Tuesday baseball scoreboard complete/ Asbury Park wins first game!
Tuesday, April 24
Baseball
Barnegat 7, Central 4 (9 innings)
Jackson 11, Lacey 3
Colts Neck 19, Matawan 11
Point Beach 15, Mater Dei 5
Ocean 2, Neptune 0
St. Rose 11, Keyport 3
Raritan 14, Holmdel 7
Rumson 8, Red Bank 1
Wall 13, Monmouth 1
Howell 18, Middletown South 17
Toms River North 13, Southern 2
Shore 11, Keansburg 1
Red Bank Catholic 7, SJ Vianney 5
Freehold 11, Long Branch 4.
Asbury Park 11, St. Patrick 3
GAME REPORTS
Asbury Park High School baseball coach Johnny Grosso is a firm believer that someday the Blue Bishops will be a consistent winner.
""It's not impossible. It'sjust going to take time,'' said Grasso.
Maybe the time is near. The Blue Bishops,now 1-7, scored three runs in the second inning,
and six in the third to defeat St. Patrick's (Elizabeth) 11-3 for their first victory since
May 23 in 2005 when they beat Neptune.
""We have put a lot of hard work in and it is good to see it pay off, especially for the
kids who have stuck with the program,'' said Grasso, who is in his first year, and was
enjoying the team celebration on the bus as they returned home.
He had a right to be happy. The winning pitcher was George Stephens III, a freshman
right-hander, who worked the first four innings.
Along the way he had seven strikeouts. And he was just as important to the offense. He
cracked a two-run double in the third inning to help the Bishops pull away. Frank Banegas had
a two-run single to spark the three-run second.
Kemar Gittens and Jeron Valentine finished up on the mound for the Bishops.
""The emotions are way up there for these kids right now,'' said the coach.""Hopefully we
can win a a few more.''
The last time Asbury Park has won more than one game was in 2002.
COLTS NECK 19, MATAWAN 11:Junior Ashton Jackson had two singles, a double, triple, home run and drove in seven runs as the Cougars (8-3) outslugged the Huskies (2-8) in a nondivision game.
Jackson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and a two-run double in the fifth.
Frank Piazza hit a three-run double in a six-run second inning when Colts Neck took a 9-2 lead.
Dom Hayes hit a two-run home run in an eight-run third inning that made it 17-5.
Nick Citro went 3-for-3 with two RBI for Matawan which scored six runs in the fourth inning to get within 17-11.
FREEHOLD 11, LONG BRANCH 4 - Neil Bolton hit a two-run triple and a solo home run as the Colonials (5-3, 5-2) defeated the Green Wave (0-8, 0-7)in a Class B North game.
Colton Ruggieri addd two doubles.
Joe Fecsko, a senior left-hander, hurled four innings to improve to 2-0.
HOWELL 18, MIDDLETOWN SOUTH 17: Mike Fiorillo scored the winning run on an error and capped a 10-run rally in the bottom of the seventh as the Rebels (3-6, 3-5) pulled off a remarkable win over the Eagles (2-9, 1-6) in a Class A North game.
A three-run homer by Joe Locascio, his second homer of the game, an RBI single by Andrew Dans and a run-scoring game-tying double by Frank Ozello keyed the inning.
Locascio had four hits and five RBI. Ozello had four hits and four RBI.
Jason Levy went 4-for-5 with three RBI and Jack Provine had three hits and scored three runs cor Middletown South.
BY STEVEN FALK
BARNEGAT 7, CENTRAL 4: Sean Collins RBI double snapped a 4-4 tie when the Benagls (8-2, 5-2) scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Golden Eagles (3-7, 3-5) in a Class B South game. Sean Deering made it 7-4 with two-out, two-run single.
Eric Smithman led off the seventh with a home run to give Barnegat a 4-3 lead. Central tied it in the bottom of the inning when Nick Robertozzi hit a two-out, RBI double.
