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South Plainfield Cranford

Tigers

Cougars

The Cranford (NJ) varsity baseball team won Friday's home playoff game against South Plainfield (NJ) by a score of 10-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Plainfield	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	5	9	0
Cranford	3	0	1	1	2	3	-	10	11	0

Final score provided by E. Kragseth.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

South Plainfield (25-26)

South Plainfield has not entered stats for this game.

Cranford (25-26)

Cranford

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
Team Totals	.423	40	26	10	11	10	2	2
A. Kielczynski (Sr)	.000	5	3	1	0	1	0	0
Brayden Fry (Jr)	1.000	5	4	3	4	4	1	1
C. Pereira (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
David Rosa (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0	0
Evan Ketschke (Jr)	.667	4	3	0	2	2	1	0
J. Schoening (Fr)	.000	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	.667	5	3	1	2	0	0	0
Patrick Bendert (So)	.250	5	4	2	1	2	0	1
Quinn Smith (Jr)	.000	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
T. Muccigrosso (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cranford

Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	1	1	7	8	5	2	21	.590	.731	1.321
A. Kielczynski (Sr)	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	.200	.000	.200
Brayden Fry (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
C. Pereira (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.333	.333	.666
David Rosa (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.500	.333	.833
Evan Ketschke (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
J. Schoening (Fr)	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.750	.000	.750
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.800	.667	1.467
Patrick Bendert (So)	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.400	1.000	1.400
Quinn Smith (Jr)	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	.667	.000	.667
T. Muccigrosso (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Cranford

Baserunning

Athlete Name	SB	SBA
Team Totals	3	4
Brayden Fry (Jr)	2	2
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	1	2

Cranford

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
Team Totals	1.000	22	21	1	1
A. Kielczynski (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
Brayden Fry (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
C. Pereira (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
David Rosa (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
Evan Ketschke (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
John Fiore (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
Michael Tripodi (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	1
Patrick Berry (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
Quinn Smith (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Cranford

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	GS
Team Totals	5.00	1	1.000	3	1
C. Pereira (Jr)	4.67	0		1
J. Schoening (Fr)		0		1
Patrick Berry (Sr)	5.25	1	1.000	1	1

Cranford

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
Team Totals	7	9	5	5	4	1	32	28
C. Pereira (Jr)	3	3	2	2	1	0	12	11
Patrick Berry (Sr)	4	6	3	3	3	1	20	17

Cranford

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
Team Totals	.321	.406	1	105	1
C. Pereira (Jr)	.273	.333	0	40	1
Patrick Berry (Sr)	.353	.450	1	65	0

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Game Story

New Jersey High School Baseball - South Plainfield loses to Cranford

June 5, 2026: Cranford, NJ 07016

The Cranford Cougars the visiting South Plainfield Tigers baseball squad by a score of 10-5 in Friday's non-league outing.

Players of the Game

South Plainfield (25-26)

South Plainfield has not selected any Players of the Game.

Cranford (25-26)

Congratulations to Brayden Fry for being selected the Cranford Baseball Player of the Game.

SPHS @ Cranford Baseball Game Info

Fri., Jun. 5, 2026

Group 3 Section 2 Final

The Cranford (NJ) varsity baseball team won Friday's home playoff game against South Plainfield (NJ) by a score of 10-5.

This game is a part of the "2026 NJSIAA New Jersey Baseball State Championship - North Jersey Section 2 Group 3" tournament.

Rankings & Records

South Plainfield (25-26)

NJ	Div.
85	5

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
16-14	8-6	7-5	7-8	2-1	.533	.571	165	155

Cranford (25-26)

NJ	Div.
42	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
21-10	8-4	10-3	10-7	1-0	.677	.667	233	123

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Plainfield	1.1	.5	.3	.8	1.1	1.1	.3	-	-	5.5	8.0	1.2
Cranford	1.5	1.3	1.1	.9	1.3	1.0	1.1	0	.5	7.5	8.1	1.0

Head-to-Head

Cranford won on 4/6/2026

4/6 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Cranford 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 9 12 0
South Plainfield 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 2

The Cranford (NJ) varsity baseball team won Monday's away non-conference game against South Plainfield (NJ) by a score of 9-2.
Box score
Cranford won last week

6/5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

South Plainfield 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 9 0
Cranford 3 0 1 1 2 3 - 10 11 0

The South Plainfield (NJ) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away playoff game against Cranford (NJ) by a score of 10-5.
Box score

4/6 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cranford	0	0	4	2	3	0	0	9	12	0
South Plainfield	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	2

Team Stat Comparison

South Plainfield		Cranford
-	Batting Average	.309
-	On Base Percentage	.443
-	Slugging Percentage	.474
-	Fielding Percentage	.952
-	Win Loss Percentage	.677

Team Leaders

South Plainfield		Cranford	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	Brayden Fry.465	.243
-	On Base Percentage	Brayden Fry.589	.385
-	Slugging Percentage	Brayden Fry.879	.312
-	Fielding Percentage	Gabe Arato1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	Patrick Berry1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
South Plainfield	0-2		Cranford	0-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/26	Somerville	South Plainfield		4/13/26	Cranford	Somerville	(L) 9-7
3/26/26	South Plainfield	Johnson	(L) 10-0	5/13/26	Cranford	Johnson	(L) 11-4
5/1/26	South Plainfield	Watchung Hills Regional	(L) 6-2	4/18/26	Cranford	Watchung Hills Regional	(L) 5-4
5/20/26	Union Catholic	South Plainfield		4/21/26	Union Catholic	Cranford	(L) 3-0
				4/23/26	Cranford	Union Catholic	(L) 11-1

Record Breakdown

South Plainfield (25-26)		Cranford (25-26)
16-14	Overall	21-10
8-6	League	8-4
5-6	Non-League	8-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-2	Common Opponent	0-5
7-5	Home	10-3
7-8	Away	10-7
2-1	Neutral	1-0
3-1	Playoff	4-1
16-14	In-State	21-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0