A furious seventh inning comeback fell just short on Wednesday, as Stuyvesant took their first PSAL loss of the season, going down 6-4 to rival Beacon.

Beacon jumped out to a 4-0 lead early, getting four hits through the first two innings and then taking advantage of Stuy errors, wild pitches and passed balls.

The Peglegs’ bats were quiet through the first five innings, managing four hits while striking out seven times. At the same time, the Beacon bench was getting rowdy and had to be warned by the umpire several times.

Stuy threatened in the sixth, loading the bases in the sixth with one out, but managed to plate just one runner. In the bottom of the seventh, however, down 6-1, it looked as though their fortunes were about to change. Adam Lucey and Peter Carini led off with hits followed by an Ethan Lin walk to load the bases. Lucey scored on a groundout by Axel Riess to bring the game to 6-2. Sam Levine came to the plate and quickly went down 0-2 but fought through seven more pitches before hitting a line drive to right bringing the score to 6-3. Iravan Bhattacharyya drove in another run to close the gap to 6-4. But that was all the Peglegs would manage and Beacon walked away with the win.

“We beat ourselves today,” said Coach Carlesi. “We outhit them but gave them too many free bases.” Stuy gave up seven walks, seven combined passed balls/wild pitches and made four errors. The good news is that, despite all of this they were still in a position to win the game at the end. The Peglegs showed great heart today, refusing to roll over when things got tough.

The teams play again on Tuesday at Central Park.

Game Notes
Adam Lucey had two doubles
Ethan Kirscher had two hits, including a triple
Sam Levine went 3-3 with a walk and a triple
Bhattacharyya, Lin and Julian Malenda combined to strike out eleven