2025 Indians Sweep Playoffs on Way to 60+ Long Island MSBL Summer Title

Long Island MSBL, Summer 60+ Division

Long Island Indians 14, Long Island Express 4 (Game two in best-of-three championship series sweep)

Submitted by Phil Echevarrio

The Indians team won another LIMSBL Summer 60+ Championship on Sunday, August 17, 2025.

The 2025 Indians dominated the Pirates and Long Island Express in the playoffs, running the table, going 4-0 with a run differential of +51 after finishing the season with a 17-2 record.

Frank Esposito and Tony Ferraro combined to lead the Indians, as they have recently won 10 playoff games in a row.

During the regular season, the Indians were led by Frank Esposito with a slugging percentage of .724, Bruce Grossman at .649, and Bill Roberts at .643.

The regular and playoff season pitching standouts were Drew Lanzetta with nine wins, an ERA of 4.55 with 63 innings pitched, and Steve Beyer with six wins and an ERA of 2.47, with 51 innings pitched.

The Indians’ playoff run was kick-started by an entire team effort to come back from being down 11-3 in the sixth inning of game one versus the Pirates.

The Indians’ continued success is due to the entire roster of players supporting and driving each other to play hard!  They displayed superior defense, minimized mistakes, hit and ran aggressively, and their pitchers threw strikes with minimum bases on balls.