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Neighboring school districts Sayville and Connetquot will both play for Long Island championships in baseball on Saturday after securing Suffolk County crowns this week.
Connetquot’s Jared Yalon drove in four runs and starting pitcher Matt Brown-Eiring picked up the win in the T-birds’ decisive road victory over Ward Melville today for the Class AA championship.
Connetquot won the best-of-three series, which included the T-birds comeback win Monday in Game 2. In Tuesday’s game, Connetquot jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning and led 13-1 after five innings.
Connetquot is the 2019 Suffolk AA Champs ! They will face Massapequa in the Long Island Championship on Saturday pic.twitter.com/DVn38w3IzF
— Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2019
Sayville won its first county championship on Monday, handling Rocky Point 8-3. They will face the Nassau Class A champs in the Long Island title game Saturday at 7 p.m. at SUNY Old Westbury.
Eric Foster won his Long Island-leading ninth game in Sayville's 8-3 victory to send them to the Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com/SHHnrCWSPS
— Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2019
Connetquot plays Nassau Class AA champs Massapequa in the Long Island title game on Saturday.
“We wanted to simplify our approach, take simple swings and (hit) line drives,” Yalon told Axcess Baseball LI.
Nielsen is thrown out attempting to score on a wild pitch. Brown-Eiring was in pain but jumped up emphatically right away pic.twitter.com/XF5ZgqNS5Q
— Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2019
Connetquot’s star pitcher Joey Savino told Axcess Baseball LI that the team is “just getting started.”
“After losing last year in the semi-final, we knew that this is where we want to be,” said Savino, a senior who will likely pitch on Saturday and is expected to be drafted high in Major League Baseball’s draft this month.
— Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2019
Axcess baseball was there to capture the final out in Sayville baseball’s historical win on Monday.
Sayville wins their first Suffolk A Championship in program history ! pic.twitter.com/SLMqKXLaeJ
— Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 3, 2019