Game Recaps
Massapequa Edges Oceanside In Crucial Game One Victory
Year in year out, when Massapequa plays Oceanside in playoffs it’s never as good as advertised, it’s better. On Saturday afternoon, Massapequa squeaked by Oceanside by a score of 6-5 to capture the game one victory. They’re now one win away from repeating as county champions in consecutive years. Earlier in the season when these two teams played, Oceanside flat out embarrassed Massapequa in game one of the series as they won by a score of 13-0. However, this wasn’t the case yesterday. Oceanside jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning courtesy of a Leo Alvarez RBI. He finished the day cashing in all 5 RBI for Oceanside. In the first inning, it seemed as if Brendan McFall was going to shut out Massapequa once again, as he struck out the first three batters...
Wantagh Continues to Roll; On Verge of Claiming Third Straight County Title
Our @DigmiNation Player of the Game is Anthony Fontana who fired a complete game allowing two runs and working out of a couple jams in Wantagh’s 5-2 victory over Division in Game 1 of the Nassau Class A Finals pic.twitter.com/HT0UZH7lsc — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2018 It starts with pitching and defense and for the past 12 games, that has been the recipe for the Wantagh Warriors (22-2). They have not lost since April 26 and remarkably haven’t yielded more than three runs during that period. Their ace, Anthony Fontana, fired another CG in the Warriors’ 5-2 victory over Division (20-5). He is now 9-1 o the season and 22-1 in his varsity career. He was backed by an offense that scored four runs in the first inning of Post-commit Nick Fressle; although it ...
Grillo’s Walk-off Homer sends Rocky Point to Class A Final
by Brett Goldstein The Eagles win 4-3, on a walkoff home run by Joe Grillo. pic.twitter.com/qJ9WHNLQ3c — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2018 With one swing of the bat, Joe Grillo sent Rocky Point to the Suffolk Class A Finals to face Shoreham-Wading River in a rematch of 2016 semifinals. Grillo is no stranger to big games. He’s been a key cog for the Eagles since he debuted on varsity. Saturday, he was in the same spot. A Rocky Point win would send them to the county championship, but a loss would mean elimination. Grillo went five innings allowing three runs on four hits and four walks, to go with six strikeouts, effectively keeping his team in the game. The first two innings were relatively quiet, with neither team able to muster up much offense. Sayville looked to ...
Eastport-South Manor Holds Off Connetquot; Advances to To First Class AA Final Since ’12
Eastport-South Manor is headed to the Suffolk Class AA Finals with a 3-2 victory ! pic.twitter.com/qfosu0J54T — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 25, 2018 Six years ago it was on this same field that the Eastport-South Manor Sharks had a chance to win a county championship against Connetquot. They had better fortunes this time around as they are now one step closer to accomplishing that feat. They held off Connetquot’s late rally to win 3-2 and they have a date with West Islip on Sunday. Starting pitcher Alex Doskoez was efficient and used his defense all game, striking out five batters in a complete game victory. He proved his mettle on a number of occasions, stranding runners in scoring position in the first, fifth and sixth innings and seventh innings; exemplifying the clas...
West Islip Runs Win Streak to 19; Advances to 3rd AA Final Since 2014
No. 2 West Islip brought their bats against No. 3 Commack as they defeated the Cougars and are moving on to the Suffolk Class AA Finals. They will be looking to claim their third AA title since 2014. They will enter the series with a 19-game win streak. The Lions beat Commack 10-2 on Friday thanks to 12 hits and a stellar pitching performance from starter Anthony Cinquemani who allowed just two runs en route to a complete game. These two schools met last year in the AA Finals but with a different outcome as last year Commack moved on to the Long Island Championship and this year it was West Islip’s turn to advance. West Islip got the scoring started right out of the gate as they scored two runs in the first inning off of Commack starter James Cardinale. The Hofstra-commit hit West Islip le...
Sayville Fights Off Elimination Against Rocky Point
Sayville forces another game against Rocky Point tomorrow after a 14-4 victory. Here’s Notre Dame-commit Brock Murtha on the win pic.twitter.com/lXgF03i8pR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 25, 2018 by Brett Goldstein Sayville, coming off of extra innings thriller against Southampton, clobbered Rocky Point on Friday, winning by a score of 14-4. Notre Dame-commit Brock Murtha had a strong day on the mound, going five strong innings, allowing only two runs with eight strikeouts. A sloppy first inning by Rocky Point resulted in Sayville taking a 2-0 lead. A leadoff walk was followed by a double, which led to Murtha being intentionally walked to load the bases. Jake Russo followed up with a hard ground ball to 3rd base, but an error allowed all runners to safely advance. The fol...
