Brookdale Baseball Pushes Forward In Region Tourney With Nail-Biter Over Middlesex
Vineland, NJ - It was a hectic day for the traveling Jersey Blues, who headed over to RCSJ - Cumberland to face Middlesex College in the Region XIX Final Four. In their second game of the day, Brookdale inched away from the Colts in a 5-4 nail-biter advancing to the Region XIX Championship.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brookdale Community College
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
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Middlesex College
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0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
Vineland, NJ - It was a hectic day for the traveling Jersey Blues, who headed over to RCSJ - Cumberland to face the Middlesex College Blue Colts in the Region XIX Final Four. In their second game of the day, Brookdale inched away from the Colts in a 5-4 nail-biter advancing to the Region XIX Championship.
After Brookdale allowed two runs in the 6th inning, Middlesex jumped out to a 4-2 lead. In the top of the seventh, Brookdale sophomore catcher Darius Troche provided the Jersey Blues with some timely heroics, firing a three-run blast over the fence for Brookdale to regain the lead at 5-4.
Following the home run, freshman, Ryan Cole, stepped up to pitch three innings of shutout baseball to close out the game that included four strikeouts. Between Troche and Cole, Brookdale was able to rally and save their season.
The Jersey Blues will face the Northampton Community College Spartans next at RCSJ-Gloucester on Saturday, May 20th, at 12:00pm.
Photo above courtesy of Tom Smith