Norris in action against Raritan Valley.
Frank Casale (pictured) set to start today versus Camden CC. Game time is 3:30 PM. game is at Margate field, Jerome Avenue.
James Wood starts for the Bucs today versus Cumberland. Start time is 3 PM. Game is at the Jerome Avenue Stadium Complex in Margate.
Jim Van Dyke won his first game of the season, striking out 7 and allowing 3 earned runs in a 7 inning complete game win over Bucks CC on Friday.
Wild Day in Margate
The Bucs swept Union on Saturday, winning both games in arduous fashion. Atlantic Cape won the first game 10-9 in extra innings and won the second game 8-6.
Atlantic Cape (5-2) scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win Game One by a score of 10-9. Anthony Martella was hit by a pitch, on his head, yet; with two out and the bases loaded, which forced in the tying run. James Wood drew a walk to force in the winning run. Hitting was supplied by Rob DeNofio,3-for-4, including 2 doubles and 3 runs. Rocky Lacovara added 2 walks and 4 SB’s. And Jim Norris stole 2nd, 3rd and home in the same sequence, all without ever sliding.
In the 2nd game, Norris went 3-for-3 and Rocco Badiali scored 3 runs and had 4 stolen bases; while Mike DeCicco went 2-for-4 with 5 five stolen bases.
Bucs Fall to Quinsigamond 6-5
Quinsigamond Community College defeated the Bucs in a come from behind victory, scoring 4 runs in the 8th inning. The Massachusetts school is in New Jersey for spring training, apparently unaware of warmer states to our south. Quinsigamond, means “fishing place for pickerel”. Quinsigamond also does not come up in any spell-checker.
The Wyverns were behind for much of the game trailing 5-1 going into the 8th inning. Bryan Perez (pictured below) was the started for the Wyvers (Wyvern: a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon’s head, two legs (sometimes none), and a barbed tail). He pitched well, but the Bucs put together several hits in the 5th inning and Perez was pulled.
The Wyverns rallied in the 8th, knocking out started Jim van Dyke. Brett McCulley came on in relief, and pitched well. But the go ahead run would score on a sac fly and the Bucs could not score in the bottom of the 8th or the 9th.
Above: Jim Van Dyke scattered allowed 7 hits in his collegiate pitching debut on Thursday.
Atlantic Cape Pitcher Chris Henshaw completed the rare feat of starting and winning both games of a doubleheader as the Buccaneers swept Delaware County CC on Sunday. Henshaw pitched a complete game 5-hitter in the first game, which the Bucs won 7-2. He threw just 71 pitches, including two innings with just 5 pitches each. Henshaw then convinced Coach Rodney Velardi that he had more gas in the tank, andstarted the second game. He threw 39 more pitches and went the first four innings in the Bucs’ 13-4 second game victory.