Joe Rusk struck out nine over 8.2 inningd but took the loss for Central which made five errors.
RARITAN 14, HOLMDEL 7: Marc Zecchino had three hits, two homers, and drove in five runs as
the Rockets banged five home runs in the Class A Central victory.
Mark Rivera picked up the win for Raritan, now 5-4, 2-4 in division. Holmdel is 4-3, 3-3
in A Central.
RB CATHOLIC 7, SJ VIANNEY 5: A two-out double by George Stipisch in the fifth inning
provided the winning run for the Cseyss, who improved to 7-3, 5-3 in Class A Central.
The loss sent the Lancers out of first place in the division. They and Red Bank Catholic
are now game in the loss column behind Rumson-FH.
RUMSON-FH 8, RED BANK 1: Mike McDonough threw four innings of three-hit ball with six
strikeouts and Mark Seibel belted a three-run double in the fifth as the Bulldogs (6-2, 5-2)
snapped a two-game losing streak and moved into sole possession of first-place in Class A
Central with a win over the Bucs (3-5, 2-5).
Ben Miller had two hits and two RBI for Rumson.
SHORE 11, KEANSBURG 1:Todd Juliano led off a five-run second inning with his third home run in two games and Erik Swinton went 3-for-4 with four RBI as the Blue Devils (8-1, 8-1) defeated the Tiutans (4-6, 4-5) in a Class B Central game.
Swinton's RBI single ended the game in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Shawn Metz added two hits including an an RBI double and scored a run for Shore.
Declan French singled and scored for Keansburg.
- Tony Graham
OCEAN 2, NEPTUNE 0: Junior right-hander Jamie Rosenkranz hurled a one-hitter and scored the game's first run and Eric Hinkle belted the Spartans' first homer of the season as No. 6 Ocean (7-3, 5-2) edged the Scarlet Fliers (4-4, 2-4) in a Class B North game.
Rosenkranz struck out five and threw just 74 pitches. Brandon Lewis' singled with two out in the top of the fifth.
After his double, Rosenkranz advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Kyle Norman's sacrifice fly. Hinkle homered with two out.
BY STEVEN FALK
TR NORTH 13, SOUTHERN 2: The No. 1 Mariners (8-2, 7-1) tuned up for their Class A South showdown with Jackson today by pounding out 16 hits in four at-bats.
The Mariners had eight hits in the second inning whenj they scored seven runs. Five of the hits came consecutively with Paul DeMartino ending the party with a two-run single
Zack Brebner pitched five innings to improve to 3-1 for the season. He had seven strikeouts.
BY JOE ADELIZZI
JACKSON 11, LACEY 3:Ryan Guarino capped a five-run first inning with a two-run single and winning pitcher Joe Marchitelli hit a two-run double and Billy Lee an RBI single in a five-run fourth as the No. 4 Jaguars (10-2, 7-2) set up Wednesday's Class A South first place battle with Toms River North with a win over the Lions (1-8,m 1-6).
Sean Stimpfel went 3-for-3 with four RBI including a two-run double, Carl Lofaso had three hits and an RBI, and Ivan Cartagena added three hits and scored three runs for Jackson.
Zack Pierce had a two-run double for Lacey.
- Tony Graham
CORRECTED VERSION - WALL 13, MONMOUTH 1: Craig Hughes scattered five hits and struck out eight on the mound to improve to 2-0 and went 2-for-4 with three RBI as the No. 2 Crimson Knights (8-2, 6-1) remained in first-place in Class B North with a win over the No. 7 Golden Falcons (5-4, 4-3). Wall junior Nick Gacos homered in his first varsity at bat as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning.
Andrew Otterberg was 2-for-2 with four RBI.
