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Kearny Clifton

Kardinals

Mustangs

The Clifton (NJ) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Kearny (NJ) by a score of 5-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Kearny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
Clifton	0	3	0	0	2	0	-	5	7	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Clifton (24-25)

Kearny

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.136	26	22	1	3
1	Ismael Diaz (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1
3	Cayden Janeira (So)	.000	3	2	0	0
4	Julian Butler (So)	.000	3	2	0	0
8	Jayden Diaz (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0
10	JC Alvarado	.000	3	3	0	0
20	Michael Jarquin (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
21	Alex Santos (So)	.000	3	2	0	0
22	Jonah Menendez (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2

Clifton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.318	24	22	5	7	3	2	1
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	Jaycob Irizarry (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0	0
4	Steven Pena (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	J. Cabrera (11)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	1	0
8	Andrew Gibney (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1	0
13	A. Tapia De La Cruz (Jr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
18	Trevor Rascher (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
21	Nate Pendola (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	1
34	Andy Gracia (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0

Kearny

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	8	1	2	4	.269	.136	.405
1	Ismael Diaz (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
3	Cayden Janeira (So)	0	1	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
4	Julian Butler (So)	1	1	0	1	1	.333	.000	.333
8	Jayden Diaz (Sr)	1	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
10	JC Alvarado	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
20	Michael Jarquin (Jr)	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
21	Alex Santos (So)	1	2	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
22	Jonah Menendez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334

Clifton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	1	1	1	.375	.500	.875
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	.667	.000	.667
3	Jaycob Irizarry (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
4	Steven Pena (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
7	J. Cabrera (11)	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.667	1.000
8	Andrew Gibney (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
13	A. Tapia De La Cruz (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
18	Trevor Rascher (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
21	Nate Pendola (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.333	1.000	1.333
34	Andy Gracia (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Kearny

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
8	Jayden Diaz (Sr)	2
22	Jonah Menendez (Sr)	1

Clifton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	1
13	A. Tapia De La Cruz (Jr)	1

Kearny

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.931	29	18	9	2	1
3	Cayden Janeira (So)	.667	3	2	0	1	0
4	Julian Butler (So)	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
8	Jayden Diaz (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
10	JC Alvarado	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
20	Michael Jarquin (Jr)	.833	6	4	1	1	1
21	Alex Santos (So)	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
22	Jonah Menendez (Sr)	1.000	9	8	1	0	1

Clifton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.926	27	20	5	2	2
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
3	Jaycob Irizarry (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	1
4	Steven Pena (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
7	J. Cabrera (11)	.833	6	4	1	1	0
8	Andrew Gibney (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
14	Mathew Romero (Sr)	1.000	8	7	1	0	0
18	Trevor Rascher (Jr)	.833	6	3	2	1	1

Kearny

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	4.67	0	1	.000	1				0
4	Julian Butler (So)	4.67	0	1	.000	1				0

Clifton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.05	1	0	1.000	1				0
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	1.05	1	0	1.000	1				0

Kearny

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	5	4	1	2			0	24	22
4	Julian Butler (So)	6	7	5	4	1	2			0	24	22

Clifton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	5	1	1	3	7			0	25	21
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	6.2	5	1	1	3	7			0	25	21

Kearny

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.318	.375	0	1			76	0	1	1
4	Julian Butler (So)	.318	.375	0	1			76	0	1	1

Clifton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.238	.360	0	1			83	0	1	3
1	Tony Morales (Jr)	.238	.360	0	1			83	0	1	3

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Game Story

New Jersey High School Baseball - Clifton holds off Kearny

April 25, 2025: Clifton, NJ 07013

The Clifton Mustangs baseball team scored 5 runs and held the visiting Kearny Kardinals to 1 in the Mustangs non-league win on Friday.

The Mustangs now own a 4-12 record. They take the field next when they host Passaic for a Big North - Liberty test on Monday, April 28. Clifton will play a Indians team coming off a 10-4 non-league win over North Bergen (North Bergen, NJ). The Indians record now stands at 4-7.

With the defeat, Kearny drops to 6-6 on the year. The Kardinals travel to McNair Academic (Jersey City, NJ) to play the Cougars in a HCIAL - National test on Monday, April 28. The Cougars go into the test with a record of 11-2. McNair Academic won 7-1 in their recent league test against Dickinson (Jersey City, NJ)

Kearny @ Clifton Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 25, 2025 @ 4p

The Clifton (NJ) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Kearny (NJ) by a score of 5-1.

Rankings & Records

Kearny (24-25)

NJ	Div.
300	19

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
10-10	10-2	6-4	4-6	.500	.833	118	108

Clifton (24-25)

NJ	Div.
287	17

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
6-20	4-7	3-8	3-12	.231	.364	94	251

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Kearny	1.9	1.3	1.1	.4	.1	.9	.9	1.0	5.9	5.3	1.6
Clifton	.3	.8	1.3	.4	.6	.5	.9	-	3.6	6.1	2.4

Team Stat Comparison

Kearny		Clifton
.229	Batting Average	.258
.386	On Base Percentage	.375
.284	Slugging Percentage	.323
.931	Fielding Percentage	.891
.444	Win Loss Percentage	.214

Team Leaders

Kearny		Clifton	National Avg.
#5 Fausto Frias.400	Batting Average	#7 Justin Cabrera (11).381	.239
Andy Duenas.545	On Base Percentage	#1 Tony Morales.500	.379
#8 Jayden Diaz.471	Slugging Percentage	#1 Tony Morales.478	.302
Andy Duenas1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Seth Porcelli1.000	.860
#10 JC Alvarado1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#18 Trevor Rascher.667	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kearny	0-4		Clifton	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/29/25	Kearny	Verona	(L) 10-0	5/7/25	Verona	Clifton
4/10/25	West Orange	Kearny	(L) 10-2	5/8/25	Clifton	West Orange	(L) 8-1
4/17/25	Cedar Grove	Kearny		5/7/25	Clifton	Cedar Grove	(L) 12-2
5/17/25	Cedar Grove	Kearny	(L) 17-1
5/15/25	Belleville	Kearny	(L) 6-2	3/29/25	Belleville	Clifton	(L) 13-6

Record Breakdown

Kearny (24-25)		Clifton (24-25)
10-10	Overall	6-20
10-2	League	4-7
0-8	Non-League	2-13
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	0-3
6-4	Home	3-8
4-6	Away	3-12
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
10-10	In-State	6-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0