2015 Group 3 baseball final: No. 7 Northern Burlington vs. South Plainfield at a glance

By Joe Zedalis | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on June 05, 2015 8:29 AM

GROUP 3 FINAL

NORTHERN BURLINGTON (27-4) VS. SOUTH PLAINFIELD (23-8)

When: Saturday, 11 a.m.

Where: Toms River North

KEY PLAYERS

Northern Burlington: 3B Tyler O'Dell  (.381, 31 R, 37 H, 14 RBI, 7 2B, .441 OBP); CF Zack Wright (.451, 37 R, 46 H, 16 RBI; .519 SLUG, 1.007 OPS, .487 OBP); P/OF Ryan Shinn (9-0, 1.96 ERA, 79 K, 15 BB, 11 ER 4 CG | .484 35 R, 44 H, 28 RBI, 12 2B, 2 HR, .681 SLUG, 1.260 OPS, .579 OBP); C Brett Parlante (.353, 11 R, 33 H, 29 RBI, 11 2B); 1B Adam Rapp (.435, 15 R, 40 H, 36 RBI, 9 2B, 3 HR, .630 SLUG, 1.139 OPS); RF Mike Wainwright (.355, 11 R, 33 H, 28 RBI, 6 2B, 2 HR); SS Kevin Welsh (.281, 21 R, 25 H, 10 RBI, 4 2B); DH/P Michael Cottrell (.318, 6 R, 21 H, 9 RBI | 5-1, 2.21 ERA, 8 ER, 16L, 3 BB); 2B Brian Ford; P: Eric Stinglen (9-0, 2.29 ERA, 18 K, 14 BB, 18 ER).

South Plainfield: DH Kyle Dickerson (.379, 22 H, 18 R, 6 RBI); 1B LJ Scarpitto (.345, 30 H, 27 R, 13 RBI); 2B Bryan Gillen (.482, 41 H, 28 R, 11 RBI); 3B: Chris Graves (.379, 33 H, 15 R, 22 RBI); SS Nick Polizzano (.289, 22 H, 16 R, 16 RBI); OF Sean Erhardt (.323, 22 H, 9 R, 16 RBI); OF Tommy Dunn (.274, 17 H, 11 R, 11 RBI); Jack Gillis (.370, 23 H, 12 R, 8 RBI); P Jake Alba (43.2 IP, 46 H, 10 BB, 43 K, 10 ER).

DID YOU KNOW?

Northern Burlington: The Greyhounds are making their first state-final appearance after winning its second Central Jersey Group 3 final in the past three years ... Northern Burlington has scored 214 runs and allowed 106. ... The Northern Burlington pitching staff has a 166/92 strikeout to walk ratio. As a team the Greyhounds are .346 with a team on base percentage of .425 ... Northern Burlington has won five straight since a loss to Bishop Eustace in the Diamond Classic semifinals and 12 of its last 13 games ... Northern Burlington has outscored its five state tournament opponents 28-10. The Greyhounds allowed only two runs in their first three playoff games (wins over Red Bank Regional, Ocean Township and Middletown South), but have allowed eight runs in their last two playoff games (wins over Somerville and Mainland). When NBC topped Mainland, 6-4, it ended Mainland's reign as Group 3 champions.

South Plainfield: South Plainfield won only its second sectional title and its first since 1975 when it bounced defendiing champion Cranford in the sectional title game ... South Plainfield has won seven striaght and 13 of 14 ... During its seven-game winning streak, South Plainfield has outscored the opposition 42-7 ... In the state tournament the Tigers have won with pitching. South Plainfield has allowed only six state-tournament runs in five games. ... South Plainfield pitchers have allowed 28 hits in five playoff games -- six in the last three -- with 29 strikeouts

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