{"id":42400,"date":"2019-07-15T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/?p=42400"},"modified":"2019-07-15T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T12:04:15","slug":"riverhead-tomcats-take-game-1-tie-in-game-2-over-li-road-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2019\/07\/15\/riverhead-tomcats-take-game-1-tie-in-game-2-over-li-road-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverhead Tomcats Take Game 1, Tie in Game 2 over LI Road Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Riverhead Tomcats<\/strong> came away with a win and a tie in Sunday\u2019s doubleheader against the <strong>Long Island Road Warriors<\/strong> in two seven inning games. With seven games remaining for both teams in the 2019 HCBL season, the Tomcats are 23-8-2 in first place, and the Road Warriors are 10-21-2 in seventh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42395 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/749477E0-485D-4ABE-B021-79C3FAA700BC-232x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/749477E0-485D-4ABE-B021-79C3FAA700BC-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/749477E0-485D-4ABE-B021-79C3FAA700BC.jpeg 494w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 232px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 232\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>GAME 1<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverhead defeated Long Island 7-6 in game one, on the road at Bellport High School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Island\u2019s <\/span><b>Anthony Jacabacci<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the University of Bridgeport got the start on the mound and fired three innings, giving up five runs on three hits with four walks. <\/span><b>Jacabacci<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gave up a leadoff single to UMass Lowell\u2019s <\/span><b>Rob Gallagher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who then stole second. <\/span><b>Jacabacci<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> walked the next two batters and with the bases loaded and nobody out, Penn catcher <\/span><b>Andrew Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, scoring <\/span><b>Gallagher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the first run of the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Connor Morrisroe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Albany got the nod for Riverhead. He threw two and two thirds giving up three runs on five hits. He gave up a leadoff ground rule double to <\/span><b>Jake Guercio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Fordham) but worked around it to keep Long Island off the board in the first. It wasn\u2019t until the bottom of the second that the Road Warriors would tie the game. Shortstop <\/span><b>David Soto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled and stole second, then advanced on a <\/span><b>Jack Ryan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Adelphi) single. Iona outfielder <\/span><b>Dan Palermo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice, scoring<\/span><b> Soto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tying the game at one after two innings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40053 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/all-pro-1-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/258;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Jacabacci <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">walked two Riverhead batters in the third before giving up a two out, two run single to <\/span><b>Andrew Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the third, Long Island answered back with two runs of their own. Queens College outfielder <\/span><b>Eric Roubal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> walked, followed by Suffolk outfielder <\/span><b>Jake Ford\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> single. <\/span><b>Roubal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Ford<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> swiped third and second respectively leading to Rutgers\u2019 <\/span><b>Miles Kelly\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sac fly, scoring <\/span><b>Roubal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Later in the inning, <\/span><b>Palermo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled in <\/span><b>Ford<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with two outs to tie the game, ending <\/span><b>Morrisroe\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">time on the mound. <\/span><b>Alex Doskoez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of NYIT came to the mound and was able to finish the inning with the game still tied at three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UC Santa Barbara\u2019s <\/span><b>Jarred Greene<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was hit by a pitch to begin the fourth inning for Riverhead. He stole second, and then scored on <\/span><b>Bryce Wallace\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Louisiana