Feature Friday: Cody Heselton, Southern Connecticut State
On the third of July, the Starfires battled the Vermont Lake Monsters in their first home game versus the team up in Burlington. The Starfires battled in that game, squeezing out a point with a 3-2 loss in the home run derby. While there certainly were several positives from that game, the best performer for […]
Feature Friday: Griffin Mills, Northwestern
On the night of June 28, 2025, the Westfield Starfires hosted the FCBL’s best team, the Worcester Bravehearts, at Bullens Field. The Starfires went on to lose the game 7-5, but three of those runs were produced by a three-run home run. This round tripper was not off the bat of team average leader Evan […]
Starfires Weekly Preview: Week 6
From Bark in the Park, Taco Tuesday, and a Star Wars-themed night, there was plenty of action in Bullens Field for the final week of June and the first week of the summer season as the Westfield Starfires wrap up their first complete month of the FCBL season. The Starfires’ offense has continued to rack […]
Mills goes deep again, drives in five as Starfires win in Worcester
Northwestern Wildcat Griffin Mills entered yesterday’s game against the Bravehearts hitless in his last 24 at-bats with only one run batted in. Two games later, and the Morristown, New Jersey native added five hits, is only one of two Starfires with two long balls, and is now third on the team with 10 runs driven […]
For Hornung and Gallagher, Westfield a Key Stop in Path to Pro Baseball
On Tuesday, June 24, among dozens of transactions involving players moving around Minor League Baseball, two stood out for fans from Westfield. The Toronto Blue Jays moved a pair of players up from the High-A Vancouver Canadians to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats: former Westfield Starfires Pat Gallagher and Jackson Hornung. The ti
Feature Friday: Ryan Molinari
In March of 2025, Starfires manager Paul Bonfiglio still needed another staff member for the upcoming season. The 2024 FCBL Manager of the Year had a few in mind, but eventually he picked up the phone and called his former player and Starfire’s alumnus, Ryan Molinari. Molinari, the Glastonbury, Connecticut native graduated high scho
Jachym, Silvia lead the way in Starfires win versus Silver Knights
Keene State Owl Jake Jachym pitched seven innings of two run ball and Iona Gael Cole Silvia had three hits and drove in three runs as the Westfield Starfires defeated the Nashua Silver Knights 6-2 on Tuesday, June 24 at Bullens Field. The Starfires get to 7-16 on the season after beating a Nashua squad […]
Starfires Weekly Preview: Week 5
The Earth is three days removed from the summer solstice, and the Starfires are getting closer and closer to the midpoint of the 2025 FCBL season as well as the conclusion of June, which features many promotions and great nights upcoming at Bullens Field. Offensively speaking, the Starfires are averaging a solid five runs per […]
Feature Friday: Nate Pirog, Keene State
It was June 1, the Starfires versus the Norwich Sea Unicorns in the fourth game of the season. In the third inning, with Westfield leading 2-0, Norwich got two runners on after a double and a single. On the mound, Nathan Pirog snagged a comeback grounder and threw the ball to second to begin a […]
Starfires score seven, stifle late rally to knock off FCBL-leading Bravehearts
Five runs in the fourth inning and solid all-around pitching gave the Starfires all they needed as they beat the 12-4 first-place Worcester Bravehearts Wednesday night, June 18, at Fitton Field. The Starfires move to 6-12 on the season, snapping a 10-game win streak for the Bravehearts. Worcester falls to 12-5, still holding a 2.5 [&helli
