2026 - Game # 8 South Plainfield 6, St. Thomas Aquinas 4

Andy Mendlowitz
MyCentralJersey.com

South Plainfield 6, St. Thomas Aquinas 4: Aiden McCarthy picked up the win and drove in a run and South Plainfield scored six times in the fourth inning to open a lead to take the first game in the GMC Red Division series.

Dom Massaro hit a two-RBI double and Ed Budzinski was 3-for-3 with an RBI, stolen base and scored for the host Tigers (5-3). McCarthy gave up four runs in five innings and Joe Stanzione finished with two scoreless innings. Andre Bena also drove in a run and walked and Alex Pigna singled, walked and scored.

Adrian Sanchez doubled and drove in three runs for St. Thomas Aquinas (2-5) and Tyler Coello was 2-for-2 and scored. Nikash Patel singled and had an RBI and Louis Rizzolo doubled, walked and scored twice.

Baseball April roundup, daily results for GMC and area Skyland and UCC

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Thomas Aquinas (2-5)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	2
South Plainfield (5-3)	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	8	1

WP: Aiden McCarthy   LP: Justin Brown 

South Plainfield Batting

	AB	R	H	RBI	1B	2B	BB	HBP	SB	ROE	FC	AVG	SLG
Dom Massaro #6	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.667
Aiden McCarthy #12	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250
Chris Loniewski #15	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333
Andrew Bena #19	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333
Anthony Cicenia #11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ed Budzinski #3	3	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gabriel Garcia #16	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Joe Stanzione #4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Alex Pigna #10	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.500
Totals:	25	6	8	5	7	1	6	1	1	1	2	.320	.360

 

South Plainfield Pitching

	W	L	PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HB	PO	ERA
Aiden McCarthy #12 (WP)	1	0	89	5	0	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.60
Joe Stanzione #4	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Totals:	1	0	120	7	1	4	4	3	7	0	0	4.00

SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

The Tigers take game one vs St Thomas by a score of 6-4. The Tigers put up 6 in the 4th - highlighted by Dom Massaro doubling off the fence, knocking in 2 runs. The Bull - Aiden McCarthy followed w 2 run single. Andrew Bena & Eddie Budzinski (3-3 sb r rbi) also drove in runs. Aiden McCarthy went 5 gets W # 2 thanks to Joe Stanzione slamming the door in the last 2 frames for the save.

SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

Did you know: For the 2nd straight game Eddie Budzinski had multiple hits in the same inning.

SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

According to Eratosthenes, The Troy invasion took place in the month of April more than 3 thousand years ago. The South Plainfield Tigers would not suffer the same fate within their own fences. In a hard fought battle, the Tigers emerged victorious bc Joe Stanzione decided it was his duty to take care of business. Late in the fight it appeared as if the Trojans turned the tide of this contest, but Joe took full command of the situation & instantly put down any and all threats. For his Maestro-esc performance - Joe Stanzione - you are the newest Maestro of the Diamond.