Rye 4 - John Jay: Recap

April 17, 2015

Dan Cevette
Director, New York

Vincent Z. Mercogliano
Lower Hudson Valley Scout
Lo-Hud Sports

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After taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning on Thursday, Rye junior ace George Kirby was pulled to start the sixth because of an escalating pitch count. The Garnets had a two-run lead at the time, but the bullpen allowed John Jay to tie the score. Rye retook the lead on a bases-loaded balk in the top of the seventh and then Ryan Anderson nailed down the final three outs for a 4-3 win over the host.

Kirby struck out nine over five innings without allowing an earned run. He gave up one hit and two walks on 96 pitches (61 strikes). Three errors behind him helped drive up his pitch count, but he didn’t allow a hit until Virginia-bound senior Jack Weiller’s infield single with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. An error on the previous play extended the inning.

Kirby was replaced by knuckleballer Keith Secon to begin the sixth, who promptly gave up singles to Jared Kersh and Justin Drpich. Anderson came onto replace Secon with two men on and no outs, allowing a sac fly to C.J. McCarthy and a pinch-hit RBI single to Matt Hegarty to tie the score. He ended the inning with a strikeout, and after Rye took the lead in the seventh, Anderson closed out the game by retiring John Jay’s 2-3-4 hitters in order, including two strikeouts.

The Garnets (3-0) jumped on John Jay starter Chase Borowitz early. Tim DeGraw led off the game with a single and a stolen base, advancing to third on a wild pitch. Tim Hale walked and they both came home on Chase Pratt’s two-run double to put Rye up 2-0. Pratt ended up going 3 for 3 with a double, a homer and three RBI.

Borowitz settled down after the first, pitching 6 2/3 innings while allowing four earned runs on six hits, two walks and one hit batsman. The right-hander struck out five on 90 pitches (51 strikes). He was replaced by Alex Kohlhagen, who intentionally walked DeGraw to load the bases with two outs and then balked in the winning run. The loss dropped the Indians to 1-5.

Nick Contillo had four RBI in Byram Hills’ 13-1 win over Port Chester. … Matt Crowe threw a three-hitter and Michael Archer had three RBI in Dobbs Ferry’s 6-2 win over Sleepy Hollow. … Anthony Casarella pitched five innings for the win and Luis Guerrero went 3 for 4 with three RBI in Iona Prep’s 11-2 win over Cardinal Hayes. … Steven Pesce struck out seven over six innings and drove in three runs in Harrison’s 12-7 win over Ardsley. … Greg Satriale pitched 6 1/3 innings with 12 strikeouts in Eastchester’s 5-2 win over Pelham. Kevin Krippel and Christian Alibertieach homered. … Will Eisler had four RBI and Tyler Mandel added three in Scarsdale’s 12-5 win over New Rochelle. … Jason Kreinces allowed three hits and no earned runs over six innings in Mamaroneck’s 10-2 win over White Plains. … James Curtin had four RBI and Louie Nardella added three in Mahopac’s 9-4 win over Carmel. … Nick Sica drove in Chris Donato on a walk-off sac fly in Westlake’s 7-6 win over Keio. … Nick Marro hit a walk-off single with the bases loaded in Putnam Valley’s 3-2 win over Hen Hud. … Matt DeBlasio hit a home run and had the game-winning hit in Clarkstown South’s 9-8 win in eight innings over Albertus Magnus at Provident Bank Park.

Section 1 Scores From April 16

Mamaroneck 10, White Plains 2

Scarsdale 12, New Rochelle 5

Eastchester 5, Pelham 2

Byram Hills 13, Port Chester 1

Suffern 10, Clarkstown North 4

Mahopac 9, Carmel 4

Iona Prep 11, Cardinal Hayes 2

Solomon Schechter 9, Irvington 6

Harrison 12, Ardsley 7

Rye 4, John Jay 3

Putnam Valley 3, Hen Hud 2

Dobbs Ferry 6, Sleepy Hollow 2

Westlake 7, Keio 6

Clarkstown South 9, Albertus Magnus 8, 8

John Jay-EF 19, Lourdes 2