Saturday May 5 Baseball results: Final: / TR South, Jackson, St. Rose, Rumson, Matawan, RB Catholic are SC winners:updated 9:20 p.m.
Shore teams go 6-2 in Shore Challenge Saturday, now 11-9 overall
Full game reports below scoreboard
Shore Challenge at FirstEnergy Park
Toms River South 8, Bergan Catholic 1
St. Rose 8, Clearview 1 - Anthony Ranaudo pitched first four innings and hit a two-run double.
Matawan 7, St. Joseph's (Hammonton) 5 - CG and 1st varsity win for junior Matt Mizerek
Rumson-FH 11, Dunellen 1 (six innings) - Ben Miller now 6-1
At Wall Municipal Complex
RB Catholic 11, St. Joseph's (Staten Island, N.Y) 3
South Brunswick 9, Wall 1
At Toms River East
Jackson 6, Pope John 1
Delsea 9, Donovan 0
Regular season
Manasquan 19, Mater Dei 7 - Brad Newman slam, 6 RBI
TR North 15, Donovan 3 - A South champs have won 12 of 13.
Raritan 10, Red Bank (9) - RBI single by Dave Shrum wins it
Colts Neck 9, Marlboro 8 - Cougars win with four in seventh and two in the eighth. Ties CBA for first place in A North. (Please see separate story).
SJ Vianney 12, Holmdel 6 - SJ Vianney is A Central Non-Public champ.
Barnegat 3, Southern 0 - Matt McNeal pitches the shutout.
Freehold Twp. 8, Middletown South 7 - Ian MacLean seventh inning single
Brick 6, Howell 5 - F.J. Lucchetti 2-for-3 with HR
Matawan 10, Neptune 7 - Nick Chomko and Corey Dollear have big games.
Central at TR East 7:30 p.m.
GAME REPORTS
SHORE CHALLENGE
ST. ROSE 8, CLEARVIEW 1: Senior Anthony Ranaudo (4-0) struck out five over four innigns and hit a two-run double in a three-run second inning when the No. 7 Purple Roses (13-1) zoomed to a 6-0 lead over the Pioneers (8-7) at FirstEnergy Park.
Freshman Kyle Kennett allowed one run over two innings and Connor Smith finished.
John McGrath went 2-for-2 fpor St. Rose with an RBI single in the fourth inning.
Ranaudo lowered his earned run average to 0.75 over 28 innings and has struck out 48. John Hughes went 3-for-4 for Clearview.
The game starts a big week for St. Rose which plays Shore (14-2) Monday at FirstEnergy Park, hosts No.1 Toms River North Wednesday, Henry Hudson Friday, and Saturday plays Delsea (13-2) in the Shore Challenge.
TOMS RIVER SOUTH 8, BERGEN CATHOLIC 1: Vincent Vivona, a junior left-hande (4-1), went seven innings, struck out eight and walked one as the No. 6 Indians (13-5) whipped the Crusaders (12-5) at FirstEnergy Park.
Ryan Kapp was 2-for-4 with an an RBI double in the third inning and RBI single in the fourth.
Mark Perry contributed a 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored and Jake DelVento 1-for-2, a squeeze bunt in the third ,and a triple and a run scored in the fifth.
- Tony Graham/Steven Falk
JACKSON 6, POPE JOHN (Sparta) 1: Sophomore right-hander Kevin Needham ran his record to 3-0 working 2.2 innings in relief and Billy Lee and Cory Carr each went 2-for-3 with a pair of two-run singles as the Jaguars (13-5) defeated the Lions (10-7) at Raider Ravine.
Lee's two-run single in the third inning put Jackson in front and Carr's two-run hit made it 5-1 in the fourth.
Needham, taking over for Carl Stockert, who had closed out Frdiay's win over No. 5 Toms River East, allowed one hit and struck out four.
Dave Ricci finished up.
- Tony Graham
MATAWAN 7, ST. JOSEPH'S, HAMMONTON 5: An RBI single by Julian Sonnenfeld and an RBI double by Matt Burgina keyed a three-run fifth inning when the Huskies (5-10) took a 7-4 lead over the Wildcats (6-7).
Junior right-hander Matt Mizerek went the distance for his first varsity win, fanning five and walking three.
Nick Citro's RBI single in the third inning started Matawan back from a 3-0 deficit. Kevin Knox had two hits for Matawan.
