The GMC Red Division is a grind, particularly this season.

How else could you describe a division where last year’s GMC Tournament finalists are packed in with just about everyone else?

But defending champion North Brunswick can help establish itself as one of the top teams in the division if the Raiders (4-4) can beat last place* St. Joseph of Metuchen (3-3) on the road Tuesday in the finale of a home-and-home series that can be heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

First pitch is set for 4 pm. Mike Pavlichko will have all the live play-by-play, with pregame coverage starting at 3:45. Click here to listen.

That asterisk on the words “last place” ahead of St. Joe’s indicates just how close the Red Division is. Heading into Tuesday play, Old Bridge leads the division at 6-1 overall, 4-1 in the Red. North Brunswick is second at 4-3 – a full game back – in the seven-team division, but the Falcons, in last, are only two full games behind at 2-3, with two games in hand, and South Brunswick, Monroe, East Brunswick and South Plainfield all two games back as well.

North Brunswick won the opener of this set 6-1 Monday night behind a 102-pitch, 12 strikeout complete game from Rutgers-bound senior Zack Konstantinovsky, who has failed to give up a home run in four starts, 21 and 1/3 innings pitched. He gave up one unearned run Monday night against St. Joe’s.

But Zack “K” is doing it at the plate, too. He’s hitting .304 and, on Monday, smacked two home runs off Falcons’ starter Jimmy Mulvaney, while fifth-year senior Omar Carreras added another, his second of the season.

Click below for a preview of Tuesday’s matchup between North Brunswick and St. Joe’s in Metuchen with Mike Pavlichko: