This was vintage Evan Kay. The reigning Suffolk Pitcher of the Year and owner of a Long Island record 60 consecutive scoreless innings needed one more out to secure Commack’s fourth straight county title, the previous three coming in Class AA. Commack led by a run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh but Sachem North had runners at first and third.
Sachem North leadoff man Jack Pitman worked the count full against Kay, who delivered a changeup that Pittman chopped toward first baseman Brady Cascone. Kay immediately broke from the mound and sprinted toward first. Cascone underhanded a toss to Kay for the final out and the celebration was on.
Commack edged Sachem North, 2-1, to capture the Suffolk Class AAA championship on Sunday afternoon at the Middle Country Athletic Complex in Selden. “He was on today,” Commack coach Matt Salmon said of Kay. “He had a beautiful rhythm and a dynamite changeup.
It was all defense and pitching for us.” Commack (17-8), the defending Long Island Class AA champions, will meet Farmingdale for the Long Island Class AAA championship on Saturday at 7 p.m.
at Farmingdale State University. “This was the toughest season to win a title,” Salmon laughed. “We used 22 different lineups trying to find the winning combination.
” Kay and Sachem North starter Anthony Vino battled through five scoreless innings. With two outs in the sixth and no one on, Dean Vincent, who’d previously doubled, reached on an infield error. Chris Messina th.