SI captures first win since 2006
Junior varsity baseball
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But that long losing streak is over, ended with what Coach Matt Rohde deemed “a big upset,” for the junior varsity, a 12-9 Tuesday home victory over Center Moriches team that is “always tough.” For a day, the Indians' hitting kept up with the pitching of senior Morgan Waddington, whose curveball Coach Matt Rohde described as “devastating.” After the game, his father, Glenn, said his advice had been not to let hitters get too comfortable at the plate. They were not and the Indians were, pounding out a season-high run total.
Waddington pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up 7 runs, 5 of them earned. “He was setting them up with his fastball and then fooling them with his curve,” Coach Rohde said.
The Indians took the lead for good with a 6-run fourth inning in which they sent 12 batters to the plate. Mulcahy capped it with a 3-run triple to put Shelter Island ahead, 8-7.
The Indians also received offensive contributions on catcher Jay Card's first inning RBI, and outfielder Cody Simons's three runs scored and four RBI. “It was a true team effort and the reason they won,” Coach Rohde said, adding, “They looked like a different ballclub” from Monday's 12-1 loss to Ross, although that game had its good moments. Pitcher Andrew BeltCappellino struck out nine.
“That's the highlight of this game,” Coach Rohde said, adding, “His curve is buckling my knees now.”
It did the same to the Ravens. Four struck out looking and another was so fooled by what he saw that he ended up swinging one-handed at a wild pitch. Indians catcher Jay Card threw him out at first base.
After an inning, Card took over the pitch calling from Coach Rohde. “He was mixing them up just like he should have,” Coach Rohde said. “Setting them up with the fastball and turning them with that curve. It was very impressive.”
Following Card's lead, BeltCappellino struck out the side twice, in the fourth and sixth innings. Coach Rohde said BeltCappellino showed flashes of potential on the mound last season but nothing that led him to expect what he has seen this season. “Andy has come around as a really, really good pitcher,” Coach Rohde said. “He's way ahead of where I thought he'd be.”
Aside from the pitching, Coach Rohde did not have much else to say about Monday's game. “I'm not happy about this loss,” he said. “It should have been a closer game.”
But there it was again, that one huge inning that left the Indians with a bigger deficit than they could hope to overcome. Ross sent 14 batters to the plate in the second inning, and between two errors, four walks and six hits, the Ravens turned a 1-0 deficit into a 9-1 lead. The inning particularly hurt because pitcher Justin Reilly had set Ross down in order in the first with three weak pop-ups all fielded by Read.
Ross's Jasper Creegan capped the second inning with a three-run home run to right field. Adding insult to injury, Creegan pitched a complete game, giving up three hits and striking out 10. He was in the most trouble in the first inning when he walked Reilly and then gave up an infield single to Simons. Reilly scored on a wild pitch and Simons advanced to third base with none out. But Creegan shut the door, striking out Mulcahy and BeltCappellino before inducing a come-backer to the mound from Waddington. No Indian reached third base until Waddington did with two outs in the sixth inning.
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