Game Recaps
Ken Kortright State Farm Agency Game of the Week: Riley Lake, William Floyd Pull off the Upset over No. 2 Sachem East
Final: William Floyd 6, Sachem East 4 WP: Riley Lake Jayden Zayas: 3-R HR during 6-run third inning William Floyd (10-9) advances to face Ward Melville tomorrow pic.twitter.com/80cZXW6pSC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 19, 2022 You can throw the postseason seeds away when it comes to two teams that are familiar with one another. No. 8 William Floyd and No. 2 Sachem East squared off for the fourth time this season – in the most important game to date – and it was the upstart Colonials who came away with the 6-4 upset victory over the League I champs. During the regular season, Sachem East had won two of three, but coach Keith Kobasiuk stated that his team was “competitive all year, and we were competitive against them,” and that they are a “next day...
Chris Batuyios Goes the Distance, Outduels Billy Steele
By Blake Buscemi Batuyios goes the distance, Mount Sinai takes the win. Final: Mount Sinai 6, SWR 2 pic.twitter.com/O0eywBOZHR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 18, 2022 It was a battle of two aces as Chris Batuyios took on Billy Steele in Suffolk Class A Conference IV pool play at Shoreham Wading River High School this afternoon. Both are highly regarded arms in the conversation to win the Paul Gibson Award, so this was expected to be a low-scoring game before it started. Steele, who committed to West Point last year, had yet to give up a run going into this start and has consistently been sitting over 90 MPH with his fastball. Batuyios, a St. John’s commit, is an arm who consistently fills up the zone with strikes while also striking out twice as many hitters as he has innings p...
Nick Rizzo, East Islip With Gritty Road Win at ESM
Nick Rizzo fired a complete game in East Islip’s 8-4 win over Eastport-South Manor pic.twitter.com/sU1te6NRHz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 17, 2022 As far as postseason assignments go, facing an undefeated Division-I commit on the road is about as tough as it gets. East Islip, the reigning Long Island Champions, would not let that slow them down as they came away with an 8-4 victory in the first round of the Suffolk Conference IV playoffs against Eastport-South Manor. The Redmen scored a run in each of the first three innings against Hostra-commit Jake Deslauriers who entered the game with an unblemished record of 7-0, 0.83 ERA and 0.85 WHIP. They broke the game open with a five-spot in the fifth inning to make it an 8-3 ballgame. East Islip had their own Division-I com...
St. Joseph’s Captures the 2022 Skyline Conference Championship
St. Joseph’s captures the 2022 Skyline Conference Championship! pic.twitter.com/EkZ9kvSvjR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 15, 2022 For the third time since 2016, the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles have captured the Skyline Conference Championship. They did so by taking the long route – losing the first game on Friday before rattling off 4 consecutive victories in elimination games. Coach Rick Garrett – who has been at the helm for all three of the championships – stated that the message was simple following their 12-10 loss on Friday. “We said, ‘hey let’s take this one game at a time. Everyone that we face moving forward, it’s either us or them getting eliminated.’ It was just about keeping the pedal down and trying to sco...
LI Titans and Kings Park Knights Split Saturday Morning Double Header
By Daniel Lopes The Kings Park Knights and LI Titans faced off in a doubleheader on Saturday, with each team earning a win. The Titans won the first game of the day, 7-4, and the Knights bounced back in the second game, winning via mercy rule, 19-2. Kings Park head coach Danny Romano speaks after a doubleheader split against the LI Titans pic.twitter.com/h3mJ1RPNWL — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2022 Game One: Titans 7, Knights 4 Kings Park gets a couple runs back, but the LI Titans hold on for the win in game one FINAL|| Titans 7, Knights 4 pic.twitter.com/1hZIlAcpUY — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2022 LI Titans wasted no time getting on the board in the first game, scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. After drawing a leadoff walk, Jack Frishman...
Jack Coogan Leads LuHi to PSAA Title over Portledge
Jack Coogan went 3-for-3 with 2 triples, 2 walks and 3 RBIs as LuHi captured their second straight PSAA Championship with a 15-2 victory (plus ice shower) pic.twitter.com/ysaKn40t7K — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 12, 2022 Big time players step up in big games and that’s exactly what LuHi senior Jack Coogan did in the PSAA Championship against Portledge. The Molloy-commit was the best player on the field – going 3-for-3 with two triples, three RBIs and two walks. The Crusaders won by the score of 15-2, capturing their second straight PSAA title. They jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first and never looked back. Tommy Bressmer started things off with a leadoff double and he scored on Coogan’s long RBI triple to left field. The next batter was ...
