Mulvaney takes the mantle for St. Joe’s from Goldan, Szak, others before him

The St. Joseph baseball program coached by Mike Murray seemingly always has a deep stable of arms to put out on the mound.

But that development of talent comes from one generation of standouts handing off the reigns to the next generation.

It’s what senior Jimmy Mulvaney will do when he graduates and heads to the Nutmeg State to play for Fairfield University next spring, and it’s what he did when Andrew Goldan and Donovan Szak took their talents two towns over to play for Rutgers in Piscataway.

That has Mulvaney as the top dog, the go-to-guy, the seasoned veteran as he takes the mound Saturday afternoon in the GMC Tournament semifinals for the fourth-seeded Falcons (14-7) against seventh-seed South Plainfield (11-10).

Game time is at noon as part of a semifinal doubleheader at Ray Cipperly Field at East Brunswick Magnet School, and you can hear it right here on Central Jersey Sports Radio – driven by Auto Lounge of Edison – beginning with pregame coverage at 12:40 pm. Mike Pavlichko and Justin Sontupe have the call; click here to listen.

Mulvaney is 4-3 on the year, with an ERA of 2.00. But it hasn’t been a conventional year for him like it was for Andrew Goldan, who essentially was the steady starting pitcher for St. Joe’s each of the last two years in the GMC Tournament, getting the win in the 2021 finals, but taking the loss last year against Zack Konstantinovsky of North Brunswick.

He’s had to take the mound in relief a few times, but it’s just part of his mindset that he’ll do whatever he can to help the team, and put it in the best position to win.

Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko talked this week with Jimmy Mulvaney; click below to hear the interview:

Click below for postgame reaction presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen: