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Monday, April 23, 2007

Scoreboard complete - Raritan snaps SJ Vianney seven-game winning streak, Midd. South scuttles Manalapan, Jaguars keep rolling

SCOREBOARD

Details on games below


Henry Hudson 17, Asbury Park 7

Colts Neck 10, Howell 1


Jackson 11, Brick Mem. 4

Central 6, Lakewood 5

Midd. South 19 Manalapan 0


Pinelands 3, Donovan 2

Manchester 7, Point Boro 5


St. Rose 4, Keansburg 3

Freehold 18, Matawan 4

Raritan 6, SJ Vianney 5

Southern at TR North - postponed until 4 p.m. Tuesday

CBA 12, Freehold Twp. O


Midd. North 7, Marlboro 6


At Walt Disney Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Fla.

TR South 10, Wilton Vt. 0 - Joe Talerico sets school record for triples in a career.

TR East 10, Wilton Vt. 0

GAME REPORTS



It's better late than never for the Raritan High School baseball team.

The Rockets (4-4, 1-4), slow to take off in 2007, fashioned their first two-game winning streak Monday when they rallied with three runs in the last of the sixth inning to defeat St. John Vianney, 6-5, in a Class A Central game.

The defeat ended a seven-game winning streak for St. John (7-2, 5-2).

Charlie Rivera's two-out single snapped a 5-5 tie after an RBI triple by David Shrum who came home on a sacrifce fly by Joe Doerrer.

Rivera had three hits and Shrum and Doerrer two in Raritans 14-hit attack.

Gary Fare, who had three hits, slugged a two-run home run when SJ Vianney took a 3-1 lead in the third inning.

Fare scored on a single by Nick Scarillo in the sixth innng when St. John took a 5-3 advantage.

- Tony Graham


CENTRAL 6, LAKEWOOD 5: Central sophomore Steve Figueroa had himself a day at the plate and behind the plate.
The young catcher hit his first varsity home runs and scored the winning run on a Mike Sonntag infield hit with two away in the bottom of the seventh inning to help lift the Golden Eagles (3-6, 3-4) past the Piners (3-5, 3-4) in a Class B South game.

Figueroa, who went 3-for-4, tagged solo home runs leading off the fourth and sixth innings and picked a runner off third base with the bases loaded to end the top of the seventh inning.




CBA 12, FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP 0: Senior right-hander Kyle Slate pitched five shutout innings to extend his season long scoreless streak to 24.3 innings and Jim Laufer unloaded a three-run home run as the Colts (6-3, 6-3) defeated the Patriots (5-5, 4-4) in a Class A North game.

Slate who ended with seven strikeouts, issued his first walk of the season in the third inning. He allowed three hits.


MIDDLETOWN SOUTH 19, MANALAPAN 9: Mike Guarnieri led off a six-run fifth inning with a solo home run and Mike Farrell hit a two-run then the Eagles (2-8, 1-6) took a 10-0 lead and went on to a Class A North win over the Braves (8-4, 5-4).

Eric Dunn had three of South's seven doubles and drove in two runs. Dunn and Jason Levy led South's 18 hit attack with four hits and Jack Provine had 3.

Dave Becker and Nick Turano each had three hits for Manalapan. The Braves made seven errors leading seven unearned runs and used four pithcers. Manalapan was playing its fifth game in six days.



MIDDLETOWN NORTH 7, MARLBORO 6 RBI doubles by Chris Rotolo and winning pitcher Kevin Engelbrecht keyed a three-run fifth inning when the Lions (6-5, 6-2) erased a 5-4 defcit and hung on to first place in Class A North with a win over the Mustangs (3-5, 2-5).

Dom Imperato hit a grand slam in the top of the fifth to give Marlboro a 5-4 lead.

Mike Collison allowed one hit and one unearned run over the last two innings to earn the save.

Andrew Melici went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI for North and Rotolo, Collison, and Kevin Mager each added two hits in North's 12 hit attack.

- Tony Graham



MANCHESTER 7, POINT BORO 5  Allen Robinson had a two-run double in a five-run third and singled in what turned out to be the winning runs in the fourth as the No. 10 Hawks (7-1, 7-1) remained in first place in Class B South with a win over the Panthers (3-6, 3-5).

Ryan Casey continued his superb pitching by hurling a scoreless 11/3 innings to record his second save of the season to go with his four wins. Casey got out of a second and third jam in the sixth by getting a comebacker to the mound. He then allowed a leadoff single in the seventh, but got the next three batters. He had one strikeout and has struck out 47 in 24 and 1/3 innings.

In the third inning, Casey and Bobby Johnson had RBI doubles and winning pitcher Anthony Palmiotto had a run-scoring single in addition to Robinson's hit.


Pete Chomiak was 2-for-2 with an RBI and Nick Campbell 2-for-4 with two runs scored for Point Boro.


