Builders' General Opening Day Baseball Scoreboard, April 3

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Class A North

Howell 4, Middletown North 1

Junior Braden Walsh hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning and junior Rohan Shah pitched four scoreless innings of one-hit relief to earn the win as the defending Group IV champion Rebels beat the defending Group III champion Lions in a showdown of 2022 state champions on opening day.

Sophomores Aaron Wojenski and Logan Koeppel each doubled in a run in their varsity debuts, with Wojenski giving Howell a 1-0 lead with his first-inning RBI double and Koeppel taking on a third run in the fourth with his run-scoring double.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Midd North (0-1, 0-1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
Howell (1-0, 1-0)	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	4	5	1

Pitching

Middletown North	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Zach Hampton (L, 0-1)	4	4	4	3	1	3	69
Eddie Patrick	2	1	0	0	1	3	35

Howell	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Luke Bearse	3	3	1	1	3	2	50
Rohan Shah (W, 1-0)	4	1	0	0	1	3	54

Top Hitters

Middletown North	Game Stats
Gabe Ahlemeyer	1-3, R
Jason Quardt	1-2, 2 BB
Ryan Frontera	1-3, HBP

Howell	Game Stats
Braden Walsh	1-3, HR, R, 2 RBI
Aaron Wojenski	1-2, 2B, BB, R, RBI
Logan Koeppel	1-3, 2B, RBI
Russell Halvorsen	1-3, R, SB
Aidan Thomas	1-3, R

No. 3 Middletown South 11, Freehold Twp. 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Freehold Twp (0-1, 0-1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1	2	4
Midd South (1-0, 1-0)	1	2	1	1	1	5	X	11	11	0

Pitching

Freehold Twp.	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Lex Nelsen (L, 0-1)	4.2	7	6	4	2	3	72
Jack Henry	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Justin Singer	0.2	4	5	5	2	0	24

Midd South	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Ben Schild (W, 1-0)	3	1	1	1	3	6	70
Brendan Roche (SV, 1)	3	1	0	0	3	6	52

Top Hitters

Freehold Twp.	Game Stats
Lex Nelsen	1-2, BB, RBI

Middletown South	Game Stats
Ben Schild	2-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Danny Corcoran	2-3, R, RBI
Andrew Marquis	2-4, R, RBI
Matt Sliva	2-3, R
Brendan Roche	1-4, R, 2 RBI
Louis D’Alessio	1-3, BB, 2 R
Brevin Bezick	1-4, R, RBI

No. 9 Marlboro 9, Manalapan 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Marlboro (1-0, 1-0)	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	9	9	2
Manalapan (0-1, 0-1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1

Pitching

Marlboro	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Alex D’Ambrosio (W, 1-0)	5	2	1	0	3	7	85
Alex Frank	2	2	1	0	2	1	37

Manalapan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Dylan Shaffer (L, 0-1)	3	4	4	4	1	3	66
Leo Vitale	2	3	3	2	0	2	39
A.J. Tanico	1	1	2	2	2	0	20
Varun Gabbita	1	1	0	0	1	1	15

Top Hitters

Marlboro	Game Stats
Dan Talarico	2-3, 3B, R, 2 RBI
Nick Scaff	2-4, 3 R
Mike Kansky	2-4, TBI
Mike Consolazio	1-2, R, 2 RBI
Alex D’Ambrosio	1-2, R, RBI
Paul Santos	1-3, R

Manalapan	Game Stats
Cristian Bernardini	2-3, 2B, R
Christian Zabotka	1-3, 2B
Erik Johnson	1-1, R

No. 6 CBA 6, Colts Neck 4

Junior right-hander and Wake Forest commit Chris Levonas pitched six perfect innings with 10 strikeouts and the Colts hung on to secure an opening-day win over the Cougars.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Colts Neck (0-1, 0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3
CBA (1-0, 1-0)	2	0	1	1	2	0	X	6	7	0

Pitching

Colts Neck	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Vinny Zaffarese (L, 0-1)	5	7	6	3	1	0	83
Tom Diffley	1	0	0	0	2	1	22

CBA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Chris Levonas (W, 1-0)	6	0	0	0	0	10	67
Danny DiTullio	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	17
Zaine Toneske (SV)	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	12

Top Hitters

Colts Neck	Game Stats
Casey Gardiner	1-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Chris Scully	1-3, RBI
Kyle McCarthy	1-3, R

CBA	Game Stats
Harrison Campi	1-2, 2 BB, 2 R, SB
Matt DiFeo	2-3, 2 R
Hunter DelGuercio	1-3, BB, 2 RBI
Zaine Toneske	2-3
Wyatt Hunt	1-4, RBI

Class A Central

Holmdel 7, Raritan 1

Seniors Luke Buda and Max Woodward combined on a no-hitter and the Hornets pulled away from a memorable opening-day win over the Rockets. Buda lasted for five innings and 103 pitches before turning the game over to Woodward, who took over with Holmdel nursing a 3-1 lead and recorded the two-inning save.

