High school roundup: Baseball and softball playoff results

Ryan Tullo hit a two-out, walk-off grand slam to cap a nine-run inning in a comeback victory for No. 2 Wantagh in its 11-7 win over No. 3 Wheatley Monday in Game 3 of the Nassau Class A baseball semifinals at Massapequa.

Wantagh trailed, 7-2, in the bottom of the seventh. Charlie Cascino’s RBI single cut the deficit to one, and Vinny Napolitano’s RBI single tied the score. Tullo went 2-for-3 with two HRs, five RBIs, a walk and a hit-by-pitch. Kirsh Patel had a home run for Wheatley (16-9). Wantagh (19-6-1) will face No. 1 Plainedge at 6 p.m. Thursday in Game 1 of the Nassau Class A Championship at Farmingdale State.

Garden City 10, Mepham 5: Joe Carey hit a two-RBI single in the bottom of the third inning to give top-seeded Garden City the lead in its win over No. 9 Mepham in Game 3 of the Nassau Class AA semifinals.

Chris Desiderio led off the fourth inning with a solo home run and Jake Brown followed with a two-run homer in the same inning. Fionn Ryan pitched 3 1⁄3 scoreless innings of relief.

Garden City (22-4) will face No. 3 Bellmore JFK at 3 p.m. Thursday at Farmingdale State in the finals. Mepham finished 16-7.

SATURDAY’S GAME

Shoreham-Wading River 5, Bayport-Blue Point 1: Dan Laieta went 2-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and a run scored, and he also earned the save by recording the final out with the tying run at the plate for No. 4 Shoreham-Wading River in its win over No. 3 Bayport-Blue Point in Suffolk’s Class A playoffs.

Conor Dietz struck out 10 over five innings and scored two runs. Ayden Hughes struck out four over 1 2⁄3 innings. Bayport-Blue Point finishes its season with an 13-8 record. Shoreham-Wading River (15-7) will host No. 5 Miller Place at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

SOFTBALL

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Northport 6, Comsewogue/Port Jefferson 0: Shannon Gloeckner threw a one-hit shutout and struck out 11 for No. 8 Northport against No. 7 Comsewogue/Port Jefferson in a Suffolk Class AAA elimination game. Addison Acerra went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, a triple and three RBIs. Northport (17-7) will visit No. 6 Ward Melville for an elimination game at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comsewogue/Port Jefferson finished 15-8.

Kings Park 5, Islip 0: Stella Roosa pitched a complete game, striking out 15 and allowing one hit in No. 2 Kings Park’s win over No. 3 Islip in the second round of the Suffolk Class A double elimination playoffs. Emily Hofmayer went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and an RBI. Maddy Cooper went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Emma Lombardi hit a solo home run. Kings Park (17-3) will visit No. 1 Miller Place in the winner’s bracket final at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Islip (12-10) will host No. 5 Shoreham-Wading River at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.