NJ Baseball: GMC All-Star Game
Thursday, June 10, 2010, 10:55 PM
Josh Rosenfeld/For The Star-Ledger
Thursday, June 10, 2010, 10:55 PM
Josh Rosenfeld/For The Star-Ledger
Hitting usually trumps pitching in All-Star baseball games, at least at the high school level.
But that certainly wasn't the case Thursday night as South Amboy's Mario Batista, South Plainfield's Matt Cesare, North Brunswick's Alex Taylor, Cardinal McCarrick's Joe Lunger, Monroe's Zack Batchelor, South Amboy's Craig Warzecha and South Plainfield's Dylan Papa combined to toss a two-hitter as the all-stars from the GMC White and Gold Divisions defeated their Red-Blue counterparts, 8-2, at East Brunswick High School.
St. Joseph's Eric Peterson continued his torrid late-season hitting with a two-run homer in the first inning for the Red-Blue squad. The Red-Blue did not get another hit until another Falcon, Paul Nyitray, led off the ninth with a single up the middle.
At one juncture starting in the first inning and ending in the sixth, Batista, Cesare, Taylor, Lunger and Batchelor joined forces to retire 15 consecutive batters.
The White-Gold had plenty of contributors on offense. Carteret's Mike Merz drove in three runs, two on a second-inning single that put the White-Gold on top to stay at 3-2. New Brunswick's Victor Romero and Sayreville's Brian Truchan each doubled twice in two at-bats and scored once.
The Red-Blue had its share of strong efforts on the mound as well. Starter Nick Marics of Edison struck out five over the first two innings and St. Joseph's Anthony Parenti whiffed six over two innings, though one reached first on a dropped third strike.
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