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In a four-day period close to over 2,000 votes were cast in the 2018 HCBL Home Run Derby Fan Vote. It turned out to be the closest result in the four-year history of the Home Run Derby Fan Vote.

Ultimately it was Westhampton’s Ryan Steckline (Monmouth) who edged out a win beating second-place Eric Roubal (Queens) of Long Island by only eight votes. Southampton’s Jimmy Joyce (Hofstra) who finished in third place was only 15 votes back of Steckline.

2018 HCBL Home Run Derby Fan Vote Results

Ryan Steckline (Westhampton/Monmouth) - 20.5% (398)

Eric Roubal (Long Island/Queens) – 20.1% (390)

Jimmy Joyce (Southampton/Hofstra) – 19.8% (383)

Brendan Bean (North Fork/Pennsylvania) – 15.9% (308)

Jake MacKenzie (Shelter Island/Fordham) – 12.6% (245)

Connor Anderson (Sag Harbor/Paris JC) – 5.9% (115)

Alex Baratta (Riverhead/Binghamton) – 5.1% (98)

Steckline will join his Westhampton teammate Curtis Robison (Penn State) in the 2018 HCBL Home Run Derby at 3:00 PM at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank just before the 6th Annual HCBL All-Star Game at 5 PM.

Below is the lineup of participants

Long Island: Matt Codispoti (Albany)

North Fork: Ben Terwilliger (Maine)

Riverhead: Chris Stefl (St. John’s)

Sag Harbor: Joe Suozzi (Boston College)

Shelter Island: Alex Volpi (Holy Cross)

Southampton: Daniel Alfonzo (Adelphi)

Westhampton: Curtis Robison (Penn State)

Westhampton: Ryan Steckline (Monmouth) – FAN VOTE

The Home Run Derby format is as follows:
- Three rounds, eight outs per round

- Original players will bat in alphabetical by last name in first round; Fan Vote player will hit last. In semifinals and finals, players will hit in reverse order of home runs in previous round.

- Quarterfinals: Top four advance to semifinal
Semifinals: Top two advance to final
Final: Most home runs wins
Any tiebreaker for each round would be determined by a four-out playoff, with the winner advancing. If the players are still tied at that point, it goes to sudden death. Whoever gets the most home runs in ten swings advances to the next round.

In case of a tie for the tiebreaker round or a situation in the semi-final or final round where two batters have an equal number of home runs from the previous round, a coin toss will be determined. The player on the team with the better regular season record the day of the event will call heads or tails. The winner of the toss will decide if he will go first or second. Should there be a tie between the fan vote winner and the selected Derby participant on his team, the regularly selected player chosen for his team will make the call on the coin toss.