OIB Ortho Shore Conference Baseball Scoreboard: Saturday, May 2
Shore Conference Baseball Scoreboard
Saturday, May 2
Al Kunzman Ocean County Tournament
Semifinals
(4) Brick Memorial 6, (1) Toms River East 3
Dan Golembiewski blasted a two-run home run in the top of the first inning and winning pitcher Brody Moore helped his cause with a two-run single in Brick Memorial’s four-run third before pitching the back-end of a 10-strikeout, six-inning outing that led the Mustangs over the two-time defending champion Raiders.
Brick Memorial heads to the OCT final for the second straight year and will take on Toms River South Thursday at Central Regional High School in search of the program’s first Ocean County Tournament since 1996.
After Moore’s two-run single made the score 5-0 in third, Braden Kabus followed with an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-0.
Toms River East drew closer in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run by Lucas Melton to cut the deficit to 6-3 and a squeeze bunt dropped by Jonathan Pallman made it 6-3 in the bottom of the sixth. Moore retired First Team All-Shore shortstop Joey DiMeo on a pop fly into shallow rightfield to end the sixth and Zach Pirnik pitched a perfect seventh inning to earn the save.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Brick Mem (11-5) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| TR East (8-7) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Pitching
| Brick Memorial | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Brody Moore (W, 3-0) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 98 |
| Zach Pirnik (SV, 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Toms River East | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Dominic Roma (L, 2-2) | 2.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 48 |
| Liam Scallon | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jonathan Pallman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 54 |
Top Hitters
| Brick Memorial | Game Stats |
| Dan Golembiewski | 2-3, 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI |
| Tyler Garbooshian | 1-2, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 SB |
| Brody Moore | 2-4, 2 RBI |
| Trevor Kish | 1-2, 2B, BB, R |
| Braden Kabus | 1-3, RBI |
| Toms River East | Game Stats |
| Lucas Melton | 2-4, HR, R, RBI |
| Jayce Cappello | 1-3, R |
(2) Toms River South 11, (11) Southern 1 (5 Innings)
Monmouth County Tournament
Marty Kenney Championship Bracket
Semifinals
(6) Howell 10, (2) Red Bank Catholic 1
Jackson Vetrano struck out 11 in 5 2/3 innings of work and Jack Quinn inserted himself into three of Howell’s four scoring rallies as the Rebels hammered the Caseys to reach the Monmouth County Tournament championship game for the first time in program history.
Quinn jump-started the Howell offense with a leadoff triple in the second and scored on another triple by Waylon Cavanaugh after Red Bank Catholic starter Glen Popes recorded the first two outs of the inning with Quinn still on first. Quinn had the second of three straight RBI hits by Howell in the top of the third, a run that started with an RBI double by Alex Bondarew to make it 2-0. Derek Liotti capped the inning with an RBI single to make it 4-0.
Vetrano had a shutout working through five innings and Howell added to its lead in the top of the sixth by loading the bases with one out and cashing in. Bondarew was hit by a pitch to force in a run and Quinn made it 7-0 with a two-run single. Liotti later added an RBI single to cap the scoring in the top of the seventh.
Howell will face the winner of the other semifinal between Rumson-Fair Haven and Ranney in next week’s Monmouth County Tournament championship game, which will be played at Brookdale Community College on a day yet to be determined. Rumson defeated Howell, 8-3, on Thursday and Howell split its Class A North regular-season division series with Ranney, 1-1.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Howell (10-6) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| RBC (10-4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Pitching
| Howell | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Jackson Vetrano (5-1) | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 104 |
| John Bertan | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| Red Bank Catholic | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | PC |
| Glen Popes (L, 4-2) | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| Joe Mauro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Tyler Hager | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 |
| Tommy Mierzwiak | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
Top Hitters
| Howell | Game Stats |
| Jack Quinn | 3-4, 3B, BB, R, 3 RBI, SB |
| Derek Liotti | 2-3, 2 BB, 2 RBI |
| Alex Bondarew | 1-4, 2B, HBP, R, 2 RBI |
| Jake Liotti | 2-4, BB, 2 R |
| Connor Halvorsen | 2-4, BB, R, SB |
| Waylon Cavanaugh | 1-5, 3B, RBI |
| Red Bank Catholic | Game Stats |
| Landon Laido | 1-3, 2B, RBI |
| Tyler Hager | 1-2, BB, R |
| Luke Lonczak | 1-2, 2 BB |
(9) Ranney at (5) Rumson-Fair Haven, 4:30 p.m.
Ted Jarmusz Bracket
Semifinals
(14) Shore 2, (8) Middletown South 1
Regular Season
Class B North
Raritan 3, Ocean 2
Non-Division
No. 9 Wall 6, St. Rose 0
Manchester at St. John Vianney, 2 p.m.
Non-Conference
Linden 4, Long Branch 1
Colts Neck vs. Monroe, 1 p.m. at DeMeo Field, Hamilton
