Baseball Monday Scoreboard, 5/8/17
Class A North
CBA 4, Manalapan 1
Junior Nick Hohenstein pitched a complete game and went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI to lead the Colts (12-6, 7-5) past the Braves (12-7, 7-5). Hohenstein struck out six, allowed one run on six hits and threw 101 pitches to earn the win.
CBa scored three runs in the third to grab a 4-0 lead. Hohenstein singled in a Tommy DiTullio to make it 2-0 and Andrea Dalatri followed with a sacrifice fly to score Peter Morreale. Jack Harnisch capped the scoring in the third with an RBI double.
JonMichael Sabatino threw 84 pitches and took the loss for Manalapan, which has lost five straight games since winning its 11th game in a row.
Class A Central
Raritan 6, St. John Vianney 2
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
SJV (4-9, 3-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Raritan (13-4, 9-2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Pitching
SJV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Logan Marter | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 73 |
Matt Dellea (L, 1-2) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 |
Brendan Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Raritan | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Zack Johnston (W, 5-1) | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 111 |
Top Hitters
SJV | Game Stats |
Michael DiPede | 2-3, RBI |
Chris Caragliano | 3-4 |
Raritan | Game Stats |
Dan VanMeerbeke | 1-2, 2BB, RBI |
Shawn Ohea | 2-2, 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI |
Michael Wojtowicz | 1-2, BB, 2 R |
Zack Johnston pitched a complete game for his fifth win and Shawn Ohea delivered an RBI double in a three-run fifth inning as the Rockets beat the Lancers to clinch at least a share of the Class A Central championship. Raritan will play Matawan (8-3 in the division) Tuesday for the outright championship in the final divisional game for both teams.
Class A South
Jackson Memorial 13, Brick Memorial 11
Ryder Tallent was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and five RBI and the Jaguars (7-10, 6-7) outlasted the Mustangs (3-15, 1-11) in an A South slugfest.
Tallent cracked a three-run shot in the third inning to give Jackson Memorial a 5-4 lead and doubled home a run in the fourth to make it 8-6 after Alex Iadisernia gave the Jaguars the lead for good with an RBI single.
Iadisernia finished 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI, while Kyle Thaiss went 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored to help lead the offense. Mike Kosllowski also went 2-for-5 with a two-run single in the fourth.
Joey Howell led Brick Memoria's offense by going 2-for-4 with a home run, double and five RBI. TeeJay Rosace was also 2-for-4 with two doubles, while Antonio Laborte was 1-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI. Ray Lutick and John Votta also doubled and scored a run, with Votta also driving one in for the Mustangs.
Mike Dimino allowed one earned run on three hits with a walk and four strikeouts over the final three innings to save a win for Tim Halasnik in relief. Halasnik pitched two innings in relief of starter Nick Sefick.
C.J. Banka took the loss for Brick Memorial.
Toms River South 11, Central 1
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
TR South (14-1, 11-1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
Central (7-7, 5-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Pitching
TR South | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Justin Fall (W, 5-0) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 97 |
Central | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Jared Morris (L, 0-3) | 5.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 87 |
Jake Whelan | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
Connor Keehn | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Top Hitters
TR South | Game Stats |
Matt Shiffer | 2-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI |
T.J. Scuderi | 2-3, 2 BB, run, 2 RBI, 3 SB |
Jared Kwicinski | 1-2, 2 runs, BB, HBP, SB, 2 RBI |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 1-3, 2 runs, BB |
Central | Game Stats |
Mike Bickford | 1-3, 2B, run |
Tyler Aires | 1-3 |
Rich Galati | 1-2, RBI |
T.J. Scuderi's bat and legs produced a run in the first inning and the go-ahead run in the sixth, and Justin Fall shut down the Golden Eagles with a two-hitter. With the win and Brick's loss to Southern, Toms River South clinched the outright Class A South championship for the second consecutive year.
Scuderi doubled in a run in the top of the first to open the scoring. He then singled in the sixth, stole both second and third, and scored the winning run on a wild pitch. Later in the inning, Tom Campo pushed home a run with a squeeze bunt and Connor Leatherman singled one in.