- Tony Graham
RUMSON 11, DUNELLEN 1: Senior right fielder Sam Gerhret singled, doubled, and drove in three runs as the Bulldogs (12-2) reeled of their seventh win in a row, longest under sixth-year coach Kevin James, and routed the Destroyers (11-8) at FirstEnergy Park.
Mike McDonough clouted a two-run triple in a three-run first inning and Ben Miller hit a two-run double in a three-run second when Rumson mounted a 6-1 lead.
- Tony Graham
RB CATHOLIC 11, ST. JOSEPH (N.Y.) 3: J.C. Menna allowed just one hit over his last five innings after allowing three runs on four hits in the first inning and Nick Romano 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI as the Caseys (11-6) defeated the Vikings (7-3) in a Shore Challenge game at the Wall Municipal Complex.
Red Bank Catholic took the lead for good with three runs in the second as Jeff Couch and Kyle O'Neil had RBI doubles.
- Steven Falk
SOUTH BRUNSWICK 9, WALL 1: Steve Jakowski went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored and Connor Henderson struck out seven and scattered six hits as the Vikings (11-5) defeated the Crimson Knights (13-3) in a Shore Challenge game at the Wall Muncipal Complex.
Craig Hughes had an RBI single for Wall.
-Steven Falk
REGULAR SEASON
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP 8, MIDDLETOWN SOUTH 7: Ian MacLean's third hit of the day, an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, gave the Patriots (9-6, 8-6) their second consecutive last at bat victory as they defeated the Eagles (3-13, 2-12) in a Class A North game.
For the second game in a row Chris Ballester doubled in the last of the seventh and rode home with the winning run.
The victory enabled Freehold Township to clinch an NJSISAA Tournament berth for a fifth year in a row.
Ballester went 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
Steve Burgher was 3-for-4 for Middletown South and Craig Sweeney 3-for-3 with a double and two singles.
""We let both of these teams (Friday and Saturday) back in the game when we had leads,'' said Frank Gualtieri, Freehold Township coach. ""At the same time I'm proud of our guys.
"" We had a 4-0 week when we had our backs to the wall as far as getting into the states.
""It was very nerve wracking on the coach as usual. We don't seem to like to do things easy.''''
- Tony Graham
RARITAN 10, RED BANK 9: After the Rockets (8-7, 5-6) failed to hold a a 9-0 lead, Dave Shrum singled home pinch Vic Scanzani from second with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to down the Bucs (3-11, 2-1) in a Class A Central game.
Josh Satterfield had a three-run double for Red Bank in a seven-run fifth inning and a two-run single by Zach Honecker tied the score in the sixth.
An Ed Martin RBI double helped Raritan take a 3-0 lead in the second inning and Chris Clayton slammed a three-run double in a six-run third.
Kevin Yorks doubled twice, drove in two runs, and scored one for Raritan.
Honecker had two hits for Red Bank.
Junior Devin Noonan gained his first varsity win with a scorless ninth inning.
- Tony Graham
BRICK 6, HOWELL 5: Winning pitcher F. J. Lucchetti led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run and Jared Page hit a two-run shot in the fourth helping the Green Dragons (6-8-1) build a 6-2 lead in a nondivision win over the Rebels (6-11).
Lucchetti struck out nine over six innings.
Trailing 6-4 the Rebels got an RBI single by Tim Lamirande in the seventh before a ground out with ruinners at first and second ended the game.
John Vitale had two RBI singles for Brick.
Brian Battaglia went 2-for-3 with a double for Howell.
- Tony Graham
MATAWAN 10, NEPTUNE 7: Rick Rean scored the tie-breaking run on an infield out in the the fifth inning and Fran Santimauro hit a sacrifice fly in a two-run sixth enabling the Huskies (6-11, 5-7) to defeat the Scarlet Fliers (8-9, 5-7) in a Class B North game.
Matt Buragina pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth to save the first varsity victory for junior Tim Whitney.
Nick Chomko went 2-for-3 and scored three runs and drove in one, and Corey Dollear went 2-for-2 with a sacrifice fly for Matawan.
Tyler Torres singled, doubled, and drove in two runs for Neptune.
Chomko stole two more bases after swiping three in the morning Shore Challenge win over St. Joseph's, Hammonton.
