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Joliet Central Bloom

Steelmen

Blazing Trojan

The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Joliet Central (Joliet, IL) by a score of 8-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Joliet Central	0	1	6	1	0	-	-	8	4	1
Bloom	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	4	4

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Bloom (25-26)

Joliet Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.190	29	21	8	4	4	1
1	Liam Ganzer (Sr)	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0
2	Xavier Lenoir (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
4	Robert Pena (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
7	Vincent Perkins (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	1	0
8	Saul Luna (Jr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0
15	Tyler Long (Sr)	.500	3	2	2	1	1	0
16	Cam Rande (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
17	Ryan Cooling (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	1
21	Adam Sanchez (Sr)	.333	3	3	2	1	0	0
24	Gilberto Garcia (Sr)	.000	4	1	1	0	1	0

Bloom

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.158	22	19	3
1	Joey Mendez (Jr)	.000	1	1	0
3	I. Maldonado (Jr)	1.000	1	1	1
5	Mateo Munoz (So)	.333	3	3	1
6	C. Mendoza (Jr)	.333	3	3	1
7	Tyron Poole (Sr)	.000	1	1	0
10	Conner Lucius (Jr)	.000	1	1	0
14	M. Villarreal (So)	.000	1	1	0
16	Isaac Amador (So)	.000	3	3	0
17	H. Hernandez (Sr)	.000	2	2	0
23	Ricardo Aguilar (Jr)	.000	1	1	0
24	Daniel Williams (Sr)	.000	2	1	0
27	T. Franklin (Jr)	.000	3	1	0

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	6	2	4	6	.379	.238	.617
1	Liam Ganzer (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
2	Xavier Lenoir (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	4	.250	.000	.250
4	Robert Pena (Jr)	0	1	2	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
7	Vincent Perkins (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
8	Saul Luna (Jr)	0	2	1	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667
15	Tyler Long (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	2	.667	.500	1.167
16	Cam Rande (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
17	Ryan Cooling (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.667	1.000
21	Adam Sanchez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
24	Gilberto Garcia (Sr)	1	1	0	1	1	0	.500	.000	.500

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	6	1	11	.273	.158	.431
1	Joey Mendez (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
3	I. Maldonado (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
5	Mateo Munoz (So)	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
6	C. Mendoza (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
7	Tyron Poole (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Conner Lucius (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
14	M. Villarreal (So)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
16	Isaac Amador (So)	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
17	H. Hernandez (Sr)	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
24	Daniel Williams (Sr)	1	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
27	T. Franklin (Jr)	1	0	1	1	.667	.000	.667

Joliet Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	10
1	Liam Ganzer (Sr)	2
2	Xavier Lenoir (Jr)	1
8	Saul Luna (Jr)	2
15	Tyler Long (Sr)	3
24	Gilberto Garcia (Sr)	2

Bloom

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2	2
6	C. Mendoza (Jr)	1	1
10	Conner Lucius (Jr)	1	1

Joliet Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.947	19	15	3	1
1	Liam Ganzer (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
2	Xavier Lenoir (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
4	Robert Pena (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
8	Saul Luna (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
15	Tyler Long (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
16	Cam Rande (Jr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
17	Ryan Cooling (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
21	Adam Sanchez (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0

Bloom

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP	PB	SBA	SB	CS	CS%
	Team Totals	.760	25	15	4	6	3	0	8	8	0	.000
1	Joey Mendez (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
3	I. Maldonado (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1	0
5	Mateo Munoz (So)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
6	C. Mendoza (Jr)	.714	7	2	3	2	1
7	Tyron Poole (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
14	M. Villarreal (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0	1
16	Isaac Amador (So)	1.000	6	6	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	.000
24	Daniel Williams (Sr)	.667	3	2	0	1	1
27	T. Franklin (Jr)	.667	3	2	0	1	0

Joliet Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
24	Gilberto Garcia (Sr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Bloom

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	5.60	1	.000	2	1
17	H. Hernandez (Sr)	0.00	0		1	0
24	Daniel Williams (Sr)	9.33	1	.000	1	1

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	4	0	0	2	7			0	23	20
24	Gilberto Garcia (Sr)	5	4	0	0	2	7			0	23	20

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	4	8	4	5	6	29	22
17	H. Hernandez (Sr)	2	1	1	0	0	2	9	9
24	Daniel Williams (Sr)	3	3	7	4	5	4	20	13

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.304	0	1			76	0	0	2
24	Gilberto Garcia (Sr)	.200	.304	0	1			76	0	0	2

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.182	.379	1	2	113
17	H. Hernandez (Sr)	.111	.111	0	0	31
24	Daniel Williams (Sr)	.231	.500	1	2	82

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Bloom loses to Joliet Central

March 20, 2026: Chicago Heights, IL 60411

Joliet Central Steelmen (Joliet, IL) followers left the game thrilled Friday as they witnessed their baseball team beat the host Bloom Blazing Trojan (Chicago Heights, IL), 8-0 in a non-league game.

