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The much anticipated Premier opening day  Sunday had the Hood buzzing. 
 

It was the old school Brickies’s facing off against the new look Heights. 

 

Leslieville showed up to the park early to do some hitting exercises and stretches before the big game. This squad has been chomping at the bit to get back on the field after a disappointing finish to the 2025 season. 
 

Cliffside for the first time in what seems like a decade had a new player join the team. The highly talented and multipurpose Mike Murphy could be just what the Heights need to get to the Burby cup.

 

Murphy started on the mound and opposing him was Andrew Fuller for Bricktown. Fuller grinded out 2 scoreless innings while Murphy looked impressive despite giving up a monster solo home run to Oswald Alvarez. 

 

In the third inning, the aces took over the game. Marcus Belardi versus Jeff Snow. Both were in fine form however Belardi made a costly mistake. He hung up a fast ball with the bases loaded to Mr. Snow. A grand slam gave the Brickies a commanding 5-0 lead.   After that, the bats went silent  for the Brickies offense and Cliffside Clawed a couple runs off of Snow, but it was not enough to get their first win of the season.

 

Both teams looked very impressive in all facets of the game and this will no doubt be another tight affair when they meet again later in the season.

AG