If you like pitching duels this one was not for you. Pat-Med avoided a series sweep with a 12-8 win over Sachem East in a wild game that took over three hours and featured several lead changes.
The story of the game was Albany-commit Brad Malm smacking a three-run HR in the first inning and also just narrowly missing another one in the sixth inning, that was ultimately a two-run double to put the Pat-Med Raiders up 6-4.
“I felt like I was seeing the ball very well and my teammates and I put together a few great innings which helped, not only the pitchers but, the whole team,” said the senior SS.
The game was far from over at that point, though. Sachem East bounced back and tied the game on a solo shot by Brendan Ryan before Pat-Med broke it open with four runs in the seventh inning. The go-ahead run came when Cameron Lopez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Justin Fren.
Andrew Ciufo went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, Josh Rovner went 2-for-5 with a run scored, Dan Codispoti went 2-for-5 with three RBI.
Anthony Siroka got the start for Sachem East. He settled down after the three-run Malm shot and pitched very well for the next three innings.
Angelo Sciandra recorded the win in relief for the Raiders, who salvaged the third game of the series.
“It was a really important win because it would’ve been tough to bounce back from three losses. Now we have some momentum going into next week, so hopefully we can carry it to Floyd,” he added.
