by Nick Cipolla
Anthony Castaneda crushes a ball deep into the left center gap for a 3 run inside the park home run. Seminoles have a commanding 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st pic.twitter.com/6LhAQz8Jz8
Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 9, 2022
Anthony Castaneda and the B 1.000 Seminoles had the offense going early and often Sunday morning as they put up 13 Runs in the first inning, nearly turning the lineup card over three times in one inning!
The Seminoles got on the board first when a passed ball allowed a run to score to make it 1-0. Castaneda got his big day going with a 3 run Inside the Park Home Run to give the Seminoles a 4-0 lead before an out was recorded.
Ryan Dhawan would score on an unsuccessful pickoff play to make it 5-0 Seminoles and his teammates Chris Grassotti would score a few pitches later on a passed ball to make it 6-0. Patrick Cabon kept the rally going with an RBI single to make it 7-0 Seminoles.
This all lead to Anthony Castaneda stepping to the plate with bases loaded and he would come through with his second home run of the inning, this time a grad slam to right field, giving the Seminoles a commanding 11-0 lead in the first inning.
Alex Herbach made it 13-0 with a 2 run single up the middle and that would be all the scoring in the first for the Seminoles.
The Eagles would score three in the bottom half of the first inning but the Seminoles immediately got those runs back and more in the second inning.
Logan Tanner and Anthony Castaneda hit a pair of RBI singles to make it 15-3. That would be Castanedas 8th RBI in 2 innings! Adrian Diaz didnt want to be left out on the fun, and he laced a 2 run Inside the Park Home Run of his own to make it 17-3 Seminoles.
The noles got a few more runs in the third to make this game look even more like a football score. Logan Tanner had another RBI hit, this time a triple to left field made it 18-3. Ryan Dhawan hit into a fielders choice to make it 19-3. Anthony Castaneda scored on a passed ball to make it 20-3 and Patrick Cabon made it 21-3 with an RBI fielders choice.
A weird and unsuccessful pickoff attempt allowed the final run to score for the noles to make it 22-3.
The Eagles would get 2 runs across in the third, but it wouldnt be enough as the Seminoles would end the game via Mercy Rule and win the game 22-5.
Postgame interview with Anthony Castaneda who had 2 Home Runs and 8 RBIs for the Seminoles pic.twitter.com/5Q2ZBeBoiz
Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 9, 2022