Live Updates: Johnson Crusaders Varsity Baseball NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 First Round vs. South Plainfield HS


CLARK, NJ-  The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity baseball team opens up the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 state tournament with a game against South Plainfield HS on Monday, May 21 at 4:00 p.m.

TAPinto Clark sports writer Dan Collins will provide the coverage and post live updates in the comments section of the post. Tune in and refresh the post frequently for updates as the night rolls along.

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  1. May 21, 2018

    South Plainfield-Johnson is just about an hour and 15 minutes away from the start of gametime.

  2. May 21, 2018

    Checking in from Arthur L. Johnson High School, on site for the game.

  3. May 21, 2018

    Our starters for today are Billy Keane (SP) and Pat Grady (ALJ).

  4. May 21, 2018

    Connor Adams steps up to the plate and we are officially underway.

  5. May 21, 2018

    Adams works a full-count walk to lead off the inning.

  6. May 21, 2018

    Grady works around the leadoff walk to get through the inning and Johnson is coming to bat.

  7. May 21, 2018

    Billy Keane works a 1-2-3 inning, aided by a big defensive play to end the inning. Johnson and South Plainfield at scoreless after one inning.

  8. May 21, 2018

    Keane singles to shallow center field to leadoff the inning.

  9. May 21, 2018

    Sammy Nieves works a walk and there are runners at first and second with no outs.

  10. May 21, 2018

    A run comes in on a successful steal of home as part of a successful double steal to give South Plainfield the 1-0 lead.

  11. May 21, 2018

    An RBI single from Chris Born makes it 2-0 South Plainfield. All coming with two outs.

  12. May 21, 2018

    We head to the bottom of the second inning. 4-5-6 due up for Johnson.

  13. May 21, 2018

    Kevin Metz laces a leadoff single to right field to start the inning.

  14. May 21, 2018

    An infield single from Kyle Adorno puts runners at the corners with one out.

  15. May 21, 2018

    Keane works around trouble and gets through the inning. Johnson trails South Plainfield 2-0 after two innings.

  16. May 21, 2018

    Michael Marrero laces a leadoff single to center field to leadoff the inning.

  17. May 21, 2018

    An infield single from Rob Gonzalez and there are runners at the corners with one out.

  18. May 21, 2018

    A mishandle in the infield and another two-out run scores. It’s 3-0 South Plainfield.

  19. May 21, 2018

    We head to the bottom of the third inning.

  20. May 21, 2018

    Saul Lopez reaches on an error to leadoff the inning.

  21. May 21, 2018

    Another error and there are runners at the corners with no outs for Johnson.

  22. May 21, 2018

    Joe Turek gets one back on an RBI double. Johnson trails South Plainfield 3-1 after three innings.

  23. May 21, 2018

    Niko Vazquez leads off the inning with a single to left field.

  24. May 21, 2018

    A single from Chris Born and there are runners at first and second with no outs.

  25. May 21, 2018

    The bases are now loaded for South Plainfield with no outs.

  26. May 21, 2018

    Sacrifice fly for Michael Marrero and an RBI double from Mike Stanczak and it’s now 5-1 South Plainfield.

  27. May 21, 2018

    A long two-run double from Rob Gonzalez makes it 7-1. Tigers are off and flying.

  28. May 21, 2018

    We head to the bottom of the fourth inning.

  29. May 21, 2018

    Johnson trails South Plainfield 7-1 after four innings.

  30. May 21, 2018

    Ryan Spallone takes the mound in relief of Pat Grady.

  31. May 21, 2018

    We head to the bottom of the fifth inning.

  32. May 21, 2018

    Zach Thornton beats out a groundball to reach for an infield single.

  33. May 21, 2018

    A single from Kevin Metz puts runners at the corners with two outs.

  34. May 21, 2018

    Johnson trails South Plainfield 7-1 after five innings.

  35. May 21, 2018

    Johnson trails South Plainfield 7-1 after six innings.

  36. May 21, 2018

    Last licks for Johnson, trailing 7-1. 9-1-2 due up for the Crusaders.

  37. May 21, 2018

    Saul Lopez singles to left field to leadoff the inning.

  38. May 21, 2018

    Mike Casalino works through a full count and gets a single to put runners at first and second with no outs for Johnson.

  39. May 21, 2018

    Zach Thornton able to punch one out and the bases are loaded for Johnson with no outs.

  40. May 21, 2018

    An RBI single for Joe Turek and a two-run single for Kevin Metz makes it 7-4 South Plainfield. Still no outs for Johnson.

  41. May 21, 2018

    Sacrifice fly by Steve Harrington makes it 7-5 South Plainfield.

  42. May 21, 2018

    Johnson rally comes up short, losing to South Plainfield 7-5.