Game Recaps
Brian Morrisey Fires Two-Hitter With 14 Ks Against Connetquot
One of the signs of a great pitcher is dominating the top competition. Brian Morrisey certainly did that today in Commack’s 7-0 shutout over League 2 rival Connequot. The Stony Brook-commit struck out 14 batters, allowing only two hits, walking two and hitting one batter as the Cougars improved to 4-0 on the season after last week’s sweep of Central Islip. He was fired up, displaying tons of raw emotion after his clutch strikeouts. “I just wanted the team to be pumped as much as I was,” said the aXcess pre-season top 30 player. “First series was more of an easy sweep, we had some fun but this series we wanted to come back out really good,” he added. He impressed the bevy of MLB scouts that were in attendance with advanced feel for three pitches and ...
Ryan Levenberg Outduels Brad Camarda, Hauppauge Wins 4-2
Freshman Ryan Levenberg stole the show in today’s League 5 match up between two perennial playoff contenders. Even more impressive, he out dueled 2016 Long Island win leader and Hofstra-commit Brad Camarda. Hauppauge came away with the 4-2 victory over Hills West. “Ryan did a great job of keeping them off balance,” said Head Coach Josh Gutes. “They hit some hard balls–just right at us, so we might’ve been a little lucky in that regard because Hills West is a fantastic team and they’re tremendously well-coached,” he added. The freshman Levenberg went six innings, fanned six batters, allowing just two ER on five hits to record the victory in his first varsity start. He gave way to senior Matt Overton who fired a 1-2-3 seventh inning with two st...
St. Joseph’s Shuts Out Maritime in Crucial Skyline Double Header
The St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles had everything going right for them on Sunday as they took two 7-0 wins over Maritime. The pitching was stellar and the top of the order was electric.These two conference wins were huge for the Golden Eagles as they move to 13-7 on the season with a 7-1 conference record. These two teams will presumably be battling for the Skyline Conference up to the end of the season. You couldn’t have asked the top of the Golden Eagles’ order to be more productive in game one. Anthony Bonilla, Matt Burnett, Paul Britt, and Lou Doria combined for 11 hits, five RBI and six runs scored. Britt and Doria had monster days recording a combined seven hits between the two of them. Tyler Crafa also had a hit in the game. “I thought our guys came to play from the first in...
Saturday April 8th Game Recaps
Hometown teams put together an 11-6 record on Saturday. A number of teams that were struggling out of the gate are beginning to find their way. As we are getting deeper into the season, we have a decent image of where these teams stand for this season and what their identities are. We will see if the latter part of the season sparks any change of direction for any of these squads. St. John’s drops two of last three after loss to Creighton This is the team that not just Long Islanders have their eyes on, but people across the nation as well. The Red Storm have been one of the best teams in the country since the season’s inaugural week with a powerhouse lineup and lights-out pitching and defense. This past number of games, however, are games that they could possibly want to redo. They have l...
Molloy Sweeps Queens In DH, Walks Off In Game Two
After nearly eight hours of baseball Molloy walked off with two conference wins against Queens College. A 31 run hit parade and an extra inning showdown featuring a huge walk off comprised the dramatic doubleheader today. Queens struck first in both games, scoring two in the first inning of game one on a fielder’s choice and another on a bases-loaded hit by pitch. They added two more in the second on a double by shortstop Joel Mendez and a sacrifice fly from Jon Temenak. Molloy answered with two of their own on a Ryan Dillon single in the third, but nearly all of Molloy’s 18 runs came in the third. Six RBI singles, three RBI doubles and one ground out drove in a total of thirteen runs for the Molloy Lions in the third and just like that they were set up for the win. However, Qu...
April 7th Recap
An exciting April night as St. John’s nearly plays two games in one, Farmingdale sweeps a doubleheader, and the bats spring to life for Stony Brook and both Nassau and Suffolk County Community Colleges Division I St. John’s Wins 14 Inning Marathon vs Creighton Creighton jumped out to an early two-run lead, but St. John’s fought back and pulled out a win in extra innings. The Red Storm’s pitching settled in after a rocky first to shut down Creighton’s bats for the subsequent 13 innings, giving St. John’s a chance to win in the top of the fourteenth. Singles by Troy Dixon and Anthony Brocato put the Johnnies in position with one out in the game’s final inning. Robbie Knightes struck the deciding blow when he singled through the left side which allowe...
