Game Summary

An Old Foe, Mr. Error, Keeps the Knights from Winning 2

After a few schedule changes the Knights played two games on Saturday night. The first game was against the Division 1 PAL Seminoles at Suffolk College in Selden at 5:45 pm. Joe Lankford took the mound and once again pitched a tremendous game going all 7 innings giving up only 2 hits and 1 earned run. Unfortunately unearned runs, 10 Knights errors throughout the game, allowed the Seminoles to take a 7-4 lead into the bottom of the seventh. In the bottom of the inning John Bosch led off with a walk, Ryan Cox singled, then the new Knights "masher", Hector Rolon stepped up to the plate and smashed a 3 run homer to tie the game, which is where the game ended. Other offensive highlights included Eric Cox going 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 stolen bases and Tommy Reilly going 3 for 4 with a single, double, and triple.

Game 2, an 8:30 pm start at Birchwood Park against the LI Cardinals, featured Tommy Reilly on the mound and a fairly potent, 10 runs scored, 11 man lineup. The Knights scattered runs throughout the game scoring in all but 2 innings. Sean McGuire led the game off with a homerun, then the Jessica proclaimed game MVP, Richie Cave, extended the lead with a third inning solo homerun to once again give the Knights a one run lead. Other offensive highlights included Tommy Reilly continuing his hit onslaught going 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs, Ryan Cox going 2 for 3 with a double, and Billy Vogt going 2 for 2 with a triple, a run scored and an RBI.

The Knights took the field in the bottom of the seventh with a 10-4 lead, bad things followed. A homerun from the Cardinals best hitter Donnie Nogiewich led off the inning, then a fly out, a walk and a single, then a 3 run homer brought the score to 10-8. This is when the Knights seemed to lose it. An error, a ground out, a single, then a second error and finally 4 batters too late manager Paxton Provitera relieved Tommy Reilly with Dan O'Shea with the score 10-9. With Donnie Nogiewich up again, careful pitching loaded the bases with a walk, and then a final error, the seventh of the game allowed both the tying and winning runs to score.

Linescore: (Game 29)
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PAL Seminoles 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 2
NY Knights 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 7 6 10
WP -
LP -
S -

Knights Boxscore:
SB: Cox, Eric 2 (2); Reilly, Tommy (12);
2B: Reilly, Tommy (10);
3B: Reilly, Tommy (1);
HR: Rolon, Hector (2);
RBI: Reilly, Tommy 2 (23); Cox, Ryan (2); Rolon, Hector 3 (11);
Batter AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Cox, Eric 4 2 3 0 0 0 .385
O'Shea, Dan 3 1 0 0 0 0 .207
Reilly, Tommy 3 0 3 2 0 0 .438
Gruttadauria, Bobby 1 0 0 0 0 0 .320
Conway, Pat 2 0 0 0 1 0 .421
Giglio, Frank 3 1 0 0 0 0 .434
Bosch, John 2 0 0 0 1 2 .279
Cox, Ryan 3 1 1 1 0 0 .167
Rolon, Hector 2 1 1 3 1 1 .328
Cave, Richie 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225
Vogt, Billy 2 0 0 0 0 2 .389
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Lankford, Joe 7 2 7 1 4 6 2.23

Linescore: (Game 30)
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NY Knights 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 10 15 7
LI Cardinals 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 11 11 3
WP - Nick Lio
LP - Tommy Reilly (2-2)
S -

Knights Boxscore:
SB: Cox, Eric (3); Reilly, Tommy (13); Conway, Pat (4);
2B: McGuire, Sean (1); Bosch, John (9); Cox, Ryan (1);
3B: Vogt, Billy (1);
HR: McGuire, Sean (2); Giglio, Frank (2); Cave, Richie (1);
RBI: McGuire, Sean 2 (6); Reilly, Tommy 2 (25); Conway, Pat (22); Giglio, Frank 2 (16); Cave, Richie (7); Vogt, Billy (6);
Batter AB R H RBI BB K AVG
McGuire, Sean 4 2 2 2 0 2 .306
Cox, Eric 4 2 1 0 0 0 .353
Reilly, Tommy 4 0 3 2 0 0 .455
Conway, Pat 4 1 2 1 0 1 .426
Giglio, Frank 4 1 1 2 0 2 .421
Bosch, John 2 0 1 0 1 0 .286
Cox, Ryan 3 0 2 0 0 0 .333
Rolon, Hector 3 0 0 0 0 1 .314
Cave, Richie 3 2 1 1 0 1 .230
O'Shea, Dan 2 1 0 0 1 0 .200
Vogt, Billy 2 1 2 1 1 0 .450
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Reilly, Tommy 6 2/3 11 11 6 2 9 4.04
O'Shea, Dan 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.25