The Indians put the game away with a seven-run seventh inning, highlighted by a two-run single by Jared Kwicinski.
Central tied the game in the fourth when Mike Bickford doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Galati.
Southern 1, Brick 0
Pat Barrett pitched a one-hitter and drove home the only run of the game with an RBI double and the Rams (10-5, 8-5) beat the Green Dragons (10-6, 7-4) for their seventh win in eight games. Barrett struck out six, did not walk a batter and needed only 78 pitches to finish the game.
Mike Soldo allowed one run on three hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings in taking the loss. The senior left-hander struck out nine and threw 86 pitches before giving way to Matt Stadelberger, who struck out three of the four batters he faced in his 1 1/3 innings.
Toms River North 2, Toms River East 1 (9 Innings)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
TR East (2-14, 2-11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
TR North (11-4, 9-4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Pitching
TR East | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Nick DeGennaro | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 114 |
Danny Clemente | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Jared Mizrachi (L, 0-1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
TR North | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Jon Giordano | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 97 |
Brody Sprinkle (W) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Top Hitters
TR East | Game Stats |
Nick DeGennaro | 2-2, 2B, BB, HBP |
Ahmir Courmier | 1-4, 2B, RBI |
Jay Longo | 2-3, BB |
TR North | Game Stats |
Craig Larsen | 1-4, 2B, BB, RBI |
Alex Klalo | 1-3, BB |
Jared Bellissimo | 2-3, BB, RBI |
Ian Mindas | 1-2 |
Jared Bellissimo drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth and Craig Larsen drew one to win it in the ninth as the Mariners pulled out an extra-inning win over the Raiders.
Toms River East starter Nick DeGennaro struck out 13 and was one out away from an eight-inning shutout when he reached the single-game pitch count threshold. He left with 114 pitches and a runner on third base.
Alex Klalo drew a walk against reliever Danny Clemente and Mike Nyisztor was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Bellissimo then worked a walk to tie the game.
Justin Schaff singled and Brendan Mullins walked before advancing on a sacrifice by Ian Mindas to start the ninth. After a walk to load the bases, Larsen drew a four-pitch walk to end the game.
Ahmir Cournier gave Toms River East the lead with an RBI double to the wall in left, but Mike Nyisztor cut down DeGennaro at the plate with a relay throw that prevented a second run from scoring.
Sophomore Jon Giordano lasted eight innings in his first career start.
Class B North
Middletown North 3, Long Branch 2
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Long Branch (4-14, 1-12) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Midd North (9-8, 7-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | x | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Pitching
Long Branch | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Evan Yerman (L, 1-3) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 99 |
Midd. North | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Garrett French (W, 6-2) | 6.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 94 |
Tyler Ras (S, 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Top Hitters
Long Branch | Game Stats |
Nick Luhn | 1-3, R |
Midd. North | Game Stats |
Brendan Doherty | 2-3, 2B |
Garrett French | 2-3 |
Jason Timmons | 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI |
Monmouth 4, Middletown South 3
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Midd South (9-8, 6-7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Monmouth (14-4, 10-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Pitching
Midd. South | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
John Martin | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 114 |
Robby Zega (L, 2-1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Monmouth | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Joe Malfara (W, 2-2) | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 97 |
Top Hitters
Midd. South | Game Stats |
Ryan Ruziecki | 2-4 3B, RBI, R |
Ben Porpora | 2-3 |
Robby Zega | 1-3, HR, RBI |
Ben Kinsella | 2-3, R |
Monmouth | Game Stats |
Liam Kile | 1-2, 2 RBI, R |
Josh Jackson | 2-4, RBI |
Justin Scotto | 1-2, R, SB |
Josh Jackson stroked a long single to the fence in right to chase home Justin Scotto with the winning run and the Falcons walked off win a win over the Eagles that clinched them no worse than a share of the Class B North championship.
Monmouth entered the seventh inning trailing Middletown South and starter John Martin, 3-1, but rallied by running up Martin's pitch count to the limit. The Monmouth University commit struck out the first batter of the bottm of the seventh, but allowed a hit and a walk to reach 114 pitches.
