Senior Connor Smith improved to 6-0 by throwing 10 innings of one-run ball and striking out 11 for St. Rose.
Following an errant throw from the catcher back to the pitcher in the bottom of the 10th, St. Rose's Chris Hueth broke for home for the winning run in a 2-1 victory over Shore.
In a classic, senior Connor
Smith was unreal, throwing 10 innings of one-run ball on 116 pitches to improve to 6-0 when
sophomore Chris Hueth singled, went to second on a passed ball, went to
third on a wild pitch and then scored a bad throw from the catcher back
to the pitcher in the bottom of the 10th inning to win the game.
Smith only gave
up five hits, struck out 11 and walked two. Junior shortstop Chris
Bresnahan went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and scored on an RBI by Derek
Peterson in the fourth. Hueth and second baseman John McGrath also had
two hits for St. Rose.
St. Rose is now 18-0 and ran its divisional winning streak to 55 games.
Shore ace Rob Corsi only allowed one run on four hits and struck out nine in 7 1/3 innings of work on 111 pitches with only two walks. Dennis Galvin went 2-for-4, Corsi had a hit and an RBI sacrifice fly and Mark Britton had a hit in the 10th inning before being stranded.
Shore had the bases loaded with one out in the ninth, but St. Rose turned a 3-2-3 double play to end the inning. Shore also threw out St. Rose's Kyle Kennett at the plate in the bottom of the ninth after a single by Bresnahan, and tagged out McGrath at the plate in the bottom of the eighth.