Tech) single. That ended the game for <\/span><b>Jacabacci<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and he was relieved by Cortland\u2019s <\/span><b>Mike Hennessy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After striking out his first batter, Hennessy gave up a two run homer to left field to <\/span><b>Brian Morrell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Notre Dame, pushing the Riverhead lead to 6-3 in the fourth. <\/span><b>Hennessy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">settled down and retired two of the next three batters to get out of the inning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40079 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/strength-heals-jpeg-1-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/strength-heals-jpeg-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/strength-heals-jpeg-1-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/strength-heals-jpeg-1-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/strength-heals-jpeg-1-800x582.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/strength-heals-jpeg-1.jpg 1267w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/218;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Alex Doskoez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fared very well in the middle innings. He retired seven straight batters before the bottom of the sixth. He gave up two straight singles to Palermo and Daytona State\u2019s Chad Pike. <\/span><b>Doskoez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> settled down and retired the next two batters before <\/span><b>Eric Roubal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took the HCBL home run lead to himself, with a three run blast, his sixth of the year, tying the game at six in the bottom of the sixth. NYIT\u2019s <\/span><b>Joseph Murphy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came on to relieve <\/span><b>Doskoez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and he struck out his first batter to end the sixth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jared Restmeyer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (St Rose) who had pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for Long Island, came back on for the seventh inning. After recording the first out of the inning, he gave up a single to <\/span><b>Andrew Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a double <\/span><b>to Louis Antos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Queens) before he was taken out. With one out, runners on second and third, Penn\u2019s <\/span><b>Drake Eggleston<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came to the mound. The first batter he faced, <\/span><b>Jarred Greene<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, flew out to deep right field, scoring <\/span><b>Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and giving Riverhead the 7-6 lead. <\/span><b>Eggleston<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> retired the next batter on a ground ball, ending the inning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40078 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/max-effort-baseball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/max-effort-baseball.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/max-effort-baseball-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/max-effort-baseball-100x100.jpg 100w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Murphy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came back to the mound, up one run in the bottom of the seventh. He struck out his first batter, but walked <\/span><b>Soto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Jack Ryan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before he was taken out of the game. Umass Lowell\u2019s <\/span><b>Josh Becker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came to the mound looking for the two out save. With the tying run on second, and winning run on first and just one out, <\/span><b>Becker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recorded a strikeout and a groundball to first to pick up the save, with the 7-6 Riverhead victory. <\/span><b>Joe Murphy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> got the win, and <\/span><b>Jared Restmeyer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the loss in game one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A game 2 tie, 3-3 between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RHTomcats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RHTomcats<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LIRoadWarriors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LIRoadWarriors<\/a> in 8 innings of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamptonsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HamptonsLeague<\/a> action. