Salem CC falls at RCSJ-Gloucester; Hyatt spins Penns Grove’s first shutout since 2019, Salem Tech walks one off in extras
BASEBALL
Buena 26, Salem 1
Salem Tech 8, Cape May Tech 7
Penns Grove 13, Winslow 0
SOFTBALL
Lower Cape May 14, Salem 10
COLLEGE BASEBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester 12, Salem CC 2
By Riverview Sports News
SEWELL – Region 19 home run leader Nick Slogik hit a pair of three-run homers and Bryson Kirby scattered eight hits as league-leading No. 3 RCSJ-Gloucester run-ruled Salem CC 12-2 Friday.
Slogik hit his first homer off Mighty Oaks starter Pat Seitzinger in the first inning and the second one off Louie Rivera in the fifth. He now has 18 on the season.
The first blast was part of a four-run inning that erased Tyler Hacker’s solo homer in the top of the inning. The Roadrunners (26-9) added two in the third and three in the fourth before Slogik’s second homer put the game in run-rule territory, 12-1.
The home was the only hit Rivera allowed in his 2 2/3 innings of relief. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out two.
Hacker went 3-for-3 for the Mighty Oaks (20-22). Aiden Nestor had two hits.
The Mighty Oaks scored a run in the seventh on Cliff Wysinger’s RBI single.
Kirby struck out 10 and walked one in his seven-inning complete game.
The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader at the Carneys Point Rec Complex 11 a.m. Saturday. It will be the Mighty Oaks’ Sophomore Day.
Baseball
SALEM TECH 8, CAPE MAY TECH 7: Lucas Clement was awarded home on a throwing error created by his aggressive base running with one out in the bottom of the eighth to help the Chargers complete a challenging week 3-0.
Clement singled and stole second with Cole Sacks at the plate. The attempt to get him at second went into the outfield and he had already reached third when the relay from the outfield went out of play.
The Chargers (7-3) trailed at one point in the game 7-4, but tied it in the sixth on Clement’s bases-loaded walk and a two-run game-tying single by Sacks. They had the winning run at second in the seventh with one out, but couldn’t get it home.
Clement had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Chargers’ offense. Sacks had two hits and two RBIs and Chase Pompper had two hits.
The Chargers beat Pilgrim Academy, Clayton and Cape May Tech to match their longest winning streak of the season.
“They’re learning how to win,” Chargers coach John Helsel said. “It was just a great team effort. I can’t be happier. We won them all. It was tough – our catcher got hurt, we had to shuffle guys around, we were running out of pitching – but we did it and we came back.”
PENNS GROVE 13, WINSLOW 0: Dylan Hyatt spun Penns Grove’s first shutout since 2019, a one-hit, 12-strikeout effort that helped the Red Devils (3-7) snap a two-game losing streak.
It was their first shutout since Austin Smith blanked Wildwood (14-0) on April 8, 2019 (115 games, 20 wins)
“It’s the best we’ve seen him,” Red Devils coach Chuck Weigel said. “He brought everything today.”
The only Hyatt allowed was a two-out single in the top of the first. He then retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced, 12 by strikeout. The only baserunner in that stretch reached on a misread infield fly in the fourth. He threw 58 pitches in the five-inning game, 48 for strikes.
“He was locating his fastball and mixing a curve to keep them off balanced all afternoon,” assistant coach Joe Mecholsky said.
Bristol Scott had a two-run single in the first to get the Red Devils going and Josh Widen had two hits and two RBIs.
BUENA 26, SALEM 1: The Chiefs (9-3) scored 11 runs in each of the first two innings and their two pitchers limited the Rams to two hits and struck out eight.
Richie Wilson hit a two-run homer in the second 11-run inning and had three RBIs in the game. Ricky Bessix had four RBIs and Gio Crescitelli drove in three.
The Rams (0-8) scored their run in the fifth when Josthen Jimenez hit a leadoff triple and rode home on a ground out.
Softball
LOWER CAPE MAY 14, SALEM 10: The Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead after two innings, then held on as the Rams steadily climbed back into the game.
The Rams got back in it with a six-run fourth inning highlighted by aggressive base running and plate discipline. They scored the runs on a two steals of home, a passed ball, an error, a bases-loaded walk and bases-loaded hit batsman. They added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
Khloe Bubier had two hits for the Rams and Avah Brown had two RBIs. Akayla Nichols reached base four times.
Track: Penn Relays
Schalick and Salem ran in the same heat of Friday’s boys 4×100 at the Penn Relays and finished neck and neck.
The Cougars finished fifth in the heat and 40th overall. The team of Amauri Conyers, Jacob Carter, Kenny Bartee and David Stewart ran 44.119.
Salem was sixth in the heat and finished 51st overall. The team of Jelani Beverly, Jameek Clayton, Rashar Stevenson and Quimere Bergen ran a PR 44.348.
Central Bucks East won the heat at 43.37 and qualified ninth overall.
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