inning to spoil the no-hit bid. Gregg Gielas smashed a homerun
to give Chris all the room he needed in route to a one-hit shutout
performance. Stanley Zimmerman suffered a tough loss for Legion while
giving up only three hits.
MAY 14 - BYMC 12, Droz Steel 0:
BYMC brought out the heavy lumber to support the fine pitching of Billy
Lonero. Gregg Gielas powered his second round-tripper of the season for
BYMC. Augie Manfredo slashed a double and a single to further aid the
cause. Eric Stewart also lined a single for BYMC. Paul Storino and Kevin
Curran singled for Droz, while Gary Reese took the pitching
loss.
MAY 17 - Resurrection 5, BYMC 4:
Chris Sestilli and Joey Coyne battled on even terms for 6 innings in a
fine display of pitching skills. At the end of regulation play the game
was deadlocked at 4 runs apiece. Sestilli rocketed a long homerun to
support his fine pitching and Gregg Gielas delivered a triple to power the
offense for BYMC. Mike McConnell, Jeff Jost and Julius Caye all singled
for Ressi. Donny Davin took the loss in relief while Julius Caye got the
win for Ressi.
MAY 19 - BYMC 5, Volpatt Tile 3:
In a closely contested game, BYMC outlasted Volpatt TIle for a
well-deserved victory. Chris Sestilli banged two doubles and a single
while leading his team over an inspired Volpatt squad. Steve Hartz
gathered two hits for Volpatt as did first sacker Danny Cerilli. Mike
Mercuri hurled three strong innings and Dave Binkowski added another 2
for Volpatt. Mercuri took the loss. The winning pitcher for BYMC was
Billy Lonero.
MAY 25 - BYMC 12, St. Marks 1:
Chris Sestilli smacked three hits and pitched BYMC to a convincing win
over St. Marks. Greg Crooks added to the win by blasting two triples and
a double for BYMC. Gregg Gielas also added to the 16-hit attack with three
singles. St. Marks was held to three hits, including two by Jeff Coury.
Jimmy Walsh took the loss for St. Marks.
MAY 27 - BYMC 8, Legion 3: BYMC
broke open a tight contest when Chris Sestilli drove his second homer of
the season far over the right field fence. Chris also blasted a triple
and a single to key the BYMC offense, while Augie Manfredo contributed a
pair of singles. Jimmy Young took the loss for Legion.
MAY 30 - BYMC 16, Droz Steel 1:
Chris Sestilli powered a pair of homeruns and rapped a double in leading
first place BYMC to a convincing win over Droz Steel. Greg Crooks slammed
a triple for the winners while winning pitcher Donny Davin connected for
two singles. Droz hitting featured Gary Reese with a single and double,
and Paul Storino and Joey Rutka with a hit apiece.
JUNE 2 - BYMC 8, Resurrection 0:
Hot-hitting Resurrection had their potent bats silenced completely due to
an outstanding pitching effort by Chris Sestilli. The BYMC hurler fanned
10 while guiding the league leaders to a convincing triumph. Sestilli
also banged two hits, while Tony DeIuliis slammed a double. The losing
pitcher for Ressi was Joe Coyne, who suffered his first defeat of the
season.
JUNE 8 - BYMC 14, Volpatt Tile 3:
Like old man river, BYMC just keeps rolling along. This time the victim
was Volpatt Tile, who fell to the powerful hitting attack. Billy Lonero
increased his pitching record to 4-0. Chris Sestilli lashed three doubles
and powered a tape-measure homer to stun the opposition. Coach "Wild
Bill" Lonero has the black and gold primed for excellent showings nearly
every game. Volpatt was held to four singles: Dave Binkowski, Steve
Hartz, Mike Mercuri, Denny Cerilli.
JUNE 11 - BYMC 11, St. Marks 5:
BYMC sent out another S.O.S. game (same old story) by hitting and
pitching their way past St. Marks. Chris Sestilli picked up his fourth
victory of the season and smacked his sixth homerun as BYMC maintained
their stranglehold on first place. Gregg Gielas laced his third homer of
the year and added a pair of singles. Greg Crooks had a double and
single, and Augie Manfredo, Billy Lonero and Eric Stewart chipped in
singles. For St. Marks, Steve Ducouer tripled, A.J. Potanko, Jimmy Walsh
and Ron DelDuca singled, and losing pitcher Steve Rossa singled
twice.
JUNE 15 - BYMC 20, Legion 13:
A scrappy Legion squad stunned BYMC over the first four innings as they
forged their way to an 11-8 lead over the first place team. It appeared
as though manager Angelo Masullo was going to lead his team past the
powerful BYMC frontrunners when the "roof caved in" over the final two
frames. Twelve runs in those last two frames gave BYMC a comfortable
victory. Chris Sestilli whacked two singles and a double while Greg
Gielas added a double and triple for the winners. Also contributing to
BYMC's attack was Mike Kasparak and Donny Davin with a double apiece.
Billy Lonero came on to fire two strong innings of relief to pick up the
win. For Legion, Ian Barrett walked three times, Billy Joe Spratt walked
twice and scored twice, Billy Johnson had a double and single, and Stan
Zimmerman stroked two singles, but it wasn't enough as BYMC upped its
record to 10-1. Billy Johnson was the losing pitcher.
JUNE 18 - Droz Steel 10, BYMC 8:
The BYMC express was derailed by an inspired Droz team as Gary Reese
picked up the pitching victory with three excellent innings in relief.
