Raiders Eliminated From Baseball Playoffs

With their ace on the mound, most figured Patchogue-Medford would start its cruise through the loser’s bracket of the Suffolk County Class AA playoffs Saturday.

Instead the third-seeded Raiders were sent packing and eliminated from the post-season in the fourth round of the consolation bracket after a 4-0 loss to tenth-seeded West Islip.

Lions freshman Sam Ilario hit a two-out bases-loaded triple in the top of the sixth off Matt Vogel for the win. Llario finished the day 2-for-3.

West Islip will play eighth-seeded Commack on Monday in the consolation semifinal.

Patchogue-Medford (16-8) lost its first game of the double-elimination tournament a day earlier against No. 7 Sachem North, who plays No. 5 Eastport-South Manor in the winner’s bracket final Monday.