BY STEVEN FALK


FREEHOLD 18, MATAWAN 4:Joe Quinones hit a two-run home run and a two-run single and Colton Ruggieri a three-run home run in a 12-run second inning when the Colonials (4-3, 4-2) broke open a Class B North game with the Huskies (2-7, 2-5).

Jeff Frost hit a solo shot to lead off the third.

Ruggieri, Ryan Kresky, Frost, and Neil Bolton all had three hits for Freehold.

Josh Sonnenfeld and Matt Buragina each had two hits for Matawan.
-
Tony Graham



HENRY HUDSON 17, ASBURY PARK 7: Brian Olofson slugged a tie-breaking two-run home run, and scored two runs, Jeff Olofson added two hits and four RBI, and Eric Silakowski hit a two-run single and drove in four runs as the Admirals (5-3, 5-3) ran their Class B Central winning streak to four games with a victory over the Blue Bishops.

Brian Olofson's two-run home run capped a six-running second inning that snapped a 6-6 deadlock.

Senior Rob Dell'Ommo notched his first varsity victory.

George Stephens had an RBI single and scored a run for Asbury Park.

- Tony Graham




ST. ROSE 4, KEANSBURG 3: Chris Bresnahan tripled in a run in the top of the seventh and then scored on Owen Stewart's suicide squeeze to give the No. 9 Purple Roses (6-0, 5-0) a 4-1 lead and they then held on for a win over the Titans (4-5, 4-4) in a Class B Central game.

Keansburg pulled within 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh on a two-out homer by Justin Lombardi, who had all three of his team RBI's.

The next three batters reached after Lombardi's homer to enable the Titans to load the bases, but reliever Connor Smith retired the dangerous Anthony Valle (2-for-4) on a 3-1 pitch round ball to Bresnahan to end to end the game.

By STEVEN FALK


JACKSON 11, BRICK MEMORIAL 4: Ryan Guarino continued his hot hitting by going 4-for-5 with three RBI and Bill Lee also drove in three runs as the No. 4 Jaguars (9-2, 6-2) remained on the heels of Class A South-leading Toms River North with a win over the Mustangs (2-8, 1-7).

Guarino had RBI singles in the first, third and seventh innings. Lee had a run-scoring double in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh.

Cory Carr was 2-for-3 with two RBI for Jackson.

Jason Gordon was 3-for-4 with an RBI for Brick Memorial.

Jackson hosts Toms River North Wednesday.


BY STEVEN FALK


COLTS NECK 10, HOWELL 1:Anthony DeSclafani of the Cougars (7-3, 6-2) allowed a first pitch home run to Brian Battaglia and Greg Weber followed with a single after which DeSclafani and Dom Hayes combined to no-hit the Rebels (2-6, 2-5) for the rest of the Class A North game.

A. J. Rusbarsky rattled off his second consecutive 4-for-4 game, drove in a run and scored three, and Pete Salavati capped a four-run fifth inning with a two-run home run that made it 7-1.

Hayes added three hits including a triple.

DeSclafani struck out seven over four innings and Hayes finished up.


MONSIGNOR DONOVAN 3, PINELANDS 2: Ken Ouimet hit a two-run double and and scored on a Chris Khoudary fielder's choice in the first inning for the Grffins (5-4, 5-3) who held on to defeat the Wildcats in a Class B South game.
Andy Gannon allowed two his and struck one one in a complete game effort.
Pinelands scored two runs without a hit in the seventh inning.




TOMS RIVER EAST 10, WILTON, VT.:Frank Dehart, Rylan Dolan, Brady Doyle, and Joe Somma had RBI singles in a six-run sixth inninggn and junior left-hander Pete Fitzsimmons pitched a two two-hitter and struck out nine as the Raiders (7-4) posted a nonconference victory over the Hornets (3-7) in Orlando, Fla.
- Tony Graham


TOMS RIVER SOUTH 10, WILTON (VT) 0: Joe Talerico boomed his school career-record 12th triple, breaking the old record of 11 held by 2004 graduate and current Rutgers University co-career-home run record holder Todd Frazier and drove in four runs and junior right-hander Ryan Kapp scattered four hits and struck out four to pick up his first varsity win as the No. 8 Indians (8-4) concluded a 3-0 stay at Wild World of Sports in Orlando, Fla., with a five-inning win.

Talerico, who had a single, double and a triple in the game, stroked a two-run double in the third, had an RBI ground out in the fourth and had a two-run triple in the fifth. The three-bagger in the fifth capped a three-batter sequence that began with a Chase Gray run-scoring triple and was followed by a Mark Perry RBI double.

Perry was 3-for-4 with two doubles and Gray was 2-for-3 and scored three runs.

- BY STEVEN FALK

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