Gary also lofted a homerun over the left-center field fence and singled
to lead the way. John Barker's single was the only other hit for Droz,
who took advantage of 13 walks. For BYMC, Chris Sestilli came through
with three hits, including a triple and double. Gregg Gielas slammed a
triple and a single, while Augie Manfredo and Greg Crooks also rapped
singles. Chris Sestilli took the pitching loss.
JUNE 22 - Resurrection 6, BYMC 1:
Ressi claimed their biggest prize of the season when they "bagged" BYMC
to climb within one-half game of the league lead. Billy Wertz came
through with a strong effort in holding offensive-minded BYMC to just 4
hits. Chris Sestilli knocked a double and a single for BYMC in addition
to striking out 5 of the 6 batters he faced in a two-inning relief
effort. Greg Crooks slashed a double and single for BYMC's other two
hits. For Ressi, Mike Brown and Mark Bernotas lined two hits each while
Julius Caye, Tony Falce and Jeff Jost each banged a double. Billy Lonero
was the losing pitcher for BYMC.
JUNE 23 - BYMC 5, Volpatt Tile 1:
BYMC rebounded from a stunning defeat at the hands of Resurrection to
gain first place back by one-half game. Chris Sestilli clubbed his
seventh homer of the season and added a pair of key singles to lead the
attack. Billy Lonero collected a double as did Gregg Gielas, while Johnny
Mannarino banged a pair of singles. Augie Manfredo, Will Eichler and Greg
Crooks also singled for BYMC. For Volpatt, Dave Binkowski took the loss
while watching his team being held to only three hits. Steve Hartz, Mike
Mercuri and Bob Andrezjewski collected singles during Volpatt's "Dog Day
Afternoon."
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Reprinted from The Brookline Journal - June 10 through July 1,
1982 *
BYMC Rules As
Champions
Of Brookline Little League
JUNE 28 - BYMC 17, St. Marks 3:
Gregg Gielas rapped 3 doubles and a single as BYMC overwhelmed St. Marks
to tie Resurrection for first place and set up a playoff game to
determine the league champion. Tony DeIuliis starred for BYMC by
smacking a solid triple and a single to go with three walks. Chris
Sestilli chipped in with a single and 4 walks. Centerfielder Greg Crooks
banged a pair of hits to further ignite a potent attack for the victors.
Donny Davin provided some great pitching in a clutch situation by
striking out six, thereby allowing BYMC to rest Sestilli for the
championship game. Steve Rossa led St. Marks with two singles and Jason
Greb also chipped in a single. Jeff Coury, Ron DelDuca and Larry
Zacharis also singled for St. Mark.
JULY 1 - BYMC 12, Resurrection 5:
BYMC, after struggling a bit near the end of the season, came back to
win the league championship behind the fine hurling of Chris Sestilli,
who held Resurrection to two hits over the first five frames. Ressi
managed four harmless runs in the sixth inning but the game, for all
practical purposes, was settled during a nine run uprising by BYMC in
the second inning. Tony DeIuliis sparked the outburst by knocking a
booming triple. Chris Sestilli went 3-3 with a double and a pair of
singles. Johnny Mannarino and Donny Davin each contributed with key
singles while Greg Crooks socked a pair for BYMC. For Ressi, Mike
McConnell connected for a pair of triples and Julius Cay ripped an
inside-the-park homer as the team attempted an inspired comeback in the
final inning. Joe Coyne also hit a triple in the final frame. Billy
Wertz singled to account for Resurrection's only other
hit.
JULY 8 - BYMC 25, St. Marks 11:
Regular season champion BYMC added another jewel to their crown as
rulers of the 1982 baseball season by defeating St. Marks handily in the
first round of the playoffs at Sam Bryen Field. Chris Sestilli pounded a
grand-slam homerun, two doubles and three singles to lead the charge
that rang up an incredible 25 runs. In addition, Chris was once again a
highly successful moundsman as he pitched his team to yet another
victory. Greg Crooks added to the hitting assault by slamming a homerun
over the left field fence and picking up a single. Billy Lonero added a
pair of singles and Mike Kasprack chipped in a single.
St. Marks was led by Larry
Zacharis, who bombed a pair of homeruns as his team struggled to overcome
the huge BYMC lead. Larry Webber continued his fine hitting by coming
through with a double and two singles while Jeff Coury also banged out
a hit for St. Marks. Jimmy Walsh also made his presence felt as an
offensive threat by slapping a pair of singles for the losers. Larry
Zacharis was the losing pitcher.
* Reprinted from the Brookline Journal - July 15, 1982
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BYMC Captures
Playoff Crown
BYMC wrote the final chapter for
the 1982 baseball season in a winning manner as they defeated
Resurrection 11-7 at Sam Bryen Field on July 18.
Chris Sestilli led the charge for
powerful BYMC by blasting a pair of homeruns in his only official times
at bat. Chris walked during his other two appearances. Already the
regular season champs, BYMC realized their goal to win the playoffs,
thereby completing an outstanding season of solid
baseball.
Gregg Gielas added to the firepower
by ripping a three-run homer over the right-center field fence and also
pitching three strong innings of shutout ball in relief to gain the
victory.
Congratulations are in order for
Manager Denny Nugent and his coaching staff that included Bill Lonero and
Jimmy Cyphers. Cyphers hasn't received a great deal of recognition for
his fine job with the boys, but to be sure, he made an enormous
contribution to the success story of BYMC. The people associated with the
team realize what his astute baseball knowledge has meant to the team as
he stayed in the background lending expertise and encouragement along the
way.
Next season may find Volpatt or
Resurrection climbing to the top. Droz and American Legion also look like
potential contenders. But for the 1982 baseball season, BYMC stands alone
as well-deserved kings of Brookline Little League
baseball.
* Reprinted from the Brookline Journal - July 22, 1982
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