BY MATT MANLEY AND STEVEN FALK
Baseball
Barnegat 7, Central 4 (9 innings)
Jackson 11, Lacey 3
Colts Neck 19, Matawan 11
Point Beach 15, Mater Dei 5
Ocean 2, Neptune 0
St. Rose 11, Keyport 3
Raritan 14, Holmdel 7
Rumson 8, Red Bank 1
Wall 13, Monmouth 1
Howell 18, Middletown South 17
Toms River North 13, Southern 2
Shore 11, Keansburg 1
Red Bank Catholic 7, SJ Vianney 5
Freehold 11, Long Branch 4.
Asbury Park 11, St. Patrick 3
GAME REPORTS
Asbury Park High School baseball coach Johnny Grosso is a firm believer that someday the Blue Bishops will be a consistent winner.
""It's not impossible. It'sjust going to take time,'' said Grasso.
Maybe the time is near. The Blue Bishops,now 1-7, scored three runs in the second inning,
and six in the third to defeat St. Patrick's (Elizabeth) 11-3 for their first victory since
May 23 in 2005 when they beat Neptune.
""We have put a lot of hard work in and it is good to see it pay off, especially for the
kids who have stuck with the program,'' said Grasso, who is in his first year, and was
enjoying the team celebration on the bus as they returned home.
He had a right to be happy. The winning pitcher was George Stephens III, a freshman
right-hander, who worked the first four innings.
Along the way he had seven strikeouts. And he was just as important to the offense. He
cracked a two-run double in the third inning to help the Bishops pull away. Frank Banegas had
a two-run single to spark the three-run second.
Kemar Gittens and Jeron Valentine finished up on the mound for the Bishops.
""The emotions are way up there for these kids right now,'' said the coach.""Hopefully we
can win a a few more.''
The last time Asbury Park has won more than one game was in 2002.
COLTS NECK 19, MATAWAN 11:Junior Ashton Jackson had two singles, a double, triple, home run and drove in seven runs as the Cougars (8-3) outslugged the Huskies (2-8) in a nondivision game.
Jackson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and a two-run double in the fifth.
Frank Piazza hit a three-run double in a six-run second inning when Colts Neck took a 9-2 lead.
Dom Hayes hit a two-run home run in an eight-run third inning that made it 17-5.
Nick Citro went 3-for-3 with two RBI for Matawan which scored six runs in the fourth inning to get within 17-11.
FREEHOLD 11, LONG BRANCH 4 - Neil Bolton hit a two-run triple and a solo home run as the Colonials (5-3, 5-2) defeated the Green Wave (0-8, 0-7)in a Class B North game.
Colton Ruggieri addd two doubles.
Joe Fecsko, a senior left-hander, hurled four innings to improve to 2-0.
HOWELL 18, MIDDLETOWN SOUTH 17: Mike Fiorillo scored the winning run on an error and capped a 10-run rally in the bottom of the seventh as the Rebels (3-6, 3-5) pulled off a remarkable win over the Eagles (2-9, 1-6) in a Class A North game.
A three-run homer by Joe Locascio, his second homer of the game, an RBI single by Andrew Dans and a run-scoring game-tying double by Frank Ozello keyed the inning.
Locascio had four hits and five RBI. Ozello had four hits and four RBI.
Jason Levy went 4-for-5 with three RBI and Jack Provine had three hits and scored three runs cor Middletown South.
BY STEVEN FALK
BARNEGAT 7, CENTRAL 4: Sean Collins RBI double snapped a 4-4 tie when the Benagls (8-2, 5-2) scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Golden Eagles (3-7, 3-5) in a Class B South game. Sean Deering made it 7-4 with two-out, two-run single.
Eric Smithman led off the seventh with a home run to give Barnegat a 4-3 lead. Central tied it in the bottom of the inning when Nick Robertozzi hit a two-out, RBI double.
Joe Rusk struck out nine over 8.2 inningd but took the loss for Central which made five errors.
RARITAN 14, HOLMDEL 7: Marc Zecchino had three hits, two homers, and drove in five runs as
the Rockets banged five home runs in the Class A Central victory.
