Maryland-commit David Falco launches a 3-R shot and Center Moriches opens up a 4-0 lead in the first pic.twitter.com/FnrsDZsWf0
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It looked more similar to the opening credits of a Alfred Hitchcock movie, but there was a baseball played in the thick fog and light drizzle at Moriches Complex this morning, which did not deter Stony Brook-commit Liam Pulsipher at all.
“It was pretty difficult,” said the senior southpaw following the big victory over Hampton Bays. “It was slippery but you know you have to play with what you’re given and over come those types of things,” he added. He walked two batters in the first inning–due to the slippery turf on the artificial mound–but he settled in and fired a four-pitch third inning and allowed no other base runners in his three innings of work. He struck out four batters over his three innings.
He was named to our Axcess Top-30 last season and to our Preseason All-Long Island this season. He is among the top left-handed pitchers on the island. His presence alone makes them the favorite in Suffolk County League 9, in my opinion.
The Red Devils scored early and often in this one. Pulsipher smacked an RBI triple to get them on the board in the bottom of the first and he came around to score on Maryland-commit David Falco’s three-run HR to left center field.
They continued to pile on.
Pulsipher came up to bat in the bottom of the third and hit an opposite field three-run home run to extend the lead to 18-0. He was taken out after three innings to preserve him for his next outing.
With the victory, they improve to 3-0 on the young season. They are looking to win a Long Island Class B championship this season and have a realistic chance with the depth in their lineup with the likes of Falco, Pulsipher, David Franchi, Alec Maag and Brad Sakallerides.
The game, as we mentioned, was played in terrible conditions–as the case has been the previous two weeks. It’s just been a brutal stretch to begin the 2018 spring season. Hopefully things clear up and teams can develop a routine of playing three games per week.