All Star Huskies To Host State Championship

The Matawan Aberdeen 11U 50/70 All Star Huskies will host the state championships at Toomer Field for the first time ever after beating Manalapan 17-10 in the 2011 Cal Ripken District 11 Championship game last week.

The win over Manalapan was not an easy one. The Huskies were down 4-1 in the second inning but rallied back to make the score 8-4.

The third inning saw Matawan take an even greater lead with a two-run homer by Mathew Fitzsimmons making the score 10-4. Manalapan was hardly finished, rallying back to tie the score at 10-10 in the top of the fourth. Matawan again went ahead in the bottom of the fourth when John Carelli singled and scored later in the inning on a RBI single by Derek Jordan. 

With the bases loaded for Matawan in the bottom of the fifth, Pat Caragliano hit a long single making the score 12-10. Stephen Salot walked to make it a three run lead.  With a 2-1 count, Michael Dunn turned on a fastball to hit his first grand slam home run to give Matawan a 17-10 score. 

Austin Nappi started and pitched three strong innings. John Carelli came on in relief in the fourth with two on and no outs giving up six runs on what would be Malalapan's biggest inning. Mathew Fitzsimmons came in to pitch with one on and no outs to pitch two shutout innings to close the game. 

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