Eastchester stays hot vs. Pearl River
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Chalk up another one for Eastchester. That’s 15 of 16 for the once-moribund Eagles. It’s a group that, at 1-8 in April, needed a lot of luck to make the playoffs and a minor miracle to move seven games over .500. Which, of course, is exactly where they sit after today’s 7-3 first-round win over Pearl River in the Class A playoffs.
It was just the opponent scorching Eastchester wanted to see. Pearl River knocked it out of the playoffs in the first round last year behind a 10-run sixth and relief appearance by Sean Giblin. This time the shutdown reliever belonged to the Eagles. As did the big tiebreaking inning.
Andrew Nickoletos picked up the win by cleaning up after Rob Federico, who loaded the bases and walked in a run. Nickoletos, a lefty with a nasty curve, got out of the inning tied at 3-3 then tossed three more scoreless innings. Dom Cecere didn’t want to use his top reliever today but didn’t have a choice. Dan Sorine broke the tie with a RBI single, followed by a David Perlleshi two-run double. They scored four in the fifth.
Steve Putnick, Pearl River’s ace, took the loss. He came in after four innings by Ed Vecchio and probably would have started the next game. But he was ineffective in his first inning. It followed his worst start
of the season to close the regular season, which makes me think there was something wrong with him.
The Eagles go for their 16th win in 17 games against No. 3 Hen Hud on Monday. The pitching matchup will probably be Dan Sorine for Eastchester against Dan Martin for Hen Hud. Hen Hud used ace Mike Tandy to beat Byram Hills.
Interesting sidenote here — Cecere is a 44-year coach and Paul Natale of Hen Hud’s been at the helm for 38 years. That’s a lot of baseball.
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Josh 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 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.
THats Waht I tIs BABY! Eastchester All The Way!
Eastchester has to pitch Sorine on Monday, to give them
a chance. Win and move on!
Eastchester
Eastchester all the way
Good luck Eastchester, tell your coach Hastings graduates say good luck…