Andy Mendlowitz
MyCentralJersey.com
Group II
No. 3 South Plainfield 4, No. 14 Manasquan 2
Mitch Dudak threw five shutout innings with five strikeouts, allowing three hits and no walks as South Plainfield advanced.
The Tigers (20-4-1) will host No. 11 Raritan -- which beat No. 6 Delaware Valley 9-3 -- in Saturday's quarterfinal.
Each team scored in the first inning. South Plainfield broke the 2-2 tie with runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
Brandon Shine and Troy O'Connor each had a hit and drove in a run, while Nick Loniewski singled and scored twice. Austin Scott and Kennedy Ferguson added hits.
Vincent Esposito threw the final two innings for South Plainfield.
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South Plainfield over Manasquan - CJG2 1st round
South Plainfield starter Mitch Dudak pumps his fist after the final out of the fourth inning during the GMC Conference Championship quarterfinal baseball game between Edison and South Plainfield at North Brunswick Community Park in North Brunswick, NJ on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Scott Faytok | For NJ Advance Media
Mitch Dudak pitched five scoreless innings of relief to lift third-seeded South Plainfield to a 4-2 victory over 14th-seeded Manasquan in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 2 tournament in South Plainfield.
Dudak, a senior, struck out four, allowing three hits and no walks for South Plainfield (20-4-1), which hosts 11th-seeded Raritan in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Nick Loniewski was 2-for-3 with two runs and a stolen base and Brandon Shine went 1-for-1 with a walk and a RBI.
Manasquan (6-15) starter Cullen Condon went the distance, allowing two earned runs, seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings. Brett Patten had a walk, run and two stolen bases.
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