Minors, May 7

Barnwell House of Tires 5, K's Auto 5

K's Auto jumped out with four runs in the first. Anthony Fabrico, who was 2-3 on the night, drove in two runs in the inning. Barnwell settled down and got out of the inning. Barnwell came back with two in the second. Vincent Ciuffo led off with a walk. Daniel McAree singled, putting runners on first and second. Stevie Mogavero then cleared the bases with a double down the rightfield line, bringing Barnwell closer.

K's scored another in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead. Barnwell loaded the bases in the fourth on three straight walks to Zachary Englis, Brendan Behan and Luke Escobar, but couldn't push home a run. It was not looking good for the Tires.

Barnwell loaded the bases again in the fifth inning but again couldn't score.

Brendan Behan struck out eight for Barnwell and held K's to no runs over the final 2 2/3 innings. Peter Ciuffo led off the sixth with a walk, followed by walks to Zachary Englis and Vincent Ciuffo. With one out, Luke Escobar singled to score two and make the score 5-4. Stevie Mogavero followed with a walk to load the bases once again. With two outs, Robby Clarkin, who has a good eye at the plate, drew a bases loaded walk to tie the game. Barnwell held K's scoreless and the game ended in a tie.

May 10

Barnwell 8, A & J Moving and Storing 4

Barnwell improved their record to 3-2-1. Peter Ciuffo, pitching in his first game of the year, struck out five in two innings. Peter was also 2-3 and scored a run.

Barnwell's third inning was one for the highlight film. Peter Ciuffo led off with a single. Daniel McAree and Brendan Behan singled. Vincent Ciuffo singled to score one and Luke Escobar doubled to score two runs. In all, Barnwell had five hits, three walks and scored four in the inning.

In the fourth, Barnwell had five hits and two walks and scored four more runs. The big hit in the inning was a base clearing triple by Vincent Ciuffo, giving Barnwell an 8-3 lead. Barnwell went on to an 8-4 win.

Brendan Behan and Vincent Ciuffo were 2-3 and scored two runs. Danny McAree was 1-1 with two walks and scored two runs. Kevin Hardiman was 1-3 and hit the ball hard the other two times up. Robby Clarkin had two key walks to keep rallies alive in the third and fourth innings.