Longwood 3, Half Hollow Hills East 1: Ricky Ramos’ two-out single in the second scored Thomas Hinderhofer and Kevin Watkins to give Longwood a 2-0 lead. A.J. Datkun’s single drove in Ramos in the next at-bat. Joe Esposito pitched a one-hitter with eight strikeouts and two walks. WP – Esposito. LP – Moseis. March 26
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Longwood 7, Shoreham-Wading River 0: Dave Knudsen pitched a two- hitter with six strikeouts. Steve Smakal’s catch saved a grand slam with two out and the game still scoreless in the fifth inning. Smakel hit a two-run single in the sixth as Longwood took a 3-0 lead. He had a two-run double in the seventh to cap the scoring. A.J. Datkun went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. WP – Knudsen. LP – Gili. March 27
Longwood 5, Sachem 2: Steve Smakal’s sacrifice fly in the third inning scored Joe Esposito as Longwood (1-0) took a 3-1 lead over Sachem (0-2). Smakal was 2-for-3 with a double and Mike Galigano went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs. Esposito threw a four- hitter with one earned run, a walk and five strikeouts. WP – Esposito. LP – Piotrowski. April 3
Sachem 9, Longwood 3: John Egan scattered six hits in seven innings, allowed three runs and struck out four for Sachem (1-2). Egan went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Jarred Raygada was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Longwood is 1-1. WP – Egan. LP – Knudsen. HR – S 1 (Egan). April 4
Sachem 18, Longwood 6: Rick Caravaggio was 2-for-3 with six RBIs, including a grand slam in the top of the third, for Sachem (2-2). Tom Meaney drove in three runs and Jared Raygada and Nick DeMeo two. Sachem led, 10-0, after the first. Longwood is 1-2. WP – DeMeo. LP – Watkins. HR – S 1 (Caravaggio). April 5
Brentwood 3, Longwood 0: Ed Schrouder pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and two walks for Brentwood (2-0 League I). Rasheem Gatewood led off the fifth with a single, stole second and third and scored on Steve Ringle’s double in a three-run inning. April 11
Brentwood 7, Longwood 4: Pedro Marte’s two-run double in the sixth drove in Rasheem Gatewood and Justin Santos and gave Brentwood (4-1) a 5-3 lead. Isiah Hernandez went 3-for-4 with two runs. Longwood is 1-3. WP – Schrouder. LP – Esposito. HR – L 1 (Bardequez). April 17
Floyd 10, Longwood 4: Brian Balzer and Adam Larkin hit back-to- back two-run doubles during a five-run fifth inning as Floyd (2-6) took a 6-3 lead. Longwood is 1-5. WP – Adams. LP – Knudsen. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 22 Apr 2003:
Longwood 18, Brentwood 5: Joseph Esposito went 3-for-4 with a homer, four RBIs and three runs, and Matt Monastero was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and three-run triple for Longwood (2-5). Alex Bardeguez was 2-for-4 with three runs. Esposito scattered six hits over six innings with two walks and seven strikeouts. Brentwood is 5- 2. WP – Esposito. LP – Santos. HR – L 2 (Esposito, Monastero). April 23
Longwood 18, Floyd 6: Nick Sgonga hit a three-run homer in the first to cap a five-run inning for Longwood in Game 1 of a doubleheader. WP – Ramos. LP – Squires. HR – L 2 (Watkins, Sgonga); F 1 (Balzer).
Floyd 10, Longwood 9: Dan Romeo hit a single to drive in James Alese for the tying run to make the score 9 for Floyd (3-8) in Game 2. Longwood 1-11. WP – C. Adams. LP – Ramos. HR – L 3 (Watkins 2, Bardequez); F 1 (Balzer).. April 25
Smithtown 2, Longwood 0: Shane Sveda threw a two-hitter with seven strikeouts for Smithtown (9-4). He carried a no-hitter through five innings. In the bottom of the fifth, Mike Sveda scored from second base on Chris Hearvey’s infield single up the middle to break a scoreless tie. Two batters later, Jason Lewandowski singled in Hearvey for the second run. Longwood is 3-7. WP – Shane Sveda. LP – Esposito. April 29
Longwood 3, Smithtown 1: Alex Bardeguez’s two-run single in the bottom of the fifth inning broke a scoreless tie for Longwood (4- 7). Mike Galligano was 2-for-2. Smithtown is 9-5. WP – Knudsen. LP – Goldman. April 30
Smithtown 2, Longwood 1: Chris Hervey scored both runs for Smithtown (10-5), including the winner on a throwing error in the bottom of the fifth. Hervey added three stolen bases. Shane Sveda went 3-for-3. Longwood is 4-8. WP – Pernice. LP – Knudsen. May 2
Ward Melville 4, Longwood 1: Dallas Garvin singled, stole second and third and scored on Chris Redder’s suicide squeeze to give Ward Melville (6-7) a 2-1 lead in the top of the 12th inning. Brian Schwartz’s two-run double extended the lead to 4-1 two batters later. Garvin went 4-for-4 with 3 stolen bases, 2 walks and 2 runs. Longwood is 4-9. WP – Kay. LP – Knudsen. May 6
Ward Melville 7, Longwood 6: James Schroder’s two-run homer gave Ward Melville (7-7 League I) a 7-4 lead in the sixth. Longwood is 4- 10. May 7, 2003
Ward Melville 8, Longwood 1: Bobby Kay threw a one-hitter with no earned runs and four strikeouts for Ward Melville (8-7). Brad Jackson went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run and Bryan Schwartz was 2- for-2 with an RBI and a run. Longwood is 4-11. WP – Kay. LP – Knudsen. May 10
Longwood 1, Patchogue-Medford 0: Kevin Watkins singled in Alex Bardeguez in the second inning for Longwood (5-11). PM is 9-7. WP – Hamilton. LP – Paquette.
Patchogue-Medford 11, Longwood 3: Joe Radesco, Mike Pitkewicz and Mike Taddei each had three hits for Patchogue (10-7). Jason Newham allowed two earned runs, nine hits and two walks and struck out six. Longwood is 5-12. WP – Newham. LP – Esposito. May 13
Longwood 8, Patchogue-Medford 6: Nick Lynch scored on a fielder’s choice in the seventh to break a tie at 6 for Longwood (6-12). Lynch had an RBI single earlier in the four-run inning. Dave Randazzo went 2-for-2 with two RBIs, and Alex Bardeguez was 2-for-2 with a two- run and three RBIs. Patchogue-Medford is 10-8. WP – Knudsen. LP – Herrick. HR – L 1 (Bardeguez). May 16