Cranbury Baseball and Norwalk Little League opened this year's Corbo tournament at Anastasia/Corbo field. Cranbury scored six runs in the sixth inning to win a slugfest, 12-9. Norwalk Little League jumped out to an early lead, putting up four runs in the first three innings. Pitcher Joey Benicaso struck out three and didn't allow a hit in three innings.
Cranbury rallied in the fourth with five consecutive hits, capped by a double by AJ Hall, bringing the score to 4-3. In the fifth inning, Cranbury tied the game with an RBI single by Eddie McCabe. A well-placed bunt by Thomas Troy and an RBI single by Ari Lander put Cranbury ahead 6-4.
Norwalk Little League came right back in the bottom of the fifth, scoring five more runs to take a 9-6 lead. But Cranbury wasn't done yet, rallying in the sixth inning with six runs with the help of doubles each by Matt Troy and Ari Lander.
The bottom of the sixth started ominously with Norwalk LL leading off with triple. Cranbury managed to shut them down, giving up only one run thanks to some handy glove work by Eddie McCabe at shortstop and two strikeouts by reliever Quinn Sandor, who got the win.
Cranbury offensive highlights include Thomas Troy: 2 hits, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, Eddie McCabe: 2 hits, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, AJ Hall: 1 double, 3 RBIs, Matt Troy: single, double, 1 RBI, and Ari Lander: 2 singles, 1 double, 4 RBIs.
Norwalk LL offensive highlights include Ryan McGonigle: single, triple, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored, Joey Benincaso: double, 3 RBIs, Jake Fishman: RBI single 2 runs scored, Jeff Joslyn: RBI single and scored, Evan Uva triple and scored and Logan Raymond, who doubled.
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