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South Plainfield 16, East Brunswick 3: Kevin Penny slowed down hot-hitting East Brunswick by allowing four hits and two runs (1 ER) with five strikeouts in six innings and Ed Budzinski allowed a run in an inning.
The Tigers (11-4 overall, 9-3 in the Red Division) are tied with Woodbridge (10-3 in division) in the loss column. East Brunswick (8-5, 8-5) had won five of its last six by scoring 50 runs in the five wins.
South Plainfield pounded 11 hits. Ryan Balent was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Dan Kapsch and Dave Butrico each had two hits, doubled with two RBIs and scored two runs. Lorenzo Fuscoletti doubled and had three RBIs and Aiden McCarthy singled, walked three times, scored four runs and had three RBIs to boost South Plainfield. Nick Irizarry singled and scored three times.
Joe Spinello (2 RBIs) and Joshua Hines (run, double) had two hits apiece.
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South Plainfield Overpowers East Brunswick, 16-3
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- The South Plainfield baseball team remained alive in the Red Division race in the Greater Middlesex Conference with a 16-3 victory over East Brunswick on Tuesday.
Ryan Balent, Lorenzo Fuscoletti and Aiden McCarthy each drove in three runs for South Plainfield (11-4), which scored four runs in each of the first two innings and two runs in the third.
Balent went 2-for-4 and Dave Butrico and Dan Kapsch each went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored for the Tigers. Fuscoletti was 1-for-3 with a double and McCarthy was 1-for-2 with four runs scored and three walks. Nick Irizarry doubled and scored three runs.
Senior left-hander Kevin Penny pitched six innings, allowed four hits, struck out five batters and walked two for the Tigers.
With the victory, South Plainfield has an overall record of 11-4, and a Red Division record of 9-3, 1/2 game behind first-place Woodbridge, which is 10-3 in the division. Woodbridge has one divisional game left to play, on Thursday against Monroe. South Plainfield has two divisional games left: Thursday at home against East Brunswick, and May 7 at St. Joseph.
South Plainfield Drops Highest Score of Season Against East Brunswick
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Plainfield). Everything went their way against the East Brunswick Bears on Tuesday as they made off with a 16-3 win. With that victory, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Aiden McCarthy and Dan Kapsch did most of the damage at the plate: McCarthy got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs and three RBI, while Kapsch got on base in four of his six plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most RBI Kapsch has posted since April 4th. The team also got some help courtesy of David Butrico, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
South Plainfield kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Brunswick only managed six hits.
South Plainfield is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for East Brunswick, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5.
South Plainfield will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Bears: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Baseball Recap: South Plainfield Drops Highest Score of Season Against East Brunswick
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
|
|
South Plainfield (11-4) |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
|
East Brunswick (8-5) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
LP: Jordan Rudolph
South Plainfield Batting
|
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
1B |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BB |
HBP |
SB |
AVG |
SLG |
|
|
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.200 |
.200 |
|
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
.500 |
.750 |
|
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
.250 |
.500 |
|
|
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
.500 |
.500 |
|
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.500 |
.750 |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
.667 |
|
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.500 |
.500 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
.500 |
|
|
Totals: |
32 |
15 |
11 |
16 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
.344 |
.469 |
South Plainfield Pitching
|
PIT |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HB |
ERA |
|
|
Kevin Penny (WP) |
78 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1.17 |
|
16 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7.00 |
|
|
Totals: |
94 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
2.00 |
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