Baseball Team To Honor Brick Boy Battling Brain Cancer

BRICK, NJ — A 10-year-old Brick resident who is battling brain cancer will be honored Friday night as a pair of youth baseball teams try to raise awareness of childhood cancer and help raise money for research.

The 9U Brick American Bulldogs are hosting a team from Marlboro at Wilson Field, at the Brick American baseball complex across from Brick Memorial High School.

At the game will be Liam Marino, who has been battling brain cancer since 2014. Liam will throw out the first pitch, at approximately 7 p.m.

The teams will be wearing gold, the color used to represent childhood cancer, and there will be a donation bucket and a cap sale going on during the game. The caps, authentic New Era caps with a variety of MLB, NFL, NHL, NCAA and Marvel/Disney character themes, will be on sale for $5 apiece, organizers said.

"We will be dedicating the game to Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and 100 percent of what we raise during this game will be donated to Marino family," organizers said.

Liam Marino photo, courtesy of Vinnie Marino