4/18/24

From Coach Nardiello: Under threat of rain, and light rain across the 1st four innings, our Engineers toughed-out a 6-2 win over the Warriors of Curtis High School. This was one to build on — some of our younger talented players stepped up. Pitching was solid as soph Jake Rapoport (3 IP, 7K, H, 0 ER, 0 BB) had a superb 1st game of the season for the win. Freshman Jadon Renert supported him very well (4 IP, 5K, 2 H, ER, BB) to earn the save. The offense was outstanding with 12 Hits in 6 turns at bat—paced by Hugo Tosler (2-3, 3B, R), Sawyer Reo (2-2, RBI, 2B, BB), Jackson Janes (2-3, 2B, R, RBI) and Aayan Ramamurthy (2-3, R, RBI). We walked 4x and only 3 strikeouts.

[Photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis to come!]

4/15/24

From Coach Nardiello: With our getting 4 Hits and 12 Walks in 7 innings, Tech had more than enough chances to score a ton & upset Grand Street at our PG1 field on April 15. Despite the walks, we hit a few on the button and both teams made great plays. But this was a game we felt could have been ours.

We lost scoring chances due to getting deep into counts, and allowing an erratic HP umpire too much control (looking at 3rd strikes 5x). Grand St. had 12 Walks, as well.. The strike zone was small when we pitched and to shift each inning. We never “blame” umps, but this should have been a far better and lower scoring game. (24 walks?) Last year we played a 3-2 game in 14 innings vs. Grand Street. This one had that tone at its onset.

Pitching wise, Hugo Tosler started strong and it was 0-0 after 2 innings (despite us getting 5 runners on). Our defense was solid, led by run-saving catches by Sawyer Reo at SS and Aayan Ramamurthy in CF. Then in the 4th, Hugo was squeezed: getting to 7 BBs and many were K’d (but the ump just didn’t see it that way/ the pic below was a ‘Ball 4’ call, for example on GameChanger). We were down 4-0, got to 4-1, and Silas Hubbell came into pitch and settled us down. Then 5-1, 5-3 and we threatened time and again.. but we did make 2 poor base-running choices, and perhaps sat back looking to walk instead of hitting the 1st or 2nd pitch with runners on. In top 7 walks & singles plated 3 more for them (with Nico Harvey & Cooper Chung battling on the mound) and we couldn’t answer in a frustrating 8-3 loss. There were many highlights for us including a booming RBI triple by Ricky Nunez and Trevor Nieuwenhuis hitting well (RBI single).

[Photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis to come!]

4/09/24

From Coach Nardiello: Our Engineers got the Win, today, 16-14 over the Stuyvesant Peglegs, thanks to a ‘never-say-die’ attitude–we were down, 6-0 in the 1st inning–and the offensive explosion we’ve been waiting for. Our MVP today was Sawyer Reo with 3-4, 2B, 4R, 5 RBI, 4 stolen bases. Plus, Hugo Tosler (2-3, 2B, 3R, 2BB), Simon Scherber-Brennan went 3-4 with 3 RBI, Trevor Nieuwenhuis 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, BB. Aayan Ramamurthy 4R, 2BB and 2 stolen bases (and the Win on the mound). Tristen Nunez 2B, 2 RBI, SB.

Our pitching was not at its finest. We hit 9 batters, walked 6, allowed 6 hits.. and saw 6 pitchers getting in & out of trouble. It was an exciting–if not a 100% well-played–game. There were 4 lead-changes, including us being down 6-0, up 7-6 up 13-7, then down 14-13 only to score in the last inning to turn it back around.

[Photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis to come!]

4/08/24

From Coach Nardiello: Fun but strange day at Pier 40. Guys enjoyed the rare spectacle of a lunar eclipse, pre-game. We took a 2-0 lead into the 4th, with solid defense and pitching threatening to tilt this game, but then the wheels came off.. with… us ahead?! Lunacy. Two Unforced baserunning blunders erased 2 runners in scoring position within 1 thrown pitch! Stuyvesant then turned the momentum. We walked 4 in their half of the 4th and hit a batter, and unlike our team, Stuy got 2 timely extra base hits that plated 4 runs. We had this game in hand, then didn’t. And K’d 10x (7 in last 3 innings.) Clearly, our “path to totality” includes learning from mental mistakes and how to win.

[Photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis to come!]

3/28/24

From Coach Nardiello: Game 1 started-out strong vs John Jay, 1-0, but we couldn’t get big hits when it mattered, especially in the 2nd, 3rd innings. (Could have been an entirely different game.) Plenty of chances, but we squandered a nice start by Hugo Tosler (4H & 3Ks in 4 IP, but 5 walks hurt). Jay scored 4 in the second, and we could not answer back. Batting star was Simon with 2 hits. We had 7 stolen bases, 6 walks — but again, we couldn’t get timely hits in a 7-1 loss. Great to see 2 from last year’s senior class: Robert Reatz & Owen Bassett returning from college to join us in the dugout.

Hugo Tosler dealing on Opening Day vs. John Jay. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Sawyer Reo at bat against John Jay

Hugo Tosler at bat in the first against John Jay

Zach Harwayne battling against John Jay.

Aayan Ramamurthy scores in the first against John Jay. 1-0 Tech.

Trevor Niewenhuis patrols first base against John Jay

Evan Froehlich swings against John Jay

Sawyer Reo makes the putout against John Jay

Ricky Nunez in action against John Jay

3/24/23

[From Coach Nardiello]

While Game 2 vs Grand St. didn’t turn in our favor.. we learned valuable lessons. About positioning our OF, taking control of pop-ups.. challenging hitters and throwing strikes. Four pitchers got real game experience – but we have to come right at them. They had only 5 hits, and 3 were gifts. We walked a month’s worth of batters, and the dam broke. 13-1.

[From GameChanger]

Grand Street High School scored seven runs in the fourth inning.  I Mercedes, S Torres,  R Rodriguez, E Polanco, and C Martinez all drove in runs in the frame.

E Lebron was on the pitcher’s mound for Grand Street High School. Lebron surrendered one run on one hit over three and a third innings, striking out three.

Logan Reiman started the game for Engineers. The southpaw lasted two and two-thirds innings, allowing two hits and three runs while striking out two.  Owen Bassett, Elliott James, and Archer Tsang each contributed in relief for Engineers.

Hugo Tosler and Zach Harwayne each collected one hit to lead Engineers.

---

Uniforms

All players are expected to adhere to the uniform requirements in order to play in games. Navy Blue undershirts, belts and socks along with team hats, jerseys and pants are mandatory.