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Three more no-hitters and two super strikeout games

May
2

Five incredible pitching jobs today, including three more no-hitters. That makes six this season by my count. We only had one all of last year. How did we get three in one day? Was it the weather? Did all teams agree to bat with those foam pool noodles?

First Ed Byrne of Stepinac, making his second start of the season, came within one out of a perfect game. It wasn’t his fault either. Someone made an error behind him in the fifth to allow a baserunner. He still faced the minimum and had a no-hitter.

At Edgemont, Ardsley’s Mike Swerdloff no-hit the Panthers with two walks and nine strikeouts. The game only lasted six innings. His last two starts hadn’t been great, so this came a little out of the blue.

The third no-hitter came from Suffern’s Robbie Aviles, the high-ceiling sophomore with fantastic stuff. He shut down defending Class AA champion North Rockland while whiffing 13.

Dan Zlotnick of Somers did him one better, striking out 14 Harrison Huskies in six innings in an 8-2 win. Then there was Nanuet’s Dan Diaz, who fanned 17 Falcons in a 12-0 win over Albertus. One of our readers suggested it was a school record. I wouldn’t be surprised, but I’ll check with Nanuet. You can bet, though, that it won’t be matched this year. Tough to strike out more than 17 when you only get 21 outs. Diaz has an incredible 45 Ks in just 23 innings.

Here are the rest of the night’s results.

Rye Country Day 6, Hamden Hall 0: At RCD, Marco Blasetti went 3 for 4 with four RBI. Will Baine pitched a complete-game shutout with nine strikeouts.

Tuckahoe 5, Bronxville 1: At Tuckahoe, Joe Melendez had two hits and two RBI. Matt Strickrodt struck out eight for the Tigers. John Naso had an RBI for the Broncos.

Rye Neck 11, Blind Brook 2: At Rye Neck, Dylan Brown had two RBI and Kevin McQuade had two hits and two runs. Brett Novick was 2 for 3 for the Trojans.

Mahopac 7, Arlington 5: At Mahopac, Nick Iuni gave Mahopac the lead in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run single. Nick Barbalatto had two RBI and two runs scored for the Indians.

John Jay 10, Port Chester 2: At Port Chester, Kyle Clemmenson went 3 for 3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Stephen Green had two RBI and a run scored for the Indians. Peter Paniccia went 2 for 2 with two runs scored for the Rams.

R.C. Ketcham 5, Carmel 3: At Carmel, Zack Graczyk had a double, an RBI and a run.

Brunswick 3, Masters 1: At Masters, Griffen Meeds had an RBI single in the fifth inning for the Panthers.

Hackley 4, Trinity 0: At Hackley, George McCombe went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBI for the Hornets. Teammate Christian Dipietrantonio pitched a complete game two-hitter allowing a walk and struck out four.

Cathedral Prep 6, Sacred Heart 2:  At Sacred Heart, Dave Villar and John Morgan each had an RBI for the Irish.

Horace Greeley 6, Tappan Zee 2: At Horace Greeley, Spencer Ross had a home run and three RBI. Dylan St. John had a home run and two RBI. Chris Kiernan and Brian Connolly each had an RBI for Tappan Zee.

New Rochelle 9, Scarsdale 3: At New Rochelle, Andrew Bruzzese had a home run and three RBI. Martin Aranda added two RBI. Evan Kleppe had a hit and an RBI for the Raiders.

Mamaroneck 4, White Plains 1: At White Plains, Michael Rosenfeld had two RBI. Alex Calvert went 2 for 3 with one RBI for White Plains.

Brewster 6, Pearl River 2: In the first round of the Nyack Tournament, Bobby Delfranco and Connor O’Rourke each had two RBI for the Bears. Anthony Raimone and Ed Vecchio each had one RBI for the Pirates. Brewster will play the Nyack/Hen Hud winner in the championship game today at 7 p.m.

Saunders 13, Roosevelt 0: At Roosevelt, Michael Barbara had three RBI and three runs. Corie Krasnow was 3 for 3 with two RBI. Saul Franjul had a hit and a walk for Roosevelt.

Briarcliff 6, Byram Hills 0: At Briarcliff, James Lombardi pitched a shutout. Anthony Prinz was 3 for 3 with two RBI. Casey Friedricks was 3 for 3 for the Bobcats.

Keio 5, Valhalla 4:  At Keio, Gota Kato drove the game-winning run in on a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning for the Unicorns. Teammate Tatsuro Kitajima had a two-RBI double. Nick Gangemi went 3 for 3 with a walk and had an RBI for the Vikings.

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6 Responses to “Three more no-hitters and two super strikeout games”

  1. curve ball

    Wow, South Clarkestown does it again…..I wish I knew in advance of this tournament that has James Monroe and George Washington (the 2 teams that usually meet in the NYC PSAL final) Fordham Prep and Regis- Chsaa…..Guilderland(a town up by Albany, but I know nothing about) and some team called Grand Street?.......And Tottenville- a perennial Staten island power house
    What a group of great teams again…Please let me know when the next games are scheduled after today’s postponements

  2. Baller

    You lead with a 14 k performance yet the Nanuet kid had 17? A person at the field said it was a Nanuet High School record.

  3. Jake Thomases

    Somehow I was so busy looking up the Byrne, Aviles, and Zlotnick games that I missed two more huge games, including Dan Diaz’s 17(!) strikeout performance and Mike Swerdloff’s no-hitter. I updated this post to include all five guys.

  4. Baseball admirer

    You can get the whole revise schedule for the South Tournament on Souths website baseballsouth.com. South is playing REgis today at 1:00

  5. hsbaseballfan

    Where will the Bosco/Mamaroneck game be played today?

  6. South

    Tournament at South is still on. First game is now at 10:00. South plays Regis at 1:00.

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Jay GallagherJosh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
Jake Thomases Jake Thomases has covered baseball, hockey, girls basketball, and girls soccer for the Journal News since arriving in 2003. He previously interned at The Poughkeepsie Journal while attending Vassar College. He is socking money away under his mattress to buy the Knicks, at which time he will trade Jerome James to Cleveland for a ham sandwich.

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