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Perth Amboy 4, Ridge 0: Chris Brito provided all the offense the Panthers needed with one swing of his bat, belting a grand slam, and Jose Peralta hurled a complete-game shutout as 14th-seeded Perth Amboy knocked off the third-seeded Red Devils.
The win came less than 24 hours after Perth Amboy held on for a 9-7 win over Spotswood to reach the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final for the first time in school history.
Perth Amboy will play a quarterfinal round state tournament game on Thursday against 11th-seeded Bayonne and will play in the GMCT championship on Saturday against South Plainfield.
Sayreville 2, Princeton 0: Christian Aich scattered two hits and fanned 10 over five and a third innings for his seventh win of the season as the fourth-seeded Bombers advanced to the Central Group IV quarterfinals.
Sayreville will face Old Bridge in the next round. The Knights won a regular-season meeting and a Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament game between the two schools.
Tommy Kearns had a sacrifice fly and Anthony Gambardella delivered an RBI single, accounting for both Sayreville runs against the 13th-seeded Tigers. James Ryan chipped in with two hits.
Nick Lodzinski hurled a perfect one and two thirds innings of relief for the save.
South Plainfield 7, A.L. Johnson 5: The ninth-seeded Tigers took a 7-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning and needed to record the final out with the tying run at the plate to dispose of the resilient eighth-seeded Crusaders in the opening round of the Central Group II tournament.
South Plainfield (19-9) advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals against top-seeded Governor Livingston in a rematch of last year’s sectional final.
Rob Gonzalez, who went 2-for-4, delivered a two-run double in the fourth inning when South Plainfield scored four times to build its 7-1 lead.
Mike Stanczak went 1-for-3 with a double for the Tigers, who have won 15 of their last 17 games. Teammate Chris Born went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Winning pitcher Billy Keane allowed one earned run on nine hits over six innings before being lifted for a reliever. He struck out five.
South Amboy 5, Manville 4: After squandering a three-run lead in the top of the seventh, Nick Charmello’s walkoff single scored Zach Honimar as the second-seeded Governors defeated the 15th-seeded Mustangs.
South Amboy will host seventh-seeded Shore, a 12-2 winner over Perth Amboy Tech, in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
John McCleery went 3-for-3 with an RBI for the Governors, who outhit Manville 10-4. Charmello finished with two RBI. Raymond Perez and Honimar each plated a run.
Kyle Gasiewski earned the win on the mound in relief of Honimar, who allowed one unearned run on two hits and one walk over five innings.
Gasiewski hurled the final two frames allowing three earned runs on two hits and three walks.
The Governors (15-3) rallied for four runs in the fifth to erase a 1-0 deficit.
Delaware Valley 7, East Brunswick Tech 1: The fifth-seeded Terriers rallied for five runs in the fifth inning to snap a 1-1 deadlock and eliminate the 12th-seeded Tigers from the Central Group II tournament.
East Brunswick Tech ace RJ Jobin allowed six runs, none of which were earned, on eight hits and one walk over four and a third innings. He fanned seven and threw 100 pitches before yielding to reliever Garrett Allo.
The Tigers scored their one run in the fourth inning to forge a 1-1 tie. David Hall crossed on Jobin’s RBI.
Chris Rosa, Pat Temenski and Hall each singled for East Brunswick Tech. Allo doubled.
The Tigers fell to 12-8.
Union 2, Piscataway 1: The fifth-seeded Farmers used a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning for a walkoff victory over the 12th-seeded Chiefs in the opening round of the North 2 Group IV tournament.
Piscataway, which was outhit 8-3, scored its lone run in the first inning. Parris Washington went 1-for-3 with an RBI for the Chiefs, who fell to 10-13.
Jordan Martell and Evan Okamoto were the only other Piscataway players to record a hit off Union ace Zach Fernandez, who struck out 12.
Fernandez had stellar outings in a shutout victory over Middlesex and a no-decision against Spotswood earlier this season.
Florence 2, South River 1: Hard-luck losing pitcher RJ Fischer allowed two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts as the sixth-seeded Rams were eliminated from the Central Group I tournament with a first-round loss.
South River took a 1-0 lead over the 11th-seeded Flashes in the first inning when Mike DeSantis scored on Billy Drum’s single.
Florence, which outhit the Rams 7-5, scored twice in the fifth inning to erase the deficit.
South River fell to 10-13.
Monmouth 6, Spotswood 0: In the opening round of the Central Group II tournament, Dante Ciaramella tossed a one-hit shutout and Vinny Guarino drove in four runs as the sixth-seeded Chargers endured their first home loss of the year.
The defeat marked only the second time since 2016 that the Chargers have dropped a game at The Swamp. The playoff loss at home was Spotswood’s first in four seasons.
