No. 9 South Brunswick 3, No. 8 South Plainfield 1
Joey Tuttoilmondo threw another masterpiece and Teonis Pimentel's two-RBI single scored Alex CIccone and Dylan Amin in the seventh inning as the Vikings advanced to the quarterfinals.
Tuttoilmondo struck out 17 in 6 2/3 innings and three hits and no walks. The junior right-hander set two South Brunswick program records.
He now has 87 strikeouts this season which Mark Langone's mark of 85 that was set in 1979.
His 181 career strikeouts bests Jacob Ciccone's record of 180, set in 2016-2019.
Tuesday, Mattox Lim got the last out to preserve the win.
South Brunswick 3, South Plainfield 1
By Casey Roland | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Mak Ojutiku | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Joey Tuttoilmondo struck out 17 batters and gave up three hits and no earned runs over 6 2/3 innings to lead ninth-seeded South Brunswick (10-10) to a 3-1 win over eighth-seeded South Plainfield in the GMC Tournament’s round of 16, at South Plainfield.
The Vikings will take on top-seeded and No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20 St. Joseph in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at North Brunswick Community Park.
The outing was Tuttoilmondo’s second recent standout performance against the Tigers, as the senior right-hander recorded 13 strikeouts with four hits and one run conceded in a 6-1 win over South Plainfield last Monday.
Teonis Pimentel gave the Vikings a two-run lead by hitting a two-run single in the top of the seventh that drove home Alex Ciccone and Dylan Amin. Pete Cortez gave South Brunswick an early 1-0 lead off a first-inning RBI.
Tyler Balent drove in a tying run for South Plainfield (10-12) in the fourth inning. Jack Masset recorded seven strikeouts while giving up 10 hits in a complete game.
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