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Hauppauge’s ace left-handed pitcher, Nick Fanti, is coming off consecutive no-hitters against Glenn and Huntington.
The No. 2 prospect in the 2015 graduating class, according to Blue Chip Prospects, will attempt to make it three consecutive no-hitters tomorrow against Bellport.
“How could it not be?” he said in regards to whether he has been thinking about achieving this milestone.
“It would be awesome to throw another one but in the end , hits are a part of the game and it will almost be relieving to give one up because it will allow me to focus more on letting them hit balls early in the count instead of going deep into the counts trying to strike them out,” he added.
This season, he has thrown 19 innings, allowing only two hits while striking out 38 batters. His ERA is 0.95. He struck out 16 in his last outing.
His fastball has been clocked in the upper 80s.
Fanti will be playing at Marist in the Fall.
Surprisingly, it has only been two years since a pitcher has thrown consecutive no-hitters.That was Matt Crohan of Riverhead, who is now pitching for Winthrop University. Crohan narrowly missed a third no-hitter but allowed a single in the sixth inning against Copiague.
“That would hurt giving it up late,” he concluded.
