Adrenaline Shore Conference Baseball Friday Scoreboard, 5/20/22

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Shore Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals

(4) Red Bank Catholic 7, (5) Wall 1

Junior Frank Scrivanic and senior Jack Meyers came through with two-out, two-run hits in a six-run fifth inning for Red Bank Catholic and junior Alex Stanyek shut down the Wall lineup in a Caseys win over the Crimson Knights.

Scrivanic tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 4th and RBC took the lead in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk by sophomore Sean Griggs. After an error scored the third Caseys run, Scrivanic smoked single through the middle with the bases loaded to score two runs and stretch the RBC lead to 5-1.

Meyers then stepped in a hammered a double to the left-centerfield gap to chase home two more and cap the scoring.

Wall jumped on top in the top of the second inning on a solo home run to left by senior Jerry Winchester. The Crimson Knights threatened again in the third when senior Nick Colbert walked and moved to second on a sacrifice, followed by a hard groundball by senior Nick Lovarco that was misplayed at third base and scooted into the outfield.

Colbert attempted to score, but Red Bank Catholic executed a successful relay from Meyers in left, Griggs at third and junior Shane Andrus at the plate to cut down Colbert for the second out.

Following in the play at the plate, Stanyek retired 13 of the next 15 batters that he faced, with the two exceptions coming on a pair of walks.

Pitching

Top Hitters

(22) Donovan Catholic 3, (14) Southern 2

Junior Rocco Scarpitti hit a tie-breaking, two-out, RBI single in the top of the fifth and junior right-hander Jason Basillicata closed the game out on the mound to send the Griffins past the Rams and into the SCT semifinals Tuesday at Count Basie Park in Red Bank.

Scarpitti finished 1-for-3 and accounted for two of the three Donovan Catholic RBI, drawing a bases-loaded walk in the top of the fourth to cut Southern's lead to 2-1. Junior Ryan Butchko went 1-for-1 with a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the fourth.

Senior Curtis Olender and junior Brandon Brown each notched RBI singles in the bottom of the second to stake Southern to a 2-0 lead.

Pitching

Top Hitters

Non-Division

Barnegat 8, Brick Memorial 2

Senior Joe Fiorentino reached base in all three plate appearances and drove in two RBI and the Bengals' three senior pitchers kept the Mustangs (12-10) quiet as their offense broke out.

Senior Ryan Kulpa pitched the first 5 2/3 innings with two earned runs allowed on two walks and seven hits with seven strikeouts and also went 1-for-3 with an RBI at the plate.

Senior P.J. Craig was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI at the plate and struck out three straight batters to end the game after entering with the bases loaded and none out in the seventh in relief of senior Jared Schworn.

Senior Rafael Dominguez went 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI for Barnegat (11-11), which broke open the game with four runs in the fifth and three in the sixth.

Seniors Anthony Martino and Ryan Turner each went 1-for-3 with an RBI for Brick Memorial, with Turner's hit coming on a double. Junior Brady Leach also went 2-for-2 with two walks and senior Jack Flood doubled and scored a run in a 1-for-4 day at the plate.

Lacey 3, Brick 2

Sophomore Anthony Eckerson (3-for-4) hit a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the seventh and the Lions (10-9) outlasted the Green Dragons (4-14).

Junior Zack Barrett drove in each of the first two Lacey runs -- the first on an RBI single in the second and the next on a groundout in the fourth.

Brick tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on an error and a wild pitch.

Junior Noah Quinn handled the bulk of the pitching load with two unearned runs on two hits and three walks with eight strikeouts and 69 pitches. Senior Mike Todaro earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings with no hits, four strikeouts and one walk, followed by a perfect seventh from senior Steve Berlinski for the save.

Senior Matt Kunzman pitched six innings in taking the loss, pitching into the seventh inning. He allowed three earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out nine and throwing 104 pitches.

Non-Conference

Monroe 6, Toms River South 4

Toms River East 16, Metuchen 0

Senior Aidan Gallipoli (2-for-2, three runs, two RBI), senior Akkash Santiago (2-for-2, double, three runs, three RBI) and junior Ryan Ushock (2-for-2, double, two runs, four RBI) combined to go 6-for-6 with nine RBI and the Raiders rolled to a win over the Bulldogs.

Sophomore Brandon Safoschnik pitched four shutout innings to earn the win, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out three.

Postponements/Cancelations

Shore Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals

(15) Central at (7) Jackson Memorial - PPD, Saturday, 10 a.m.

(9) St. John Vianney at (1) Rumson-Fair Haven – PPD, Saturday, 10 a.m.

Class A South

Toms River South at Southern – PPD, TBA

Non-Division

Shore at No. 10 Freehold Twp. – PPD, Monday, 4 p.m.

Point Beach at St. Rose – PPD, TBA

Jackson Liberty at Red Bank – Canceled

Long Branch at Brick Memorial – Canceled

Middletown North at Manchester – Canceled

Manalapan at No. 6 Ranney – Canceled

Non-Conference

Keansburg at Highland Park – PPD, Tuesday, 4 p.m.

St. Augustine at Jackson Memorial – PPD, TBA

Matawan at Franklin – PPD, TBA

Mater Dei Prep at Perth Amboy Tech – PPD, TBA

Trenton at Lakewood – Canceled