CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity softball team takes to their road against DePaul HS on Saturday, April 21 at 1:00 p.m. in the second matchup of the Cedar Grove Tournament.
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DePaul-Johnson is just about an hour and 20 minutes from the start of gametime.
Checking back in from Cedar Grove High School, back on site for the second game.
Game start time has been delayed, seems like a game ran late.
Looks like we are getting started right now. Matchup #2 of the Cedar Grove Tournament.
Our starters for today’s second matchup are Summer Ramundo (DP) and Nicole Pecoraro (ALJ).
Dom Coiro steps up to the plate and flies out on the first pitch and we are officially underway.
Pecoraro works around a two-out single and Johnson is coming to bat in a scoreless game.
Jen Tinger leads off the inning with a walk.
Victoria Zatko takes one deep to left-center field for a triple to score Cassano, giving Johnson the 1-0 lead.
DePaul gets the final out to end further trouble. Johnson leads DePaul 1-0 after one inning.
Gianna DiPiano leads off the inning with an infield single.
DePaul has runners at first and second with one out after a single.
Pecoraro works around the two hits and gets a pop out to end the inning as we go to the bottom of the second inning.
DePaul works around an error to end the inning. Johnson leads DePaul 1-0 after two innings.
Pecoraro works a 1-2-3 inning, including a close call for the first out. Johnson leads DePaul 1-0 after two innings.
Jen Tinger with a bloop single to lead off the inning.
Correction, Tinger reached on a missed catch error. D’Angelo bunts and a misplay has runners at first and second with no outs.
Bases are loaded with one out for Johnson.
Huge inning for Johnson. RBI single for Lauren Donah and a long two-run single for Megan Tinger make it 4-0 Johnson over DePaul after three innings.
A ground-rule double from Summer Rumando opens the inning.
RBI single for Gianna DiPiano cuts the lead down to 4-1.
Pecoraro works through the RBI single and gets out of further trouble as we go to the bottom of the fourth inning.
Johnson leads DePaul 4-1 after four innings.
Pecoraro works a 1-2-3 inning, two strikeouts and a groundout as we go to the bottom of the fifth inning.
Victoria Zatko hustling there, beats out a grounder for a leadoff single.
Lauren Donah works a walk and Johnson has runners on first and second with no outs.
Megan Tinger takes one long, fair and just enough to leave the park! A three-run home run makes it 7-1 Johnson.
Johnson leads DePaul 7-1 after five innings.
Summer Ramundo takes one deep to center field and out for a two-run home run, cutting Johnson’s lead down to 7-3.
DePaul had runners on first and second with two outs.
Two runs in weird ground balls come in and it’s 7-5, still two outs in the inning.
Now it’s 7-6 after an RBI single. DuPaul still fighting.
Pecoraro gets the final out to stop the inning as we go to the bottom of the sixth inning.
Johnson leads DePaul 7-6 after six innings.
Summer Rumando leads off the inning with a single.
Final: Johnson holds off DePaul 7-6. Pecoraro gets Kate Heaney looking to end it.
DePaul left the tying and go-ahead runs on base. What an ending. Johnson sweeps the Cedar Grove Tournament matchups.