Hamptons League
Westhampton Aviators Hold on to Win, 5-4, Over Riverhead Tomcats After a 5-Run Fourth
The Westhampton Aviators call Westhampton Beach’s varsity field home for the summer. The Aviators have six Long Islanders on their roster, three of which are pitchers, but only one was in the starting lineup today. Central Florida corner infielder Tyler Osik got the start at first for the Aviators. The junior is batting .324 so far this season with five doubles, seven RBI, a home run and 11 walks. The Aviator bats came together to put up five runs on three hits, a couple errors and two walks in the fourth inning. The inning was started by a lead off triple from the bat of UMass-Lowell sophomore, Cam Climo. He would come around to score and put the Aviators on the board early with no one out after Riverhead took the lead in the top half of the inning. “We weren’t producing early on, we norm...
LI Road Warriors Defeat Riverhead Tomcats in HCBL, 4-2.
Plattsburgh State junior pitcher Patrick Bryant, with the help of some outstanding defense, held the strong Tomcats lineup to two runs. Bryant went seven and two-thirds innings, allowing two earned runs off eight hits; he struck out three and walked none in the Road Warrior’s 4-2 victory. Hofstra senior Steven Foster stepped up for the Road Warriors in the bottom of the fourth knocking an RBI double off the fence to bring in sophomore Garrett Heaton after he led off the inning with a single. “Coach told me to be aggressive on first pitch, because I was taking a lot of first pitches,” said Foster. “I was aggressive and just got a good piece of wood on it today.” Freshman outfielder for Farleigh Dickinson, Mike Veit, drove in foster with a clutch seeing eye ground ball single to right ...
