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SPC Northport finishes season on high note Baseball team rallies to defeat Locust Valley Falcons, 5-3 BY JOHN WESTERMANN They come a long way to play base- ball at this little slice of heaven - just south of Exit 66 on the Long Island Expressway. Locust Valley is not too far away. Northport is close by. In Yaphank. at Baseball Heaven, the Northport Sting is the home team against the Locust Valley Falcons. The air was heavy and warm for this Sunday morning match-up of under-16 teams. the last of the long summer sea- son. On the mound for the Sting was lefty Cireg S1ele, who nibbles the cor- ners and mixes pitches like a young Tom Glavine. He settled in quickly and earned a 1-2-3 first inning with a ground ball to Chris Beyer at second, a pop-up to Colm Quigley and a strike- out, swinging. a In the bottom of the first, the Sting played small ball for the game's first run. Shortstop Mike Foeppel drew a walk and stole second base. Chris Beyer bunted Foeppel over to third. Third baseman Nick Cacciola stepped to the plate and knocked a solid single through the infield to drive in Foeppel. In the second The pesky Falcons put two more runs on the fully functional electronic scoreboard in the top of the sixth inning, the first inning Al coming on a Beck de L & strikeout wild “is, 651380“ 2 Siele was all business on the pitch, the sec- hard ground mound as he finished up the 01nd scorilng on a ball to rob lina » P close play at Locust Valley of ballgame. With two D‘Ut in the first base. a hit, but the fop of the seventh Nick _ After sputter- Falcons came Cacciato caught a towering fly SE MMW) 1° at 1-1 in ball to put the game away (5-3) things looked game n 8 gellhlrd inning. for Northport, and put an gaff fsor the nly a great » = ting. Someone throw home by exclamation point of a fine had to shake Nick Cacciola summer season. things up. So in to his brother the face of all Garrett prevent- ed a second run from crossing the plate. With the game tied at 1-1. Beyer tried to stretch a sin- gle into a double and was cut down at second base. that is holy at B a s e b a 1 I Heaven, and in flagrant violation of sev- eral heavenly commandments, Sting manager Drew Cacciola ate a pre-noon hot dog in the dugout. Openly. Defiantly. Maybe it loosened the boys up. Maybe not. But a seinvigorated ball- boy, Patrick Lyons, encouraged the older boys not to give up, and desig- nated hitter Josh Messina answered the call with a single to center. Siecle entered the game to pinch run for the slugger Messina and promptly stole second base. Foeppel drew a walk. Dylan Beck swung at the first pitch and blasted a shot deep into the gap in right-center to knock in both runners and tie the game at 3-3. Cacciola kept the rally going with a shot that knocked in Beck. The Sting added one more insurance run before the Faicons retired them in the sixth. Siecle was all business on the mound as he finished up the baligame. With two out in the top of the seventh Nick Cacciola caught a towering fly ball to put the game away 5-3 for Northport and put an exclamation point on a fine summer season. U Ducks improve record to 20-18 with win Long Island's defense stole the show in a 3-1 vic tory over the Bridgepon Bluefish in front of 6.213 tans at Park this past Monday The win imptoves Long Island to 20 18 in the season's see ond halt After a Nashua loss earher in Atlanta City. the Hoxk moves within 1 S games ot the Pride tor tirst place in the Atlantic ledgm s North Diy ision Although the Ducks\ offense has been stellat as of late the detense came up big. turning four double plays Jason Johnson. Jimmy Goelz and Henty Rexwingues led the way with their gloves Johnson and Rodrigues cach recorded six putouts Goel; and Rodrigues were cach part of three of the team's four double plays In the game's opening trame. the Ducks scored three runs which proved to be the deciding factor on the night t'onny Leon was watked by Bridgeport starter fim Cain with the bases loaded. Doug Jennings then drove in Juan Lorenzo on a sacrifice fly. and Jason Johnson capped the scoring with a fielder's choice that plated Rodriguez For his fourth straight start, Luis Arroyo (5-7) picked up the win for Long Island after limiting the Fish to one run on six hits while striking out four in 5- 1/3 innings pitched. Cain (1-10) was touched for the loss after yielding three runs in six innings of work. Mike Crudale picked up his second save in as many tres with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. On August 21, the Long Island Ducks were defeat- ed by the Surf 9-5 in front of 6,170 fans. Surf starter Eduardo Villacis limited the Ducks to six hits over his eight innings of work. The Surf opened up the game's scoring with a two- run home run by Ozzie Timmons in the first and never trailed the rest of the way. Ryan Owen tied the game in the bottom of the second with a two-run homer, but that was as close as the Flue} would come. The Surf tacked on one more run in the fourth, two in the sixth, three in the seventh and one in the ninth to wrap up their scoring at nine. Long Island's other runs also came courtesy of the long ball as Justin Davies belted a two-run homer in the seventh. The home run was only the fourth career jack for the center ficlder. Villacis (4-0) picked up the win after holding the Ducks' offense to four runs on six hits and two walks. Armando Rios began the scorng when Long Island starter Lance Davis (8-7) took the loss after allowing eight runs in a 6-1/3-inning outing. The Ducks' offense was led by Pete Rose Jr.. who finished the day two for three with two runs scored. A day earher. August 20. in front of 6,176 fans at Citibank Park a six -run inning rally gave the Ducks a 9 5 win over the Atlante City Surf. Rios brought Long Island back from a 5-1 deficit with two multi- run home runs to lead the team to the w in With the ducks trauling 5-3 in the eighth. Rios took a tastball trom Gary Bell over both walls in right field for a three-run home run to put the Flock ahead for good. The next two batters, Lorenzo and Jennings. reached base and were sent home on a three-run jack by Sieve Torrealba to put Long Island ahead 9-5 Crudale closed the book on the comeback win with a scoreless ninth. Tony Rumon (3-4) picked up the win for Long Island after tossing two scoreless innings of relret Bell (4-3) took the loss after allowing wx runs on tour hits in two innings of work. Ducks starter Pedro Borbon Jr. did not factor into the decision after allow - ing five runs on nine hits while striking out five in hus first start of the season for the Flock. against the Baitimore Metro Stars. The Ducks won two in a best-two-of-three-game series, defeating the team 9-6 in game one and 6-1 mgmfimTonySaMowasexcepbondonflwmomdingmm and three, first-year player Steve DeMott was excellent defensive defect the Stars. mmmmmmflmmmmmmme MmmNMMWCMMWmmsMWW September. For additional information visit the Brookhaven Ducks online at www.Bro , and the team's bats came alive to help