Senior Brandon Cieplensky tied the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning and junior Brayden Savage and senior Elliot Chun gave Holmdel a 3-1 lead with RBI singles in the bottom of the third.

Sophomore Nick Rakoski doubled home a run while seniors Connor Capaci and Tim Haggerty each singled in a run in Holmdel's four-run sixth inning.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Raritan (0-1, 0-1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Holmdel (1-0, 1-0)	1	0	2	0	0	4	X	7	8	2

Pitching

Raritan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Alan Warren (L, 0-1)	3	3	3	1	1	3	60
James Nichols	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	45
Phil Kramer	0.2	2	1	1	0	2	20

Holmdel	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Luke Buda (W, 1-0)	5	0	1	0	5	9	104
Max Woodward (SV, 1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	23

Top Hitters

Holmdel	Game Stats
Max Woodward	2-3, 2B, R, SB
Nick Rakoski	1-3, 2B, HBP, 2 R, RBI, SB
Tim Haggerty	1-2, BB, HBP, R, RBI, SB
Elliot Chun	1-2, HBP, R, RBI
Connor Capaci	1-3, R, RBI
Brayden Savage	1-3, RBI
Brandon Cieplensky	1-4, RBI

No. 8 Wall 3, Monmouth 2

Senior shortstop Gabe Cavazzoni smashed a go-ahead, bases-clearing, three-run double with two out in the top of the seventh inning and the Crimson Knights pulled off an opening day stunner over the Falcons in the final out of their final at-bat.

After a leadoff walk by Wall senior starter Matt Johnson, junior T.J. Legere came on to record the save after giving up a sacrifice fly to sophomore Will Theobald that pulled Monmouth within 3-2.

Monmouth jumped on top on a first-inning, RBI double by senior catcher Joey Esposito and fifth-year senior starter Aiden Denton took a one-hit shutout into the seventh before Wall came through with the winning rally.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wall (1-0, 1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	9	2
Monmouth (0-1, 0-1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0

Pitching

Wall	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Matt Johnson (W, 1-0)	6	2	2	2	3	6	96
T.J. Legere (SV, 1)	1	0	0	0	1	1	24

Monmouth	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Aiden Denton (L, 0-1)	6.2	9	3	3	1	10	105
Colin Denton	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2

Top Hitters

Wall	Game Stats
Gabe Cavazzoni	2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Zach Szatkowski	1-3, 2B
Greg Desserich	2-3, 2B

Monmouth	Game Stats
Joey Esposito	1-3, 2B, RBI
Aiden Denton	1-2, R

No. 4 Rumson-Fair Haven 3, No. 2 Red Bank Catholic 2

Seniors Cade LaGrassa and Brayden Dill delivered back-to-back run scoring hits with none out in the bottom of the seventh inning and the Bulldogs scored three runs in their final at-bat to shock the Caseys for an opening-day, walk-off win.

Both LaGrassa and Dill were making their first varsity start for Rumson, which entered the seventh inning after managing only one hit vs. Red Bank Catholic senior right-hander Alex Stanyek over six innings.

Senior shortstop Reece Moroney and junior third baseman Aaron Del Tin led off the seventh with back-to-back walks and senior Spencer Hobson -- who broke up Stanyek's perfect game with a one-out single to center in the bottom of the fifth -- was hit by a pitch from RBC junior Steve Svenson to load the bases with none out.

LaGrassa then jumped on the first pitch he saw and rifled it to the gap in right-centerfield, chasing home Moroney and Del Tin, with Hobson getting the stop sign from coach Owen Stewart at third base.

Svenson then jumped ahead, 1-2, against Dill, but the Rumson-born transfer from Connecticut stayed in on a breaking ball and shot it through the middle of a drawn-in infield to plate Hobson with the winning run and set off a celebration.