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattytredeuce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mattytredeuce<\/a> spoke to Nick DeSalvo after his spot relief appearance for Riverhead. Tonight\u2019s interview has been brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hamptoncoffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hamptoncoffee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDQ8pukcbO\">pic.twitter.com\/MDQ8pukcbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1150563574575783940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>GAME 2<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairdield\u2019s <\/span><b>Tristan Amone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> got the start for Long Island in game two. He gave up two runs on six hits, while striking out five in five innings of work. In the top of the first, the only damage was a two out single for <\/span><b>Andrew Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Coletan Reitan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Wesleyan toed the rubber to begin the bottom half of the first. He finished six innings giving up three runs on six hits, punching out seven. He gave up a leadoff single to <\/span><b>Jake Guercio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but he was erased on a double play, and <\/span><b>Reitan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was able to pitch to the minimum in the bottom of the first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both starters gave up just one more hit each in the second, before things got going in the third. Riverhead Catcher <\/span><b>Dan Fallacaro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sacred Heart) lead off the top of the third with a single to left, followed by a walk to <\/span><b>Rob Gallagher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After <\/span><b>Amone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> struckout <\/span><b>Tom Papadopoulos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled for the second time in as many at bats to load the bases with one out. <\/span><b>Louis Antos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled in <\/span><b>Fallacaro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before <\/span><b>Bryce Wallace<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> walked with the bases loaded to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35232 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LI_JrDucks_color.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridgeport\u2019s <\/span><b>Joey Grillo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled to right to begin the bottom of the third for Long Island. The next batter, <\/span><b>Chad Pike<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was hit by a pitch. <\/span><b>Guercio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> advanced the runner with a groundball to the right side before Molloy\u2019s <\/span><b>Jake McCarthy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled in both runs to tie the game. He scored three batters later on <\/span><b>Soto\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> double to left field, giving Long Island a 3-2 lead after three innings in game two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both starting pitchers fired scoreless fourth and fifth innings, and Long Island took their 3-2 lead into the top of the sixth. <\/span><b>Andrew Marra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of William and Mary relieved <\/span><b>Tristan Amone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to begin the sixth inning for the Road Warriors. After setting down his first batter, <\/span><b>Marra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gave up a solo home run to <\/span><b>Markell Graham<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of East Tennessee State, tying the game at three. <\/span><b>Marra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked around a <\/span><b>Noah Centeno<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sacred Heart) pinch hit single to exit the top of the sixth with the game tied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coleton Reitan finished his outing firing a hitless sixth inning, sending the game into the final inning of regulation, tied at three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Island sent <\/span><b>Dylan Hughes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Queens College to the mound in the top of the seventh. <\/span><b>Hughes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plunked the first two batters he faced, <\/span><b>Hernandez and Antos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Jared Greene<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> followed it up with a single to right field, but defensive replacement <\/span><b>Dan Palermo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fired a strike to home plate to retire <\/span><b>Hernandez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, keeping the game tied. <\/span><b>Hughes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recorded a strikeout, and induced a pop fly to shortstop to end the seventh tied at three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35275 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverhead sent LIU\u2019s <\/span><b>Nick DeSalvo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the mound in the seventh. <\/span><b>DeSalvo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. Hamptons League rules allow one extra inning before a tie game is called.