Elizabeth Baseball Drops State Tournament Opener Against Edison

ELIZABETH, NJ - The Minutemen varsity baseball team had their four-game win streak snapped on Thursday against Edison, dropping the contest 4-1. The loss brings their end-of-season record to 16-9.

The Eagles got off to a quick start in the top of the first inning, plating three of their four runs for the game and never looking back. Elizabeth scored one run in the bottom of the fifth, but that is all the offense the Minutemen would muster.

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Derek Escobar, Eliezer Cepeda, and Landon Jones each recorded a hit in the contest. Jamie Tamayo added the lone run scored and two walks.

Cepeda also pitched in the contest on the mound, allowing nine hits, four earned runs, and three walks, while striking out eight in six innings pitched.

Robert Roma, Dom Innocenti, and Noel Chipoco each recorded multiple hits for Edison. Jaxon Appelman was credited with the win on the mound, pitching 6.2 innings of one-run ball, walking four, and striking out nine.

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