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Home / Blog / New Orleans returns to championship game behind Roussel shutout

New Orleans returns to championship game behind Roussel shutout

August 10, 2018

The defending champion New Orleans Boosters will be back in the AAABA Tournament title game after Zach Roussel’s stellar outing in a 5-0 victory over the New Brunswick Matrix in a semifinal round game on Friday afternoon at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point.

Roussel faced only 29 batters in a two-hitter as the Boosters (4-1) return to the title game for a second straight year and a third time in the past four tournaments. The Matrix (4-1) lost for the first time this week and closed a strong tournament run.

Roussel delivered New Orleans’ second-straight complete game effort, as his 100-pitch day with six strikeouts and no walks followed a Thursday afternoon gem by Daniel Dugas against Zanesville.

The Boosters offense produced two-hit games by Alex Galy, Brandon Briuglio and Grant Schulz.

Grant Mathews had  two RBIs.

Briuglio, who hit two homers on Thursday at Roxbury Park, had a run-scoring triple in the third inning and scored when the next batter, J.P. LaGreco also tripled.

Manager Darrin Dares’ Boosters lost their opening-day game 12-3 to Buffalo-3 Leibs at Lilly Washington War Memorial Field, but have rebounded with victories over Johnstown-2 Paul Carpenter (12-6), Brooklyn-3 Youth Service League (14-4) and Zanesville Junior Pioneers (8-1) before blanking the Matrix.

Overall, the New Orleans franchise has won 15 AAABA Tournament titles, with 11 runner-up finishes.

On Saturday, the Boosters will play the winner of a Friday night semifinal round game between Altoona Johnston Realty (4-0) and Johnstown Martella’s Pharmacy (4-0) at the Point.

This will be New Orleans’ 27th AAABA Tournament finals appearance.

 

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