- Tony Graham
BARNEGAT 3, SOUTHERN 0: Junior right-hander Matt McNeal scattered seven hits, struck out 11 and knocked in the only run he would need with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first as the Bengals (11-5) defeated the Rams (5-10) in a nondivisional game and the first-ever varsity game between the two neighboring schools.
McNeal's sacrifice fly scored Brandon Frustieri, who drew a walk after a 12-pitch at-bat.
Frustieri went 1-for-1 with three walks and Erik Smithman was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
BY STEVEN FALK
SJ VIANNEY 12, HOLMDEL 6: Chris Lewnes belted a three-run homer in the sixth and added a two-run single in the seventh and Nick Scarillo went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in the third as the Lancers (11-5, 9-3) concluded their Class A Central schedule with the win over the Hornets (7-8, 4-6).
St. John Vianney, which has clinched the Class A Central non-public championship, can still tie Rumson (13-2, 9-2) for the overall Class A Central title.
BY STEVEN FALK
MANASQUAN 19, MATER DEI 7: Brad Newman snapped a 5-5 tie with a grand slam in a seven-run fourth inning and finished with six RBI as the Warriors (8-8) downed the Seraphs (1-13) in a nondivision game.
Newman and Chris Vanstolk had two-run doubles in a 10-run fifth inning and each had three hits.
Senior Nick Vecchio went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, and an RBI for Mater Dei.
- Tony Graham
TR EAST 6, CENTRAL 0: Sophomore right-hander Steve Pappalardo hurled a two-hitter and struck out nine for his second shutout in as many starts as the No. 5 Raiders (12-5) defeated the Golden Eagles (4-12-1) in a nondivisional game.
Pete Dacenko had a sacrifice fly in the first inning and an RBI single in the fourth.
- Steven Falk
Full game reports below scoreboard
Shore Challenge at FirstEnergy Park
Toms River South 8, Bergan Catholic 1
St. Rose 8, Clearview 1 - Anthony Ranaudo pitched first four innings and hit a two-run double.
Matawan 7, St. Joseph's (Hammonton) 5 - CG and 1st varsity win for junior Matt Mizerek
Rumson-FH 11, Dunellen 1 (six innings) - Ben Miller now 6-1
At Wall Municipal Complex
RB Catholic 11, St. Joseph's (Staten Island, N.Y) 3
South Brunswick 9, Wall 1
At Toms River East
Jackson 6, Pope John 1
Delsea 9, Donovan 0
Regular season
Manasquan 19, Mater Dei 7 - Brad Newman slam, 6 RBI
TR North 15, Donovan 3 - A South champs have won 12 of 13.
Raritan 10, Red Bank (9) - RBI single by Dave Shrum wins it
Colts Neck 9, Marlboro 8 - Cougars win with four in seventh and two in the eighth. Ties CBA for first place in A North. (Please see separate story).
SJ Vianney 12, Holmdel 6 - SJ Vianney is A Central Non-Public champ.
Barnegat 3, Southern 0 - Matt McNeal pitches the shutout.
Freehold Twp. 8, Middletown South 7 - Ian MacLean seventh inning single
Brick 6, Howell 5 - F.J. Lucchetti 2-for-3 with HR
Matawan 10, Neptune 7 - Nick Chomko and Corey Dollear have big games.
Central at TR East 7:30 p.m.
GAME REPORTS
SHORE CHALLENGE
ST. ROSE 8, CLEARVIEW 1: Senior Anthony Ranaudo (4-0) struck out five over four innigns and hit a two-run double in a three-run second inning when the No. 7 Purple Roses (13-1) zoomed to a 6-0 lead over the Pioneers (8-7) at FirstEnergy Park.
Freshman Kyle Kennett allowed one run over two innings and Connor Smith finished.
John McGrath went 2-for-2 fpor St. Rose with an RBI single in the fourth inning.
Ranaudo lowered his earned run average to 0.75 over 28 innings and has struck out 48. John Hughes went 3-for-4 for Clearview.
The game starts a big week for St. Rose which plays Shore (14-2) Monday at FirstEnergy Park, hosts No.1 Toms River North Wednesday, Henry Hudson Friday, and Saturday plays Delsea (13-2) in the Shore Challenge.
TOMS RIVER SOUTH 8, BERGEN CATHOLIC 1: Vincent Vivona, a junior left-hande (4-1), went seven innings, struck out eight and walked one as the No. 6 Indians (13-5) whipped the Crusaders (12-5) at FirstEnergy Park.
