SENIOR ALL STAR GAME

VICTORIA TIMPANI

HAC seniors Thomas Riveros, Awak Thongjang, Salvatore Timpani, Nolan Redhead, Anson Man, Enoch Bernfield, and Ryan Curwin were all invited to play in a seniors only baseball game on Wednesday night. Teams were made up of seniors from various schools in the Finger Lakes West division of Section V. While all of the seniors from the HAC team were invited, only Salvatore and Thomas were able to make it to the game.

HAC’s Thomas Riveros and Salvatore Timpani were on the “visiting” team. Salvatore started at 3rd base defensively and Thomas was playing Right Field. They got out of the 1st inning without allowing a run. Thomas got the first hit of the game for the “visiting” team in the 2nd inning with a base hit. He later scored the first run of the game for either team when another batter from Red Jacket hit him in.

With Salvatore and Thomas still playing 3rd and Right, the “home” team scored 5 runs over the next 3 innings and were in a 5-2 lead. The “visitors” came to bat in the top of the 5th inning. A few batters got on and scored, Thomas drove one of them in. Later in the inning, with the score tied 5-5, Salvatore hit a ball to leftcenter field for a double, and drove in the goahead run.

The “visitors” scored 4 more runs over the final two innings for a total of 10. Salvatore came in as pitcher for the bottom of the 5th and bottom of the 6th striking out 5 batters, walking 2, and getting the first batter he faced to ground out to 1st base. The home team changed their pitcher in the 7th inning , but Thomas, Salvatore and the rest of the defense were able to hold the home team to only a couple more runs and came away with the 10-7 win.