State 2A Playoffs

East Rutherford 10 West Caldwell 5 STATS

ER 10 10 2
WC 5 7 3

Leading Hitters : East Rutherford :
Steven Harris 3-3, 2 HR's (12,13) 2B, 5 RBI's 2 IBB's
Chad Flack 2-3, 2 HR's (16,17) 2 RBI's, 2 IBB's
Garland Jones 2-5, HR (6), 2B, RBI
West Caldwell :
J Beane - 2-3, HR (8), 3 RBI
C. Mathes 2-4, 2B

Leading Pitchers: ER : Garland Jones 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, BB, K
Chad Flack 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, BB, 5 K WIN (3-0)
WC: J Beane 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, BB, 2K LOSS
A. Fairweather 2.1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

East Rutherford 28-2 West Caldwell 23-4

 

SW Edgecombe 8, East Duplin 1
East Rutherford 6, Western Guilford 3

 

East Rutherford 6 Western Guilford 3

East Rutherford came from behind to win for the 4th consecutive game, overcoming a 2-0 deficit to beat the Hornets in Game 1 of the Western semi-finals. Zeke Blantons bases-loaded double in the 6th put the Cavs up 4-3 and they hung on for the win. Christopher Wittimore pitched 6.1 innings of brilliant relief, allowing only a solo HR by J. Rook, for his 11th win of the season. East travels to Guilford for game 2 Tuesday at 7:30. East has now won 33 consecutive games in May covering the last 3 years.

ER 29-2, WG 23-8

Leading Hitters : ER
P. Shytle 2-3, RBI
Z. Blanton 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI
C. Wittimore 2-2, RBI
WG
J. Rook 2-4, HR, RBI
J. Kochel 2-4, 2B

LEading Pitchers : ER C. Wittimore 6.1 IP, 5H, 1 ER, BB, 7 K WIN (11-1)
WG R. Stell 4 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
S. Gleiter 1,2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, K LOSS

 

WESTERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

East Rutherford 5 Western Guilford 0

East Rutherford advanced to their 3rd State Championship appearance in the last 3 years with a 5-0 win over the Hornets. The score was 0-0 until ER's Preston Shytle walked to open the 6th. That brought up Chad Flack with no outs. He took WG's Rook's first pitch over the wall in right-center, giving the Cavs a 2-0 lead. It was Flack's 18th HR this year, two short of the all-time record and making his State Record for a career now 43. Jeff McCracken added a two run single that inning and a bases-loaded walk in the 7th to give East the final margin. Garland Jones pitched the complete game shutout.

Leading Hitters : ER
Christopher Wittimore - 3-4
Chad Flack 1-4, HR (18) 2 RBI, 2 runs
Jeff McCracken 1-3, 3 RBI
WG
Kochel, Rook, Gleider and McMorrow 1-3
Leading Pitchers : ER
Garland Jones 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K WIN (10-0)
WG
Rook 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 BB , 10 K LOSS

East Rutherford has accomplished :
School Record wins - 30-2
Will try for 3rd straight state title, last accomplished in NC prep baseball 31 years ago.
Has 34-0 record in May-June the last 3 years.
Has 19 straight State Tournament wins.

 

In the 2A East: SW Edgecombe vs East Duplin

Game #1: SW Edgecombe 8, East Duplin 1
Game #2: East Duplin 6, SW Edgecombe 5

These two teams will lock up again on friday to see who gets East Rutherford.

 

Final:

SW Edgecombe 11, East Duplin 1 (6inn)

SW Edgecombe will now face East Rutherford in the championships in Raliegh.