Ryan Kapp was 2-for-4 with an an RBI double in the third inning and RBI single in the fourth.
Mark Perry contributed a 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored and Jake DelVento 1-for-2, a squeeze bunt in the third ,and a triple and a run scored in the fifth.
- Tony Graham/Steven Falk
JACKSON 6, POPE JOHN (Sparta) 1: Sophomore right-hander Kevin Needham ran his record to 3-0 working 2.2 innings in relief and Billy Lee and Cory Carr each went 2-for-3 with a pair of two-run singles as the Jaguars (13-5) defeated the Lions (10-7) at Raider Ravine.
Lee's two-run single in the third inning put Jackson in front and Carr's two-run hit made it 5-1 in the fourth.
Needham, taking over for Carl Stockert, who had closed out Frdiay's win over No. 5 Toms River East, allowed one hit and struck out four.
Dave Ricci finished up.
- Tony Graham
MATAWAN 7, ST. JOSEPH'S, HAMMONTON 5: An RBI single by Julian Sonnenfeld and an RBI double by Matt Burgina keyed a three-run fifth inning when the Huskies (5-10) took a 7-4 lead over the Wildcats (6-7).
Junior right-hander Matt Mizerek went the distance for his first varsity win, fanning five and walking three.
Nick Citro's RBI single in the third inning started Matawan back from a 3-0 deficit. Kevin Knox had two hits for Matawan.
- Tony Graham
RUMSON 11, DUNELLEN 1: Senior right fielder Sam Gerhret singled, doubled, and drove in three runs as the Bulldogs (12-2) reeled of their seventh win in a row, longest under sixth-year coach Kevin James, and routed the Destroyers (11-8) at FirstEnergy Park.
Mike McDonough clouted a two-run triple in a three-run first inning and Ben Miller hit a two-run double in a three-run second when Rumson mounted a 6-1 lead.
- Tony Graham
RB CATHOLIC 11, ST. JOSEPH (N.Y.) 3: J.C. Menna allowed just one hit over his last five innings after allowing three runs on four hits in the first inning and Nick Romano 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI as the Caseys (11-6) defeated the Vikings (7-3) in a Shore Challenge game at the Wall Municipal Complex.
Red Bank Catholic took the lead for good with three runs in the second as Jeff Couch and Kyle O'Neil had RBI doubles.
- Steven Falk
SOUTH BRUNSWICK 9, WALL 1: Steve Jakowski went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored and Connor Henderson struck out seven and scattered six hits as the Vikings (11-5) defeated the Crimson Knights (13-3) in a Shore Challenge game at the Wall Muncipal Complex.
Craig Hughes had an RBI single for Wall.
-Steven Falk
REGULAR SEASON
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP 8, MIDDLETOWN SOUTH 7: Ian MacLean's third hit of the day, an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, gave the Patriots (9-6, 8-6) their second consecutive last at bat victory as they defeated the Eagles (3-13, 2-12) in a Class A North game.
For the second game in a row Chris Ballester doubled in the last of the seventh and rode home with the winning run.
The victory enabled Freehold Township to clinch an NJSISAA Tournament berth for a fifth year in a row.
Ballester went 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
Steve Burgher was 3-for-4 for Middletown South and Craig Sweeney 3-for-3 with a double and two singles.
""We let both of these teams (Friday and Saturday) back in the game when we had leads,'' said Frank Gualtieri, Freehold Township coach. ""At the same time I'm proud of our guys.
"" We had a 4-0 week when we had our backs to the wall as far as getting into the states.
""It was very nerve wracking on the coach as usual. We don't seem to like to do things easy.''''
- Tony Graham
RARITAN 10, RED BANK 9: After the Rockets (8-7, 5-6) failed to hold a a 9-0 lead, Dave Shrum singled home pinch Vic Scanzani from second with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to down the Bucs (3-11, 2-1) in a Class A Central game.
Josh Satterfield had a three-run double for Red Bank in a seven-run fifth inning and a two-run single by Zach Honecker tied the score in the sixth.
An Ed Martin RBI double helped Raritan take a 3-0 lead in the second inning and Chris Clayton slammed a three-run double in a six-run third.
Kevin Yorks doubled twice, drove in two runs, and scored one for Raritan.
Honecker had two hits for Red Bank.
Junior Devin Noonan gained his first varsity win with a scorless ninth inning.
