Patchogue-Medford’s playoff run ended Monday in a loss to No. 1-seed Commack in the Suffolk Class AA championship series.
After losing 7-0 at Commack on Saturday, the No. 4-seed Raiders …
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Patchogue-Medford’s playoff run ended Monday in a loss to No. 1-seed Commack in the Suffolk Class AA championship series.
After losing 7-0 at Commack on Saturday, the No. 4-seed Raiders were down 3-1 at home after the first inning on Monday in Game 2 of the best-of-three series.
Commack never gave up its lead as starting pitcher Ryan Krzemienski largely kept Pat-Med off the basepaths and Commack kept on scoring en route to a 21-3 victory.
Pat-Med scored in the first inning and added two runs in the seventh off Commack’s relief pitcher.
On Saturday, Evan Kay threw a complete game, one-hit shutout for Commack in the first game of the series. David Granucci had Pat-Med’s only hit.
“I’m confident this Commack team could beat some college teams,” Pat-Med coach Anthony Frascogna said following Monday’s game. “I’m not sure there was much we could have done differently.”
Pat-Med, in search of its first Suffolk championship in decades, made a deep run into the playoffs. They finished the season at 16-8 (15-6 in League III).
“I’m so proud of our guys,” Frascogna said. “I hope the guys take away some positive memories of being league champs, conference champs. We had a lot of good moments out here on the field. A lot of these guys have been coming here since they were 8 years old. Today, watching another team celebrate here is a little tough, but that’s the facts of life.”
Commack will now face the winner of Massapequa-Plainview Old Bethpage on Saturday for the Class AA Long Island championship.
Commack coach Matt Salmon expressed confidence in his team’s chances.
“We’ve got our guys on full rest pitching-wise. Our bats are clicking,” Salmon said. “I’ve been telling them all year, if you play Commack baseball the way we can play Commack baseball, I like our chances against anybody.”
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