The Chargers’ offense, which rallied for seven runs in the seventh inning of a 9-7 Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinal loss to Perth Amboy less than 24 hours earlier, came into the sectional tournament game red hot.
Ciaramella, who benefited from stellar outfield defense, took a no-hitter into the seventh. With one away in that inning, Spotswood junior shortstop Matt Vento delivered a clean line-drive single to center field. Vin Guardiola followed with a single to left, but both runners were left stranded.
Spotswood concludes its season with a 17-7 record.
Old Bridge 7, Montgomery 5: The fifth-seeded Knights rallied for four runs in the sixth to snap a 3-3 deadlock and held on for a victory over the 12th-seeded Cougars in the opening round of the Central Group IV tournament.
Old Bridge advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals, where it will face Sayreville.
Sonny Fauci’s two-run double gave Old Bridge a 5-3 lead. Dan Chiofalo followed with a sacrifice fly and Ryan Perez (2-for-3) added an RBI double as the Knights added two much-needed insurance runs.
Matt Laconti went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI for Old Bridge, which pounded out 11 hits. Matt Flores scored twice. Connor Freel and Ryan Bradley each singled and scored a run.
Old Bridge starting pitcher Paul Tannucilli hurled five and a third innings. He allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk.
Matt Baker hurled one and two thirds innings of relief, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits and no walks.
Old Bridge, which bounced back from Sunday’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinal loss to South Plainfield, scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to take a 3-2 lead.
Montgomery scored in the top of the sixth to forge a 3-3 tie, the second of the game.
The Cougars scored twice in the first inning.
Dunellen 10, University 0: Winning pitcher Alex Dornbierer fanned eight and did not walk a batter to lead the third-seeded Destroyers to a North 2 Group I first-round victory in a contest that was shortened to six innings via the mercy rule.
Dunellen (13-6) advanced to Wednesday’s quarterfinals, where it will play 11th-seeded Brearley at Columbia Park at 4 p.m.
Kenny Tunison opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first and closed the scoring in the sixth when he crossed home with the game’s 10th run on an overthrow.
Dunellen took a 4-0 lead in the fourth as Drew Johnson delivered an RBI single and scored on Isiah Roberts’ fielders choice groundout.
Michael Harmon delivered a sacrifice fly for Dunellen, which rallied for six runs in the decisive sixth inning.
Freehold Township 1, Monroe 0: Nick Payero allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks, but his teammates could not generate any offense, as the sixth-seeded Falcons were eliminated from the Central Group IV tournament with a first-round loss.
Eleventh-seeded Freehold Township will face East Brunswick, a 3-2 winner over Hillsborough, in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
Payero went 2-for-3. Teammates Sean Saviano and Jack Fitzgerald each singled. The Falcons were limited to four hits.
Vinnie Abene Jr. hurled an inning of scoreless relief for Monroe (12-9), which stranded six runners.
Freehold Township scored its run in the fifth.
North Brunswick 3, South Brunswick 1: The Raiders scored twice in the first inning and Michael Scimone made both runs stand up with a complete-game gem as ninth-seeded North Brunswick edged the eighth-seeded Vikings in a Central Group IV first-round game.
North Brunswick (18-9) advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals, where it will face top-seeded Hunterdon Central.
Scimone allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks. He fanned four in a 104-pitch effort. South Brunswick (13-12) spoiled his shutout bid in the sixth when Mike Reyes delivered the Vikings’ lone run with an RBI double.
Andrew Tan’s two-run single in the first gave the Raiders their 2-0 lead. Tan, who finished 2-for-3, was the lone player on either team to record a multiple-hit game. Tan has 37 RBI and 31 hits on the season.
Caleb Rodriguez and Christian Petrillo each singled and scored in the opening frame for the Raiders.
Sean Breheney crossed with North Brunswick’s other run in the second inning on Dylan Glassman’s sacrifice fly.
According to Raiders' play-by-play announcer Korbid Thompson, the 18 wins for North Brunswick are the program's most since 1984, the last year the team won a sectional title.
Hard-luck losing pitcher Jacob Ciccone allowed no earned runs on four hits and two walks. He struck out five and was lifted after throwing 108 pitches through six innings.
Owner of a deceptive 4-4 record with a 0.56 ERA, South Brunswick has scored a total of three runs in Ciccone’s four losses.
He has allowed four earned runs and fanned 57 over 50 innings.
Metuchen 3, Matawan 1: Jay Harry scattered five hits over six innings and Matt Volpe hurled a scoreless seventh for a save as the fourth-seeded Bulldogs defeated the 13th-seeded Huskies in the opening round of the Central Group II tournament.
Metuchen (15-7) advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals, where it will face Delaware Valley.
