Middlesex Baseball, 2024. (Submitted photo)
Freshman Dylan Ianiero tossed a four-hit shutout, and the bats took care of the rest in a 7-0 win for 13-seed Middlesex over 20th-seed Metuchen Saturday afternoon in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament play-in round.
Ianiero went the distance throwing just 96 pitches, scattering four hits. He walked two and struck out five.
Middlesex got two runs in the bottom of the first, then added three in the third to take a 5-0 lead, before plating the final two runs in the sixth. Another freshman, Luke Jones, went 1-for-3 with a two-run double and 3 RBIs, and had a stolen base for the Blue Jays.
Middlesex will go on to visit fourth-seed Spotswood Monday in the GMCT’s first-round, with first pitch set for 4 pm at “The Swamp.”
The Blue Jays (6-12) have won four straight against Spotswood, but those games came in 2021 and 2022; the teams have not faced each other the last two years. Spotswood last beat Middlesex pre-COVID, a 2-1 win for the Chargers in April 2019.
Click below to hear Middlesex head coach Justin Nastasi talk about the win:
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