Jason Diaz Sharp in Kellenberg’s Win over St. Mary’s
Not a bad start to the varsity career for University of Miami-commit Jason Diaz. The sophomore fired three perfect innings with seven strikeouts during an overpowering outing this afternoon against St. Mary’s in a mercy win for Kellenberg. The reigning CHSAA champs wasted no time getting the offense going with a huge first inning. After back-to-back walks to Terrance Murray and Andrew Steidle, third-place hitter Justin Renner brought them both in with a long HR to left to make it 3-0. After Nick Quatromani reached on an error and James May walked, Diaz reached on an error to load up the bases. Robert Chesney drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 4-0 and Brett Carpentieri increased the lead to 6-0 with a two-run double. Renner recorded his fourth RBI of the inning when he drew a bases l...
Stony Brook HS Doubles Up Smithtown Christian 14-7
Two shorthanded teams squared off this afternoon in Smithtown. Stony Brook arrived with exactly nine players, and Smithtown Christian lost two starters to injuries during warm ups. Stony Brook starter Joe Wozny opened up the scoring in the top of the first with a two-run double to left. A single by clean-up hitter Ben Tutuska added one more, and a misplayed grounder turned it into a 4-0 game. Wozny took to the mound in the next inning and gave up two runs, one on a single to Giuseppe Crilly, and another on a fielders choice with the bases loaded. However, the hard-throwing freshman settled down and pitched an threw three no-hit innings after the difficult first, striking out nine batters before sliding over to third base in the fifth. After the game he said, “In the first inning I ha...
Vinny Trovato Outduels Harrison Cohen, Clarke Wins 4-0
Anytime you are going against an opposition’s ace, you have to do the little things. Clarke executed well, stealing six bases in their 4-0 victory against Harrison Cohen and Cold Spring Harbor. Their starter, Vinny Trovato, fired a four-hit shutout with only 99 pitches. “He mixes everything, said Head Coach Tom Abruscato. “He did that in a playoff game for us last year. He throws three pitches every game for a strike on any count. When you can pitch backwards, it’s great,” he added. They knew they would have a difficult task against George Washington-commit Harrison Cohen, but they were able to benefit from some defensive miscues and aggressive base running to get on the board. “When you face a kid throwing 90, you can’t chase and we chased early i...
Farmingdale and Old Westbury Split a Tightly-Contested Doubleheader
Conference opponents Farmingdale State and SUNY Old Westbury split two vastly different–but dramatic–games in a doubleheader today. Farmingdale out-slugged Westbury 10-9 in game one, while Westbury won game two, a pitching duel by the score of 2-1 on a walk-off walk. Game one began as a pitching duel, Matthew Constantine and Trey Pizzutello shut down both side for three innings before the bats broke through. An error in the fourth allowed Farmingdale’s first two runs to come across, but a single by Christopher Reilly and a two-run homer from Domenic Palumbo got the Rams halfway to their final score. Westbury came right back scoring four in the fourth on singles from Paul Rapoli, Carlos Balmaceda and Jesse Matos. They even took a two-run lead off Rapoli’s third singl...
Nine-Run Sixth Powers St. John’s to 21st Win
When you’re hot, you’re hot. The St. John’s Red Storm overpowered the Hofstra Pride, coming away with a 14-3 win for their ninth consecutive victory. “It feels good when you win, it’s nice to see our guys start swinging the bat in the middle of the game.” Head Coach Ed Blankmeyer said after the win. “Another game, another step.” The Red Storm took the lead early on a single from Jesse Berardi scoring Michael Donadio. Later in the game the Johnnies tacked on another run on a single from Anthony Brocato, scoring Troy Dixon from second. The Pride scored their only three runs in the top of the fifth inning. They scored on an error, wild pitch and an RBI single by Nick Bottari to score Steven Foster. The Red Storm came up big in the 6th inning. They ripped nine hits and scored nine ...
Saturday April 1st Game Recaps
The collegiate baseball season is now in full swing and we are legitimately starting to see some improvement for the hometown clubs. After a 6-6 day on Saturday, the local teams are beginning to show significant improvement since the start of the year. With the weather getting warmer, these teams will look to throw their seasons into a full spin and heat up as we are now in April. St. John’s hits 20 wins with victory over Hofstra We had two of the top local programs competing on Saturday and the two kept it close as the Johnnies took the win 4-1 over Hofstra. St. John’s has not cooled down at all–ranking fifth in the nation sitting at 20-2 on the season whereas Hofstra has struggled getting their feet off the ground posting a 7-17 record so far. Hofstra took an early lead in the seco...