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dylan Hughes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, back for his second inning, got two quick outs <\/span><b>before Rob Gallagher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> singled. <\/span><b>Gallagher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the HCBL steals leader at 30 was picked off at first base by <\/span><b>Hughes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to end the inning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomcat reliever <\/span><b>DeSalvo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth, ending the game in a 3-3 tie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverhead, 23-8-2, is now officially one and a half games ahead of the Westhampton Aviators for first place with seven games left in the regular season. The Road Warriors, 10-21-2, are two full games behind the North Fork Ospreys for the fifth seed, which would play the fourth seed in the wild card game on July 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Long Island will host the Aviators tomorrow night, July 15<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 5pm. The Riverhead Tomcats will also be playing at 5pm, hosting the North Fork Ospreys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Riverhead Tomcats came away with a win and a tie in Sunday\u2019s doubleheader against the Long Island Road Warriors in two seven inning games. With seven games remaining for both teams in the 2019 HCBL season, the Tomcats are 23-8-2 in first place, and the Road Warriors are 10-21-2 in seventh.\u00a0 GAME 1 Riverhead defeated Long Island 7-6 in game one, on the road at Bellport High School.\u00a0 Long Island\u2019s Anthony Jacabacci of the University of Bridgeport got the start on the mound and fired three innings, giving up five runs on three hits with four walks. Jacabacci gave up a leadoff single to UMass Lowell\u2019s Rob Gallagher, who then stole second. Jacabacci walked the next two batters and with the bases loaded and nobody out, Penn catcher Andrew Hernandez grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, scoring Gallagher for the first run of the game.\u00a0 Connor Morrisroe of Albany got the nod for Riverhead. He threw two and two thirds giving up three runs on five hits. He gave up a leadoff ground rule double to Jake Guercio (Fordham) but worked around it to keep Long Island off the board in the first. It wasn\u2019t until the bottom of the second that the Road Warriors would tie the game. Shortstop David Soto singled and stole second, then advanced on a Jack Ryan (Adelphi) single. Iona outfielder Dan Palermo grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice, scoring Soto tying the game at one after two innings.\u00a0 Jacabacci walked two Riverhead batters in the third before giving up a two out, two run single to Andrew Hernandez to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the third, Long Island answered back with two runs of their own. Queens College outfielder Eric Roubal walked, followed by Suffolk outfielder Jake Ford\u2019s single. Roubal and Ford swiped third and second respectively leading to Rutgers\u2019 Miles Kelly\u2019s sac fly, scoring Roubal. Later in the inning, Palermo singled in Ford with two outs to tie the game, ending Morrisroe\u2019s time on the mound. Alex Doskoez of NYIT came to the mound and was able to finish the inning with the game still tied at three. UC Santa Barbara\u2019s Jarred Greene was hit by a pitch to begin the fourth inning for Riverhead. He stole second, and then scored on Bryce Wallace\u2019s (Louisiana Tech) single. That ended the game for Jacabacci, and he was relieved by Cortland\u2019s Mike Hennessy. After striking out his first batter, Hennessy gave up a two run homer to left field to Brian Morrell of Notre Dame, pushing the Riverhead lead to 6-3 in the fourth. Hennessy settled down and retired two of the next three batters to get out of the inning.\u00a0 Alex Doskoez fared very well in the middle innings. He retired seven straight batters before the bottom of the sixth. He gave up two straight singles to Palermo and Daytona State\u2019s Chad Pike. Doskoez settled down and retired the next two batters before Eric Roubal took the HCBL home run lead to himself, with a three run blast, his sixth of the year, tying the game at six in the bottom of the sixth. NYIT\u2019s Joseph Murphy came on to relieve Doskoez and he struck out his first batter to end the sixth.\u00a0 Jared Restmeyer (St Rose) who had pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for Long Island, came back on for the seventh inning. After recording the first out of the inning, he gave up a single to Andrew Hernandez, and a double to Louis Antos (Queens) before he was taken out. With one out, runners on second and third, Penn\u2019s Drake Eggleston came to the mound. The first batter he faced, Jarred Greene, flew out to deep right field, scoring Hernandez and giving Riverhead the 7-6 lead. Eggleston retired the next batter on a ground ball, ending the inning.