Brendan Dowd
Fall Ball Series: NYIT
Brendan Dowd (East Islip 2016) will be moving to the outfield and expected to produce runs pic.twitter.com/S2ddLzk9Dx — Axcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) September 26, 2017 The “Battle of the Boulevard” has long been the name of the sports rivalry between NYIT and LIU Post. Until this year, however, baseball was not a part of that conversation as they did not compete in the East Coast Conference (ECC). “The reclassification is a great opportunity,” said Head Coach Bob Malvagna, who will be entering his fifth season at the helm. “The ECC has tremendous programs and I’m very impressed with the coaches in the conference. They’re all working hard to build programs just like we are. It’s a very big positive,” he added. Regarding the ...
Ninth Inning Dooms NYIT
All eyes were on Elias Martinez today at Angelo Lorenzo Memorial Field. The big RHP impressed all the scouts on hand with a dynamite fastball and a big curveball that produced seven strikeouts while allowing only three hits over 8.1 IP. It was what happened after he left, though, that resulted in a 6-2 loss at the hands of Sacred Heart University. “I thought he commanded the zone well,” said pitching coach Al Sontag. “He had all the stuff working–he got ahead of batters. He went into the ninth inning with under 90 pitches, we wanted to give him a chance to try and get a ‘W’, but once he got over 100 pitches I thought it was time to get him out. He made one bad pitch all day.” The Bears took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a ...
Casey Krebs Goes the Distance to Improve East Islip to 6-1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX3A94m9Xg] It took just one hour and 40 minutes for Casey Krebs and the East Islip Red Men to defeat the Centereach Cougars 6-2 today.“I like to keep the defense not on their heels,” said Krebs. “I always like to keep them on their toes,” he added.Krebs, who won his second game of the season, pounded the strike zone all day and limited the Cougar offense to only four hits and was charged with one ER. He did walk the lead off batter on four pitches, but had no issues working ahead after that. He was not over powering, but consistently got ahead with fastballs on the outside corner while using his change up and curveball to expand the zone. The Red Men took the lead right away, when the lead off man walked, the next hitter b...
