Back-to-back first inning homers jumpstarted an early scoring avalanche and more stellar pitching sealed Jersey Shore its record sixth Carpenter Cup championship.
In a restarted game Saturday, the Jersey Shore squad posted seven unanswered runs while a duo of pitchers dominated to secure a spot in the Carpenter Cup semifinals.
Southern ace Brady Lesiak set the tone on the mound, while the Jersey Shore offense peppered Burlington County with singles in a Carpenter Cup opening-round win.
CBA's duo of Joe Escandon and Pat Reilly led a combined one-hitter by five pitchers as the Jersey Shore Carpenter Cup team won its tournament opener, 3-0, on Tuesday.
Three A North sluggers came through with big hits in the later innings and Wall's dominant duo delivered again to send the Jersey Shore team to the Carpenter Cup Semis.
Trey Dombroski turned in a dominant start and teammates Grant Shulman and John Volpe ignited a five-run ninth-inning that saved the Jersey Shore Carpenter Cup team in its tournament opener on Friday.
PHILADELPHIA - The term "closer" in baseball is typically reserved for pitchers, but in the 2017 Carpenter Cup, the Jersey Shore team's closer was the second unit of position players.
For the second straight day, the second string provided a wave of offense, this time leading the Shore to a 7-2 win over Delaware North Saturday at Citizens Bank Park to capture the Shore's fifth ever Carpe
PHILADELPHIA - The first Carpenter Cup semifinal Friday at Citizens Bank Park looked early on like it would be another low-scoring, pitcher-friendly game involving the Jersey Shore.
Once the second wave of players entered the game in the fifth inning, however, an full-on slugfest erupted and the Shore squad had enough firepower to advance to the championship game with a 12-7 win over Olympic-Colon