The Farmingdale Greendogs held off a late rally by Long Island Baseball in which they sent the tying run to the plate after trailing by six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to capture a 10-7 victory. With the victory, they advance to face the Long Island Titans in the 10U Stars & Stripes Tournament.
LIB got off to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an error and a couple wild pitches to score Lorenzo D’Ambrosio.
The lead did not last long as the Greendogs sent eight batters to the plate in the bottom of the first and crossed the plate three times highlighted by an RBI single by Thursday’s hero Chris Parisi, an error and an RBI single by William Herbert.
After a scoreless top of the second, they added three more runs on an RBI single by Justin Ortiz and a two-run double by pitcher Ive Mills to build a comfortable lead.
LIB responded with one run back in the third on an RBI double by Joe Rotondaro, but the Greendogs answered with four runs of their own on a two-run triple by Herbert and two wild pitches.
The lead proved to not be safe as LIB scored two runs in the fourth and three more in the bottom of the sixth. With the heat clearly playing a role in the game, some defensive miscues and command issues allowed the runs to come home.
Mills came out with two outs in the sixth, and Brendan Lofaro sealed the deal with a force out at second to send the Greendogs into the championship.