Category: High School Baseball

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY:  GMCT Semifinals – (5) St. Joseph-Metuchen 4, (8) Spotswood 3

Eighth-seed Spotswood led 3-1 heading into the seventh inning, but for the third straight GMC Tournament game, five-seed St. Joseph-Metuchen won on a walk-off, getting three in the bottom of the seventh – the last on a JP Zayle RBI single – to win 4-3 and advance to the GMC Tournament title game against 11-seed Edison.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Ray Cipperly Field at East Brunswick Magnet School on May 17, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY:  GMCT Semifinals – (11) Edison 3, (10) Middlesex 0

Connor Murphy got it done at the plate and on the mound for 11th-seeded Edison, which made its first GMC Tournament final in 24 years with a 3-0 win over 10-seed Middlesex. Murphy had a two-run double in the sixth that gave the Eagles all the runs they’d need, while going the distance and allowing just two hits to get the victory.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Ray Cipperly Field at East Brunswick Magnet School on May 17, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY:  GMCT Quarterfinals – (8) Spotswood 4, (16) South River 0

Starter Will Buchan threw five shutout innings of one-hit ball, and drove in the only run eighth-seed Spotswood needed in the top of the first, en route to a 4-0 win over 16-seed South River in the Jim Muldowney GMC Championship Tournament quarterfinals, earning the Chargers’ their first trip to the semis since 2018.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Spotswood High School on May 16, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY:  Montgomery 5, Manville 2

Montgomery got a complete game from Jake Hayes and timely hitting – including a couple of late insurance runs in the seventh – to beat Manville 5-2 in a tune-up for its Somerset County Tournament play-in round game.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from TD Bank Park in Bridgewater on May 7, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY:  Middlesex 10, Sayreville 0 (6)

Middlesex scored three runs each in the first two innings, then got four more in the sixth inning for a 10-0, walk-off, mercy rule win over visiting Sayreville in GMC White Division action Tuesday afternoon.  Junior Chris Kozak threw six scoreless innings, striking out seven, and driving in three with a bases-clearing triple in the sixth.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Mountainview Park in Middlesex on April 29, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY:  No. 3 South Plainfield 1, No. 4 Woodbridge 0

Tbird-ranked South Plainfield finished off a two-game home-and-home series sweep of No. 4 Woodbridge ridge with a 1-0 road win, benefitting from four straight walks in the fifth inning to plate their only run. 

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Woodbridge on April 12, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 1 Ridge 8, Rutgers Prep 6

Top-Ranked Ridge rallied from three separate deficits, ultimately pulling ahead with two runs in the sixth inning for an 8-6 win over Rutgers Prep to go 2-0 on the day, after beating Pingry 8-4 earlier in the afternoon.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from the Basking Ridge on April 19, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY: Watchung Hills 9, Somerville 0

Watchung Hills got a solid start from junior Rob Centamore – 5 1/3 scoreless innings – and six different hitters drove in runs as the Warriors topped Somerville 9-0 in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division game.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from the Torpey Athletic Complex in Bridgewater on April 15, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 10 Hillsborough 5, No. 5 Bridgewater-Raritan 4 (8 inn.)

The tenth-ranked Hillsborough Raiders rallied from four runs down to beat No. 5 Bridgewater-Raritan 5-4 in eight innings, thanks to T.J. Westlake’s walk-off double to deep centerfield in the bottom of the eighth.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Hillsborough High School on April 10, 2025.