Nottingham escapes Freehold Boro in playoff opener

HAMILTON » The fifthseeded Nottingham High baseball team came up with a run in the bottom of the sixth to get past 12thseeded Freehold Boro, 3-2, Monday in NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III action.

David Scott and Wyatt Baker each went 2-for-3 for the Northstars, who will play at fourth-seeded Hopewell Valley Thursday.

FreehldBoro(12-9) Nottingham(20-4) 2B:

Elslager, Marcantonio (FB), Houghton (N); Marcantonio (FB), Scott, Houghton (N).

Houghton (6-1);

Rojek (1).

WP— S— RBIs: 001 001 011 001 LP— 0 — 2 4 1 x — 3 7 0

Dellavalle; WALL 1, LAWRENCE 0 WALL » The 16th-seeded Cardinals gave the top- seeded Crimson Knights all they could handle before the home team survived.

Ryan Castoral, Adam Zakaria and Nick Ciuffreda had the only hits for Lawrence, which got a five-hit pitching effort from Ryan Sullivan.

Wall will host Steinert Thursday.

Lawrence(9-13) Wall (18-4) 2B: WP—

ALLENTOWN 10, BRICK TWP. 4 ALLENTOWN » A seven-run second inning helped the third-seeded Redbirds defeat the 14th-seeded Green Dragons.

Brandon Gaul homered and drove in three runs for Allentown, which will host sixth-seeded Northern Burlington Thursday.

Brick Twp.(6-15) Allentown(18-6) 2B:

Coppolla, Salsano, Galdieri (BT), Zupko (A); Groschel (BT), Reeder (A); Gaul (A); Guerra 2 (BT), Gaul 3,

HR:

Shulman (W); Napolitano;

RBI: LP— 100 021 0 — 4 7 1 073 000 x —10 10 2 3B: RBIs: 000 000 010000 0 — 0 3 1 x—150

Wetzel (W). Sullivan (2-2). Marcario, Zupko 2 (A). Ariano (4-0);

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NO. BURL. 2, COLTS NECK 1 COLUMBUS » Aaron Osborne knocked in a pair of runs in the second inning to give the Greyhounds enough of- fense to get past the 11thseeded Cougars.

Sam Irvin combined on a four-hitter, pitching 5 1/3 innings for the win.

ColtsNeck(8-17) No.Burl.(13-6) RBIs: WP— LP— 001 000 020000

Straub (CN), Osborne 2 (NB). Irvin (4-3); Reese.

LP—

MBrunner.

0 — 1 4 1 x—263

CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP II BORDENTOWN 15, BERNARDS 9 BORDENTOWN » The secondseeded Scotties scored eight times in the second inning and seven times in the sixth inning to defeat the 15thseeded Mountaineers.

Ryan Gronostajski, Johnny Schroeder and Dillon Drew each had three runs batted in to lead Bordentown, which will host seventh-seeded Raritan Thursday.

Bernards (4-16) Bordntown(17-5) 2B:

Mahlik (Be); Mahlik, Oliver, Holmes, Hosbach, Tantleff, Falduto, Ianione 2 (Be), Gronostajski 3, Schroeder 3, Drew 3, Mabin, Kalargheros, Parker 2 (Bo).

Ryba (3-0);

WP— 106 002 0 — 9 9 4 080 007 x —15 14 0 RBIs: LP—

Falduto. CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP I FLORENCE 2, SOUTH RIVER 1 FLORENCE » Pitchers Joey Brunner and Payne Wala- chy limited the 11th-seeded Rams to three hits to help the sixth-seeded Flashes survive and advance.

Shane Fajgier and John Woolston knocked in runs in the fifth inning to propel Florence, which will play at third-seeded Riverside Thursday.

SouthRiver(10-13) Florence (10-9) 2B:

JBrunner (F); (F).

WP— RBIs:

JBrunner (1-2); Walachy (1).

0 — 1 3 0 x—272

Fajgier, Woolston Fischer;

S—

NEW EGYPT 7,

BOUND BROOK 3

NEW EGYPT » Neal Flogel and Randy Steen had two RBIs to help the fourthseeded Warriors defeat the 13th-seeded Crusaders.

New Egypt will host fifth-seeded Point Pleasant Beach Thursday.

BoundBrook(4-13) NewEgypt (11-5) 2B:

Lepoidevin (BB); Witt, Molina, Lepoidevin (BB), Flogel 2, Frimel, Howell, Steen 2 (NE).

Fernicola (4-2);

WP— 100 000 000020 LP— 200 100 201 400 RBIs: LP— 0 — 3 5 2 x — 7 6 0

Molina. SOUTH JERSEY GROUP II DELRAN 9, MEDFORD TECH 0 DELRAN » Chris Francis, Kris Giangreco and Matt Lubicky combined on a nohitter as the third-seeded Bears rolled past the 14thseeded Jaguars.

Ryan Howlett knocked in three runs for Delran, which will host 11th-seeded Middle Twp. Thursday.

MedfordT(8-11) Delran (17-4) 2B:

Leroy 2 (D); Moten, Howlett 3, Leroy, Mackell 2, Francis, JBaker (D). Francis (3-0); ASmith.

WP—

REGULAR SEASON

ND 7, GLOUCESTER CATH. 2 BROOKLAWN » Tatem Levins had two hits, including a bases-loaded triple, and four RBIs to help the Irish top the Rams.

Notre Dame pitchers Tom Mayer and Steve Graver limited Gloucester Catholic to four hits.

NotreDame(13-6-2) 141 001 GloucesterCa(15-8) 000 000 2B:

Mains (ND), Shinn (GC); Buecker, Levins (ND); Levins 4, Buecker, Kmiec (ND), Shinn, McMellis (GC). Mayer (3-3); Lupton.

WP— RBIs: RBIs: 000 000 0 013 401 x LP— LP— 3B: —0 0 1 —9 13 1 0 — 7 7 2 2 — 2 4 1