Top Performers of the week: Josh Knoth's perfect game headlines list
Josh Knoth of Patchogue-Medford High School baseball on the High School field, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost
Our weekly top performers can only start with a player who achieved perfection for the second time in his pitching career. MLB prospect Josh Knoth of Patchogue-Medford fired a perfect game this week against Riverhead. He struck out 19 of 21 batters and needed 86 pitches to complete the gem.
Knoth (6-0) has 82 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings and allowed only three hits.
In other baseball action:
Gregg Sarra is Newsday's high school sports editor and has been on the beat since the mid-1980s.
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