Monday marked the second straight home game Rumson has won in its final at-bat, with the Bulldogs beating Wall, 4-3, in the Central Jersey Group II championship game after being down to their final strike three times in the final inning. Moroney and Del Tin were in the middle of that rally as well and on Monday, Del Tin had another epic at-bat reminiscent of the one he had in the 2022 championship game.

With Stanyek cruising through four innings on 53 pitches, Del Tin led off the fifth with a 12-pitch at-bat that ended in a called third strike, but set the table for Hobson's hit in the next at-bat, as well as a 30-pitch inning for Stanyek that ultimately ensured he would be out after the sixth inning. Del Tin also had a 13-pitch walk in last year's sectional final to extend Rumson's championship-winning rally.

Stanyek also jumpstarted Red Bank Catholic's only run-scoring inning, lining a double to the left-field fence. Two pitches later, junior third baseman and Alabama commit Sean Griggs crushed a line drive that landed on the berm beyond the fence in right field for a 2-0 Caseys lead. The longball marks the second straight season in which Griggs has homered in RBC's opener.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
RBC (0-1, 0-1)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
Rumson-FH (1-0, 1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1

Pitching

Red Bank Catholic	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Alex Stanyek	6	1	0	0	0	13	100
Steve Svenson (L, 0-1)	0	2	3	3	2	0	22

Rumson-Fair Haven	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
John Goodes	5.1	2	2	2	2	8	91
Matt Bruno (W, 1-0)	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	22

Top Hitters

Red Bank Catholic	Game Stats
Sean Griggs	1-2, HR, BB, 2 RBI
Alex Stanyek	1-3, 2B, R
Matt Brunner	1-3
Shane Andrus	0-1, 2 BB

Rumson-Fair Haven	Game Stats
Cade LaGrassa	1-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Brayden Dill	1-2, HBP, RBI
Spencer Hobson	1-2, HBP, R

Class B North

Neptune 3, Matawan 0

Senior Joe Juliano drove in the game's first run and struck out out seven in just 2 1/3 innings of one-hit relief to earn the save and deliver the Scarlet Fliers with an opening-day, shutout win over the Huskies.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Matawan (0-1, 0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Neptune (1-0, 1-0)	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	4	0

Pitching

Matawan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Brandon Falco (L, 0-1)	5	3	3	1	2	7	90
Mark Kovach	1	1	0	0	0	1	13

Neptune	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Brennan Moloughney (1-0)	4.2	1	0	0	9	9	113
Joe Juliano (SV, 1)	2.1	1	0	0	2	7	45

Top Hitters

Matawan	Game Stats
Chris Galasso	1-2, 2 BB

Neptune	Game Stats
Joe Juliano	1-3, R, RBI
Quincy Esannason	1-2, BB, R
Aedan Martin	1-3, 3B

St. John Vianney 4, Manasquan 3

Senior Luke Centanni blasted a tie-breaking solo home run with one out in the bottom of the sixth and the Lancers rallied back from a three-run deficit to top the Warriors.

Junior Joe Russo broke up Manasquan's combined shutout with an RBI single to center to cut Vianney's deficit to 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth and Lancers starting pitcher Andrew Zottar delivered a game-tying, two-out, two-run single to score seniors Mike Pape and Kevin DiPede with the tying runs.

Sophomore Mike McCormack notched the save with a pair of strikeouts in the top of the seventh and got an assist from his battery mate, with senior John Cornacchio throwing out a would-be base-stealer at second base for the second out of the inning.

Manasquan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on back-to-back RBI hits by senior starting pitcher Cullen Condon and senior centerfielder Brett Patten, with Condon's coming on a double and Patten on a single. Senior Jack O'Shea tacked on another Manasquan run with an RBI double in the fifth to make it 3-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Manasquan (0-1, 0-1)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	6	1
SJV (1-0, 1-0)	0	0	0	0	3	1	X	4	8	2

Pitching

Manasquan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Cullen Condon	3	3	0	0	0	7	54
Austin Griffith	2	3	3	0	2	3	49
Luke Ramire (L, 0-1)	1	2	1	1	0	2	29

St. John Vianney	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Andrew Zottar	5	5	3	3	2	7	98
Chris Santoro (W, 1-0)	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
Mike McCormack (SV, 1)	1	1	0	0	0	2	12

Top Hitters

Manasquan	Game Stats
Cullen Condon	2-3, 2 2B, BB, R, RBI
Connor Malysa	2-4, R
Jack O’Shea	1-2, 2B, BB, RBI
Brett Patten	1-3, RBI, SB

