Baseball Recap: Vincent Natalie leads Carle Place to victory over Wheatley

By Team Reports May 17, 2024, 5:05am

Baseball Recap: Carle Place Frogs vs. Wheatley Wildcats

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Carle Place had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Wheatley Wildcats. For Carle Place, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 defeat Wheatley walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April.

Patrick McCarthy spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on six hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Vincent Natalie was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Carle Place now has a winning record of 11-10. As for Wheatley, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.

Carle Place will have a chance to go back-to-back against Wheatley: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

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