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Baseball: Hayden homer helps Ospreys top Tomcats

DANIEL DE MATO PHOTO | North Fork pitcher Anthony Rosati earned his first win of the season, allowing Riverhead six hits over six innings.
DANIEL DE MATO PHOTO | North Fork pitcher Anthony Rosati earned his first win of the season, allowing Riverhead six hits over six innings.

OSPREYS 6, TOMCATS 3

First baseman Mike Hayden clubbed a two-run home run and shortstop Eric Solberg doubled in another two runs as the North Fork Ospreys recorded a 6-3 victory over the Riverhead Tomcats in a Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League game at Jean W. Cochran Park in Peconic on Saturday night.

Right-hander Anthony Rosati worked in and out of trouble in his six innings of work and earned his first win of the season as North Fork improved to 2-3 while Riverhead fell to 1-1. Rosati, a Copiague resident who attends St. John’s University, scattered six hits while walking five and striking out four batters.

The Ospreys needed three relief pitchers to close out the game, with another St. John’s pitcher, right-hander Thomas Hackimer, to get the final two outs after the Tomcats scored twice in the ninth inning.

The Tomcats had taken a 1-0 lead on Austin Davis’ run-scoring single in the top of the fourth inning before the hosts took the lead for good behind Solberg’s two-run double and Tyler Bethune driving in another run with a groundout in the bottom of the inning. North Fork added two more runs in the sixth on Hayden’s homer to left-center field.