The Steelmen (3-0) will now prepare for their game against Thornwood (South Holland, IL). The Thunderbirds go into the non-league game with a 0-1 record. In their last game, Thornwood was overwhelmed by Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL), 13-4, in a non-league game.

Next, the Blazing Trojan play the Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves (Lansing, IL) in a non-league game, on Wednesday, March 25. Bloom will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.

JCHS @ Bloom Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 20, 2026 @ 4:30p

The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Joliet Central (Joliet, IL) by a score of 8-0.

Rankings & Records

Joliet Central (25-26)

IL	Class
345	120

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-25	3-10	7-11	4-13	0-1	.306	.231	131	312

Bloom (25-26)

IL	Class
376	124

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-11	13-5	8-6	10-4	0-1	.621	.722	266	164

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Joliet Central	.6	1.0	.6	.3	.7	.4	.5	3.6	5.8	3.0
Bloom	.8	1.2	1.6	1.1	.8	.8	.2	9.2	6.5	2.2

Team Stat Comparison

Joliet Central		Bloom
.252	Batting Average	.338
.346	On Base Percentage	.481
.330	Slugging Percentage	.428
.881	Fielding Percentage	.903
.294	Win Loss Percentage	.630

Team Leaders

Joliet Central		Bloom	National Avg.
#24 Gilberto Garcia.375	Batting Average	#24 Daniel Williams.554	.243
#16 Cam Rande.451	On Base Percentage	#34 Mateo Sevilla.750	.385
#24 Gilberto Garcia.654	Slugging Percentage	#34 Mateo Sevilla1.000	.312
#25 Andres Leon1.000	Fielding Percentage	#23 Ricardo Aguilar1.000	.859
#21 Adam Sanchez.500	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Isaac Amador1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Joliet Central	5-2		Bloom	10-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/26	Thornwood	Joliet Central	(W) 12-11	5/18/26	Thornwood	Bloom	(W) 5-4
				5/20/26	Bloom	Thornwood	(W) 15-0
				5/21/26	Thornwood	Bloom	(W) 9-4
				5/25/26	Thornwood	Bloom	(W) 11-1
3/28/26	Joliet Central	Crete-Monee	(W) 6-2	4/13/26	Bloom	Crete-Monee	(L) 4-3
				4/15/26	Bloom	Crete-Monee	(W) 7-6
				4/16/26	Crete-Monee	Bloom	(L) 18-0
4/18/26	Joliet Central	Argo	(W) 6-0	3/28/26	Bloom	Argo	(W) 7-1
4/25/26	Kankakee	Joliet Central	(W) 3-1	4/28/26	Kankakee	Bloom	(W) 4-1
				4/29/26	Bloom	Kankakee	(W) 7-2
				4/30/26	Bloom	Kankakee	(W) 5-0
5/2/26	Thornton Fractional South	Joliet Central	(L) 3-1	3/25/26	Thornton Fractional South	Bloom	(L) 18-5
5/9/26	Rich Township	Joliet Central	(L) 11-1	4/6/26	Rich Township	Bloom	(L) 18-1
				4/8/26	Bloom	Rich Township	(L) 10-4
				4/9/26	Rich Township	Bloom	(L) 14-7
5/25/26	Blue Island Eisenhower	Joliet Central	(W) 6-4	4/25/26	Bloom	Blue Island Eisenhower	(W) 13-0

Record Breakdown

Joliet Central (25-26)		Bloom (25-26)
11-25	Overall	18-11
3-10	League	13-5
7-15	Non-League	4-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-2	Common Opponent	10-6
7-11	Home	8-6
4-13	Away	10-4
0-1	Neutral	0-1
1-0	Playoff	1-1
11-25	In-State	18-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0