MAY 2 – LYNDHURST, NJ – It was Lyndhurst, not Wild West City, the city running wild!  The Crusaders were run wild, though.  No ten-gallon hats, just BC scarlet, but BC took 10 bases from their opponents who either walked or hit batters nine times.
     The #11-seed Crusader baseball team started the 2026 BCCA Bergen County Tournament with a convincing win 9-1 over the #22 seed Owls of Park Ridge to advance to the second round.  There were no extra-base hits for the home team, just nine singles, nine runs in a first round game.  Andres Polanco scored the most (4 runs) and stole the most bases (3) for BC.
     Jack Pintarelli went the distance for BC, striking out 10 and yielding only one earned run on just 93 pitches. 
 

TEAMS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
#22 Park Ridge (17-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
#11 BC (9-9)	1	0	1	4	3	0	x	9	9	1

 

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SB	AVG
Aquiles Hache #25	4	1	2	0	0	1	.500
Andres Polanco #1	2	4	1	1	2	3	.500
Jael Santos #26	3	0	0	2	0	0	.000
Michael Alberto #28	2	0	2	1	2	0	1.000
Daniel Graziano #22	2	0	1	0	1	1	.500
Thomas Harmke #3	2	0	1	2	0	1	.500
Brady Smith #27	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000
Adriel Huertas #14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Devan Zitt #7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Anthony Martino #2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.000
Max Lee #6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Maximos Demaras #4	2	2	1	1	1	2	.500
Totals:	24	9	9	7	7	10	.375

HBP:  Graziano (1), Martino (1)
 

PITCHER	PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
Jack Pintarelli #13 (WP)	93	7	6	1	1	1	10	1.00
Totals:	93	7	6	1	1	1	10	1.00