Congratulations to our SEVEN
@FuturesLeague
All-Stars! Well deserved, gentlemen!
-Brendan Jones
- Jackson Hornung
- Luca Giallongo
- Zach Nichols
- Justin Sinibaldi
- Kevin Zarnoch Jr
- Jack Power
With a 3-2 count and 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, Anthony Clark sends one into left field and WALKS IT OFF! Starfires score 5 runs in the 9th inning and record their first ever walkoff win! FINAL: Starfires 10, Blues 9.
Two of three that will be joining us this summer from the newly appointed DI program at Merrimack College 👀 This weeks ⭐️🔥🔥🔥
#TuesNews
@MerrimackBSB
#TheMIKES
FINAL: Westfield Starfires 8, North Shore Navigators 6. Sean Murphy
@gettysburg
continues the 4th of July fireworks with a WALKOFF HOME RUN! It’s our 4th home walkoff win of the season- something special about that Bullens Field magic!
The
#FuturesLeague
's 10th season of baseball in New England is officially on! Our 2020 schedule is set to begin on Thursday, July 2. Details and full slate here:
Our season came to an end tonight but what a
#bullensmagic
filled season it was! Thank you to all of the fans that showed up to support us all summer long! We also want to thank the amazing group of guys that played for us day in and day out! We wish them the very best!
We have EIGHT Starfires heading to New Britain for the All-Star Game next Tuesday. Congratulations to Noah, Jaden, Cole, Cam, Peter, Andrew, Matt, and Christian on their 2021 All-Star Selections!!
#BullensMagic
Nearly a year & a half to the day that Ryan Towle stood on stage as the 1st signee in franchise history. Last night, after recovering from TJ surgery, he honored that commitment & threw his first official inning for us. This is why we love baseball. This is why we love Westfield.
Ryan Towle (
@RiverHawkBB
), who is also a native of Westfield, just earned a 1-2-3 inning of relief for
@StarfiresBB
during his first outing since having Tommy John surgery.
He also struck out Nick Martin to begin things (great moment as his friends cheer him on behind me).
We spoke with the man responsible for the walk-off win tonight, Anthony Clark
@AIC_Baseball
about the unbelievable win that took place at Bullens Field tonight!
.
@StarfiresBB
win it in our first
@NESN
game of the summer, 2-0! Reggie Crawford (
@UConnBSB
) gets the big strikeout with the bases loaded to end the ballgame!
Congratulations to Reggie Crawford (
@UConnBSB
) on being named Co-Top Pro Pitching Prospect of the Year in the
@FuturesLeague
Reggie had 3 saves for us while racking up 10K’s over 6.1 innings!
The 2nd
@FuturesLeague
award recipient today is Danny Crossen (
@GoNUbaseball
). Danny is our winner of the Adam Keenan Award. This award is bestowed upon the player who exemplifies the outstanding attitude, character and sportsmanship that is synonymous with Adam Keenan’s legacy.
Presenting our special uniforms that honor the
@104fighterwing
. With the roots of our team name beginning at Barnes Air National Guard Base, we were overjoyed by the opportunity to tour the base and unveil these new uniforms for the first time today (more photos & video to come)
We did some damage yesterday... a
#SUNDAYSWEEP
and Cregg Scherrer (pictured) dominated this week allowing 0 ER over the course of 7.2 innings to earn Pitcher of the Week honors from
@FuturesLeague
. Back home to take on Worcester tomorrow night at 6:30pm!
Devin Kellogg WALKS IT OFF for the Starfires and wins the game with a single past the Brockton shortstop. Westfield moves to 6-11 on the season and will be back at home on Friday night against Pittsfield. GO STARFIRES!
Come down to Bullens tonight to meet and get a picture with the National Champion
@UMassHockey
members Josh Lopina, Ryan Sullivan and Oli MacDonald!
#goumass
#bullensmagic
Our Starfires Alumni of the week we honor recognize two former backstops, Matt Garbowski of
@UConnBSB
and Mike DiMartino of
@SCSU_BASE
who shined on Opening Weekend for college baseball!
ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: Please welcome two new additions to our staff for the upcoming season from
@hoyabaseball
. One of which may be a familiar face to many 👀
Well... where do we start? We are so incredibly humbled by all the support and love we received tonight from our incredible community. A community that has now stretched farther than we could have ever imagined thanks to all our friends at
@FuturesLeague
.. 1/2
STARFIRES WIN! Danny Crossen WALKS IT OFF by stealing 2nd base, taking 3rd on an error and scoring at home on an additional Brockton error! Unbelievable ending here at Bullens Field- our THIRD home walkoff win of the season.
It’s the first FCBL 💣 of the season! Jack Wentworth has led the
@StarfiresBB
to their THIRD comeback of the day and we’re off to a home run derby!😳
End 10:
🛩: 6
🐊: 6
#FuturesLeague
No height limits on images means we’re going to fill your feed with our Opening Day starter and returning player, Jimmy Hagan. Game 1 of 68 in under an hour in Worcester.
Chase Jeter set a franchise record for Innings Pitched in a single game tonight. He also earned Pitcher of the Night honors from
@FuturesLeague
! We’re back tomorrow night at Bullens with a chance to extend our current 3-game win streak!!
Another
#TuesNews
here at Starfires headquarters!! Today we celebrate the addition of these four Kansas State Wildcats!
@KStateBSB
is coming off series victories over
#14
Texas &
#19
TCU 👊🏼
Christian Walsh
@UMassBaseball
BASHES a grand slam over the left field fence to blow this game open! Starfires lead 5-1 in the bottom of the 6th inning.
Historic win as the Starfires plate the most runs in franchise history! Your Center for Human Development player of the game is Peter DeMaria who went 4-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs!
Some great shots from yesterday’s first official practice from our friend
@MrDaveHosmer
of
@TheReminderMA
! First game in New Britain fast approaching!
Taste the experience this summer! Enjoy the best beer in Western Mass, created by our friends at
@amherstbrewing
all season long. Tickets on sale at . Special thanks to
@AaronWagenheim
for the great game footage in this clip.
#BullensMagic
#StarfireIPA
HOME RUN! Andrew Cicciarelli smacks the first-ever Starfires home run at Bullens Field over the left field wall. Starfires lead 2-1 in the bottom of the 1st.
3 games 3 wins for the Starfires! Thanks to the help of Nolan Florence who went 2-4 with 2 home runs one of which was a Grand Slam!
#bullensmagic
is well in effect! Our next home game is Tuesday May 31st at 6:30.
Today we are thrilled to announce the signings of two guys from neighboring West Springfield, MA. We can’t wait to see them both back at Bullens Field this summer! Welcome Andre and Nick!
Jeff Taylor (
@VilleMarauders
) goes the distance and we take the first game of this
@FuturesLeague
doubleheader 1-0 over Brockton! Andre Marrero's home run is the difference offensively.
Taylor's incredible line: W, Shutout, 7.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 10 K.
Game 2 starts at 5:35!
The Westfield Starfires are saddened to learn of the passing of
@VTLakeMonsters
head coach Pete Wilk. He was a tremendous baseball mind, but far more importantly dedicated to leading the young men he coached to be great people as well.
We could not be more proud to be part of this league! What a tremendous group of people all the way through. Thank you to all who make this possible each day!
To our fans, players, coaches, owners, gameday staff, and countless others who had a hand in making 2020 possible, we have two words.
Thank You.
#FuturesLeague
BALL GAME! Crawford tags the bag at first and we win 6-4 over the
@NewBritainBees
to open the 2020
@FuturesLeague
season!
W: Carter Cousins
L: Grant Purpura
S: LT Pare
Home opener tomorrow against
@WooBaseball
!
FINAL: Westfield Starfires 9, Nashua Silver Knights 1. The Starfires sweep the doubleheader behind Pat Gallagher’s
@UConnBSB
complete game win! Join us again tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 for our next home game against the Brockton Rox.
On a HUGE night our pitching staff was dominant and our offense brought across five. Thank you to all who came out for a great night of baseball and fireworks!!
#BullensMagic
#PlayoffPush
photo courtesy of
@hosmerphotographymass
, thanks Dave!
Starfires walk it off in dramatic fashion to win and make it into the playoffs for the first time in franchise history!
#bullensmagic
is in full effect!
Plenty of home openers around the
@MLB
today so we figured we would present two guys who had a home opener of their own here in Westfield yesterday representing
@WSUOwlsBaseball
!
Westfield Starfires owner and co-founder Christopher Thompson had the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at the Rotary Club of West Springfield luncheon at Storrowton Tavern & Carriage House. Thank you to Sarah Calabrese WEST SPRINGFIELD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC for hosting us.
Drew DeMartino (
@HartfordBASE
) is pretty happy the Starfires are in third place after tonight’s win in Worcester. So are we 👀 We go for four straight in Lynn, MA tomorrow night.
So proud of our guys representing the Starfires in our first
@FuturesLeague
All-Star Game! Thomas, Jack, Danny, Chase, and Devin have been/are phenomenal ambassadors for our club!! Good luck guys!
In a year that wasn’t, the
@FuturesLeague
WAS. Fortunate to be part of an incredible league with the best people in the best baseball town in Massachusetts!! We’re ready to take 2021 by storm. Happy New Years to ALL!
We had the chance to catch up with Starfires slugger Andrew Cicciarelli (
@AIC_Baseball
) after the game today to discuss the first home run in Starfires history which came off his bat in the 1st inning, as well as his thoughts on the team through the first 7 games of the season.
We don’t like to brag butttt... we swept tonight’s nightly awards because our guys are damn good! Congrats to Jack and Christian, only the beginning for this group!
#InauguralSeason
#SettingTheStandard
@OnDeckSports
player and pitcher of the night belong both to the
@StarfiresBB
! Christian Walsh gets the player award after a 2-4 day with a 3-run HR to blow the game open. Pitcher award goes to Jack Fox who went 5 with 1 H, 0 R and 6 Ks to get the 6-1 win for the
#Starfires
!