- Tony Graham
BRICK 6, HOWELL 5: Winning pitcher F. J. Lucchetti led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run and Jared Page hit a two-run shot in the fourth helping the Green Dragons (6-8-1) build a 6-2 lead in a nondivision win over the Rebels (6-11).
Lucchetti struck out nine over six innings.
Trailing 6-4 the Rebels got an RBI single by Tim Lamirande in the seventh before a ground out with ruinners at first and second ended the game.
John Vitale had two RBI singles for Brick.
Brian Battaglia went 2-for-3 with a double for Howell.
- Tony Graham
MATAWAN 10, NEPTUNE 7: Rick Rean scored the tie-breaking run on an infield out in the the fifth inning and Fran Santimauro hit a sacrifice fly in a two-run sixth enabling the Huskies (6-11, 5-7) to defeat the Scarlet Fliers (8-9, 5-7) in a Class B North game.
Matt Buragina pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth to save the first varsity victory for junior Tim Whitney.
Nick Chomko went 2-for-3 and scored three runs and drove in one, and Corey Dollear went 2-for-2 with a sacrifice fly for Matawan.
Tyler Torres singled, doubled, and drove in two runs for Neptune.
Chomko stole two more bases after swiping three in the morning Shore Challenge win over St. Joseph's, Hammonton.
- Tony Graham
BARNEGAT 3, SOUTHERN 0: Junior right-hander Matt McNeal scattered seven hits, struck out 11 and knocked in the only run he would need with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first as the Bengals (11-5) defeated the Rams (5-10) in a nondivisional game and the first-ever varsity game between the two neighboring schools.
McNeal's sacrifice fly scored Brandon Frustieri, who drew a walk after a 12-pitch at-bat.
Frustieri went 1-for-1 with three walks and Erik Smithman was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
BY STEVEN FALK
SJ VIANNEY 12, HOLMDEL 6: Chris Lewnes belted a three-run homer in the sixth and added a two-run single in the seventh and Nick Scarillo went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in the third as the Lancers (11-5, 9-3) concluded their Class A Central schedule with the win over the Hornets (7-8, 4-6).
St. John Vianney, which has clinched the Class A Central non-public championship, can still tie Rumson (13-2, 9-2) for the overall Class A Central title.
BY STEVEN FALK
MANASQUAN 19, MATER DEI 7: Brad Newman snapped a 5-5 tie with a grand slam in a seven-run fourth inning and finished with six RBI as the Warriors (8-8) downed the Seraphs (1-13) in a nondivision game.
Newman and Chris Vanstolk had two-run doubles in a 10-run fifth inning and each had three hits.
Senior Nick Vecchio went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, and an RBI for Mater Dei.
- Tony Graham
TR EAST 6, CENTRAL 0: Sophomore right-hander Steve Pappalardo hurled a two-hitter and struck out nine for his second shutout in as many starts as the No. 5 Raiders (12-5) defeated the Golden Eagles (4-12-1) in a nondivisional game.
Pete Dacenko had a sacrifice fly in the first inning and an RBI single in the fourth.
- Steven Falk
posted by Tony Graham at 7:36 PM
8 Comments:
what about Colts Neck?
They played at 2pm...as soon as they call I will post the score...
Its starting to look like a real good day for the Shore teams.
Sure is!
I think the most impressive win today in the Shore Challenge has to go to Toms River South, they beat a solid Bergen Catholic squad in the night-cap at BlueClaws rather easily.
TRS can be a tough team come tournament team, it seems like their young pitching maybe finally coming around (minus the TRE game)
I felt in preseason TRS was the class of Class A South. A kiss of death if there ever was one.
Among the TRS, TRN has displayed the best pitching so far.
The SCT and OCTs should be fascinating.
I honestly believe that both Toms River East and South would beat Toms River North given the chance to play them again... Of course, chances are pretty good that there will be another TR matchup whether its in the OCT, SCT or State tournament.
Who came up with the schedule that by the end of April, both Toms River East and South would be done playing Toms River North.
The Shore Conference does the scheduling for all its 44-45 some schools ..that's just the way it worked out this year...
BUT TR schools paths certain to cross again in either or OCT, SCT, and NJSIAAs, as all three are Group IVs this year...so it's a virtual lock TRN is going to have to run something of a TRS-TRE gauntlet yet again in 2007..
Should be fun for fans!
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