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Ridge Baseball Opens Season with Shutout Win

Devils get clutch hitting and strong pitching for first outing of 2012.

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The baseball team opened the season traveling to Gill St. Bernard's Monday afternoon. A brilliantly sunny, even windy day, welcomed the new season and was the setting for a 3-0 victory for the Devils.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Err Ridge (1-0) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 6 1 Gill St. Bernards (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1

IN SHORT

Led by strong pitching from Greg Lauricella, Daniel Moulton and Dan Volpaccio, the Devils came to life in the fourth inning on a Lauricella RBI double and a Ross Lazicky single that scored Lauricella.

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DEVIL OF THE GAME

Greg Lauricella - Lauricella pitched three scoreless innings, giving up one walk and one hit with two strikeouts. Lauricello had a big RBI double in the fourth inning to start the scoring and then scored a run.

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COACH'S TAKE

"I thought we played well.  We certainly did not hit like we can, but when you have good pitching and defense combined with good clutch hitting, you are going to win a lot of those games." - Ridge head coach Tom Blackwell

UP NEXT — The Devils will host Middlesex High School Wednesday afternoon, 4 p.m.

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