Farmingdale Baseball Tops Comets, 11-2

After a solid win Monday against Hicksville, baseball team hit the field confident and ready to win Tuesday afternoon on their home turf.

Game one of the series was a close matchup, but the second bout played out much differently. The Hicksville Comets (5-9) struggled through each inning as Farmingdale (10-4) continued to rack in runs and end the game with an 11-2 victory.

By the bottom of the second inning, Hicksville had a 1-0 lead on the home team, but that all changed when senior Vinny Schultz came up to bat.

Schultz, who finished the game 4-for-4 with one home run and five RBI, broke the game open for Farmingdale with a grandslam, putting the Dalers up on the board with a three run lead.

Though Matt Pagan was able to cut Farmingdale's lead down to 4-2 in the top of the third inning, Hicksville was unable to get back into the game.

"Eight of our nine starters had at least one hit," head coach Frank Tassielli said of his squad. "If one guy fails, we know another guy behind him will pick it up."

Quotables: "Hicksville's a good team," said Tassielli. "A couple of our guys had some trouble to start but they came out of their shell."

"He stands out in my mind for really getting the bats going a bit," Tassielli said of player Schultz. 

Heroes: George Calvo, Rocky Santopadre, Kevin Pine and T.R. Waszkiewicz put together another seven runs for the winning team, leaving Hicksville trailing by nine runs at the start of the final inning.

Key Stat: Prior to Tuesday's game, Farmingdale had already solidified a spot in the playoffs, but their hopes are to secure first place in Conference AA-1 and earn a first round bye.