Farmingdale State baseball
Farmingdale to Host Skyline Tournament after Doubleheader Sweep Over Mount St. Mary
Farmingdale grabs another shutout doubleheader to grab the regular season Skyline Conference Championship Final: Farmingdale 6, Mount St. Mary 0 WP: Matt Constantine (7 IP, 0BB, 3 K) pic.twitter.com/JMd9dH0O4b Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 29, 2018 Farmingdale State secured the No. 1 seed in the Skyline Conference Tournament on Sunday, sweeping Mount St. Mary behind some dominating pitching with wins of 3-0 and 6-0. Needing a sweep to come in first, the Rams turned to senior LHP David Otero Jr. in the first game and were rewarded with 6.2 scoreless innings and 3 strikeouts. With the win, his record improves to 4-1. The Knights nearly scored first in the third inning after Jack Goodwins leadoff double. Nick Rizzo knocked a single into centerfield and Goodwin rounde...
Farmingdale Splits Crucial Double Header On Senior Day
After nearly blowing an eight-run lead, Farmingdale hung on to defeat Maritime 10-8 in game one of the double header on senior day. On a day in which nine seniors were recognized for their Farmingdale careers, it quickly turned into a slugfest for the Rams. Maritime starter Dylan Clausen entered the day 4-0 on the season, but lasted only 1.1 innings after Farmingdale tagged him for eight hits and six runs. Ernie Geraci got the first RBI of the game and ultimately got the momentum going for the Rams. A throwing error by Clausen, a passed ball and an RBI single by Nicholas Soriano made it 3-0 in the first inning for Farmingdale. The Rams went back to work in the second, with Geraci knocking his second single through the right side for another RBI. A walk to Anthony Gigante put them up 5-0, f...
16 Shutout Innings lead Farmingdale to Sweep of St. Joe’s
David Otero on what worked for him this afternoon pic.twitter.com/xyhZQmipo9 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 15, 2018 Farmingdale State slid into second place in the Skyline conference on Sunday afternoon, completely dominating St Josephs (L.I) in 16 shutout innings at home. The Rams took the first game, 6-0, and won a 7-inning second game, 2-0, on a windy day that head coach Keith Osik said was not baseball weather obviously. Senior LHP David Otero Jr. took the mound for Farmingdale in game one and looked sharp, throwing 7.1 strong innings, striking out 10 and allowing only three hits. My changeup was my go-to pitch, Otero said. I was just trying to get ahead and get my breaking ball and changeup over. With the victory, Otero mov...
April 14 Recap
On a gorgeous day for baseball, teams in our coverage area played a bevy of exciting double-headers, highlighted by four different walk-off victories. Division-I: Stony Brook: The Seawolves were swept in a double-header against Albany University, dropping the first game 16-4 before losing 4-3 in the second. Albany raced out to a massive lead early in the first game after scoring 8 runs in the third inning and 6 in the fourth. The Danes tee’d off against Stony Brook starter Bret Clarke and reliever Teddy Rodliff as all nine hitters cashed in with at least 1 RBI. The second game was a lot more competitive as Stony Brook jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning before Albany struck back with three runs in the second inning. Stony Brook managed to tie the game up at 3-3 in the seventh inni...
Farmingdale State Confident In Return Back to the Top
It’s been four years since Michael Dolce recorded a 2.1 inning save over Old Westbury to clinch the seventh consecutive Skyline Conference for the Farmingdale State Rams. Since then, the conference championship has eluded them, despite playing in the championship game in 2015 and ’16. The 2018 team opens up on Sunday, as they host New Rochelle in a DH and they are ready to roll. Their leading hitter from last year, OF Vinny Rice (.413/.488/.541) cited the team’s camaraderie as a reason for their optimism entering the new season. “I love this group,” he said. “We are close-knit group, close-knit bunch of guys. We have a lot of good ball players too–a lot of guys that are going to fly under-the-radar.” Speaking on their roster composition, he f...
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