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Hamptons Baseball: Tomcats Defeat Aviators at Home on Tuesday

Aviator defense commits six errors in 8-4 loss to Riverhead at Westhampton on Tuesday.

The Westhampton Aviators lost to the Riverhead Tomcats, 8-4. on Tuesday at a game at Hite Field in Westhampton, according to Hamptonsbaseball.com.

The website reported that the Tomcats jumped out to a five-run lead and never looked back.

Riverhead received a lift from the Aviator defense, which committed six errors. Eric Schlitter (Bridgeport) had an RBI single and later scored during the Tomcats' four-run third inning that put them up 5-0. 

Riverhead scattered 12 hits throughout the night, including two apiece from Schlitter, Eric Romano (Franklin Pierce), Steve Dill (Harvard) and Ryan Lukach (Hartford).

Marc Rutledge (Dowling) earned the win, pitching 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

For more information, visit hamptonsbaseball.org.

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