JSZ brings you some high-quality Quarterfinal Baseball action from all across the Garden State. TWO walk-offs, historic coaching feats, and moon-shots from tonight’s games. Stay tuned as the highlights are posted throughout the night!
Gov. Livingston 12 South River 6 | Central Jersey Group 2 Quarterfinal
The No. 1 ranked team in New Jersey had a memorable day of milestones in their sectional quarterfinal win. Top-seeded Gov. Livingston (24-0) locked up its 30th-consecutive win on the same day that head coach Chris Roof won his 500th career game, coming in a back-and-forth battle against the Rams. Stetson commit Matty Diskin also locked up his 100th career hit on Thursday, too. Diskin went 2-4 with four RBI while Michael Novotny hit solo home run. Ninth-seeded South River (16-9) got a major jolt from Rutgers commit Julius Rosado – he hit a three-run home run for his 30th career homer in the loss. Gov. Livingston will host either Raritan or Cinnaminson in the sectional semifinal next week.
JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights + reaction from Berkeley Heights:
Woodbridge 2 Columbia 1 (9 Innings) | North 2 Group 4 Quarterfinal
Gavin Slicner hit a ball off the top of the wall in left center to plate Tyler Simkovich to give the Barrons a walk-off win at home. Both teams traded sacrifice flies to set the stage for extra inning dramatics. Mike Gurovich pitched four shutout innings in relief to pick up the win striking out seven. Columbia’s season comes to an end with a 13-2-1 record. The Barrons will host Westfield in the section semis on Tuesday.
JSZ’s Rich Chrampanis has the highlights and post-game reaction from Woodbridge:
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Eastern 4 Egg Harbor Twp. 3 (8 Innings) | South Group 4 Quarterfinal
Matt Gryskiewicz came through in the clutch with a walk-off RBI single to give the second-seeded Vikings a thrilling win over the tenth-seeded Eagles in extra innings. Anthony Cataldo, Cole Pinney, and Matt Capriotti drove in runs in the victory for Eastern (19-6). DJ Williams had a two RBI day at the plate in the loss for Egg Harbor Township (12-13). The two-time defending SJ Group 4 champion Vikings will face either GCIT or Vineland in the sectional semifinals next Tuesday.
JSZ’s James Mooney has the highlights and reaction from Voorhees:
Middletown South 4 Burlington Township 0 | Central Group 3 Quarterfinal
Middletown South is headed to the Central Jersey Group 3 semifinals for the third straight year. Junior catcher Lucas Grigos delivered his first varsity home run — a two-run blast that proved to be the difference-maker. A combined shutout from Peter DiNicola, Michael Zena, and Dan Daley powered the sixth-seeded Eagles (15-10) to their seventh win in eight games, ending third-seeded Burlington Township’s (13-10) season.
JSZ’s Tyler Mroz has the highlights from Burlington:
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