Mark Rivera picked up the win for Raritan, now 5-4, 2-4 in division. Holmdel is 4-3, 3-3
in A Central.
RB CATHOLIC 7, SJ VIANNEY 5: A two-out double by George Stipisch in the fifth inning
provided the winning run for the Cseyss, who improved to 7-3, 5-3 in Class A Central.
The loss sent the Lancers out of first place in the division. They and Red Bank Catholic
are now game in the loss column behind Rumson-FH.
RUMSON-FH 8, RED BANK 1: Mike McDonough threw four innings of three-hit ball with six
strikeouts and Mark Seibel belted a three-run double in the fifth as the Bulldogs (6-2, 5-2)
snapped a two-game losing streak and moved into sole possession of first-place in Class A
Central with a win over the Bucs (3-5, 2-5).
Ben Miller had two hits and two RBI for Rumson.
SHORE 11, KEANSBURG 1:Todd Juliano led off a five-run second inning with his third home run in two games and Erik Swinton went 3-for-4 with four RBI as the Blue Devils (8-1, 8-1) defeated the Tiutans (4-6, 4-5) in a Class B Central game.
Swinton's RBI single ended the game in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Shawn Metz added two hits including an an RBI double and scored a run for Shore.
Declan French singled and scored for Keansburg.
- Tony Graham
OCEAN 2, NEPTUNE 0: Junior right-hander Jamie Rosenkranz hurled a one-hitter and scored the game's first run and Eric Hinkle belted the Spartans' first homer of the season as No. 6 Ocean (7-3, 5-2) edged the Scarlet Fliers (4-4, 2-4) in a Class B North game.
Rosenkranz struck out five and threw just 74 pitches. Brandon Lewis' singled with two out in the top of the fifth.
After his double, Rosenkranz advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Kyle Norman's sacrifice fly. Hinkle homered with two out.
BY STEVEN FALK
TR NORTH 13, SOUTHERN 2: The No. 1 Mariners (8-2, 7-1) tuned up for their Class A South showdown with Jackson today by pounding out 16 hits in four at-bats.
The Mariners had eight hits in the second inning whenj they scored seven runs. Five of the hits came consecutively with Paul DeMartino ending the party with a two-run single
Zack Brebner pitched five innings to improve to 3-1 for the season. He had seven strikeouts.
BY JOE ADELIZZI
JACKSON 11, LACEY 3:Ryan Guarino capped a five-run first inning with a two-run single and winning pitcher Joe Marchitelli hit a two-run double and Billy Lee an RBI single in a five-run fourth as the No. 4 Jaguars (10-2, 7-2) set up Wednesday's Class A South first place battle with Toms River North with a win over the Lions (1-8,m 1-6).
Sean Stimpfel went 3-for-3 with four RBI including a two-run double, Carl Lofaso had three hits and an RBI, and Ivan Cartagena added three hits and scored three runs for Jackson.
Zack Pierce had a two-run double for Lacey.
- Tony Graham
CORRECTED VERSION - WALL 13, MONMOUTH 1: Craig Hughes scattered five hits and struck out eight on the mound to improve to 2-0 and went 2-for-4 with three RBI as the No. 2 Crimson Knights (8-2, 6-1) remained in first-place in Class B North with a win over the No. 7 Golden Falcons (5-4, 4-3). Wall junior Nick Gacos homered in his first varsity at bat as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning.
Andrew Otterberg was 2-for-2 with four RBI.
BY MATT MANLEY AND STEVEN FALK
posted by Tony Graham at 2:41 PM
10 Comments:
do you have a round up for freehold boro's game yet?
you forgot to say that HR by the barneget kid in the 4th was foul by about 8',but of course the fans have a better view of the foul pole than a ump who stands behind home plate and can see the whole field PROBABLY DUST IN HIS EYES
tony
where is your recap for colts neck, the ledger has a recap. kid hits for the cycle 7 rbi's and colts neck is in 1st place in A north. if you do not like the coach don't take it out on the kids. thanks
Actually, I'm here in Neptune, wasn't even at the game..and I thought it was foul by 10 feet!