\u00a0 Joe Murphy came back to the mound, up one run in the bottom of the seventh. He struck out his first batter, but walked Soto and Jack Ryan before he was taken out of the game. Umass Lowell\u2019s Josh Becker came to the mound looking for the two out save. With the tying run on second, and winning run on first and just one out, Becker recorded a strikeout and a groundball to first to pick up the save, with the 7-6 Riverhead victory. Joe Murphy got the win, and Jared Restmeyer received the loss in game one.\u00a0 A game 2 tie, 3-3 between @RHTomcats and the @LIRoadWarriors in 8 innings of @HamptonsLeague action. @mattytredeuce spoke to Nick DeSalvo after his spot relief appearance for Riverhead. Tonight\u2019s interview has been brought to you by @hamptoncoffee pic.twitter.com\/MDQ8pukcbO \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 15, 2019 GAME 2 Fairdield\u2019s Tristan Amone got the start for Long Island in game two. He gave up two runs on six hits, while striking out five in five innings of work. In the top of the first, the only damage was a two out single for Andrew Hernandez.\u00a0 Coletan Reitan of Wesleyan toed the rubber to begin the bottom half of the first. He finished six innings giving up three runs on six hits, punching out seven. He gave up a leadoff single to Jake Guercio, but he was erased on a double play, and Reitan was able to pitch to the minimum in the bottom of the first.\u00a0 Both starters gave up just one more hit each in the second, before things got going in the third. Riverhead Catcher Dan Fallacaro (Sacred Heart) lead off the top of the third with a single to left, followed by a walk to Rob Gallagher. After Amone struckout Tom Papadopoulos, Hernandez singled for the second time in as many at bats to load the bases with one out. Louis Antos singled in Fallacaro, before Bryce Wallace walked with the bases loaded to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning. Bridgeport\u2019s Joey Grillo singled to right to begin the bottom of the third for Long Island. The next batter, Chad Pike, was hit by a pitch. Guercio advanced the runner with a groundball to the right side before Molloy\u2019s Jake McCarthy singled in both runs to tie the game. He scored three batters later on Soto\u2019s double to left field, giving Long Island a 3-2 lead after three innings in game two. Both starting pitchers fired scoreless fourth and fifth innings, and Long Island took their 3-2 lead into the top of the sixth. Andrew Marra of William and Mary relieved Tristan Amone to begin the sixth inning for the Road Warriors. After setting down his first batter, Marra gave up a solo home run to Markell Graham of East Tennessee State, tying the game at three. Marra worked around a Noah Centeno (Sacred Heart) pinch hit single to exit the top of the sixth with the game tied.\u00a0 Coleton Reitan finished his outing firing a hitless sixth inning, sending the game into the final inning of regulation, tied at three.\u00a0 Long Island sent Dylan Hughes of Queens College to the mound in the top of the seventh. Hughes plunked the first two batters he faced, Hernandez and Antos. Jared Greene followed it up with a single to right field, but defensive replacement Dan Palermo fired a strike to home plate to retire Hernandez, keeping the game tied. Hughes recorded a strikeout, and induced a pop fly to shortstop to end the seventh tied at three.\u00a0 Riverhead sent LIU\u2019s Nick DeSalvo to the mound in the seventh. DeSalvo fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. Hamptons League rules allow one extra inning before a tie game is called.\u00a0 Dylan Hughes, back for his second inning, got two quick outs before Rob Gallagher singled. Gallagher, the HCBL steals leader at 30 was picked off at first base by Hughes to end the inning.\u00a0 Tomcat reliever DeSalvo struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth, ending the game in a 3-3 tie.\u00a0 Riverhead, 23-8-2, is now officially one and a half games ahead of the Westhampton Aviators for first place with seven games left in the regular season. The Road Warriors, 10-21-2, are two full games behind the North Fork Ospreys for the fifth seed, which would play the fourth seed in the wild card game on July 24th. Long Island will host the Aviators tomorrow night, July 15th, at 5pm. 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With seven games remaining for both teams in the 2019 HCBL season, the Tomcats are 23-8-2 in first place, and the Road Warriors are 10-21-2 in seventh.\u00a0 GAME 1 Riverhead defeated Long Island 7-6 in game one, on the road at Bellport High School.\u00a0 Long Island\u2019s Anthony Jacabacci of the University of Bridgeport got the start on the mound and fired three innings, giving up five runs on three hits with four walks. Jacabacci gave up a leadoff single to UMass Lowell\u2019s Rob Gallagher, who then stole second. Jacabacci walked the next two batters and with the bases loaded and nobody out, Penn catcher Andrew Hernandez grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, scoring Gallagher for the first run of the game.