Volpe and Jackson Fenner (2-for-2) each plated one run with a sacrifice fly. Gavin Abrams delivered a clutch two-out RBI single in the second inning when Metuchen built a 2-0 lead. Abrams finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.
Harry struck out nine, walked four and allowed one earned run in a 108-pitch effort. He also went 2-for-3 with a double.
Will Hronich, Evan Derector and Sean McCadden each had a hit for Metuchen.
Volpe fanned one and allowed one hit in his 17-pitch inning of relief.
Middlesex 18, Highland Park 3: The defending state champions pounded out 14 hits with nine different players recording at least one hit apiece as the top-seeded Blue Jays rolled to a mercy-rule win over the 16th-seeded Owls in the opening round of the Central Group I tournament.
Middlesex (19-4) advanced to Thursday's quarterfinals, where it will face ninth-seeded South Hunterdon, a 10-0 winner over eighth-seeded Keansburg in another first-round game.
Winning pitcher Kyle Nepton went the distance, fanning 10 and allowing two earned runs on four hits. Dylan Darkwah and Donald Wong each had an RBI for the Owls. Diego Salazar went 2-for-2 with a double in a losing effort.
Jarret May went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored for Middlesex, which rallied for 10 runs in the first inning and seven more in the fourth to put the game out of reach.
Tyrus Chippendale, Jared Craig, Jared Zimbardo and Ryan Vollmer all went 2-for-3 for the Blue Jays. Teammate Jack Hnylycia went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Middlesex benefited from six Highland Park errors.
Colonia 5, Middletown North 0: Chris Michael hurled a complete-game five-hit shutout to lead the fourth-seeded Patriots to victory over the 13th-seeded Lions in the opening round of the North 2 Group III tournament.
Colonia (17-7) advanced to Thursday's quarterfinals, where it will face Ferris.
The Patriots generated all their runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a scoreless deadlock. They parlayed five hits and three walks into that five-run rally, during which Colonia knocked ace Tyler Ras, a University of Alabama commit, out of the box.
Anthony Demeo broke the scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly that concluded a 10-pitch at-bat. Tommy Mitch roped a two-run double down the line during the rally.
Michael struck out nine and did not issue a walk in a 99-pitch effort. He helped his own cause, drawing two free passes and scoring a run.
Six Patriots had one hit apiece including. Anthony Palmisano (triple) and Nich Scherb (single) each had a hit and scored a run.
Jason Hilenski drew three walks and scored a run. Nick Nielsen had a single and an RBI.
Ras struck out five and walked six. He allowed three earned runs over five and a third innings.
The shutout was the Colonia pitching staff’s ninth of the season.
The Patriots avenged a 6-5 regular-season loss to the Lions.
East Brunswick 3, Hillsborough 2: Diego Garcia Ceballos’ single to center scored James Schuld with one away in the bottom of the eighth as the third-seeded Bears walked off with a victory of the 14th-seeded Raiders in the opening round of the Central Group IV tournament.
East Brunswick (17-7) advanced to Thursday's quarterfinals, where it will face Freehold Township, a 1-0 winner over Monroe in another first-round game.
Schuld led off the eighth with a single, advanced to second on Brandon Rosenthal’s sacrifice and took third on Jacob Bauman’s single. Garcia Ceballos followed with his clutch hit on a 1-2 count.
East Brunswick erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the bottom of the second. Mike Falco led off with a home run to right field, his second solo blast in as many games. After Christian Kuan walked and Brad Edwards singled, David Bermudez followed with an RBI double, giving the Bears a 2-1 lead.
Hillsborough knotted the contest in the sixth off Schuld, who allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits and no walks. Schuld struck out five and threw 68 pitches before yielding to Falco, who hurled three no-hit shutout innings in relief. Falco fanned six and threw 42 pitches.
Bermudez and Schuld each finished 3-for-4, accounting for six of East Brunswick’s 11 hits. Garcia Ceballos singled earlier in the game.
The Bears, who defeated Hillsborough 4-1 during a regular-season meeting last month, stranded seven runners.
Governor Livingston 9, Carteret 0: The 16th-seeded Ramblers were limited to three hits as they were eliminated from the Central Group II tournament.
The top-seeded Governors scored four runs in the first inning off losing pitcher Josh Baez.
Phillipsburg 1, Woodbridge 0: The ninth-seeded Barrons (16-10) were eliminated from the North 2 Group IV Tournament by the eight-seeded Stateliners (12-8).
Details will be made available when the game is reported to us.
Shore 12, Perth Amboy Tech 2: The Patriots were eliminated from the Central Group I tournament.
Details will be made available when the game is reported to us.
Staff Writer Greg Tufaro: gtufaro@gannett.com; On Twitter: @GregTufaro
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