Builders’ General Shore Conference Baseball Thursday Scoreboard and Postponements, 4/4/24
Thursday, April 4
Class A Central
No. 8 Rumson-Fair Haven 9, No. 1 Red Bank Catholic 8 (10 Innings)
Senior Gavin D'Aponte hit a game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning and sophomore catcher Luke Gallagher singled home the winning run later in the inning to give the Bulldogs a wild, extra-inning win over the Caseys -- their second walk-off win over RBC in as many seasons.
Red Bank Catholic broke a 6-6 deadlock in the top of the 10th with a big hit from its own sophomore catcher -- a two-run double by Aiden Funk after Alabama commit Sean Griggs and Notre Dame commit Dylan Passo drew back-to-back walks with one out to set up Funk.
After an infield single by sophomore Charlie Stumberger, Rumson brought in senior left-hander Jackson Gallagher to pitch with runners on first and third with one out and he struck out the next batter while allowing a stolen base by Stumberger, then induced an inning-ending flyout to keep the deficit at 8-6.
Sophomore third baseman Dylan Ylagan reached on an error to start the bottom of the 10th and after a flyout by senior Jack Riva, D'Aponte drilled the tying homer over the fence in rightfield.
Sophomore Jack Gyimesi followed with a single and classmate Alex Calabretta reached on another RBC error to place runners on the corners with one out. After RBC failed to cash in with the same setup in the top of the inning, Gallagher delivered the winning single to plate Gyimesi.
Rumson had to crawl out of an early 6-0 hole just to make it to extra innings. Gallagher and junior Parker Shenman each collected an RBI single in a three-run bottom-of-the-second that cut RBC's lead in half, 6-3. Rumson later tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, with senior Aaron Del Tin doubling home two runs and Gyimesi wearing a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game, 6-6.
Stumberger helped RBC jump out to a 6-0 lead with a two-run double a four-run Caseys first inning, followed by an RBI single in the second. Passo singled home the first RBC run after Griggs singled and stole second base.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
| RBC (1-1, 1-1) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Rumson-FH (1-1, 1-1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
Pitching
| Red Bank Catholic | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Ryan Prior | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 76 |
| Hunter Beattie | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 81 |
| Brandon Hendrickson (L, 0-1) | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 64 |
| Rumson-Fair Haven | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Maverick Maguire | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 62 |
| Aiden Mishkin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Aaron Del Tin | 4.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 98 |
| Jackson Gallagher (W, 1-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
Top Hitters
| Red Bank Catholic | Game Stats |
| Charlie Stumberger | 3-6, 2B, R, 3 RBI, 2 SB |
| Sean Griggs | 2-3, 3 BB, 3 R, 2 SB |
| Aiden Funk | 1-5, 2B, BB, 2 RBI |
| Dylan Passo | 1-4, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI |
| Rumson-Fair Haven | Game Stats |
| Gavin D’Aponte | 1-3, HR, 2 BB, HBP, 2 R, 2 RBI |
| Luke Gallagher | 2-6, 2 RBI |
| Parker Shenman | 2-5, BB, R, RBI, 2 SB |
| Aaron Del Tin | 1-5, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI |
| Jack Gyimesi | 1-4, BB, HBP, 2 R, RBI |
| Alex Calabretta | 1-4, 2 BB, RBI |
Class B North
No. 6 Matawan 14, Neptune 2 (5 Innings)
Junior Bryan McCartin drove in a run in each of his first three at-bats and seniors Andrew Gendi and Brandon Falco each added a two-run extra-base hit as the Huskies broke open the game in the third inning and topped the Scarlet Fliers for an opening-day win.
McCartin opened the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the first on a first-pitch hit-and-run, then did the same in the top of the third to break a 2-2 tie. Neptune had tied the game on an RBI double into the rightfield corner by sophomore Hunter Morgan in the bottom of the second, but Matawan cut down the go-ahead run at the plate with a relay.
Gendi -- who pitched three innings to earn the win -- smoked a two-run triple that one-hopped the fence in right-centerfield to make it 6-2 in the top of the third. Senior Jack Sassa made it 7-2 with an RBI single in the fifth and McCartin followed with a sacrifice fly to left to push the lead to 8-2.
Falco tacked on two more with a two-run homer over the leftfield fence to extend the Matawan lead to 10-2.
Junior Colin McGeehan delivered a two-out, two-run single in the top of the fifth to make it 13-2, bringing the 10-run rule into play.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Matawan (1-0, 1-0) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | X | X | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| Neptune (0-1, 0-1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Pitching
| Matawan | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Andrew Gendi (W, 1-0) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 58 |
| Mark Kovach | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Jayce Thoroughman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Neptune | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Aedan Martin (L, 0-1) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 69 |
| Trevor Rummel | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Alex Soto | 1.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
Top Hitters
| Matawan | Game Stats |
| Bryan McCartin | 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3 SB |
| Jack Sassa | 1-1, 2 BB, HBP, 3 R, RBI, 2 SB |
| Mark Kovach | 2-3, HBP, 3 R |
| Brandon Falco | 2-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI |
| Andrew Gendi | 1-2, 3B, 2 RBI |
| Colin McGeehan | 1-1, 2 RBI |
| Chris Galasso | 1-3, R, 2 SB |
| Neptune | Game Stats |
| Hunter Morgan | 1-2, 2B, BB, RBI |
| Carl Christie | 1-2, HBP, R, 2 SB |
| Jack Gamba-Ellis | 1-2, BB |
Non-Conference
Old Bridge 7, Marlboro 6
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Marlboro (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Old Bridge (1-0) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Pitching
| Marlboro | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Matt Padalec (L, 0-1) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 81 |
| Anthony Martino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Old Bridge | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Luke Hagen (W, 1-0) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 69 |
| Aiden Kipper | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| Evan Smith | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Justin Hascup (SV, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top Hitters
| Marlboro | Game Stats |
| Joe Kelly | 1-3, BB, 2 RBI |
| Joe Santos | 1-3, BB, 2 R |
| Nick Scaff | 1-2, 2 R |
| Gavin McCarthy | 1-3, RBI |
| Paul Santos | 1-4, R |
| Old Bridge | Game Stats |
| John Smith | 2-3, 2B, R |
| Evan Smith | 1-2, 2 R |
| Justin Meyer | 2-3, 3B, R, RBI |
| Michael Altman | 1-3, 3B, RBI |
| Christian Cavanaugh | 1-2, R, RBI |
Postponements
Class A North
No. 10 Middletown South at No. 5 Middletown North – PPD, TBA
Class A South
No. 9 Brick Memorial at Toms River South – PPD, TBA
Brick at No. 11 Toms River East – PPD, Friday, 3:45 p.m.
Central at No. 4 Southern – PPD, Saturday, 10 a.m.
No. 15 Jackson Memorial at Toms River North – PPD, TBA
Class B North
Red Bank at Freehold Boro – PPD, TBA
Monmouth at Wall – PPD, Monday, 4:45 p.m.
Class B Central
Keyport at Henry Hudson – PPD, Friday, 10 a.m. at Mater Dei
Asbury Park at St. Rose (DH) -- PPD, Friday, 11 a.m.
Keansburg at No. 16 Point Beach – PPD, TBA
Lakewood at Long Branch -- PPD, TBA
Class B South
Manchester at Jackson Liberty – PPD, TBA
No. 12 Point Boro at No. 2 Donovan Catholic – PPD, Saturday, Noon
Lacey at Pinelands – PPD, TBA
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