Garden City Varsity Baseball takes 2 of 3 from Glen Cove

Garden City High School Varsity

Baseball team had a good week taking two out three games vs. Glen Cove High School. Unfortunately, in the third contest, their undefeated Conference Play streak came to an end. It was a hardfought series by the boys to take the first two games of the series. Game 3 was a thrilling contest that featured Glen Cove winning via a walk-off bloop hit.

On Monday, May 1, the boys faced off against Glen Cove, winning the first game of the series by a close score of 3-1. Starting pitcher Gabe Beschloss pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing 1 run, on 3 hits and struck out 8. Offensive stars of the game were Jack Fanning (2 hits, 1 run), Evan Cabral blasted a solo home run, and Derek Santeramo logged 3 hits in the contest. Brady Karol came on to pitch 1 2/3 innings in relief, getting all 5 outs via strikeout. Matt Liberopolous earned the save with one more scoreless inning to close out the victory.

On Tuesday, May 2, Garden City beat Glen Cove by a score of 12-4. Garden City jumped out to a 8-0 lead by the 4th inning. Starting pitcher Evan Cabral earned the win, pitching 4 2/3 innings, giving up only 3 hits, and striking out 8. Offensive standouts were Danny Psaki (3 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Josh Cohen homered (2 hits, 2 RBIs, 2 runs, 1 SB), Tyler Gorman (3 hits, 1 RBI, 1 run, 1 SB) and Braden Soutar (2 hits, 2 RBIs, 2 runs, 1 SB). Xander Palmer closed out the game with 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

The last game of the week was on Thursday, May 4. Starting pitcher Josh Cohen (2 innings) was derailed by some errors by Garden City as we lost 7-6. Due to the errors, Glen Cove was able to score 1 run in the first, 2 in both the 2nd and the 3rd, and jumped out to a 5-0 lead by the third inning. The boys did fight back and eventually took a 6-5 lead, but Glen Cove fought back to make it a 6-6 tie, going into the final inning. In the bottom of the 7th, Glen Cove drew a walk, executed a sacrifice bunt, and then dropped a bloop single that just fell inside the foul line to knock in the winning run-in walk off fashion. It had been an impressive run in Conference Play, and with the loss, the boys were 14-1. Offensive stars were Matt TusianiEng (2 hits, 1 run, 1 SB), Matt Guida (1 hit, 3 RBIs) and Jack Fanning (1 hit, 2 runs, 1 RBI, 2 SBs) Conference Play will continue next week. By the time you read this, the boys will have faced off against Southside for 3 games. Their last scheduled game before potential playoff games will be on Thursday, May 11, vs. Oceanside. That game will also be Senior Day for the team. Graduating seniors to be honored that day will include Captain Matt Guida, Captain Matthew TusianiEng, Kyle Ippolito, Derek Santeramo and Aiden Walsh. Let’s go Trojans!