2026 - Game # 18 South Plainfield 10, Monroe 5

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South Plainfield 10, Monroe 5: Aiden McCarthy homered and was 2-for-3 with two RBIs as South Plainfield clinched third place in the GMC Red Division.

The visiting Tigers (10-8 overall, 8-6 in division) jumped to a 6-1 lead after the third inning. Chris Loniewski singled and drove in three runs and Hunter Ravi (double, two RBIs, two runs) and Ed Budzinski (two runs) had two hits apiece. Gabriel Garcia (two runs) and Dom Massaro (RBI, run) each singled.

Andrew Bena picked up the win allowing four runs (two earned) in five innings.

Tyler Bacon had two RBIs for Monroe (8-10) and Justin Mangano was 2-for-4 (run).

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South Plainfield Scores Early and Holds on to Beat Monroe, 10-5

By TAPinto South Plainfield Staff

Published May 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM

MONROE, NJ — A four-run second inning staked South Plainfield to a big lead and the Tigers went on to a 10-6 baseball victory over Monroe on Tuesday.

Aiden McCarthy went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs batted in for South Plainfield (10-8), which had a 5-0 lead after two innings and 10-1 after the top of the fifth.

Ed Budzinski was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Tigers. Hunter Ravi also hit a double and drove in two runs. Ravi also scored twice.

Chris Loniewski went 1-for-4 with three RBI. Gabriel Garcia scored a pair of runs and went 1-for-3.

Winning pitcher Andrew Bena allowed three hits in five innings. He gave up four runs, but only one of them was earned. Jayden Jimenez allowed a run on two hits in two innings of relief.

Monroe's starting pitcher, Andre Love, is a University of Georgia commit, but South Plainfield scored six runs — five of them earned — in four innings against the Division 1 recruit. Love has 54 strikeouts in 26 ⅔ innings this season for Monroe (8-10).

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Plainfield (10-8)	1	4	1	0	4	0	0	10	9	2
Monroe (8-10)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	5	6	2

South Plainfield Batting

	AB	R	H	RBI	1B	2B	HR	BB	SF	ROE	FC	AVG	SLG
Dom Massaro #6	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250
Chris Loniewski #15	3	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333
Aiden McCarthy #12	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	1.667
Andrew Bena #19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Anthony Cicenia #11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gabriel Garcia #16	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333
Ed Budzinski #3	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.750
Hunter Ravi #2	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Andrew Burns #7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Totals:	29	10	8	9	5	2	1	6	1	1	1	.276	.448

South Plainfield Pitching

	W	L	PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HB	PO	ERA
Andrew Bena #19 (WP)	1	0	100	5	4	4	2	5	3	2	0	2.80
Jayden Jimenez #23	0	0	38	2	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.50
Totals:	1	0	138	7	6	5	3	7	6	2	0	3.00

SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

The Tigers complete the series sweep of Monroe by a score of 10-5. Andrew Bena picked up win #2 of the season (5ip 3h) got the job done on the bump & Jay Jimenez tossed the final 2 frames to secure the Tiger victory. Aiden McCarthy (2-3 hr 2rbi) led the offensive charge w a solo blast in the 1st. Eddie Budzinski (2-4 2b rbi) and Chris Loniewski (1-3 3rbi) were clutch & congrats to Hunter Ravi (1-2 2b 2r 2bb) on getting his 1st career varsity hit, 2 bag gapper that plated to the magic 6th run, which is all the Tigers needed to improve to 10-8.

SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

A True Maestro of the Diamond does not get intimidated by whatever is thrown their way. Doesn’t matter if it’s a bus driver rocking out to 80’s metal while dodging tractor trailers, high 80’s fastballs or 80 mph wind gusts…all the same. What matters are the results and Hunter Ravi certainly delivered in the clutch yesterday, driving in the would-be winning run despite mother nature's attempt to thwart anything hit in her direction. For his clutchness, Hunter proved he is a True Maestro of the Diamond.