Sports Roundup: Little League and Frazier Success, and Running Club Results

It was an active week for the local sports scene, one that saw the finale of the Ocean County Running Club’s summer series, Toms River National 8 year olds taking the field, and Todd Frazier’s first career Major League homerun.

Starting in the Major Leagues, Frazier continues to see a lot of action with the Cincinnati Reds, appearing in six of their seven games this past week.  Among them were three starts, including his first start at first base.

The highlight of the week for Frazier came in their Sunday afternoon matchup with the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants.  Batting in the bottom of the fourth with the Reds out in front 3-0, Frazier lined a 1-1 pitch from Barry Zito to the left center field bleachers to bump the Reds advantage to 4-0. 

The Reds would go on to defeat the Giants 9-0 en route to sweeping the weekend series.

For the week Frazier batted .273 with the one homerun and one RBI, and three runs scored.

Moving onto the smaller diamond, the Toms River National 8 year olds took on their Berkeley counterparts this week for the district 18 championship. 

In a game that featured fine defense from both teams, Toms River kept it a tight battle till the very end.  Trailing 8-7 in the top half of the sixth and final inning, Toms River was able to get the tying run to third and keep it close. 

However, a ground ball to third ended the team’s run, and allowed Berkeley to claim their first 8 year old District 18 championship.

And in running the Ocean County Running Club had their final race of the summer running series. 

The top time overall in the 5k race at Winding River Park belonged to Patrick Lesniak, who clocked in at 17:54.

Best female time went to Amy Caruso, with an even 20:00.

In the youth time, TJ Phillips recorded the top time at 19:19.  The best female child time went to Katie Chinery, who ran the 5k with a time of 24:05.