\u00a0 Connor Morrisroe of Albany got the nod for Riverhead. He threw two and two thirds giving up three runs on five hits. He gave up a leadoff ground rule double to Jake Guercio (Fordham) but worked around it to keep Long Island off the board in the first. It wasn\u2019t until the bottom of the second that the Road Warriors would tie the game. Shortstop David Soto singled and stole second, then advanced on a Jack Ryan (Adelphi) single. Iona outfielder Dan Palermo grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice, scoring Soto tying the game at one after two innings.\u00a0 Jacabacci walked two Riverhead batters in the third before giving up a two out, two run single to Andrew Hernandez to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the third, Long Island answered back with two runs of their own. Queens College outfielder Eric Roubal walked, followed by Suffolk outfielder Jake Ford\u2019s single. Roubal and Ford swiped third and second respectively leading to Rutgers\u2019 Miles Kelly\u2019s sac fly, scoring Roubal. Later in the inning, Palermo singled in Ford with two outs to tie the game, ending Morrisroe\u2019s time on the mound. Alex Doskoez of NYIT came to the mound and was able to finish the inning with the game still tied at three. UC Santa Barbara\u2019s Jarred Greene was hit by a pitch to begin the fourth inning for Riverhead. He stole second, and then scored on Bryce Wallace\u2019s (Louisiana Tech) single. That ended the game for Jacabacci, and he was relieved by Cortland\u2019s Mike Hennessy. After striking out his first batter, Hennessy gave up a two run homer to left field to Brian Morrell of Notre Dame, pushing the Riverhead lead to 6-3 in the fourth. Hennessy settled down and retired two of the next three batters to get out of the inning.\u00a0 Alex Doskoez fared very well in the middle innings. He retired seven straight batters before the bottom of the sixth. He gave up two straight singles to Palermo and Daytona State\u2019s Chad Pike. Doskoez settled down and retired the next two batters before Eric Roubal took the HCBL home run lead to himself, with a three run blast, his sixth of the year, tying the game at six in the bottom of the sixth. NYIT\u2019s Joseph Murphy came on to relieve Doskoez and he struck out his first batter to end the sixth.\u00a0 Jared Restmeyer (St Rose) who had pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for Long Island, came back on for the seventh inning. After recording the first out of the inning, he gave up a single to Andrew Hernandez, and a double to Louis Antos (Queens) before he was taken out. With one out, runners on second and third, Penn\u2019s Drake Eggleston came to the mound. The first batter he faced, Jarred Greene, flew out to deep right field, scoring Hernandez and giving Riverhead the 7-6 lead. Eggleston retired the next batter on a ground ball, ending the inning.\u00a0 Joe Murphy came back to the mound, up one run in the bottom of the seventh. He struck out his first batter, but walked Soto and Jack Ryan before he was taken out of the game. Umass Lowell\u2019s Josh Becker came to the mound looking for the two out save. With the tying run on second, and winning run on first and just one out, Becker recorded a strikeout and a groundball to first to pick up the save, with the 7-6 Riverhead victory. Joe Murphy got the win, and Jared Restmeyer received the loss in game one.\u00a0 A game 2 tie, 3-3 between @RHTomcats and the @LIRoadWarriors in 8 innings of @HamptonsLeague action. @mattytredeuce spoke to Nick DeSalvo after his spot relief appearance for Riverhead. Tonight\u2019s interview has been brought to you by @hamptoncoffee pic.twitter.com\/MDQ8pukcbO \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 15, 2019 GAME 2 Fairdield\u2019s Tristan Amone got the start for Long Island in game two. He gave up two runs on six hits, while striking out five in five innings of work. In the top of the first, the only damage was a two out single for Andrew Hernandez.\u00a0 Coletan Reitan of Wesleyan toed the rubber to begin the bottom half of the first. He finished six innings giving up three runs on six hits, punching out seven. He gave up a leadoff single to Jake Guercio, but he was erased on a double play, and Reitan was able to pitch to the minimum in the bottom of the first.