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Twenty-two years as coach of Patchogue-Medford baseball, and Anthony Frascogna had never presided over a perfect game. Until Wednesday.
Pat-Med junior righthander Josh Knoth tossed an absolute masterpiece in Medford, striking out 20 batters en route to a perfect game and the Raiders’ 13-0 win over Riverhead (5-3).
“It was one for the ages,” Frascogna, a 1986 graduate of Pat-Med and a catcher in high school with the Raiders, told GreaterLongIsland.com. “Our catcher said he has seen [Knoth] throw better, but he was able to throw all three of his pitches for strikes.”
Below is a video of Knoth recording the final out, a swing-and-a-miss strikeout on a curve ball in the dirt. Pat-Med catcher Bryan Frascogna needed to toss the ball to first base for the put-out to make the perfect game official.
Knoth, 16, is a College of Charleston commit and a Rawlings and Perfect Game Underclassmen Preseason All-American. Patchogue-Medford is 10-1 and in first place in Suffolk County’s League I.
Diamond perfection in Medford
Below are 10 photos of Wednesday’s game provided by Jennifer Martinek Frascogna.
Feature photo: Josh Knoth (Courtesy of Jennifer Martinek Frascogna).
