The roundup that will appear in Friday's paper
by1 BY STAFF REPORT
The plan was for Kyle Slate to not pitch a complete game Thursday.
However, Christian Brothers Academy coach Marty Kenney's plan went astray in a good way.
Slate, a senior right-hander, hurled a no-hitter and Scott Micallef stroked a two-run double with one out in the top of the seventh as the No. 2 Colts (1-0, 1-0) opened their season with a 2-0 victory over No. 9 Freehold Township (1-1, 1-1) in a Shore Conference Class A North game.
"We were only looking to get five innings from him (Slate),'' Kenney said. "But, he only threw 75 pitchers.''
Kenney, who is in his 33rd year as CBA's coach, said he believed it was the first no-hitter thrown by a CBA pitcher since Mike Sclafani hurled two in 2000.
Slate, who went 6-1 last year, almost had a perfect game. Freehold Township's only base runner came when Brian Cooney led off the bottom of the first by reaching on an infield error. Slate retired the final 21 batters and struck out 10.
"He had velocity on his his fastball,'' Kenney said. "He also throws the split finger, which moves quite a bit. He can throw that pitch for strikes and he had a good change-up. But, it was the fastball that kept them honest.''
Freehold Township pitcher Matt Grajek allowed just three hits through six innings before the Colts broke through. Dave Laufer led off with a single and Steve McSherry walked with one out before Micallef doubled down the right field line to score Laufer and McSherry.
rdup WALL 3, OCEAN 1: Senior right-hander Chris Hughes fired a two-hitter and Dan Camanao drove in the go-ahead with a single in the third inning as the unranked Crimson Knights (2-0, 2-0) upended the No. 1 Spartans (1-1, 0-1) in a Class B North game.
Ocean loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but Hughes, who struck out five and walked six, got a ground out to end the inning.
The Spartans also threatened in the sixth when they put a runner on third with one out. But Hughes and Camanao, the catcher, combined for a key play as Ocean tried to score the tying run on a pitch that went to the backstop. Hughes raced to the plate, caught Camanao's throw and applied the tag for the putout. He then got a strikeout to end the inning.
Matt Logan went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the seventh and Andrew Otterberg had a run-scoring single in the first for Wall.
Ocean's slugging catcher Keith Weinkofsky went 1-for-3 with an RBI single in the first.
rdup SOUTHERN 3, TR SOUTH 2: Shayne Junger singled in Devon Cocuzza with the winning run in the sixth inning and scattered 10 hits over the first six innings as the Rams (1-1, 1-1) upended the No. 3 Indians (1-1, 1-1).
rdup RUMSON-FH 3, ST. JOHN VIANNEY 0: Mike McDonough's three-run, opposite field homer with two out in the bottom of the seventh gave the Purple Bulldogs (1-0, 1-0) a 3-0 victory over St. John Vianney (1-1, 1-1) in a Class A Central game.
Chris Langile walked with one out and D.J. Breckenridge walked with two out to set the stage for McDonough.
The plan was for Kyle Slate to not pitch a complete game Thursday.
However, Christian Brothers Academy coach Marty Kenney's plan went astray in a good way.
Slate, a senior right-hander, hurled a no-hitter and Scott Micallef stroked a two-run double with one out in the top of the seventh as the No. 2 Colts (1-0, 1-0) opened their season with a 2-0 victory over No. 9 Freehold Township (1-1, 1-1) in a Shore Conference Class A North game.
"We were only looking to get five innings from him (Slate),'' Kenney said. "But, he only threw 75 pitchers.''
Kenney, who is in his 33rd year as CBA's coach, said he believed it was the first no-hitter thrown by a CBA pitcher since Mike Sclafani hurled two in 2000.
Slate, who went 6-1 last year, almost had a perfect game. Freehold Township's only base runner came when Brian Cooney led off the bottom of the first by reaching on an infield error. Slate retired the final 21 batters and struck out 10.
"He had velocity on his his fastball,'' Kenney said. "He also throws the split finger, which moves quite a bit. He can throw that pitch for strikes and he had a good change-up. But, it was the fastball that kept them honest.''
Freehold Township pitcher Matt Grajek allowed just three hits through six innings before the Colts broke through. Dave Laufer led off with a single and Steve McSherry walked with one out before Micallef doubled down the right field line to score Laufer and McSherry.
rdup WALL 3, OCEAN 1: Senior right-hander Chris Hughes fired a two-hitter and Dan Camanao drove in the go-ahead with a single in the third inning as the unranked Crimson Knights (2-0, 2-0) upended the No. 1 Spartans (1-1, 0-1) in a Class B North game.
Ocean loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but Hughes, who struck out five and walked six, got a ground out to end the inning.
The Spartans also threatened in the sixth when they put a runner on third with one out. But Hughes and Camanao, the catcher, combined for a key play as Ocean tried to score the tying run on a pitch that went to the backstop. Hughes raced to the plate, caught Camanao's throw and applied the tag for the putout. He then got a strikeout to end the inning.
Matt Logan went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the seventh and Andrew Otterberg had a run-scoring single in the first for Wall.
Ocean's slugging catcher Keith Weinkofsky went 1-for-3 with an RBI single in the first.
rdup SOUTHERN 3, TR SOUTH 2: Shayne Junger singled in Devon Cocuzza with the winning run in the sixth inning and scattered 10 hits over the first six innings as the Rams (1-1, 1-1) upended the No. 3 Indians (1-1, 1-1).
rdup RUMSON-FH 3, ST. JOHN VIANNEY 0: Mike McDonough's three-run, opposite field homer with two out in the bottom of the seventh gave the Purple Bulldogs (1-0, 1-0) a 3-0 victory over St. John Vianney (1-1, 1-1) in a Class A Central game.
Chris Langile walked with one out and D.J. Breckenridge walked with two out to set the stage for McDonough.
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