The slow, and steady light rain never let up Sunday and washed out the Met League's opening day celebration of 4 games at North Haledon. The games will be rescheduled.

BULLETS 12 - BREWERS 3
Denis Ackermann had two hits and scored three runs and Josh Kistler scored three times as the Bullets defeated the Brewers 12-3 in both teams' openers. Joe Torre had two hits and four RBI and Mike Patterson had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Sean Kelly stole four bases in the loss for the Brewers.

TROASTS 5 - A's 2
Four Hackensack hurlers struck out a total of 13 A's batters, allowing only 3 hits in the 5-2 win. Benny Mejia started and struck out 6 in 2 innings, while Brendan Lobban got the win win 4 Ks and Dan Rattacasa notch the save with a scoreless 7th. Rich Guillod banged out 2 hits in his Troast debut, while Butch Bellenger drove in 2 and Tyler Garguillo and Nick Urbanovich both scored twice. A's starter Ian Oates was impressive going 4 strong innings allowing only 1 unearned run. Adam Ferlando, DJ Psarras and Jose Padilla each collected a hit each for Twin Boro.

TROASTS 9 - SWAMP RATS 0
In the 2013 Met League season opener, the Bergen Swamp Rats fell 9-0 to Hackensack Troasts at Foschini on Wednesday. Hackensack used strong pitching and a 6-run 2nd to fuel the win. Ryan Lobban got the win for Hackensack Troasts. He pitched three shutout innings. He struck out five, walked two and surrendered one hit. Mike Wassong (2 IP, 5K), Mike Wolfe (1 IP) and Bob Klapisch (1 IP, K) completed the shutout. RC Renshaw, Nick Urbanovich and Angel Roman helped lead Hackensack Troasts. They combined for six hits and four RBIs. Hackensack Troasts never trailed after scoring those six runs in the second on an error, two singles, and three bases loaded walks. Bergen Swamp Rats Matt Schwartz was perfect at the dish, going 1-1. He singled in the sixth inning and drew two walks. Kyle Beldoch looked sharp on the mound. Hackensack Troasts managed just two hits off of Beldoch , who allowed one earned run, walked none and struck out two during his 3 2/3 innings of work. 

OPENING DAY IS HERE! The defending Met League champion Hackensack Troasts will host expansion Bergen Swamp Rats on Wednesday, May 15th at 8:30pm at Foschini Park in Hackensack

OPENING WEEKEND!! Sunday, May 19th at North Haledon Municipal Park hosts a full slate of Met League action:

12 noon - West Orange Brewers vs. Bergen Swamp Rats
2:30 pm - Twin Boro A's vs. Ridgewood Maroon Raiders
5:00 pm - South Bergen Bullets vs. Clifton Canes
7:30 pm - Hackensack Troasts vs. North Haledon Reds

The full league schedule has been posted on this website. The schedule will be finalized during the week of 5/6.

Other Important League dates include:

5/15 - Opening Day in Hackensack - Troasts v. Swamp Rats

5/19 - Met League Opening Weekend in North Haledon

7/7 - All Star Sunday

7/21 - End of Regular Season

7/22 - League Playoffs Begin

7/25 - NABF Collegiate Regional Tournament

8/1 - AABC Regional Tournament Weekend

8/1 - NABF Regional Tournament Weekend

The Met League is gearing up for another year of great amateur NJ baseball. This year guarantees to be full of exciting baseball and many new Met League events!

Check out this phenomenal book on the history of amateur baseball in NJ. Our very own Bob Klapisch is a contributing writer in the book and he talks about glory days of the Met League. Troast captain Johnny Digirolamo is quoted in the book and there is also a photo of the 2011 regional champion Hackensack Troasts. Grab a copy. It'll make a great Christmas gift for any baseball player or fan!

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