Game Recaps
Chris Cappas Strikes Out 10 in 6-1 Victory Against St. Dominic
The bats of Kellenberg struggled for the first few innings against St. Dominic freshman Carlos Hidalgo. Fortunately, they had their ace, Chris Cappas, on the hill to throw up zeros while the offense figured it out. “We really put it together as a team,” said the Pittsburgh-commit Cappas. “The whole lineup, front-to-back-is just hitting really well right now so it’s working out for us,” he added. Jack Delaney got them on the board in the third inning with an RBI double to score Terrance Murray. The Bayhawks tied it up in the fourth on an RBI single by Kevin Duffy, but the Firebirds responded back with a three-run fifth inning thanks to a fielder’s choice and a two-run single to left field by Cappas. The flamethrowing LHP fanned 10 batters over f...
All-Around Effort By Rocky Point Propels Them Past Newfield
As the clouds parted to make way for a beautiful day at Bethpage Ballpark, Rocky Point took the field against Newfield for a non-league match up. Rocky Point was carried to a 10-3 win by the arms of James Weisman and Colin Brodsky, who allowed just three hits between them, and a strong offensive outing–particularly from the middle of the line up. Not only did Weisman get the win, he drove in the first run of the game on what appeared to be a triple, however on appeal he neglected to touch first on his way around the bases and was called out. Weisman worked well with the lead, walks got him into a couple of jams, but he didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning. Rocky Point took a 1-0 lead into the third when they began to open the game up. First baseman Brian Forbes drove in t...
Northport’s Bats Explode for 14 Runs in Victory Over Bay Shore
The Northport Tigers overcame an early 4-1 deficit against a difficult pitcher in Matt Lawlor of Bay Shore and put together two separate five-run innings in the third and fifth to defeat the reigning League II champs, 14-5. The offense was led by Matt Lindley (3-for-4, 3 RBI) and George Sutherland, who went 2-4 with four RBI, including a two-run single in the fifth to break the game open. “I think we had a different mindset knowing that we definitely needed to do something different this game offensively,” he said. “I think we came out and we took that approach and we did what we needed to do,” he added. George Sutherland rips a two-run single and Northport leads 11-5 in the fifth pic.twitter.com/CmBaunzmSR — aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) April 12, 2017 Bay...
Jordan Rose’s Ninth Inning Double Propels St. Anthony’s to Thrilling Victory over St. John the Baptist
Jordan Rose smacked a two-out, two-run double off the fence in left center field to give St. Anthony’s a 5-3 lead in the ninth inning, sending their dugout into a frenzy. It was their first lead of the day, and it proved to be the difference this afternoon. What a thrilling game it was between them and St. John the Baptist. Head Coach John Phelan was elated with the resilient effort of his Friars today, who came in facing a Cougars team who had fired four consecutive shutouts. “He (Jordan) came through in a big spot–a BIG spot–and delivered,” said Phelan. “You can’t put a price on that. They came prepared, they fought–we got behind 2-0 and their guy did a great job but we just battled. It was a constant battle. That’s what this who...
Brian Morrisey Fires Two-Hitter With 14 Ks Against Connetquot
One of the signs of a great pitcher is dominating the top competition. Brian Morrisey certainly did that today in Commack’s 7-0 shutout over League 2 rival Connequot. The Stony Brook-commit struck out 14 batters, allowing only two hits, walking two and hitting one batter as the Cougars improved to 4-0 on the season after last week’s sweep of Central Islip. He was fired up, displaying tons of raw emotion after his clutch strikeouts. “I just wanted the team to be pumped as much as I was,” said the aXcess pre-season top 30 player. “First series was more of an easy sweep, we had some fun but this series we wanted to come back out really good,” he added. He impressed the bevy of MLB scouts that were in attendance with advanced feel for three pitches and ...
Ryan Levenberg Outduels Brad Camarda, Hauppauge Wins 4-2
Freshman Ryan Levenberg stole the show in today’s League 5 match up between two perennial playoff contenders. Even more impressive, he out dueled 2016 Long Island win leader and Hofstra-commit Brad Camarda. Hauppauge came away with the 4-2 victory over Hills West. “Ryan did a great job of keeping them off balance,” said Head Coach Josh Gutes. “They hit some hard balls–just right at us, so we might’ve been a little lucky in that regard because Hills West is a fantastic team and they’re tremendously well-coached,” he added. The freshman Levenberg went six innings, fanned six batters, allowing just two ER on five hits to record the victory in his first varsity start. He gave way to senior Matt Overton who fired a 1-2-3 seventh inning with two st...
