5/16/24

From Coach Nardiello: Rain again!? With Parade Grounds 3 washed out we pivot to a turf field in Red Hook to host Division-leading John Jay Jaguars. Solid game apart from 1 inning where we misplayed 2-3 balls and allowed them 7 runs. Offense was solid paced by 2 hits from Sawyer (2B), Rickey (2B), and Evan. Trevor launched a line-drive off the CF wall (2B). Hugo started and battled for 5 IP, then Silas pitched the 6th, and Nico retired them 1-2-3 in the 7th on only 10 pitches. We just allowed too many runs early, to come back today. 11-4 loss.

Hugo Tosler on the bump against John Jay. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Simon Sherber-Brennan lines up the pop fly vs. John Jay.

Rickey Nunez drives the ball vs. John Jay.

Coach Joe looks on with concern.

Zach Harwayne pulls the ball vs. John Jay.

Sawyer Reo makes the play at second to nab hapless John Jay baserunner.

Trevor Nieuwenhuis tracks a pop fly toward first in John Jay contest.

Evan Froehlich channels Ted Williams vs. John Jay.

Sawyer Reo fields a grounder during John Jay game.

Aayan Ramamurthy swings during John Jay contest.

Silas Hubbell on in relief vs. John Jay.

Nico Harvey dealing vs. John Jay.

Trevor Nieuwenhuis stretches to nab the runner vs. John Jay.

Sawyer Reo exults at second during John Jay contest.

5/14/24

From Coach Nardiello: Dramatic, 10-8 win! Up early, but Midwood builds a 6-2 lead–and our Engineers just don’t give up, scoring 8 runs in last 2 innings! But Midwood rallies back in 7th, and with bases loaded, no outs freshman Cooper Chung boldly works out of the jam (for the save). And it was a nail-biter. Former Capt. Mark DeDona visited and helped prep team. Alums Robert Reatz and Morgan Small lifted spirits mid-game. Irony of team effort: Offense was provided by seniors Rickey Nunez (2R, 2H, 2B, BB), Sawyer Reo (2R, 2H, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SBs, BB, CI), Evan Froelich (RBI single), Zach Harwayne (2H, 2 RBI) and Hugo Tosler (RBI, H). Pitching was handled by underclassmen: starter Jake Rapoport (4.1 IP), his freshman “twin” Jadon Renert (1.2 IP, gets the W) and Cooper Chung (1 IP) who entered with 0 outs and bases loaded and worked hard with the full team behind him.

Jake Rapoport takes the mound against Midwood. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Sawyer Reo gets ready for the pitch from Midwood.

The dugout gets riled up during Midwood contest.

Zach Harwayne at work vs. Midwood.

Trevor Nieuwenhuis follows through against Midwood

Jake Rapoport helps himself on basepaths vs. Midwood.

Hugo Tosler stands in against Midwood.

Aayan Ramamurthy makes it to second the hard way vs. Midwood.

Ricky Nunez puts the ball in play vs. Midwood.

Shrey Vertes in action vs. Midwood.

Evan Froehlich puts bat on ball against Midwood.

Jackson Janes relays the ball during exciting game vs. Midwood.

5/8/24

From Coach Nardiello: Disappointing game @Scholars Academy / Ft. Tilden Field — as our guys want to win, have the talent to win, but we just didn’t close-out a team to GET the Win. Hugo Tosler pitched well and deep into the game.. but we couldn’t pad our early lead (and that came back to bite us). On offense, Ricky Nunez hit a 2-R HR clean out of CF, had 2 H, 3 RBI. Simon Scherber Brennan had 2 H. Zach Harwayne and Hugo each a single. But too many just didn’t hit in the clutch.

Up 4-0 we let them chip away and the Sea-Wolves rallied and scored 2 in the 7th, when we had them down to their last out (with bases empty). They walked us off. Heart-breaking. Seemed like 2 separate game-days. First, the fun bus ride out and opening 2 innings (when the Engineers were winning, 4-0). Then a frustrating look at poor base-running and not putting many balls in play in big spots. Our guys will be self-motivated to do better.

Hugo Tosler at work against Scholars Academy. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Jake Rapoport gets his swings in against Scholars Academy.

Evan Froehlich takes a lead against Scholars Academy

5/6/24

From Coach Nardiello: Season rolls on with a 8-3 win @Van Ardsdale, played at PG1 after rains washed out McCarron field. Our offense hit early (4 run 1st) and set the tone. On the mound, Daniel Lo kept VA off-balance with 4IP, 9 Ks, 2H, 1 ER pitching around 5BBs for the Win. Logan Reiman (2IP, 2BB, 2H, 2ER) and Silas Hubbell (1IP, K) secured the win. Jake Rapoport went 2-3, with a 2B and R. Rickey Nunez had 2 RBIs, Evan Froelich went 2-3 with a BB. Solid game bringing our record to 6-4!

Ricky Nunez on the basepaths against Van Arsdale. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Daniel Ko keeps Van Arsdale off balance through 4IP.

