Baseball - Monroe-Woodbury falls in state AAA semifinal contest
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Section 9 Class AAA baseball champ Monroe-Woodbury caught some bad breaks on the basepaths and dropped a 5-3 decision to Suffolk County champion Massapequa in a state semifinal setback on Friday, June 12, in Endicott.
The Crusaders (19-4) had a pair of runners thrown out over the final four innings, and could not produce the tying runs in the seventh inning despite having a pair on board.
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As Joey Bauer drew a walk in the fourth inning, Liam Hayes successfully stole third base and scored when catcher Anthony Dinello threw high to the bag. However, left fielder Caiden Erker retrieved the ball quickly and got the ball in to Dinello, who spotted Bauer trying to take second and gunned him down to put an end to the Monroe rally that shaved the deficit to 3-2.
Down 5-2 in the seventh, Ryan Lugo drew a leadoff walk and took third when second baseman Brady Love booted a grounder up the middle by Jeremy Lai. Evan Erickson lined a single off the glove of reliever James Alonso, scoring Lugo and leaving the tying runs on base. Liam Hayes lofted a fly to short right-center; center fielder Anthony Conza cut in front of Christopher Sultana and delivered a perfect throw to third base where Ryan Moore laid the game-ending double-play tag on pinch runner Evan Espinal.
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This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Monroe-Woodbury baseball falls in state AAA semifinal contest