GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Tuesday, May 2, 12:31 p.m.) – The 18th-seeded Glen Ridge High School varsity baseball team defeated 23rd-seeded North 13th St. Tech, 8-5, in the second preliminary round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Saturday, April 29, at Hurrell Field. Junior Owen Hannigan went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI and pitched a complete-game five-hitter with three strikeouts and two walks to earn the win. Sophomore Max Haberman went 2-for-4 with two RBI and runs for the Ridgers.
The Ridgers will host 22nd-seeded Belleville in the third preliminary round on May 4 at 4 p.m. The winner will be re-seeded as the No. 16 seed and will visit top-seeded Millburn in the first round on May 6.
GRHS defeated Belleville, 6-5, Friday, April 28, at Belleville in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. Junior Brian Schnack went 2-for-3 with three RBI; junior Cole Greenberg had two RBI and Haberman had an RBI.
The Ridgers fell at Caldwell, 14-13, Monday, May 1, in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. The loss snapped their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-9.
Freshman Jack Cotrone went 2-for-4 with an RBI; Schnack went 2-for-4 with a double, triple, and a hit-by-pitch; Haberman went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, an RBI and three runs; senior Max Thompson went 1-for-1 with four walks and two RBI; and senior Matt Myles drove in two runs.
In earlier action, the Ridgers snapped the seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over Bloomfield Tech on April 26 in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game at Hurrell Field. Schnack went 2-for-3 with two doubles and four RBI and Cotrone had a double for the Ridgers. Haberman struck out three and walked one for the win.
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