Gajdos Pitches Mustangs Past Morris Hills

The Mustangs start out 2-0 on the season, following up a wild 17-12 win in Montclair on Saturday with a commanding 5-2 victory over Morris Hills on Monday.

Montville (2-0)

After nearly four innings of shutout baseball, the Mustangs went up 1-0 on Morris Hills in the bottom of the fourth on a RBI single from first baseman John Marchionda. Montville piled on the runs in the fifth; scoring three on a two-run RBI from Jordan Gajdos and another RBI single for Marchionda.

Jordan Gajdos—Seven innings pitched, two runs allowed, 3-3 with two RBIs.

 Gajdos was commanding for the Mustangs, striking out 9 on his way to 6 and 1/3 innings of shutout baseball.  “Jordan really left it out there, Head coach Joe Cardinale said of his pitcher. “He didn’t allow a runner for six innings. He’s one of our leaders and our hardest workers. I can’t say I’m surprised at all."

John Marchionda went 2-3 at the plate with two hits and two RBIs. Brain Keane scored one on an RBI single in the sixth inning to give Montville a 5-1 lead.

I felt good coming out of the bullpen, my fastball had some velocity on it andI have a lot of confidence in my defense ,so I know that if I got behind in the count. I could just throw strikes. Having this kind of defense behind you is a comfort."—Gajdos.

Up Next—Vernon at home on Tuesday, 4 p.m.