Fernelys Sanchez hasn’t missed a beat.
The senior center fielder, who suffered a fractured left fibula in the preseason, tripled, doubled, scored three runs and drove in four in his second game back to lead No. 4 George Washington to an 11-1, run-rule victory over No. 13 New Dorp in the second round of the PSAL Class A playoffs Friday afternoon.
Wesley Rodriguez had two hits and scored two runs, Michael Richardson drove in two runs, Kevin Torres struck out three in five innings and Marvis Campos also scored two runs for the defending city champion Trojans (16-2), who meet fifth-seeded Norman Thomas in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. New Dorp ends the year at 13-7.
No. 1 Cardozo 9, No. 16 Newtown 2: Connor Doyle struck out 10 and allowed just two hits over six innings for the win, Nicanor Luna had three RBIs, Adrian Castano added three hits, two RBIs and scored twice, Diego Gonzalez drove in two runs and Chris Campbell scored twice and notched an RBI for Cardozo (18-0), which faces No. 8 Telecommunications in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Newtown finishes 13-5.
No. 2 Grand Street Campus 4, No. 15 Taft 1: Kevin Martir had two RBIs, Basael (Ralphy) McDonald scored two runs, Jose Cuas added an RBI, Santo Duran scored once and Geraldo Gonzalez struck out 11 in 5-2/3 for Grand Street (17-1), which meets No. 7 James Monroe in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Taft finishes 12-6.
No. 5 Norman Thomas 7, No. 12 James Madison 2: Arturo Cotto homered and drove in four runs, Michael German had two hits and scored twice, Francis Vasquez had two hits, an RBI and scored a run and Luis Zorrilla struck out five and scattered seven hits over seven innings for Norman Thomas, which scored five runs in the sixth inning to pull away. The Tigers (16-2) will face No. 4 George Washington in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Madison finishes the year 14-4.
No. 8 Telecommunications 3, No. 9 Beacon 2 (eight innings): Joshua Palacios tripled, scored once and drove in a run, Elijah Sanabria had two hits and scored once, Chris Lee allowed just two hits and one runs over 6-2/3 and Josh Mercado went 1-1/3 for the win in relief for Telecom (15-3), which will face No. 1 Cardozo in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Beacon finishes 14-4.
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