World Youth Classic Update:Brooklawn Post 72 Qualifies for Quarterfinals

see today\’s box score for Brooklawn v Haddon Hts Game

Friday\’s Games (July 6, 2007)

*Source Binghamton Press

Albuquerque 3, Brooklawn 2: Scott Hughes scored the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning and had the winning single in the eighth as Albuquerque handed Brooklawn its first loss of the tournament at Binghamton University.

Hughes scored in the seventh on a two-out single by Harry Holmes. In the eighth, Hughes singled home Michael Hess.

* Brooklawn 13, Utica 3: Brooklawn scored eight runs in the fifth inning to beat Utica at BU and advance to the quarterfinals.

With the score tied at three in the fifth, Brooklawn\’s Vince Dammann hit a RBI single to make it 4-3.

Andrew Frangos doubled in two runs to cap the fifth inning for Brooklawn which was runner-up in the 2006 tournament. They won the title in 2005.

* Newburgh 9, Gibbsboro 4: Newburgh scored five runs in the top of the first inning and belted 13 hits to beat Gibbsboro at Vestal High.

Newburgh shortstop Rick Pacione went 3-for-4, scored two runs, and had a RBI. Teammates John Degroodt and Josh Depew each added two hits and a RBI.

* East Greenbush 5, Gibbsboro 3: East Greenbush\’s Max Keado and Joseph Faziolo each had two-run hits in the seventh inning as East Greenbush rallied for the victory over Gibbsboro at Vestal High.

* Hamilton 6, Haddon Heights 5: Haddon Heights committed six straight errors in the second inning enabling Hamilton to score five unearned runs in the six-run inning at Maine-Endwell High.

The lone earned run was driven in by Corey Radice to make it 6-0.

The victory put Hamilton atop Division I and clinched a spot in the quarterfinals.

Post 1645 had a chance to crack the eight-team quarterfinal bracket, but first-place Haddon Heights lost to Hamilton, 6-5, at Maine-Endwell High later in the day. That left three teams with a 3-1 record in Division I with the top two teams in each of the four divisions advancing.

The first tiebreaker is runs allowed. Hamilton gave up 14; Haddon Heights 25; and Post 1645, 27. World Youth Classic Scores and Standings

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