Marlboro wins 14-3, capturing the Section 9 Class B title.
Marlboro leads 14-3 after 6.
Marlboro leads 13-3 through 5 1/2.
Marlboro leads 13-3 through 5.
Marlboro leads 13-3 through 4 1/2.
Colin Owens’ two-run double in the fourth makes it 13-3. Owens has 5 RBI. Marlboro leads 13-3 through 4.
Marcus Kolber’s RBI double cut Highland’s deficit to 11-2. Ingraham’s double made it 11-3. End of the inning.
End of the third. Marlboro leads 11-1
Pete Guido hit a sacrifice fly. Marlboro leads 10-1.
Kennedy singled. 6-1. Colin Owens hits a three-run triple. Marlboro leads 9-1.
Highland lifts starter Max Cruz for Landon Ingraham with no outs in the third. Marlboro has loaded the bases, leading 5-1. Marlboro leadoff hitter Gerry Kennedy is hitting. Probably the key 10 minutes of this game coming.
Highland scoreless in the third. 5-1, Marboro.
Guido’s second run-scoring triple makes it 4-1. Mike Schoonmaker’s infield hit drives in Guido. Marlboro leads 5-1 after two.
Highland scoreless in its second. Marlboro leads 3-1.
Marlboro leads 2-1 on Pete Guido’s RBI triple. Guido scores on a double play. Marlboro leads 3-1 after one inning.
Highland jumps out to a 1-0 lead on Cody Weaver’s run-scoring triple. End of the top of the first.
Tanner Paschall is starting for Marlboro. Max Cruz is starting for Highland.
First pitch for the Section 9 Class B final is 1 p.m.
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Kevin Brady on to pitch the eighth for Valley Central, leading 3-2. DePietro walked with one out. VC wins 3-2.
Ryan Carmody led off the VC eighth with a double. Karinchak singles. Carmody to third. Karinchak stole second. Kohler hit a ground ball to second. The throw came home and nailed Carmody. Casten walked and loaded the bases. Charlie MacDowell bounced an RBI single over third. VC leads 3-2. Jared Jensen in to pitch for Kingston. John Melville went 7 1/3 innings. Kevin Pimentel struck out. Greg Bartle grounds out to end the inning.
Jim Sass singled to lead off the Kingston seventh. Rich Guido sacrificed Sass to second. Ryan Uttendorfer grounded out to second. Sass moves to third. DeCicco slapped a soft single to right on a 3-and-2 pitch. Score tied at 2. Eric Molinaro grounded out. We’re going to the eighth.
Through 6 1/2, Valley Central leads 2-1.
Jim DeCicco led off the Kingston sixth with a triple. Eric Molinaro singled. Kingston trails 2-1. Karinchak, who already has two pickoffs, balked Molinaro to second. Rob Alonso popped out. Jake DePietro grounds out to second. Molinaro moves to third. Two outs. Brendan Fletcher walks. Rob Deese flew out. End of six, Valley Central leads 2-1.
Valley Central leads 2-0 after 5 1/2.
Valley Central leads 2-0 after five. Kingston still just has one hit.
After 4 1/2 innings, Valley Central leads 2-0.
Deese singles with two out in the fourth, breaking up Karinchak’s no-hitter. Karinchak just picked off Deese to end the inning. VC leads 2-0 after four.
Brendyn Karinchak singled. Lars Kohler singled him to third for VC. John Casten sacrifice fly. VC leads 1-0. Kevin Pimentel hit a ball down the right field line. Right fielder Rich Guido made a nice play to cut the ball off. He threw into second baseman Rob Deese. Deese tried to get Pimentel – and might have had him – but his throw went past shortstop Rob Alonso. Kohler scored and VC took a 2-0 lead. Inning over.
Scoreless through three. Valley Central has three hits. Kingston has none.
Scoreless through 2 1/2….VC retired in order.
Scoreless after two innings. Kingston is hitless.
Scoreless after 1 1/2. VC has three hits.
Scoreless after one inning.
Valley Central gets two hits off Kingston starter John Melville on the top of the first, but fails to score. Kingston now hitting against VC starter Brendyn Karinchak.
Here we go.
Looks like first pitch will be about 4:15 p.m.