Lakeland defeated Pompton Lakes, 4-1 at Hinchliffe Stadium to win the Passaic County Tournament.
The Lancers knew they had the talent to put together a championship season, but things just didn’t go their way.
Lakeland plated four runs in the 1st inning behind a pair of round-trippers from Mickey Gilligan and Anthony Degiglio, and that was all the offense they needed. Gilligan slammed his fifth homer this spring in an unconventional way, too. The Rutgers pledge is a switch-hitter, but he opted to dig into the left side of the box despite facing left-handed Tyler Benway.“I told the coaches that I wanted to hit lefty today. I saw a pitch I liked and elevated it. It felt awesome,” Mickey Gilligan said.Gilligan was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament, which marks a third-straight season where someone from the Gilligan family won the award.
Four batters later, Degiglio hit the first varsity home run of his career, a lofty fly ball to left field that landed with a Lakeland dugout full of eruption. He dotted up six strikeout in 5.1 innings alongside six strikeouts and no walks. He earned the win and lowered his season ERA to 1.73 in 32.1 frames.“Coming out here and pitching in this game is an amazing opportunity. It was nerve-racking but the training and preparation puts you in a good spot to win,” Ken Manning said.
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