2024 - Game # 5 South Plainfield 27, North Brunswick 6

 Andy Mendlowitz

MyCentralJersey.com

South Plainfield 27, North Brunswick 6

The South Plainfield bats were scorching in the Red Division win.

Dom Massaro hit two home runs and was 4-for-5 with nine RBIs and also walked and scored four times. Zack Robinson also launched two homers and went 4-for-5 with five RBIs (4 runs, BB).

A trio of players had three hits in Dan Kapsch (2 runs), Nick Irizarry (2 RBIs, 4 runs) and Anthony Tomei (3 RBIs, 3 runs, double).

Having two hits apiece were Jayden Alvarez (2 runs, double), Brandon Bickunas (3 RBIs, 3 runs), Lorenzo Fuscoletti (run) and Ryan Balent (2 RBIs, run). Additionally, Kevin Penny (RBI, run) and Aiden McCarthy (2 runs, RBI) had a hit apiece for the Tigers (4-1).

For North Brunswick (2-4), Yomar Carreras homered with three RBIs (2-for-2).

NJ baseball April roundup for GMC and area Skyland and Union counties (mycentraljersey.com)

South Plainfield Batting

	AB	R	H	RBI	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	AVG	SLG
Dom Massaro	5	4	3	8	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	.600	2.000
Dan Kapsch	5	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.600	.600
Zack Robinson	5	4	4	5	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	.800	2.400
Jayden Alvarez	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.600
Kevin Penny	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brandon Bickunas	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.667	1.667
Nick Irizarry	3	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Aiden McCarthy	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500
Lorenzo Fuscoletti	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Ryan Balent	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667
Anthony Tomei	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.600	1.400
Aldo Pigna	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jack Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals:	42	27	26	26	14	6	0	6	6	1	1	.619	1.190

South Plainfield Pitching

	PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HB	ERA
Andrew Csordos (WP)	72	5	4	1	1	4	3	0	1.40
Dave Butrico	36	1	3	0	5	3	0	2	35.00
Totals:	108	6	7	1	6	7	3	2	7.00

The Tigers defeated North Brunswick 27-6. Andrew Csordos picked up his first win of the season allowing 1 run on 4 hits in 4 innings of work.

Big day for: Dan Kapsch 3-5 2r Brandon Bickunas 2-3 hr 3r 2rbi Nick Irizarry 3-3 4 r 2 rb Jay Alvarez 2-5 2b 2 r Ryan Balent 2-3 r 2 rbi Monster day for Zach Robinson 4-6 2 hr 2b 4 r 5rbi (hr 2b 1b in the 1st inning)

Congrats to both Lorenzo Fuscoletti (2-2 2b r) and Anthony Tomei (3-5 hr 2b 3r 3 rbi) on collecting their first career varsity hits.

Grand Poobah IV

On a day the baseball gods brought us perfect baseball weather, they got to hang out, catch some rays & witness soph Dom Massaro (3-5 hr gs 4r 8rbi) get helmeted as our newest Poobah after dropping a 3r Jack and a salami (7rbi) in the 1st.

Play by play podcast of the game:

North Brunswick Baseball vs. South Plainfield • North Brunswick Raiders Baseball/Softball (spotify.com)