Brian Garofola hit a single to rightfield that scored Adam Searles in the top of the ninth as Bellport beat Longwood, 3-2, yesterday in a semifinal of the Shoreham-Wading River baseball tournament. Searles led off the inning with a double and was sacrificed to second on a bunt by Les Tse. Longwood scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, the tying run coming on a passed ball, to force extra innings. Bellport 011 000 001 3 8 1 Longwood 000 000 200 2 7 5 WP – Hillman. LP – Otto. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 25 Mar 1997
Rich Kaiser was the winner as Longwood beat Eastport, 9-0, in the consolation game of the Shoreham-Wading River Tournament. Kaiser pitched five innings, allowing two hits, striking out six and walking two. Scott Kittleson hit a two-out, three-run double in the third inning to give the Lions a 6-0 lead. Travis Trusnovic was 3-for-4 with two RBI for Longwood . . . Peter Miller had a two-run double in the top of the ninth to give Central Islip a 5-3 lead in its 7-4 victory over Half Hollow Hills East. Houston Good went 3-for-3 with a run and a RBI for Central Islip, while Mark Kipydida allowed five hits and no walks with three strikeouts in four innings to earn the win. **** SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER TOURNAMENT Consolation Longwood 105 210 0 9 9 0 Eastport 000 000 0 0 2 4 WP – Kaiser. LP – Agate. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 26 Mar 1997:
Peter Kruger hit an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning to give Brentwood a 3-1 lead in its 5-1 win over Longwood in a League I game. Kruger went 2-for-3 with two RBI for Brentwood, while Ron Delgado earned the complete game win with seven strikeouts and one walk. Chris Kaiser’s triple drove in Dan Hugues for Longwood‘s only run. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 03 Apr 1997:
Chris Kaiser’s one-out, run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh gave Longwood a 5-4 League I win over Brentwood. Kaiser pitched two innings in relief to earn the win. Brentwood’s Mike Haas hit a solo home run in the top of the inning to tie the score at 4. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 04 Apr 1997:
LEAGUE I Longwood 010 020 1 4 7 4 Brentwood 500 210 x 8 8 2 WP – Parker. LP – Willi. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 05 Apr 1997:
NON-LEAGUE Copiague 002 200 0 4 8 3 Longwood410 005 x 10 8 3 WP – Otto. LP – Rasmison. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 10 Apr 1997:
Mike Russo hit a one-out double to score Paul Spera in the bottom of the eighth as Longwood beat Floyd, 2-1. Jason Otto pitched a complete game, striking out six and allowing only two hits. Longwood took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on a squeeze by Scott Kittilson that scored Ben DeLeon. Floyd tied the game on an RBI single by Frank Williams in the sixth. Floyd’s Mike Hall threw six innings, allowing two hits and one run and striking out four. He didn’t allow a hit through the first five innings, and left the game in the seventh with the score tied at one. WP – Otto. LP – Guigliano. April 15
Travis Trusnovec had a two-run single in the third inning to give Longwood a 3-2 lead in its 6-2 win over Floyd (4-4). Trusnovec added a solo homer in the sixth to extend Longwood‘s lead to 4-2. Kevin Willi allowed no earned runs on three hits, with seven strikeouts and three walks to earn the win for Longwood (3-3) . April 18