If you thought Jason Groome was dominant in his opening game start against Point Pleasant last week,”you ain’t seen nothing yet.”
The Barnegat High School senior lefty followedthat game with an absolute gem- a complete game no-hitter in a 6-0 home win against Central Regional Monday afternoon. In the first no-hitter in the young program’s history, Groome struck out 19 of the 21 batters he faced. His only blemish was a walk and he erased that quickly by picking the runner off first base.
“He was responsible for 20 of the 21 outs,” said head baseball coach Dan McCoy, whose Bengals are 3-1.
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