Shore Conference Thursday Baseball Scoreboard, April 29

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Class A North

No. 7 Middletown North 3, No. 8 Howell 2 (8 Innings)

Senior Kevin Lisser came through with a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth inning and the Lions rallied for a road win over the Rebels to remain unbeaten to start the 2021 season.

Lisser also drove in Middletown North's first run with a fielder's choice groundout in the top of the fourth inning and sophomore winning pitcher Ryan Frontera tied the game in the top of the seventh with a sacrifice fly.

Senior Antonio Gatti drove in both Howell runs, including a go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the sixth that put the Rebels up, 2-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Midd North (6-0, 3-0)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	6	0
Howell (4-2, 1-2)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	3

Pitching

Middletown North	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Colin Dowlen	7	5	2	2	0	10	103
Ryan Frontera (W, 2-0)	1	0	0	0	1	0	21

Howell	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Ryan Bilello	6.1	4	2	1	2	1	100
Vin Impresa	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	19
Nick Gomes (L, 0-1)	1	1	1	0	0	2	18

Top Hitters

Middletown North	Game Stats
Kevin Lisser	2-4, 2 RBI
Dom Scerbo	1-2, R

Barnegat	Game Stats
Antonio Gatti	2-3, HR, 2 RBI

Class A South

No. 6 Toms River North 11, Brick Memorial 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TR North (3-1, 2-0)	1	4	0	1	0	3	2	11	17	0
Brick Mem (2-3, 0-2)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	5

Pitching

Toms River North	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Jack Tava (W, 2-0)	4.2	4	3	3	4	2	73
Brandon Lavallee	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	18

Brick Memorial	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Aiden Patella (L, 0-1)	4	10	6	3	1	1	73
Ryan Mulcahey	1.1	3	3	0	1	3	33
Joe Lydon	1.2	4	2	2	1	2	32

Top Hitters

Toms River North	Game Stats
Dom Saldida	3-5, R, 2 RBI
Lucas Malave	2-4, R, 3 RBI
Sean Mindas	3-4, R, RBI
Nick Mortellito	2-4, 3 R
Ryan Baker	2-3, R, RBI
Joe Boyle	2-3, R
Stevon Davis	1-1, 2B, R
Brick Memorial	Game Stats
Joe Gioia	3-3, 2B, R, RBI
Brady Leach	1-2, R

Brick 3, Toms River East 0

Seniors John McFadden and Ethan Gonzales combined on a five-hit shutout and sophomore Kyle Knowsley provided a pinch-hit, two-run single for some sixth-inning insurance as the Green Dragons beat the Raiders to salvage a season-split with their Class A South foes.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TR East (2-2, 2-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Brick (3-2, 1-1)	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	3	4	1

Pitching

Toms River East	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Evan Mills (L, 0-2)	6	4	3	2	4	3	106

Brick	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
John McFadden (W, 2-0)	5.1	5	0	0	2	3	57
Ethan Gonzales (SV, 1)	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	20

Top Hitters

Toms River East	Game Stats
Joe Ussery	2-2
Akkash Santiago	1-3, 2B

Brick	Game Stats
John Wade	1-2, 2 R
Rob Blair	1-2, R
Kyle Knowsley	1-1, 2 RBI

No. 1 Jackson Memorial 9, Southern 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Jackson Mem (4-1, 2-0)	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	9	8	0
Southern (1-5, 0-4)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	2

Pitching

Jackson Memorial	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Zach McCabe (W, 2-0)	5	2	1	1	1	5	58
Devin Foderaro	1	1	0	0	0	1	8
Jordan Naffaa	1	2	2	2	0	0	17

Southern	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Jack Plesniarski (L, 0-1)	0.1	0	2	2	2	1	21
Taylor Munt	2.2	4	3	2	2	3	59
Nascimento	1	3	4	3	2	1	35
Wolek	3	1	0	0	0	1	41

Top Hitters

Jackson Memorial	Game Stats
Charlie Meglio	2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Tom Kendrick	2-3, 2B, R
J.R. Osmond	1-2, 2 R
Zach Rogacki	2-4, R

Southern	Game Stats
Mike Gallaro	1-2, 2B, RBI
Nick Desiderio	1-3, RBI
Xavier Hendricks	1-3, R

Class B North

Freehold Boro 6, Neptune 5 (8 Innings)

Senior Liam Wiley belted a game-winning solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Colonials (1-3, 1-1) walked off with a win over the Scarlet Fliers (2-3, 1-2) for their first victory of 2021.

The walk-off homer capped a huge game for Wiley: 4-for-4, two doubles, the home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Junior Anthony Favorito and senior Chris Casale each went 2-for-4 in the win as well.

Junior Ryan Cole doubled and drove in three while senior Brian Young was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Class B South

Manchester 2, Jackson Liberty 1

Juniors Mike Miccanico and Keith Fallon each singled home a run in the bottom of the fourth and sophomore Joe Sclama escaped a jam in the top of the seventh to nail down a win for the Hawks over the Lions.

Senior and starting pitcher Dan Keenan led off the Jackson Liberty seventh with a single and Manchester could not handle senior Jake Hickman's sacrifice bunt, setting the Lions up with two on and none out. Manchester got the lead runner on another sacrifice attempt and sophomore Zaine Toneske moved two runners into scoring position with a groundout to second base.

Sclama then induced junior Garrett Drew into a game-ending flyout to centerfield.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Jackson Lib (3-2, 2-2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Manchester (3-2, 3-1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2	11	2

Pitching

Jackson Liberty	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Dan Keenan (L, 2-1)	5	11	2	2	0	6	92
Carl Barth	1	0	0	0	0	0	5

Manchester	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Mike Damato (W, 2-0)	6	4	1	0	4	6	106
Joe Sclama (SV, 2)	1	1	0	0	0	0	7

Top Hitters

Jackson Liberty	Game Stats
Carl Barth	1-3, RBI
Dan Keenan	2-4
Jake Hickman	1-3, R

Manchester	Game Stats
Chris Grille	2-3, 2B, R
Justin Renzi	2-3, 2B, R
Mike Damato	2-3
Mike Miccanico	1-3, RBI
Keith Fallon	1-3, RBI

Donovan Catholic 8, Point Boro 1

Junior Shaun O'Keefe struck out nine over five two-hit innings and the Griffins (5-1, 2-0) rolled to a second win over the Panthers (0-4, 0-4) to complete the regular-season sweep.

Senior Sam Gates (2-for-4) and sophomore Gavin Degnan (2-for-3) each drove in two runs to lead the Donovan Catholic offense.

Barnegat 6, Lacey 5

Junior Ryan Kulpa plated classmate Anthony Molfino with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Bengals the winning run and the Lions their first loss of the season. Molfino started the winning rally with a single to lead off the bottom of the final inning.