A good April Fool's Day gag might have been if we actually had a nice day. But -- only three of the scheduled 13 baseball games were played. Many of them were moved to Wednesday.
At Westfield, junior right hander Chris Jenkins shut down defending Union County Tournament champion Cranford 4-1. He pitched a complete game, allowing just two hits, walking three and striking out 12.
"He's legit,'' said longtime Westfield coach Bobby Brewster. "He's going to have his fastball over 95 (miles per hour) as the season goes on. The kid has a great head on his shoulder as well. He said he was going to go home and run. He is really a good student, so you don't have to worry about him in the class. We just told him to make sure to ice that shoulder.''
Jenkins will pitch again Monday against Plainfield, then again the following Monday against rival Scotch Plains-Fanwood.
Brewster said that Jenkins hit between 85 and 93 at times during the game, which took less than two hours to complete. Neither team made an error.
"It was a good high school baseball game,'' Brewster said.
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