SWR Advances To Suffolk County Class-A Championship With 1-0 Win Over Miller Place
With a trip to the Suffolk County Class A Championship on the line Shoreham-Wading River senior right-hander Gabe Romano left it all on the field. The hard-throwing righty tossed a complete game one-hit shutout, while dicing up 13 batters and walking two. Romano earned the win after SWR’s offense produced just enough, winning the game 1-0. “It feels good, this was definitely a confidence booster moving into the county championship,” Romano said. “I know what I can do in the playoffs now so I’m definitely looking forward to helping the team win another county championship.” Once again the Wildcats squeezed by Miller Place, but this time instead of a walk off squeeze bunt SWR left the yard. In the fourth inning, after MP junior right-hander Tom Nealis struck out Ethan Baumack and TJ Wachter ...
Division Wins Thriller In the Battle of Levittown to Advance to Class A Finals
Diez fans Buchan to end it ! Division wins 6-4 and will face Wantagh for the Nassau Class A championship on Saturday ! pic.twitter.com/pHKo9zWlFj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 24, 2018 Colin Diez came on in relief during the fourth inning, wound up pitching the final 3.2 innings including a strikeout to end the ballgame in a 6-4 victory over rival MacArthur and send Division into the Nassau County Class A finals against Wantagh; a rematch of 2010. “We want revenge–we want it,” Diez said moments after he fanned Brandon Buchan to record the final out. It was Buchan who was lights-out in Monday’s 9-0 victory for MacArthur that put Division on the brink of elimination but they bounced back with consecutive victories with their backs firmly against the wall ...
Krzemienski Dazzles; Fans 14 As Commack Advances
Our @DigmiNation Players of the Game are Jake Krzemienski and James Cardinale following Commack’s 4-1 victory. They will look to end West Islip’s 17-game win streak tomorrow pic.twitter.com/UrN4lABQU5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 23, 2018 No. 3 Commack put up four runs in the first inning against Southern New Hampshire-commit Danny Owens and received a lights-out performance from LHP Jake Krzemienski, to defeat No. 6 Longwood, 4-1, to advance to the semifinals of Suffolk AA playoffs tomorrow against No. 2 West Islip. It was one of those days that when an opposing team had one opportunity to capitalize when a dominant pitcher was in a jam. That occurred in the top of the fourth with Longwood threatening against Commack ace Krzemienski. The red-hot Kyle Rausch smac...
Bay Shore’s Magical Run Ends, Falls to Connetquot Again
Our @DigmiNation Player of the Game: Matt Brown-Eiring, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs, along with one and a third innings of scoreless pitching to close out the game. pic.twitter.com/0WmyEkyk3x — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 23, 2018 Bay Shore (13-12) came into this year’s Suffolk AA playoffs as the 17th seed with seemingly low expectations. The Marauders made noise early, taking wins against top-ranked Smithtown East and #9 Connetquot (16-8). However, their unexpected success came to a halt this week. They lost their second matchup with Connetquot on Monday, then two teams played for a third time on Wednesday with a spot in the semi-finals on the line. The T-Birds were able to advance with a 5-1 victory. Pitching was the story of this game early. We saw a rematch...
Center Moriches Advances to Suffolk County Class B Championship After Defeating Mattituck, 7-4
The classic Suffolk County Class B playoff matchup between Center Moriches and Mattituck proved to be an action-packed two-day battle. Center Moriches hosted the game, as they are the No. 1 seed, and took care of business, winning 7-4. On Tuesday, the Red Devils and Tuckers only played two and a half innings. After a scoreless first the rain began to fall heavily. David Franchi started the game for the Red Devils. Despite the rain, the right-hander allowed just one run in the top half of the third, where the rain was coming down hard enough for the umpires to call the game after the half inning concluded. CM scored two runs in the second after third baseman David Falco led off the inning with a double over the center fielder’s head. He eventually came around to score after designated hitte...
Willix Sends Wantagh to Third Consecutive County Championship
Patrick Willix with the big fly for Wantagh! Wantagh takes a 5-3 lead in the top of the 8th off a 2-run blast to right center by Willix. pic.twitter.com/AiYdqGhXp7 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 23, 2018 The Wantagh Warriors entered enemy lines Wednesday looking to continue their historic run and with one swing of the bat off Patrick Willix, they are headed to their third consecutive Nassau County Class A Final. They did not get off to the start they were hoping for. Garden City starting pitcher Billy Duff was in a groove early getting through three innings while only allowing one hit. Wantagh starting pitcher Patrick Willix did not get off to as smooth of a start. In the first inning, he got into early trouble but escaped stranding runners on first and second. In the second in...
