Anytime you lose your starting pitcher in the second inning with 0 out, it’s never a good thing – but the sting hurts much less when your reliever throws 6 innings of shutout ball. That’s exactly what happened to Deer Park when starter Kevin Houlahan exited in the top of the second inning, after recording just four outs but junior southpaw Brady Parks fired 6 innings of shutout ball, yielding just three hits and striking out three batters to earn the win.
The offense had already done the heavy lifting in the first inning when Aiden Connors smacked an RBI double, Angelo Agro followed with an RBI single and Gennaro Trovato followed with an RBI single of his own. The big knock came by nine-hole hitter Nick DeNoyior who ripped a two-run single to open up a 5-1 lead. At that point, West Babylon had already gone to the bullpen and brought in Dom Gerbasio to replace Anthony Albertson.
From that point on, essentially Deer Park was in control. Parks did his job, not allowing any offense to percolate even against a solid West Babylon offense that features New Haven-commit Cole Maucere. They were certainly weary of the slugger as they intentionally walked him with a five-run lead and first base open in the third inning.
Deer Park broke the game open in the fifth inning with another four-runs. Angelo Agro, Brendan Eising and Joe Biancoviso delivered the RBI hits to deliver the knockout blow.
With the victory, Deer Park improves to 3-7 on the season. They will look to keep the momentum going against Eastport-South Manor today,