Re: Freehold game. We have the score and box score but I guess we didn't get it to the blog. I apologize. It was a little wild in here tonight.
I was mainly doing the Wiz story and others were pitching in (get the pun!)to help with baseball and also had their own responsibilities.
We try and get every game on the blog if we can.
Those of you chatting about this "foul" HR at the Cen-Barnegat game.
I really have no idea what transpired.
I did talk to the CR coach. He never mentioned it.
RE: Colts Neck game.
First of all...yes, we did miss posting the Colts Neck game on the blog (as we did the Freehold game).
I personally took this game so blame me (though I thought I did post it, my bad).
Secondly...your comment about me and the coach..was..how can I say this delicately....let' see how about...well - STUPID!!.
I have the upmost respect for Mike Yorke and never would I take anything out on kids anyway....at any school - any where.
Where did you ever come up with such a ridiculous idea?
Now...I just called the Press and had the write up sent to me..here it is and I will post it on the blog as well.
A huge night for Action Ashton Jackson!!!
COLTS NECK 19, MATAWAN 11:Junior Ashton Jackson had two singles, a double, triple, home run and drove in seven runs as the Cougars (8-3) outslugged the Huskies (2-8) in a nondivision game.
Jackson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and a two-run double in the fifth.
Frank Piazza hit a three-run double in a six-run second inning when Colts Neck took a 9-2 lead.
Dom Hayes hit a two-run home run in an eight-run third inning that made it 17-5.
Nick Citro went 3-for-3 with two RBI for Matawan which scored six runs in the fourth inning to get within 17-11.
RE: Colts Neck game.
First of all...yes, we did miss posting the Colts Neck game on the blog (as we did the Freehold game).
I personally took this game so blame me (though I thought I did post it, my bad).
Secondly...your comment about me and the coach..was..how can I say this delicately....let' see how about...well - STUPID!!.
I have the upmost respect for Mike Yorke and never would I take anything out on kids anyway....at any school - any where.
Where did you ever come up with such a ridiculous idea?
Now...I just called the Press and had the write up sent to me..here it is and I will post it on the blog as well.
A huge night for Action Ashton Jackson!!!
COLTS NECK 19, MATAWAN 11:Junior Ashton Jackson had two singles, a double, triple, home run and drove in seven runs as the Cougars (8-3) outslugged the Huskies (2-8) in a nondivision game.
Jackson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and a two-run double in the fifth.
Frank Piazza hit a three-run double in a six-run second inning when Colts Neck took a 9-2 lead.
Dom Hayes hit a two-run home run in an eight-run third inning that made it 17-5.
Nick Citro went 3-for-3 with two RBI for Matawan which scored six runs in the fourth inning to get within 17-11.
Here is the Freehold write up which I just had sent to me - I also will put it on the blog..
FREEHOLD 11, LONG BRANCH 4 - Neil Bolton hit a two-run triple and a solo home run as the Colonials (5-32, 5-2) defeated the Green Wave (0-8, 0-7)in a Class B North game.
Colton Ruggieri addd two doubles.
Joe Fecsko, a senior left-hander, hurled four innings to improve to 2-0.
CORRECTED VERSION to Wall-Monmouth report
(from Wall asst. coach Jim Rochford)
WALL 13, MONMOUTH 1: Craig Hughes scattered five hits and struck out eight on the mound to improve to 2-0 and went 2-for-4 with three RBI at the plate as the No. 2 Crimson Knights (8-2, 6-1) remained in first-place in Class B North with a win over the No. 7 Golden Falcons (5-4, 4-3). Wall junior Nick Gacos homered in his first varsity at bat as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning.
Andrew Otterberg was 2-for-2 with four RBI.
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