Johnny Zega came on an hit Scotto to load the bases with one out. Liam Kile then delivered a clutch, two-run single to tie the game at 3-3 and set up Jackson for the winning hit.
Zega belted a solo home run in the top of the second to open the scoring and Middletown South scored two more in the top of the fifth to take a 3-0 lead. Ryan Ruziecki smashed an RBI triple and scored on an RBI single by Aurellio Licata.
Monmouth knocked a run off the Middletown South lead when the Falcons scored on an Eagles error in the bottom of the sixth.
Monmouth can win the outright division title by beating Ocean on Tuesday.
Class B Central
Henry Hudson 15, Mater Dei Prep 14
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Henry Hudson (8-6, 7-5) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
Mater Dei (7-7, 6-5) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 |
Pitching
Henry Hudson | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Ryan Doelger (W) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 106 |
Brendan Carlstrom | 1.1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 69 |
Grady Hendrickson (S) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
Mater Dei | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Sean Turner (L, 2-2) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55 |
Kevin Olausen | 3.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 75 |
Rob Lynch | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Top Hitters
Henry Hudson | Game Stats |
Grady Hendrickson | 3-5, 2B, 6 RBI |
Brendan Carlstrom | 2-4, HR, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI |
Mike Mohr | 2-2, 2B, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 RBI |
Tom Colontino | 2-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB |
Mater Dei | Game Stats |
Kyle Dowlen | 4-4, 2B, HR, BB, 4 R, 5 RBI |
Joe Profaci | 1-1, 5 BB, 4 R, RBI, SB |
Rob Lynch | 3-5, 2B, R, RBI |
Ryan Turner | 2-4, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI |
Freshman Grady Hendrickson drove in six runs at the plate and induced a ground out with the bases loaded to save the game as the Admirals won a wild Class B Central game against the Seraphs.
Kyle Dowlen went 4-for-4 with five RBI and hit a two-run home run to start the five-run rally for Mater Dei in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Point Beach 15, Keansburg 0 (5 Innings)
Kevin Donnelly homered and drove in five, Max Alia, Phil Antoniotti, Aiden Conway and Max Alia all had perfect games at the plate and the Garnet Gulls (8-7, 8-4) scored 10 in the third to run away from the Titans (6-9, 6-6).
Alia was 2-for-2 with a double, three runs scored and four RBI, Antoniotti went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, Conway was 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI, and Storino finished 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI. Donnelly opened the scoring with a three-run home run in the first inning.
Josh Yates was also 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI for Point Beach. Chris Russo needed only 49 pitches to finish a four-hit shutout over five innings. He struck out five and walked none.
Liam Meyer went 1-for-2 with a double to highlight Keansburg's day. Matt Gibney took the loss on the mound.
St. Rose 10, Keyport 3
The Purple Roses (15-1, 11-0) scored five runs in both the third and fifth innings snd Brandon Mology closed the game with two scoreless innings to fight off a challenge from the Red Raiders (5-10, 5-7) and clinch the outright Class B Central championship.
Keyport grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run single by Kyle Johnson and an RBI single by Cody Young.
Brody Maypother and Mario Bove highlighted a five-run third for St. Rose with an RBI single each. Two runs scored on passed balls that inning and another scored on an error.
Mology tripled home a run to highlight the scoring in the fifth and then struck out five and allowed two hits over two shutout frames. Sam Setito worked the first five and earned the win.
John Crowley finished 3-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored, while Brendan Hueth, Joe Volpe and Brian DiPasquale all went 2-for-4 with a run scored for St. Rose. Hueth and Volpe both doubled and Volpe also drove in a run.
Shane Chandler went 2-for-4 with a run scored and Jackson Aumack was 2-for-3 with a run scored for Keyport. Christian Smith took the loss on the mound.
Ranney 10, Asbury Park 7
Ben Kraushaar and Cole Redman each doubled and drove in a run and Nate Aquino knocked in three to help the Panthers (1-11, 1-10) beat the Blue Bishops (0-8, 0-8) for their first win of the season.