\u00a0 Both starters gave up just one more hit each in the second, before things got going in the third. Riverhead Catcher Dan Fallacaro (Sacred Heart) lead off the top of the third with a single to left, followed by a walk to Rob Gallagher. After Amone struckout Tom Papadopoulos, Hernandez singled for the second time in as many at bats to load the bases with one out. Louis Antos singled in Fallacaro, before Bryce Wallace walked with the bases loaded to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning. Bridgeport\u2019s Joey Grillo singled to right to begin the bottom of the third for Long Island. The next batter, Chad Pike, was hit by a pitch. Guercio advanced the runner with a groundball to the right side before Molloy\u2019s Jake McCarthy singled in both runs to tie the game. He scored three batters later on Soto\u2019s double to left field, giving Long Island a 3-2 lead after three innings in game two. Both starting pitchers fired scoreless fourth and fifth innings, and Long Island took their 3-2 lead into the top of the sixth. Andrew Marra of William and Mary relieved Tristan Amone to begin the sixth inning for the Road Warriors. After setting down his first batter, Marra gave up a solo home run to Markell Graham of East Tennessee State, tying the game at three. Marra worked around a Noah Centeno (Sacred Heart) pinch hit single to exit the top of the sixth with the game tied.\u00a0 Coleton Reitan finished his outing firing a hitless sixth inning, sending the game into the final inning of regulation, tied at three.\u00a0 Long Island sent Dylan Hughes of Queens College to the mound in the top of the seventh. Hughes plunked the first two batters he faced, Hernandez and Antos. Jared Greene followed it up with a single to right field, but defensive replacement Dan Palermo fired a strike to home plate to retire Hernandez, keeping the game tied. Hughes recorded a strikeout, and induced a pop fly to shortstop to end the seventh tied at three.\u00a0 Riverhead sent LIU\u2019s Nick DeSalvo to the mound in the seventh. DeSalvo fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. Hamptons League rules allow one extra inning before a tie game is called.\u00a0 Dylan Hughes, back for his second inning, got two quick outs before Rob Gallagher singled. Gallagher, the HCBL steals leader at 30 was picked off at first base by Hughes to end the inning.\u00a0 Tomcat reliever DeSalvo struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth, ending the game in a 3-3 tie.\u00a0 Riverhead, 23-8-2, is now officially one and a half games ahead of the Westhampton Aviators for first place with seven games left in the regular season. The Road Warriors, 10-21-2, are two full games behind the North Fork Ospreys for the fifth seed, which would play the fourth seed in the wild card game on July 24th. Long Island will host the Aviators tomorrow night, July 15th, at 5pm. 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With seven games remaining for both teams in the 2019 HCBL season, the Tomcats are 23-8-2 in first place, and the Road Warriors are 10-21-2 in seventh.\u00a0 GAME 1 Riverhead defeated Long Island 7-6 in game one, on the road at Bellport High School.\u00a0 Long Island\u2019s Anthony Jacabacci of the University of Bridgeport got the start on the mound and fired three innings, giving up five runs on three hits with four walks. Jacabacci gave up a leadoff single to UMass Lowell\u2019s Rob Gallagher, who then stole second. Jacabacci walked the next two batters and with the bases loaded and nobody out, Penn catcher Andrew Hernandez grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, scoring Gallagher for the first run of the game.\u00a0 Connor Morrisroe of Albany got the nod for Riverhead. He threw two and two thirds giving up three runs on five hits. He gave up a leadoff ground rule double to Jake Guercio (Fordham) but worked around it to keep Long Island off the board in the first. It wasn\u2019t until the bottom of the second that the Road Warriors would tie the game. Shortstop David Soto singled and stole second, then advanced on a Jack Ryan (Adelphi) single. Iona outfielder Dan Palermo grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice, scoring Soto tying the game at one after two innings.\u00a0 Jacabacci walked two Riverhead batters in the third before giving up a two out, two run single to Andrew Hernandez to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the third, Long Island answered back with two runs of their own. Queens College outfielder Eric Roubal walked, followed by Suffolk outfielder Jake Ford\u2019s single. Roubal and Ford swiped third and second respectively leading to Rutgers\u2019 Miles Kelly\u2019s sac fly, scoring Roubal. Later in the inning, Palermo singled in Ford with two outs to tie the game, ending Morrisroe\u2019s time on the mound. Alex Doskoez of NYIT came to the mound and was able to finish the inning with the game still tied at three. UC Santa Barbara\u2019s Jarred Greene was hit by a pitch to begin the fourth inning for Riverhead. He stole second, and then scored on Bryce Wallace\u2019s (Louisiana Tech) single. That ended the game for Jacabacci, and he was relieved by Cortland\u2019s Mike Hennessy. After striking out his first batter, Hennessy gave up a two run homer to left field to Brian Morrell of Notre Dame, pushing the Riverhead lead to 6-3 in the fourth. Hennessy settled down and retired two of the next three batters to get out of the inning.\u00a0 Alex Doskoez fared very well in the middle innings. He retired seven straight batters before the bottom of the sixth. He gave up two straight singles to Palermo and Daytona State\u2019s Chad Pike. Doskoez settled down and retired the next two batters before Eric Roubal took the HCBL home run lead to himself, with a three run blast, his sixth of the year, tying the game at six in the bottom of the sixth. NYIT\u2019s Joseph Murphy came on to relieve Doskoez and he struck out his first batter to end the sixth.