Oliver French makes it back safely to second in the first inning against Van Arsdale

Simon Sherber-Brennan heads for first against Van Arsdale

Evan Froehlich holds court in the dugout during Van Arsdale contest

Trevor Niewenhuis at bat against Van Arsdale

Julian Ashley safe at second against Van Arsdale.

Sawyer Reo off to the races against Van Arsdale.

Simon Sherber-Brennan pursues doomed Van Arsdale baserunner.

Zach Harwayne lines a single to center vs. Van Arsdale

Hugo Tosler sprints to first against Van Arsdale.

Logan Reiman takes the mound in relief against Van Arsdale

Dylan Madden in action against Van Arsdale.

Silas Hubbell closes it out against Van Arsdale.

5/4/24

From Coach Nardiello: Engineers visit Wagner Falcons and come home with a 10-3 win. Oliver French worked an amazing CG start: 7 IP, 4H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 9 Ks. Our offense was helped by a 6R 3rd inning, a 3B from Sawyer and 2Bs by Aayan & Ricky (2 H). Evan and Zach added 2 RBI. Tech now stands at 5-4 on the season with a lot of baseball crammed into May.

Oliver French deals against Wagner. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Shrey Vertes and Ricky Nunez during the Wagner game.

Ump blows call as Zach Harwayne lays down the tag vs. Wagner.

Jackson Janes relays ball in Wagner contest.

Evan Froehlich sprints to first against Wagner.

Aayan Ramamurthy busts it on the basepaths vs. Wagner.

Sawyer Reo makes the turn against Wagner.

Orion Ruck loses hat but not the ball against Wagner.

Edward Kim at bat against Wagner.

Elliott James sprints to first during Wagner game.

Tech fielders between innings during Wagner game.

5/3/24

From Coach Nardiello: Friday, our Engineers won, 2-1 over the Van Ardsdale Cardinals, mainly on the strength of pitching by soph Jake Rapoport and freshman Jadon Renert. Jake pitched 3 innings of no-hit ball with 5 Ks (3 BBs). Jadon relieved and allowed only 1 R (unearned) the rest of the way: 4 IP with an amazing 8 Ks, BB and 2 Hs. On offense, Simon Sherber-Brennan stayed hot (2-4, R, 2B). Hugo Tosler was 1-3 with a walk. Ricky Nunez scored after his 2nd inning walk. And Jadon helped his own cause with a walk-off walk in the bottom of the 7th, scoring Simon and securing the win.

The Engineers’ record is now 4-4.

Trevor Nieuwenhuis takes the throw-over vs. van Arsdale. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Coach Eli has a word with Jake Rapoport during van Arsdale contest.

Zach Harwayne takes to the basepaths vs. van Arsdale.

Jackson Janes in action vs. van Arsdale.

Simon Sherber-Brennan gets on base vs. van Arsdale.

Hugo Tosler sprints to first vs. van Arsdale.

Jadon Renert takes charge during van Arsdale game.

Ricky Nunez in action against van Arsdale.

Aayan Ramamurthy swings against van Arsdale.

Sawyer Reo appraises the pitch vs. van Arsdale.

Hugo Tosler shows the dugout how it’s done.

Dugout gets fired up vs. van Arsdale.

Jake Rapoport dealing against van Arsdale.

5/1/24

From Coach Nardiello: Best game of the season, so far, as our Engineers rallied around Hugo Tosler (6 IP, 3 Hits allowed) and won in extra innings, 4-3 vs. Midwood at their Bergen Beach field. Trevor had 2 clutch hits, Ricky tripled, both Sawyer and Simon had 2Bs, and Zach added an RBI single. Aayan in CF was outstanding again, and Jackson made a great running catch in deep RCF. Freshman Cooper Chung pitched a gutty 3 innings (including both extras) for his 1st win.

Hugo Tosler dealing against Midwood. [All photos by Vera Nieuwenhuis]

Trevor Nieuwenhuis takes a lead off first vs. Midwood.

Aayan Ramamurthy on the basepaths against Midwood.

Orion Ruck patrolling left field vs. Midwood.

Sawyer Reo hits the ground to keep the ball in the infield against Midwood.

Jackson Janes at the plate vs. Midwood. (He will draw a walk).

Trevor Nieuwenhuis takes the throw-over vs. Midwood

Shrey Vertes slides into second vs. Midwood.

Aayan Ramamurthy makes the play in center against Midwood.

Cooper Chung cruising in relief against Midwood.

Let’s GOOOOO! Celebrating victory against Midwood.

Let’s GOOOOO! (Part 2) Celebration continues.

4/30/24

From Coach Nardiello: On Tuesday, seemed like our team was still on Spring Break–they actually were!–in a 16-4 loss vs Grand St. at American Legion Fields. We gave them 14 Walks in only 5 innings of work, using 5 pitchers–and let so many scoring chances of our own go to waste. We have a big week ahead, so we wrinkle this one up, and toss it in the cylindrical file.

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!]