An 18-year-old Bayonne woman was charged with beating the father of her baby about the face and body with a miniature baseball bat Tuesday night, official said today.

Bail was set at $20,000 with a 10 percent cash option when Crystal Morales of East 29th Street made her first court appearance on the charges this afternoon. She was also ordered to have no contact with the victim.

Morales is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, the criminal complaint says.

When officers responded to the couple's home around 9:50 p.m. after getting a 911 call they found the 19- year-old victim had a swollen left eye and the left side of his rib cage was bruised, according to the complaint and police.

Morales struck the victim "about the face and body with an 18 inch wooden bat causing," the injuries to the father of her 4-month-old baby, according to police and the complaint. The baby is now in the custody of the father, police said.

Morales made her first court appearance in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.