As the regular season comes to a close we have a three way tie for the most home runs in Suffolk County this season. Rob Melo from Patchogue-Medford, Michael Olvieto from Hauppauge, and Kevin Schnupp from Comsewogue all finished with five long balls apiece.
It was a hotly contested home run chase all season long for the trio. Rob Melo has had a career filled with long blasts. When he went deep twice on April 26th he set the new career home run record for the school. That record was previously held by Kyle Wilson. He then added one more to his season long total and now has 13 dingers for his career.
While Melo was no stranger to career home runs, Michael Olvieto was atop the home run leaderboard for most of the season. Olvieto had three home runs in his first eight games and then had four after ten games. His highlight game came when his team was down 7-4 entering the bottom of the 7th, Michael Oliveto stepped up to the plate and crushed a walkoff grand slam to beat East Islip. Putting a signature moment on a signature season.
Kevin Schnupp needed a late flurry of home runs to put his name in the mix for first place. Schnupp hit three home runs in his last seven games of the season. The senior catcher was one behind the lead with one game to play and smashed a long ball on the final day to capture a tie for the home run lead in Suffolk.