The baseball season rolls on as JSZ brings you a wild finish between Allentown and Notre Dame, plus play-in round action from the Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic!
Notre Dame 5 Allentown 4
Notre Dame scored four runs in the bottom of seventh to defeat Allentown 5-4. The Irish fell behind 2-1 after the first inning and the game remained at that score until the sixth when a home run from Rutgers commit Jack Sweeney and an RBI double from Antonio Dominici put the Red Birds ahead 4-1. Notre Dame down to its last two outs would load the bases and score on two walks and a controversial balk to tie the game at 4-4. After an intentional walk to load the bases, Justin Prekop’s RBI single would lead ND to victory.
JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights and postgame reaction from Lawrenceville:
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Cherry Hill West 5 Lenape 4 | Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic Play-in Round
The Lions fended off a late rally from the Indians to advance in the 49th annual Diamond Classic. West’s trio of Jaxon Casdia, Zach Smith, and Austin Hanni got the Lions out of danger multiple times throughout the contest as they combined to strand 16 Lenape baserunners. Nick Mirarchi had 2 RBIs in the win for 17-seed Cherry Hill West (8-4). Bucknell commit Jon Adelmann smashed a two-run home run in the loss for 16-seed Lenape (7-7). The Lions will face top-seed Shawnee on Saturday.
JSZ’s James Mooney has the highlights from Medford:
