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Cruz on mound
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Ocean County Community College Ocean County Community College 0
11
Winner Northampton Community College Northampton Community College 0
Ocean County Community College Ocean County Community College
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Final
11
Northampton Community College Northampton Community College
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Ocean County Community College Ocean County Community College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Northampton Community College Northampton Community College 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 3 11 9 0

W: Cruz, JJ (1-0) L: Shaun Olcott (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#4 Spartans Topple Ocean County College 11-1

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The 4th ranked Northampton Baseball team used timely hitting and solid pitching to down Ocean County College, 11-1, in game one of their Region 19 series on Tuesday at Spartan Park. 

JJ Cruz (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) earned the victory, going 6.0 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits, with 5 walks and 3 strikeouts.  Aaron Clark (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) and John Pushkar (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) threw the final 2.0 innings, allowing just 2 hits and no runs. 

Braden Cummings (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) was 2 for 5 with a double, Kyle Stoner (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Township (NJ)) finished 1 for 3 with 2 walks and 2 RBI and Peter Hrousis (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored, as the Spartans overcame an early 1-0 deficit to earn the win. 

Northampton improves to 14-9 overall and 8-4 in the Region with the win.

Ocean falls to 5-15 overall and 3-9 in Region 19. 

The two teams will be back at it on Wednesday in Toms River, with the single 9-inning game slated to begin at 3:30pm. 

 
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