Late Rally Propels Garden City to 9-4 Win Over MacArthur
By Thomas Cregan Garden city strikes first in the top of the 5th with a 2 run single by Braden Soutar who is now 3 for 3 in this game pic.twitter.com/40JrUvYClR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2022 Garden City improves to 14-4 in conference and 14-5 overall after defeating MacArthur, 9-4. The Garden City Trojans were led to victory with big performances by third baseman Braden Soutar, shortstop Jack Fanning, and an impressive and resilient outing from starting pitcher Josh Cohen. Soutar was the main standout performer among the three going 4-for-5 with four singles and 3 RBIs. Fanning went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and two singles. Cohen, who looked as if he had lost the zone early on in his outing after hitting three batters within the first 4 innings and issu...
Cooper Johnson’s Walk-Off Single Caps Comeback Win for Adelphi
“Bedlam in Garden City!” 🎙 pic.twitter.com/QSgF1oLDER — Adelphi Baseball (@AdelphiBaseball) May 11, 2022 Trailing 2-0 in the eighth inning and 4-2 in the ninth inning, Adelphi was facing the very real possibility of having their outstanding regular season minimized with a playoff loss at home against the College of St. Rose in a game in which their ace started. Fortunately for the Panthers, their squad was not about to let that happen. Mike Draskin (.405 AVG/1.267 OPS) came through with the clutch two-run single to score Matt Alifano and Jack Ryan to tie up the game in the bottom of the eighth inning. St. Rose answered right back with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth when LHP Steven Murphy hit the leadoff batter and walked the next. Freshman RHP John Rizzo came on in relief and St. R...
Centereach Clinches First Postseason Berth in 12 Years
Congratulations to Centereach who defeated Smithtown East in extra innings to clinch their first postseason berth since 2010 pic.twitter.com/xX8F8V0Ap1 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 4, 2022 They’ve been waiting on this for a long time. Even the clinching game was spread out over 24 hours after Tuesday’s scheduled game lasted nearly 3 hours and was suspended due to darkness. Upon the continuation of the game on Wednesday at Centereach, the Cougars scored a run in the top of the eighth on a sac fly by Dom Persichilli to score Burke Sheehan. That was the pitching duo as well – but in reverse order. Sheehan started and went 5+ innings, before giving way to Persichilli who pitched the final 3 innings over the course of two days to seal the 6-5 victory. Centereach ...
Jordan Welch’s Walk-Off HR Propels Farmingdale to Dramatic Comeback Win
🚨 Sophomore Jordan Welch hits an opposite field walk-off HR to complete the comeback win for Farmingdale and deliver Massapequa their first loss of the season 🚨 pic.twitter.com/FK8STX7jor — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 2, 2022 Twice in the last two weeks the Farmingdale Dalers needed a big hit in the bottom of the 7th and twice they got one from sophomore stud Jordan Welch. While the first was a bouncing single through the hole to beat Port Washington, this was came in a considerably larger moment against rival Massapequa. The sophomore came to the plate with one out in the 7th inning in a 4-4 game, and he went the opposite way, driving one just over the right field fence for a solo walk-off HR to send his team into a frenzy and delivering Massapequa their first loss of the sea...
Knights Nation and Bombers Come Away With Wins on Saturday Morning
By Daniel Lopes Mitchel Field played host to a pair of games between the EEP Bandits and Knights Nation, as well as EEP Bandits Select and Bombers NY on Saturday. In the first game, Knights Nation got the victory over the Bandits, 11-2. Bombers NY won the second game against the Bandits by a score of 12-1. Both games finished before the sixth inning due to the mercy rule. Knights Nation coach Tony Fiumefreddo and pitcher Jackson Bansch speak after a win against the EEP Bandits pic.twitter.com/BI3qGgDFsv — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 30, 2022 Game One- Knights Nation 11, EEP Bandits 2 Knights Nation wasted no time getting on the board to start the game, scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. After starting the inning with a single, Jake D’Amico stole second base and...
Ken Kortright State Farm Agency Game of the Week: Billy Bullock Fires Gem in 4-1 Win to Sweep Ward Melville
Postgame interview with Sachem North RHP Billy Bullock pic.twitter.com/rZxjlojBeP — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 30, 2022 Whether you scored it a hit or an error, it’s undisputable that Billy Bullock fired a gem and Sachem North completed a huge sweep over League II rival Ward Melville in a 4-1 victory at Bill Batewell Field. Bullock has been outstanding all season for the Arrows who improved to 8-4 in league play. He noted that “nobody was talking about us when the season started,” and now they are three games behind the reigning Long Island Champs, Commack, in the standings. The Arrows wasted no time getting on the board against Ward Melville starter and UCONN-commit Charles West. They got a leadoff single by Bullock, and RBI double by Billy McKinney and R...
