Joe Escandon

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.

Joe Escandon took a perfect game into the sixth and a no-hitter in the seventh and while he got neither, the senior left-hander and his CBA teammates added to the program's rich legacy by winning a ninth MCT title.

Nick Hohenstein's two-run double sparked a rally and his three scoreless innings denied one by Colts Neck as No. 2 CBA edged the No. 10 Cougars in their first game of the season in N.J.

MIDDLETOWN - Christian Brothers Academy veteran head coach Marty Kenney knew he was going to use sophomore left-hander Joe Escandon at the varsity level at some point during the heavy part of the Colts' schedule. When his time came did come at the varsity level, Escandon was only tasked with facing a Howell team coming off a 19-run outburst in the Monmouth County Tournament quarterfinals... Read M