Kraushaar was 1-for-1 with four walks, and two runs scored while Redman was 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Aquino finished 1-for-4 and Ryan Batista also went 1-for-2 with two runs scored.
Devin Nash-McGee was 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI to lead Asbury Park.
Ethan Gavin pitched 4 2/3 innings to earn the win, while Alexx Peavy took the loss for Asbury Park.
Class B South
Manchester 2, Lakewood 1 (8 Innings)
Freshman James Johns went 3-for-4 with a triple and drove in the winning run with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Hawks (8-8, 7-6) a walkoff win over the Piners (3-12).
Gavin Pabst also went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the win and Steven Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored for Manchester.
Jacob Roberts threw four scoreless innings in relief of starter James Cuber to earn his first win. Roberts allowed three hits, struck out three and did not walk a batter while tossing 59 pitches. Cuber allowed a run on three hits and three walks while striking out two on 61 pitches.
Aurilio Mendez took the hard-luck loss for Manchester, allowing two unearned runs on 11 hits in seven-plus innings. He struck out four, did not walk a batter and threw 88 pitches. Justin Vega was 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead Lakewood's lineup.
Jackson Liberty 8, Pinelands 1
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Pinelands (8-8, 8-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Jackson Lib (11-6, 9-4) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | x | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Pitching
Pinelands | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Joey Ventresca (L, 3-2) | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 94 |
Joey McDonald | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Jackson Lib. | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
Matt Piro (W, 2-0) | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
Andrew Ludovico | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
Top Hitters
Pinelands | Game Stats |
Tommy Madge | 1-3, RBI |
Anthony Diaz | 1-3, R |
Jackson Lib. | Game Stats |
Kyle Tavaska | 3-3, 2B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI |
David Melfi | 2-4, R, 2 RBI |
Rich Dordas | 2-3, 2 RBI |
Daniel Sofield | 1-2, BB, 2 RBI |
Shane Hickey | 2-2, R |
Point Boro 9, Barnegat 2
Kyle Lauria and Trent Livolsi combined for four hits and seven RBI and John Sullivan was 3-for-3 with two runs scored to lead a Panthers (7-10, 5-8) win over the Bengals (7-10, 5-8).
Lauria was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBI and Livolsi finished 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBI. Josiah Gliddon also went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI while John Duggan was 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
Tom Paul struck out 10 and walked one while pitching a five-hitter for Point Boro. He threw 99 pitches.
Aaron McLaughlin and Justin Diefenbach were each 2-for-3 and McLaughlin drove in both Barnegat runs.
Lacey 3, Donovan Catholic 0
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Donovan (6-11, 5-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Lacey (16-2, 11-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Pitching
Donovan | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Bart Goble (L, 1-3) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Lacey | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Anthony Elefante (W, 2-1) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Top Hitters
Donovan | Game Stats |
Bart Goble | 1-3 |
Gerard Russo | 1-3 |
Lacey | Game Stats |
Justin Thompson | 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI |
Evan Ross | 1-2 |
Jarrett Dial | 1-2, RBI |
Anthony Elefante struck out a career-high 15 while pitching a two-hit shutout and the Lions blanked the Griffins to clinch the outright Class B South championship. The division championship is the first for Lacey since winning a tri-championship in 1992 and it is the first outright division title since 1985.
Justin Thompson and Jarrett Dial supplied the offense during Lacey's three-run fourth inning. Thompson ripped a two-run doubled and Dial added an RBI single to account for all of the scoring.
Non-Division
Ocean 12, Holmdel 4
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Ocean (8-13) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 |
Holmdel (5-9) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Pitching
Ocean | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Alec Keezer (W, 3-0) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Holmdel | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Brandon Saghafi (L, 1-3) | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Chris Ammirati | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Top Hitters
Ocean | Game Stats |
Ryan Toomey | 4-4, 2B |
Evan Arbeny | 3-4, 3 RBI |
Will Callano | 2-4, 2 RBI |
Holmdel | Game Stats |
Brandon Wong | 2-4, 2B |