In Monday’s 14-1 win at Nyack, senior Harry Ellis filled the stat sheet, going 3-for-5 with five RBIs and two runs scored. Senior Lucas London drove in three more runs on two hits, and senior Nolan Hutson had two hits and two RBIs.
Rye posted six-run innings in the second and third, and the game ended on a run rule after five innings. Sophomore pitcher Clayton McCarthy pitched the first four innings, allowing just one hit, one walk, and one run.
With the blowout win, the Garnets improved to 4-0 since returning from Florida, and three of the four wins have come by eight or more runs. The only close call during the stretch was Saturday’s 10-8 come-from-behind win against New Rochelle in the Garnets’ home opener.
After celebrating the town’s little league baseball and softball teams in Saturday’s opening day parade, Rye got off to a slow start against the Class AAA Huguenots. New Rochelle led 6-0 before the bottom of the third inning, when senior Jamie Morris, junior Luke Ontaneda, and junior Ben Fineberg collected hits to make it 6-2.
New Rochelle responded with two runs in the top of the fourth, going ahead 8-2. In the bottom of the inning, Morris singled, senior Jackson Pineault reached base on an error, and Ellis drove Morris in on a sac fly, cutting the deficit to 8-5.
The Garnets were still down by three runs, with just four outs remaining, when New Rochelle lost control. Four Rye batters drew walks, London singled, and Hutson doubled, scoring five runs to take the first lead of the game. London then pitched a scoreless final inning for the save.
Starting pitcher Michael Talbott and Ellis each pitched three innings, with Ellis earning the win.
Rye faces the same Nyack team it just obliterated at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, then ends the week at 1 p.m. Saturday against Lakeland.
