Game Recap
April 13th Recap
12 Teams went to work on a beautiful Friday the 13th. Take a look at those who stepped up: Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra was defeated by Elon 2-1. John Rooney continued his amazing junior season by going seven innings, giving up zero runs and five hits. Hofstra tallied only two hits on the afternoon. A Garrett Stonehouse two-run double in the eighth proved to be the deciding factor in the loss. Hofstra drops to 14-12 on the season and 4-6 in conference play. Stony Brook: Stony Brook fell to Albany, 5-4. Albany jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning but the Sea Wolves fought back in the third, scoring three runs in the inning, one of them courtesy of a Michael Wilson single. Albany would gain the lead back in the following inning, and later padded on another run in the fifth and ...
March 30 Recap
A busy Good Friday on the island for baseball. 10 teams were in action, here’s how they fared: Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra defeated Towson, 11-0, on Friday. John Rooney improved to 4-0 on the season, going seven strong innings and giving up just two hits. The Pride pounded out 11 hits on the afternoon. Catcher Matt Siedem went 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs and one double. With the win, the Pride improve to 12-6 on the season and 2-2 in conference play. Fordham: Fordham defeated Manhattan 8-3. The Rams started the game hot, scoring six runs in the first two innings. Leadoff hitter Billy Godrick had a two-run single in the second to help extend the lead. Right fielder Alvin Melendez had an impressive day at the plate, knocking three hits and scoring two runs. Reiss Knehr threw six innings of no...
Sam Kessler Outduels Sal Zafonte in Playoff Thriller
by Vinny Messana When two great pitchers are on the top of their game, it usually takes some late-game heroics to win it. That’s exactly what happened. George Rainer hit a sac-fly in the ninth inning to give Mount Sinai a 2-1 win over Sal Zafonte and Sayville. James Sarno made a tremendous play in the center field to end a threat in the ninth inning and eighth grader Paul Gomes threw out the potential game-winning run at the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning. Mount Sinai’s ace, Sam Kessler, fired the full nine-innings and continued his masterful season with 12 strikeouts and one unearned run. He now has six wins, and has allowed only four ER over 51.1 IP with 78 Ks and only 23 hits and nine walks. He is committed to West Virginia in the fall but there has been recent ch...
LIU Post Drops DH Against Limestone
LIU Post was the first Long Island team to kick off the 2016 season. It began in disappointing fashion, as they dropped both games of a double header to Limestone College in Gaffney, SC. In Game 1, Big Game Jake DeCarli got the call. He cruised through the first two frames–as he often does. The Pioneers got him a run to work with in their half of the second on a bases loaded walk by Matt Bowers. Unfortunately, it was not DeCarli’s best day. He allowed runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings, before being lifted in favor of Dillon Burke. The Pioneers did not mount any more offense after the second inning, and only compiled five hits in the seven inning game–one by five separate players. They fell 4-1 in a brisk 1:44 game. The ball went to co-ace Dan Jagiello is Game 2....
Matz Outdueled by Kershaw, Mets Face Do-Or-Die Game 5
In front of a raucous home crowd and many of his friends and family, Steven Matz had the opportunity to pitch his New York Mets to the NLCS for the first time since 2006. Unfortunately, the man opposing him was the reigning NL MVP and three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw. The Mets were defeated 3-1, with Matz suffering his first big league loss–although it will not count towards the official stats due to it being the postseason. Matz hadn’t pitched in a game since September 23 against the Cincinnati Reds but he was sharp early. He struck out leadoff batter Enrique Hernandez on a nasty 81 MPH curveball. He induced a weak fly ball off the bat of Howie Kendrick before coaxing a weak grounder from Adrian Gonzalez. His fastball was touching 96 MPH with movement and his change ...
