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Middletown South Cranford

Eagles

Cougars

The Cranford (NJ) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Middletown South (Middletown, NJ) by a score of 4-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Middletown South	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	6	1
Cranford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Middletown South (24-25)

Cranford (24-25)

Middletown South

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.231	30	26	4	6	3	1
2	Zach Tuller	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
3	Jack Buono (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
5	Jack Dougherty	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
9	Mike Frandsen	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
11	Vincent Alcure (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
22	Lucas Grigos (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0	0
25	Josh Antonucci		0	0	1	0	0	0
28	Pat Dempsey	.333	3	3	1	1	1	1
29	Brendan Sliva (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0

Cranford

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
Team Totals	.091	32	22	2	2	1
A. Kielczynski (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1
Brayden Fry (Jr)	.667	4	3	1	2	0
John Fiore (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0
Owen Woodruff (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0
Patrick Bendert (So)	.000	4	2	0	0	0
Quinn Smith (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
Sam Kapetanakis (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
T. Muccigrosso (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
Tyler Veltre (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0

Middletown South

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	2	2	5	.300	.346	.646
2	Zach Tuller	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
3	Jack Buono (Sr)	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
5	Jack Dougherty	0	0	0	2	1	.667	.000	.667
9	Mike Frandsen	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
11	Vincent Alcure (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
22	Lucas Grigos (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
28	Pat Dempsey	0	0	1	0	1	.333	1.333	1.666
29	Brendan Sliva (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500

Cranford

Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	1	7	10	2	1	21	.355	.091	.446
A. Kielczynski (Jr)	0	1	2	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
Brayden Fry (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	.750	.667	1.417
John Fiore (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	1	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
Owen Woodruff (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
Patrick Bendert (So)	0	1	0	1	1	1	.500	.000	.500
Quinn Smith (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	4	.333	.000	.333
Sam Kapetanakis (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
T. Muccigrosso (Jr)	0	1	2	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
Tyler Veltre (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333

Middletown South

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
29	Brendan Sliva (Sr)	1

Cranford

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	8
	Brayden Fry (Jr)	3
	Michael Tripodi (Jr)	1
	Patrick Bendert (So)	2
	Quinn Smith (Jr)	2

Middletown South

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1
2	Zach Tuller	1.000	10	10	0	0
3	Jack Buono (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Jack Dougherty	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Will McCarthy	.000	1	0	0	1
11	Vincent Alcure (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
29	Brendan Sliva (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0

Cranford

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO
Team Totals	1.000	21	21
Brayden Fry (Jr)	1.000	3	3
Gabe Arato (Jr)	1.000	2	2
John Fiore (Jr)	1.000	1	1
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	1.000	2	2
Owen Woodruff (Jr)	1.000	1	1
Patrick Bendert (So)	1.000	3	3
Quinn Smith (Jr)	1.000	2	2
Sam Kapetanakis (Sr)	1.000	1	1
Tyler Veltre (Sr)	1.000	6	6

Middletown South

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1	1
8	Will McCarthy	0.00	1	1.000	1	0
12	Chase Ponik (Sr)	0.00	0		1	0
32	Tom Costello (Jr)	14.00	0		1	0
34	Michael Gough	0.00	0		1	1

Cranford

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
Team Totals	3.00	1	.000	3	1
Gabe Arato (Jr)	1.75	0		1	1
J. Schoening (Fr)	6.00	1	.000	1
O. Kwiatkowski (So)	0.00	0		1

Middletown South

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	2	2	2	7	10	32	23
8	Will McCarthy	2	0	0	0	1	5	7	6
12	Chase Ponik (Sr)	2	1	0	0	2	1	9	7
32	Tom Costello (Jr)	1	1	2	2	3	3	8	4
34	Michael Gough	2	0	0	0	1	1	8	6

Cranford

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
Team Totals	7	6	4	3	1	2	1	30	27
Gabe Arato (Jr)	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	14	13
J. Schoening (Fr)	2.1	5	3	2	0	1	0	14	12
O. Kwiatkowski (So)	.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Middletown South

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.087	.344	1	2	149	6
8	Will McCarthy	.000	.143	0	0	41	0
12	Chase Ponik (Sr)	.143	.333	0	0	29	1
32	Tom Costello (Jr)	.250	.625	1	1	45	3
34	Michael Gough	.000	.250	0	1	34	2

Cranford

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
Team Totals	.222	.300	2	92	2
Gabe Arato (Jr)	.077	.143	0	48	0
J. Schoening (Fr)	.417	.500	2	37	2
O. Kwiatkowski (So)	.000	.000	0	7	0

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Game Story

New Jersey High School Baseball - Middletown South edges Cranford

May 23, 2025: Cranford, NJ 07016

In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Middletown South Eagles baseball team scored a close 4-2 win over the Cranford Cougars.

MSHS @ Cranford Baseball Game Info

Fri., May. 23, 2025 @ 10a

The Cranford (NJ) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Middletown South (Middletown, NJ) by a score of 4-2.

Rankings & Records

Middletown South (24-25)

NJ	Div.
60	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-11	6-4	3-4	8-6	2-1	.542	.600	130	145

Cranford (24-25)

NJ	Div.
88	5

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
14-11	4-8	6-6	7-4	1-1	.560	.333	135	124

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Middletown South	.8	.7	.9	1.5	.9	.3	1.0	0	1.0	-	-	-	-	5.4	8.3	1.9
Cranford	1.1	.6	1.0	1.1	.8	.7	.4	.7	0	0	0	0	2.0	5.4	6.6	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Middletown South		Cranford
.318	Batting Average	.266
.422	On Base Percentage	.411
.420	Slugging Percentage	.389
.915	Fielding Percentage	.941
.462	Win Loss Percentage	.542

Team Leaders

Middletown South		Cranford	National Avg.
#29 Brendan Sliva.458	Batting Average	Gabe Arato1.000	.239
#29 Brendan Sliva.552	On Base Percentage	Gabe Arato1.000	.379
#29 Brendan Sliva.688	Slugging Percentage	Gabe Arato1.000	.302
#16 Chris Long1.000	Fielding Percentage	Ryder Connors1.000	.860
#31 Peter DeNicola1.000	Win Loss Percentage	Christian Pereira.857	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Middletown South	2-0		Cranford	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/31/25	Middletown South	Marlboro	(W) 10-8		4/23/25	Marlboro	Cranford	(W) 8-7
4/2/25	Marlboro	Middletown South	(W) 11-1

Record Breakdown

Middletown South (24-25)		Cranford (24-25)
13-11	Overall	14-11
6-4	League	4-8
5-6	Non-League	8-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-0	Common Opponent	1-0
3-4	Home	6-6
8-6	Away	7-4
2-1	Neutral	1-1
2-1	Playoff	1-1
13-11	In-State	14-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0