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Tuesday, May 2
Greater Middlesex Conference
North Brunswick 10, South Brunswick 0
In a must-win game, North Brunswick jumped to an early lead and Zack Konstantinovsky hurled a gem and homered in the first game of a series. Omar and Yomar Carreras each also slugged a homer in the win.
The Raiders (7-4 in division, 9-5 overall) are contending for the Red Division pennant along with three other teams.
Tuesday, Monroe topped Old Bridge 2-0 to improve to 7-4 and OB fell to 6-5 in the division. St. Joseph defeated South Plainfield 8-1 on Tuesday to improve to 6-5.
North Brunswick meets South Brunswick (5-9 overall, 3-7 in division) again on Thursday.
The host Raiders did what they needed in game one. Konstantinovsky allowed just one hit with no walks and 11 strikeouts in the five-inning complete game.
North Brunswick three times in the first inning, two more in the second and five times in the third inning.
Konstantinovsky (3 RBI, double) and Yomar Carreras (2 RBI) each went 3-for-3 with the home run. Omar Carreras was 1-for-3 with three RBI. EJ Accettura doubled and had two RBI. Chris Rosario singled and scored and Frankie Garbolino walked and scored.
Jack Leach had the hit for South Brunswick.
St. Joseph 8, South Plainfield 1
Matthew Friedman stopped South Plainfield’s hitters and the Falcons erupted for 13 hits highlighted by Mark Gialluisi’s home run in the key Red Division game.
The visiting Falcons improved to 6-5 in the division and 8-7 overall. Friedman allowed a run in six innings off of four hits and two walks and also singled and drove in two runs.
Gialluisi went 3-for-5 with two RBI, a home run and a pair of doubles. Josiah Brown finished 3-for-5 with a double and RBI and Joseph Zammitti went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Also having big days were Tyler Delvecchio (2-for-4, double, run), Matthew Kosuda (single, RBI, run) and Connor Drury (single, two runs scored).
Mason Cinca finished with a scoreless inning and a strikeout.
For South Plainfield (6-9, 5-7), Ashton Donovan, Dan Kapsch, Brandon Bickunas and Kevin Penny each singled.
Monroe 2, Old Bridge 0
Harrison Lollin delivered 6 2/3 shutout innings with 11 strikeouts and Trevor Wallace went 2-for-2 with a solo home run as the Monroe kept pace in the Red Division race.
The Falcons (7-4 overall and in the division) remained even with North Brunswick at 7-4. Old Bridge fell to 6-5 in the division. They’ll play again Thursday.
Lucas White finished the game with a strikeout.
Lollin also singled and drove in Nick Sellari (double, walk). Aidan Lane went 2-for-3 in a pitcher’s duel.
Old Bridge’s Frank Papeo nearly matched Lollin by going the distance and allowing two runs, six hits, three hits with seven strikeouts. Thomas Papeo went 2-for-3 for Old Bridge and John Smith had a hit.
South River 4, J.F. Kennedy 3
Andrew Steffaro slugged a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth to cap a dramatic comeback for the Rams in the Blue Division game.
J.F. Kennedy led 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh. Mustangs starter RJ Coleman got the second out on his 110th pitch, but had to be pulled because of the NJSIAA innings limit.
Joseph Lepore worked a walk from reliever Dev Patel and Julius Rosado hit a 1-1 pitch over the left field fence to tie the game at 3-3. Rosado, on in relief of Gavin Franco, got the last three outs of the seventh and eighth for the Rams (8-3 overall and in the division).
Steffaro gave the Rams a 1-0 lead on a sac fly in the first inning. An RBI-single by JFK’s Grant Lorentzen in the fifth tied it 1-1.
Coleman and Zack Tyler hit solo home runs in the sixth as the Mustangs (8-7, 7-4) took a 3-1 lead.
Coleman went 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and striking out 11.
Franco started for the Rams going six innings and allowing three runs (2 earned) on eight hits, a walk and two strikeouts.
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