| Justin Moore against Syosset |
Well, well, would you look at that: the two undefeated teams in AA-I, East Meadow and Massapequa, both fell to their opponents yesterday in fairly decisive fashion.
Led by Matt Zink, Syosset defeated EM, 6-3, in their first real test of the season. East Meadow won the first game of the series, 7-2 on Monday. It makes you sort of wonder: East Meadow is good, no doubt about it (they wouldn't be in AA-I otherwise), but how many of their wins come from overpowering talent and how many come by merit of a comparatively easy early season schedule? In other words: what's going to happen against big bad MacArthur next week?
It's nice to see the Braves rebounding after their sweep by MacArthur and the loss in game one. No such respite for slap-happy Mepham. The team came into their series against Massapequa having scored over 50 runs in their previous four games. Not so much against the Chiefs, who limited Mepham to nine runs over three games and swept them but good. Color me an optimist, though: I think Mepham has what it takes to at least split their four games against Seaford and Syosset.
And finally, Massapequa, leaders of all things Nassau baseball, fell 5-1 behind the bat of MacArthur's Justin Moore and pitcher Nick Savin. Every single time I've seen Moore (ok, only twice, but still), he's been beyond impressive. Yesterday, it was a three run home run that sealed the victory against 'pequa. On April 7, he was making waves on the mound: toying with Syosset's emotions before skirting out of trouble on a number of ocassions.
Kid doesn't say much, but he knows his baseball and can beat a team any which way he wants.
Also, let me take a second to show a little love for the underexposed teams on ABC-VII. East Meadow and Massapequa may have fallen off the undefeated wagon, but there's still one team with a perfect record. West Hempstead remains unbeaten (5-0), with two wins coming against historically better teams in East Rockaway and Malverne.
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Yep. West Hempstead is now 7-0 with two more wins against opponents in higher conferences. Took out Carle Place and Cold Spring Harbor this week by scores of 8-2 and 4-1. There pitching and defense are solid this year and they should continue there streak with an easy 3 game series against Roosevelt this week. Undefeated season this year is possible.
Im not 100% sure but i think mepham has the most home runs in their conference by a lot. To call them slap happy would be insulting. Laura, make sure you information is valid before you jump to a false conclusion