With Honce’s no-hitter and shutout still intact, Downs spoiled both of those with an RBI single that scored Theiss and gave Deer Park the walkoff victory. While Downs ended the game and Theiss ended the perfect game, the real hero of the game for the Falcons was starting pitcher Nick Ognibene. He matched Honce pitch for pitch, hurling a complete game
Bellport’s starting pitcher Evan Honce brought his A-game and completely shut down Deer Park for 6 2/3 innings. Honce was untouched, carrying a perfect game into an at-bat against Tyler Theiss with two outs in the bottom half of the seventh inning. Theiss worked out a walk to spoil the perfect game, and got himself into scoring position for John Downs.
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Matt Porcaro stole the show once again, nearly going the distance as he tossed 6 2/3 innings allowing three earned runs and striking out five hitters.
Deer Park would win six of its final nine regular season games following the defeat to Hauppauge, and earned itself the fifth seed in the Suffolk playoffs where it faced off with twelfthseeded Smithtown West.
They would extend that streak two more games by beating Hauppauge twice in early April, but the eight-game winning streak to open the season would come to an end on the road in the final game of the series as Hauppauge defeated the streaking Falcons 5-2.
three-hit shutout as Deer Park won its sixth consecutive game to start the season.
While Deer Park’s season came to an end earlier than it would have liked, the year was not a failure by any means. The
Deer Park’s offense failed them in that game and it fell 4-2 to be eliminated from the winner’s bracket of the Suffolk Class AA playoffs. The Falcons would go on to win one game, a 13-3 rout of Smithtown East, in the losers bracket, but the season would come to an end against top-seeded East Islip in the following round.
The offense was paced by Nick Sorge and Mike Isola, who each had a similar stat line of two hits and three runs batted in each in the 8-5 victory. The victory was the first in the playoffs for Deer Park in a number of years and set up a second round matchup with fourth-seeded Commack.
As we continue to get deeper into spring and the high-school baseball season, Deer Park will enter league play and have the opportunity to prove itself as the top club in Suffolk League V.
The starting pitching is the straw that stirs the drink for this team, and it has been consistent thus far. Led by senior catcher Tyler Theiss and loaded arms such as Ryan Korwan and Ryan Mallon, the pitching and defense will be the key to turning the season around.
However, the Falcons have sputtered in the early going of 2014, dropping its first five games as of April 8. In those losses the offense has been a non-factor, scoring just seven runs in those five contests.
As the Falcons seek to break the year-by-year trend that has plagued it in recent seasons, it brings back Mike Isola, Tyler Theiss, Ryan Korwan and Ryan Mallon. The squad entered the season with high expecations as many pegged them as the favorites to repeat as League V champions. They were ranked #1 in the preseason by MSG Varsity, and the talent is returning making a repeat league championship possible.
Falcons won nine more games than it did the year prior, and would be returning a number of key players for the 2014 season.