\u00a0 Jared Restmeyer (St Rose) who had pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for Long Island, came back on for the seventh inning. After recording the first out of the inning, he gave up a single to Andrew Hernandez, and a double to Louis Antos (Queens) before he was taken out. With one out, runners on second and third, Penn\u2019s Drake Eggleston came to the mound. The first batter he faced, Jarred Greene, flew out to deep right field, scoring Hernandez and giving Riverhead the 7-6 lead. Eggleston retired the next batter on a ground ball, ending the inning.\u00a0 Joe Murphy came back to the mound, up one run in the bottom of the seventh. He struck out his first batter, but walked Soto and Jack Ryan before he was taken out of the game. Umass Lowell\u2019s Josh Becker came to the mound looking for the two out save. With the tying run on second, and winning run on first and just one out, Becker recorded a strikeout and a groundball to first to pick up the save, with the 7-6 Riverhead victory. Joe Murphy got the win, and Jared Restmeyer received the loss in game one.\u00a0 A game 2 tie, 3-3 between @RHTomcats and the @LIRoadWarriors in 8 innings of @HamptonsLeague action. @mattytredeuce spoke to Nick DeSalvo after his spot relief appearance for Riverhead. Tonight\u2019s interview has been brought to you by @hamptoncoffee pic.twitter.com\/MDQ8pukcbO \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 15, 2019 GAME 2 Fairdield\u2019s Tristan Amone got the start for Long Island in game two. He gave up two runs on six hits, while striking out five in five innings of work. In the top of the first, the only damage was a two out single for Andrew Hernandez.\u00a0 Coletan Reitan of Wesleyan toed the rubber to begin the bottom half of the first. He finished six innings giving up three runs on six hits, punching out seven. He gave up a leadoff single to Jake Guercio, but he was erased on a double play, and Reitan was able to pitch to the minimum in the bottom of the first.\u00a0 Both starters gave up just one more hit each in the second, before things got going in the third. Riverhead Catcher Dan Fallacaro (Sacred Heart) lead off the top of the third with a single to left, followed by a walk to Rob Gallagher. After Amone struckout Tom Papadopoulos, Hernandez singled for the second time in as many at bats to load the bases with one out. Louis Antos singled in Fallacaro, before Bryce Wallace walked with the bases loaded to give Riverhead a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning. Bridgeport\u2019s Joey Grillo singled to right to begin the bottom of the third for Long Island. The next batter, Chad Pike, was hit by a pitch. Guercio advanced the runner with a groundball to the right side before Molloy\u2019s Jake McCarthy singled in both runs to tie the game. He scored three batters later on Soto\u2019s double to left field, giving Long Island a 3-2 lead after three innings in game two. Both starting pitchers fired scoreless fourth and fifth innings, and Long Island took their 3-2 lead into the top of the sixth. Andrew Marra of William and Mary relieved Tristan Amone to begin the sixth inning for the Road Warriors. After setting down his first batter, Marra gave up a solo home run to Markell Graham of East Tennessee State, tying the game at three. Marra worked around a Noah Centeno (Sacred Heart) pinch hit single to exit the top of the sixth with the game tied.\u00a0 Coleton Reitan finished his outing firing a hitless sixth inning, sending the game into the final inning of regulation, tied at three.\u00a0 Long Island sent Dylan Hughes of Queens College to the mound in the top of the seventh. Hughes plunked the first two batters he faced, Hernandez and Antos. Jared Greene followed it up with a single to right field, but defensive replacement Dan Palermo fired a strike to home plate to retire Hernandez, keeping the game tied. Hughes recorded a strikeout, and induced a pop fly to shortstop to end the seventh tied at three.\u00a0 Riverhead sent LIU\u2019s Nick DeSalvo to the mound in the seventh. DeSalvo fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. Hamptons League rules allow one extra inning before a tie game is called.\u00a0 Dylan Hughes, back for his second inning, got two quick outs before Rob Gallagher singled. Gallagher, the HCBL steals leader at 30 was picked off at first base by Hughes to end the inning.\u00a0 Tomcat reliever DeSalvo struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth, ending the game in a 3-3 tie.\u00a0 Riverhead, 23-8-2, is now officially one and a half games ahead of the Westhampton Aviators for first place with seven games left in the regular season. The Road Warriors, 10-21-2, are two full games behind the North Fork Ospreys for the fifth seed, which would play the fourth seed in the wild card game on July 24th. Long Island will host the Aviators tomorrow night, July 15th, at 5pm. 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