St. Joseph’s Shuts Out Maritime in Crucial Skyline Double Header
The St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles had everything going right for them on Sunday as they took two 7-0 wins over Maritime. The pitching was stellar and the top of the order was electric.These two conference wins were huge for the Golden Eagles as they move to 13-7 on the season with a 7-1 conference record. These two teams will presumably be battling for the Skyline Conference up to the end of the season. You couldn’t have asked the top of the Golden Eagles’ order to be more productive in game one. Anthony Bonilla, Matt Burnett, Paul Britt, and Lou Doria combined for 11 hits, five RBI and six runs scored. Britt and Doria had monster days recording a combined seven hits between the two of them. Tyler Crafa also had a hit in the game. “I thought our guys came to play from the first in...
Saturday April 8th Game Recaps
Hometown teams put together an 11-6 record on Saturday. A number of teams that were struggling out of the gate are beginning to find their way. As we are getting deeper into the season, we have a decent image of where these teams stand for this season and what their identities are. We will see if the latter part of the season sparks any change of direction for any of these squads. St. John’s drops two of last three after loss to Creighton This is the team that not just Long Islanders have their eyes on, but people across the nation as well. The Red Storm have been one of the best teams in the country since the season’s inaugural week with a powerhouse lineup and lights-out pitching and defense. This past number of games, however, are games that they could possibly want to redo. They have l...
Molloy Sweeps Queens In DH, Walks Off In Game Two
After nearly eight hours of baseball Molloy walked off with two conference wins against Queens College. A 31 run hit parade and an extra inning showdown featuring a huge walk off comprised the dramatic doubleheader today. Queens struck first in both games, scoring two in the first inning of game one on a fielder’s choice and another on a bases-loaded hit by pitch. They added two more in the second on a double by shortstop Joel Mendez and a sacrifice fly from Jon Temenak. Molloy answered with two of their own on a Ryan Dillon single in the third, but nearly all of Molloy’s 18 runs came in the third. Six RBI singles, three RBI doubles and one ground out drove in a total of thirteen runs for the Molloy Lions in the third and just like that they were set up for the win. However, Qu...
April 7th Recap
An exciting April night as St. John’s nearly plays two games in one, Farmingdale sweeps a doubleheader, and the bats spring to life for Stony Brook and both Nassau and Suffolk County Community Colleges Division I St. John’s Wins 14 Inning Marathon vs Creighton Creighton jumped out to an early two-run lead, but St. John’s fought back and pulled out a win in extra innings. The Red Storm’s pitching settled in after a rocky first to shut down Creighton’s bats for the subsequent 13 innings, giving St. John’s a chance to win in the top of the fourteenth. Singles by Troy Dixon and Anthony Brocato put the Johnnies in position with one out in the game’s final inning. Robbie Knightes struck the deciding blow when he singled through the left side which allowe...
Jason Diaz Sharp in Kellenberg’s Win over St. Mary’s
Not a bad start to the varsity career for University of Miami-commit Jason Diaz. The sophomore fired three perfect innings with seven strikeouts during an overpowering outing this afternoon against St. Mary’s in a mercy win for Kellenberg. The reigning CHSAA champs wasted no time getting the offense going with a huge first inning. After back-to-back walks to Terrance Murray and Andrew Steidle, third-place hitter Justin Renner brought them both in with a long HR to left to make it 3-0. After Nick Quatromani reached on an error and James May walked, Diaz reached on an error to load up the bases. Robert Chesney drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 4-0 and Brett Carpentieri increased the lead to 6-0 with a two-run double. Renner recorded his fourth RBI of the inning when he drew a bases l...
Stony Brook HS Doubles Up Smithtown Christian 14-7
Two shorthanded teams squared off this afternoon in Smithtown. Stony Brook arrived with exactly nine players, and Smithtown Christian lost two starters to injuries during warm ups. Stony Brook starter Joe Wozny opened up the scoring in the top of the first with a two-run double to left. A single by clean-up hitter Ben Tutuska added one more, and a misplayed grounder turned it into a 4-0 game. Wozny took to the mound in the next inning and gave up two runs, one on a single to Giuseppe Crilly, and another on a fielders choice with the bases loaded. However, the hard-throwing freshman settled down and pitched an threw three no-hit innings after the difficult first, striking out nine batters before sliding over to third base in the fifth. After the game he said, “In the first inning I ha...