St. John Vianney	Game Stats
Luke Centani	1-3, HR, R, RBI
Joe Russo	2-4, 2B, RBI
Andrew Zottar	2-2, 2 RBI
Kevin DiPede	1-2, HBP, R

No. 1 Ranney 14, Red Bank (5 Innings)

Senior left-hander Marcello Mastroianni fired a five-inning no-hitter and the Panthers cruised to a win over the Bucs to open up their season as the defending Non-Public B champions and No. 1 team in the Shore Sports Network Preseason Top 10.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ranney (1-0, 1-0)	0	2	5	6	1	X	X	14	7	0
Red Bank (0-1, 0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0	4

Pitching

Ranney	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Marcello Mastroianni (W)	5	0	0	0	2	10	78

Red Bank	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Nate Ruth (L, 0-1)	2.1	1	6	5	4	3	73
Tommy Kelly	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	22
P.J. Whitehead	1.0	3	6	5	3	1	44
Sean Keatts	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	17

Top Hitters

Ranney	Stats
Jack Tallent	1-2, 2B, RBI
Diego Tavarez	2-2
Glen Cantalupo	1-2, 3 RBI
Lou Spadafora	1-2
Curtis Chropuvka	2-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI

Non-Division

Point Beach 4, Barnegat 2

Senior James Larsen and junior Colin Reinhard delivered RBI singles in the late innings and the Garnet Gulls bounced back from an early two-run deficit to top the Bengals on the road on opening day.

Larsen broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in the top of the sixth that scored junior catcher Nate Clayton after Clayton led off with his second double of the game. Reinhard later padded the lead with a run-scoring knock the following inning.

Clayton cut Barnegat's lead in half with an RBI double in the top of the fourth and scored on an error to tie the game. Freshmen Nick Bruno and Patrick Mackie gave Barnegat a 2-0 lead with RBI singles in the bottom of the second off Point Beach ace Kyle Kolans, who settled in to retire 15 of the last 16 batters he faced, with a walk to Mackie the only blemish over the last five innings.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Pt Beach (1-0)	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	4	0
Barnegat (0-1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3

Pitching

Point Beach	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Kyle Kolans (W, 1-0)	7	4	2	2	1	9	82

Barnegat	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Tyler Carll	3.2	1	2	1	5	1	67
Bryce Davenport (L, 0-1)	3.1	3	2	2	1	4	57

Top Hitters

Point Beach	Game Stats
Nate Clayton	2-3, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI
James Larsen	1-2, BB, RBI
Colin Reinhard	1-4, RBI

Barnegat	Game Stats
Nick Bruno	1-3, R, RBI
Jaihan Dominguez	1-3, 2B, R
Patrick Mackie	1-1, BB, RBI, SB

Brick Memorial 12, St. Rose 2 (6 Innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Rose (0-1, 0-1)	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2	4	3
Brick Mem (1-0, 1-0)	0	1	5	3	1	2	X	12	13	3

Pitching

St. Rose	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Jack Tiernan (L, 0-1)	3	8	6	6	2	4	72
Anthony Crudo	2	3	4	1	3	0	43
Jack Donohue	0.2	2	2	1	3	0	30

Brick Memorial	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Nick Garbooshian (W, 1-0)	5	3	1	1	2	5	79
Chase Cohen	1	2	1	1	1	2	25

Top Hitters

St. Rose	Game Stats
Dave Bookbinder	2-3, 2B, R, RBI
Brennan Sherman	1-3, RBI
Jack Lomerson	1-2, BB, R
Jack Tiernan	1-4, 2B

Brick Memorial	Game Stats
Brady Leach	2-3, 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 R
Joey Nolan	3-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Nick Garbooshian	2-5, 2 RBI
Joe Cordi	1-1, 2 RBI
Jimmy Pop	1-2, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI
Devante Noriega	1-1, BB, 2 R
Dominic D’Erasmo	1-1, 2B, RBI

Shore 19, Long Branch 0 (5 Innings)

Senior Christian Simonsen blasted two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in seven RBI as the Blue Devils (1-0) routed the Green Wave (0-1) to open their season in grand fashion.

Junior Parker Fegan went 3-for-3 with a double, triple and an RBI, senior John Dunleavy was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI, and senior Donovan Hughes finished 3-for-5 with two RBI.

Junior C.J. Sears (two RBI), senior Charlie Deusch (RBI) and junior T.J. Minner (double, two RBI) each went 2-for-2 for Shore.

Non-Conference

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Ocean 8, Murray 1