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Perfection is an anomaly \u2014 especially on the baseball diamond \u2014 but\u00a0on Tuesday afternoon\u00a0at Pulaski Street Sports Complex, Riverhead\u2019s sophomore pitching phenom Matthew Zambriski made it a reality. Riverhead defeated Central Islip 22-0 and Zambriski threw a perfect game \u2014 retiring all 21 batters in a seven-inning complete game shutout \u2014 the first in school history, according to head coach Kevin Kerman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zambriski\u2019s gem also marked the first no-hitter by a Blue Waves hurler since 2013, when Matt Crohan threw two back-to-back no-nos to open his senior year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this was different. This was literal perfection. Zambriski didn\u2019t issue any walks, struck out 16 of 21 batters and threw just 75 pitches in seven innings \u2014 65 for strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery time he steps on the mound we know we might witness something special,\u201d Kerman said. \u201cHe\u2019s got that type of stuff. He\u2019s got the body and the build and he finally has the mindset to be able to dominate. And he\u2019s done it all year long for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 6-foot-4 righty has thrown 25.1 innings this season with 49 strikeouts and a 1.65 ERA. He no-hit Longwood through the first five innings earlier this season. His fastball clocks in around 86 to 87 miles per hour and often leaves hitters helpless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know I can give myself a chance every day to do something cool on the baseball field,\u201d Zambriski said. \u201cI have confidence in myself and I have confidence in my stuff. Warming up in the bullpen today I felt really good. I felt like I had everything working.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When he took the mound, you could tell Zambriski meant business, retiring the side in order and striking out all six batters in the first two innings. The zip on his pitches was simply next level and every Central Islip hitter coming up against him had trouble catching up to the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting those strikeouts only made me more confident as the game went on,\u201d Zambriski said. \u201cI was focusing on hitting the glove. I knew my teammates had my back even if I didn\u2019t get the strikeout.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sixth inning, a Central Islip batter hit a grounder up the middle that looked like it might sneak through for a single, but shortstop Cam Wallace came out of nowhere, slid in front of the ball and made a confident throw across the diamond for the out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central Islip then had the top of the order coming to the plate in the top of the seventh. If the perfecto was meant to be broken it would be right then and there. But Zambriski struck out the first batter, retired the second on a fly ball and handled the final out himself, corralling an infield pop up on the pitcher\u2019s mound before being mobbed by his teammates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll I was thinking in the final at bat was, \u2018Don\u2019t hit him, don\u2019t hit him,\u2019 because I wanted to keep the perfect game alive,\u201d Zambriski said. \u201cWhen I saw that short popup hit to me I had so much relief rush through my body. This is easily the best moment in my career so far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The win over Central Islip marks seven in a row for the Blue Waves. It\u2019s been a massive turnaround for a team that managed to win only five games the last two years. In Kerman\u2019s third season as head coach, Riverhead is four wins away from clinching a playoff spot with eight games to play<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere had to be a culture change here,\u201d Kerman said. \u201cWe had to change how we went about things here and how we carried ourselves on and off the field. We started doing winter workouts, we enrolled in a fall league, we play at Lasorda Legacy Park during our off months, and we don\u2019t take days off. If it\u2019s raining we find a turf field. We\u2019re committing to turning this thing around and I feel like finally we\u2019re starting to see those results of all the hard work we put in the last two years. Truth is, we\u2019re only getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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