Ocean County Tournament

Jon Giordano homered and Brendan Mullins, Jared Bellissimo and Craig Larsen added to their winning resume by leading Toms River North past Toms River East for its third straight Ocean County Tournament title.

Craig Larsen delivered a clutch go-ahead double to make a winner out of Jared Bellissimo as Toms River North avenged two regular-season losses to Jackson Memorial and reach the OCT final for the third straight year.

Toms River East's seniors endured three lean years, but their 2018 redemption tour continued Saturday with a win over No. 1 seed Jackson Liberty to reach the OCT championship game.

After missing the first three-plus weeks of the season, Nick DeGennaro is back in a big way after striking out 13 Sunday in Toms River East's OCT quarterfinal win over Point Boro.

Results from Sunday's Ocean County Tournament quarterfinal round.

Tyler Aires hit a game-tying homer in the sixth and Central rallied to beat Southern Saturday in the OCT first round on a walk-off hit-by-pitch in the ninth inning.

Shore Conference baseball results from Saturday, May 5, including the Monmouth County Tournament semifinals and Ocean County Tournament opening round.

Jackson Liberty earned the No. 1 seed in the Ocean County Tournament and defending champion Toms River North will be No. 2.

TOMS RIVER - Toms River North senior Mike Nyisztor led the Shore Conference in hits as a junior in 2016 and is hitting .452 as a senior this year, so it is not hard to figure out why, with a base open in the top of the fifth inning and the Ocean County Tournament semifinal game hanging in the balance, Toms River South chose to intentionally walk the Mariners shortstop...

Ocean County Tournament - Bracket Seeds 1. Toms River South 2. Lacey 3. Southern 4. Toms River North 5. Brick 6. Jackson Liberty 7. Pinelands 8. Jackson Memorial 9. Central 10. Manchester 11. Point Boro 12...

TOMS RIVER - There is a sports cliche that goes something like, "hitting a baseball is the most difficult thing to do in sports" and Toms River North senior Pat Marinaccio spent three years avoiding that very difficult thing, at least in a competitive setting...

*Check Back for More Video and Reaction* TOMS RIVER - It took 16 innings, but the potent Toms River North lineup finally figured out how to score on Toms River South senior right-hander Trevor Wagner. Senior Pat Marinaccio delivered a two-out, two-run single on a 2-2 count to break a scoreless tie in the top of the eighth and fourth-seeded Toms River North beat No...