CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity baseball team head out on the road to play against J.P. Stevens HS (Edison) in the Autism Awareness Challenge at North Brunswick Community Park on Friday, April 20 at 4:00 p.m.
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Johnson-J.P. Stevens is about an hour from the start of gametime.
Checking in from North Brunswick Community Park, on site for the game.
Our starters for today are Zach Thornton (ALJ) and Joe Young (JPS).
Kyle Adorno steps up to the plate and we are officially underway.
Max Carmino singles on the first pitch he sees to right-center field.
Joe Turek reaches on a fielding error and Carmino scores to give Johnson a 1-0 lead.
Kevin Metz double and Steve Harrington walk and the bases are loaded for Johnson with one out.
Joe Young’s pickoff attempt goes into center field and Metz scores. 2-0 Johnson.
Joe Young gets the next two outs to end the inning. Johnson leads 2-0 and J.P. Stevens is coming to bat.
Steve Lederbaum doubles to center field on the first pitch he sees with one out.
Joe Morrone laces a single to left field, scoring Matt Pastor to cut the lead to 2-1.
Shiv Patel scores on an error and we are tied 2-2.
Zach Thornton gets the strikeout to get out of trouble. Johnson and J.P. Stevens are tied 2-2 after one inning.
Mike Casalino leads off with a walk on a full count.
Casalino steals second base to get in scoring position.
Kyle Adorno sends a deep flyball to center field, scoring Casalino. Johnson takes a 3-2 lead.
Max Carmino grounds out, as Saul Lopez scores. Johnson leads 4-2 as we go to the bottom of the second inning.
Joe Traina and Joe Young open the inning with back-to-back singles.
Two runs score on an error and we are tied 4-4.
Thornton gets Joe Morrone to fly out to get out of the jam. Johnson and J.P. Stevens are tied 4-4 after two innings.
Young retires Johnson 1-2-3 as we go to the bottom of the third inning.
A hit-by-pitch and walk proved costly. Joe Young singles to right field to score one, giving J.P. Stevens the 5-4 lead.
Frank DiSerio follows with an RBI single and it’s 6-4 J.P. Stevens.
Hawks are off and flying. A two-run double for Steven Zederbaum and it’s 8-4 J.P. Stevens. Still one out.
Zach Thornton’s day is done. Ryan Spallone takes over on the mound.
Spallone gets out of the inning. Johnson trails J.P. Stevens after three innings.
Mike Casalino walks to lead off the inning.
Casalino steals second and comes in on a Kyle Adorno groundout to make it 8-5.
Joe Young gets Max Carmino looking as we go to the bottom of the fourth inning.
Johnson gets two straight strikeouts to end the inning. Johnson trails J.P. Stevens 8-5 through four innings.
Joe Turek leads off the inning with a single.
Kevin Metz reaches on an infield single and there are runners at the corners with no outs for Johnson.
Steve Harrington walks and the bases are loaded with no outs for Zach Thornton.
Thornton strikes out swinging for the first out.
Anthony Caldiero walks with the bases loaded. Courtesy runner Brett DaCosta scores to make it 8-6. Pitching change for J.P. Stevens.
Mike Casalino walks with the bases loaded, scoring Metz and it’s now 8-7.
Kyle Adorno with a huge two-out, two-run single to give Johnson a 9-8 lead as we go to the bottom of the fifth inning.
Kevin Metz did mound work, now Kyle Adorno takes over on the mound for Johnson.
Joe Young leads off with a double.
The ball dunks in and Young scores from third and we are tied 9-9.
Kyle Adorno gets out of the inning. Johnson and J.P. Stevens are tied 9-9 after five innings.
High, far and gone! Joe Turek crushes the first pitch he sees to deep left field for a leadoff home run. Johnson grabs back the lead, 10-9.
Mike Casalino goes down looking on strike three as we go to the bottom of the sixth inning.
Joe Turek throws out Joe Morrone attempting to steal second base for the second out.
J.P. Stevens has runners at the corners with two outs.
Kyle Adorno gets Joe Young to pop out to first base to end the threat. Johnson leads J.P. Stevens 10-9 after six innings.
Brett DaCosta leads off the inning with a pinch-hit single.
DaCosta goes to second on the Adorno sacrifice bunt and advances to third uncovered with one out.
Max Carmino singles up the middle to score DaCosta. Johnson now leads 11-9.
We go to the bottom of the seventh inning.
J.P. Stevens has a runner on first with one out.
Now runners at first and second with one out.
Final: Johnson outlasts J.P. Stevens 11-9
What a game. J.P. Stevens leaves the tying runs on base.