Updated: Sat., May. 29, 2010, 2:20 AM Cascello helps lead Farrell to Game 1 win vs. All Hallows
BY DYLAN BUTLER Last Updated: 2:20 AM, May 29, 2010 Posted: 2:18 AM, May 29, 2010
Matt Cascello had 24 hours to mull over a situation that he's never been in before.
The Monsignor Farrell pitcher stepped back on the mound facing a bases-loaded jam with one out in the top of the first inning that he got himself into Thursday night before the opener of a best-of-three CHSAA Class A intersectional third- round qualifying series against All Hallows was suspended because of rain in the top of the first.
“That was the first time I ever had to do that, come back the next day,” Cascello said. “I take my bullpens before the game really seriously. I was thinking of coming in out of relief, to get a ground ball with one out and then after that I started thinking about it as another start.”
Cascello got just want he wanted. Irwin Zorilla grounded out to third, driving in one run and that was all the 13th-seeded Gaels would get as No. 6 Monsignor Farrell took Game 1, 7-4, Friday night at the College of Staten Island.
A little more than 12 hours after the marathon opener, the teams will step on the field at Jack Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University for Game 2. Farrell ace Joe Fiori will oppose All Hallows star James Norwood Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
“Their team is definitely a momentum team and if they would have had this win, tomorrow they’d be up and into the game more,” Cascello said. “This was big for us.”
Cascello allowed just two earned runs and struck out five through six innings. Gary Boardman came in to close out the game for Farrell, which was victimized by three seventh-inning errors. All Hallows, meanwhile, was sloppy defensively throughout the game as its five-game winning streak was snapped.
Farrell (12-4) scored twice in the second inning without a hit as Nick Matera scored on Zorilla’s wild pitch and Mike Viegas drove in a run on a groundout to third. Mike DiPaola scored on a throwing error by shortstop Jeremy Tejada in the third inning and, after Nick Del Prete’s RBI bloop double in the fourth, two more All Hallows errors opened the door for the Lions to score twice in the fifth to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
The miscues appeared to be infectious as the Gaels (11-9) scored three runs in the final two innings after three Farrell errors, but Boardman struck out Dilson Hernandez and Julian Mateo flew out to left to end the 2 1/2-hour game, which was twice delayed because of injuries.
In the bottom of the fourth, Kelly was cut over his right eye after getting hit with the ball on an attempted pickoff at second and had to leave the game. Moments later All Hallows center fielder Alexis Torres left the game after sustaining an injury diving for a shallow fly ball.
“Knowing him, he’ll be ready,” Mulligan said of Kelly, Farrell’s starting second baseman. “I think he’ll go to the hospital tonight. I imagine he’ll get stitched up and hopefully we’ll see him there tomorrow.”
Bright and early, at that.
dbutler@nypost.com
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