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Verona Bloomfield

Hillbillies

Bengals

The Bloomfield (NJ) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Verona (NJ) by a score of 10-8.

Game Details: Bloomfield Middle School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Verona	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	8	6	5
Bloomfield	6	0	1	1	0	2	-	10	7	5

Final score provided by M. Policastro.

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Box Score Stats

Verona (22-23)		Bloomfield (22-23)
1	Double Plays	0

Game Stats

Verona (22-23)

Verona has not entered stats for this game.

Bloomfield (22-23)

Bloomfield

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.280	37	25	10	7	4	1
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0
3	M. Rosamilia (Sr)		4	4
4	Chris Sanchez (Sr)		4	3			1
6	Jake Sullivan (Sr)		4	0	3	0
14	Tyler Bell (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1		1
16	K. Perez-Ruiz (Sr)	.667	5	3	1	2	1
22	Evan Freid (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1
23	Jordan Redding (Jr)				1
28	D. Murawinski (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	1
44	A. Dittrich (Sr)	.667	4	3		2

Bloomfield

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	4	3	1	18	.514	.320	.834
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)	1	1			4	.250	.000	.250
3	M. Rosamilia (Sr)		1			5	.000	.000	.000
4	Chris Sanchez (Sr)	1	1			4	.250	.000	.250
6	Jake Sullivan (Sr)	3		1			1.000		1.000
14	Tyler Bell (Sr)	1				2	.500	.666	1.167
16	K. Perez-Ruiz (Sr)	1		1		1	.800	.666	1.467
22	Evan Freid (Jr)		1	1		1	.500	.333	.833
28	D. Murawinski (Sr)	1			1	1	.500	.333	.833
44	A. Dittrich (Sr)	1					.750	.666	1.417

Bloomfield

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	15	16
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)	1	1
4	Chris Sanchez (Sr)	1	1
6	Jake Sullivan (Sr)	4	4
16	K. Perez-Ruiz (Sr)	3	4
22	Evan Freid (Jr)	4	4
28	D. Murawinski (Sr)	2	2

Bloomfield

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	SBA	SB
	Team Totals	.786	28	21	1	6	2	2
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)	.500	2	1		1
3	M. Rosamilia (Sr)	1.000	2	2
4	Chris Sanchez (Sr)	1.000	4	4
14	Tyler Bell (Sr)	.250	4		1	3
16	K. Perez-Ruiz (Sr)	1.000	3	3
22	Evan Freid (Jr)	.000	2			2
28	D. Murawinski (Sr)	1.000	3	3
44	A. Dittrich (Sr)	1.000	8	8			2	2

Bloomfield

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	GS	SV
	Team Totals	1.91	1	1.000	3	1	1
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)				1		1
5	Darien Rivas (Jr)	1.75	1	1.000	1
7	Alexandr Klena (Sr)	3.50			1	1

Bloomfield

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7.1	6	8	2	8	8	40	30
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)	1.1	1				2	4	4
5	Darien Rivas (Jr)	4	3	2	1	2	6	19	17
7	Alexandr Klena (Sr)	2	2	6	1	6		17	9

Bloomfield

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.375	1	1	1	169	2
2	B. Piacenza (Sr)	.250	.250				10
5	Darien Rivas (Jr)	.176	.263	1	0		87	2
7	Alexandr Klena (Sr)	.222	.529		1	1	72

Game Story

New Jersey High School Baseball - Bloomfield gets by Verona

April 5, 2023: Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Spectators at Wednesday's league battle between the Bloomfield Bengals (Bloomfield, NJ) and the visiting Verona Hillbillies (Verona, NJ), saw Bloomfield's baseball squad knock off Verona by a count of 10-8.

Coming up next, the Bengals play the West Essex Knights (North Caldwell, NJ) in a Super Essex - American battle, on Thursday, April 6. Bloomfield will attempt to move on its 2-0 season record. The Knights enter the battle with a 1-1 record after their 15-12 non-league loss to West Orange (West Orange, NJ).

The Hillbillies now possess a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Glen Ridge for a Super Essex - Liberty battle on Saturday, April 8. Verona will play a Ridgers squad coming off a 5-4 league loss to Montclair Kimberley Academy (Montclair, NJ). The Ridgers record now stands at 0-2.

Coaches Summary

Game Summary

BLOOMFIELD:
Junior Darien Rivas EARNED HIS FIRST VARSITY WIN by pitching 4 Innings of relief, allowing 3 hits, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 ER
Senior Brandon Piacenza pitched a scoreless 7th to earn the save
Senior Keithdem Perez went 2 for 3 with 2 singles, HBP, BB, RBI, 3 SB
Senior Anthony Dittrich went 2 for 3 with 2 singles, BB
Senior Jake Sullivan had 3 BB's, HBP, 3 Runs scored, 4 SB
Junior Evan Freid went 1 for 3 with BB, single, RBI, 4 SB
VERONA:
Ryan Radigan went 2 for 3 with 2 Singles, BB, HBP

Players of the Game

Verona (22-23)

Verona has not selected any Players of the Game.

Bloomfield (22-23)

Congratulations to #5 Darien Rivas for being selected the Bloomfield Baseball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Verona (22-23)

NJ	Div.
226	10

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-16	3-7	6-6	5-9	2-1	.448	.300	186	183

Bloomfield (22-23)

NJ	Div.
63	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
20-10	11-1	11-5	8-5	1-0	.667	.917	225	162

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Verona	.4	.6	1.0	0	.3	.4	.7	6.4	5.8	2.8
Bloomfield	1.0	.9	1.4	.8	1.8	1.1	1.2	7.5	8.2	2.1

Head-to-Head

Bloomfield won on 4/5/2023

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

Verona 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 5
Bloomfield 6 0 1 1 0 2 - 10 7 5

The Verona (NJ) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Bloomfield (NJ) by a score of 10-8.
Box score
Bloomfield won on 4/21/2023

4/21 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Bloomfield 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 8 11 2
Verona 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 3

The Bloomfield (NJ) varsity baseball team won Friday's away conference game against Verona (NJ) by a score of 8-2.
Box score

4/21 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bloomfield	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	8	11	2
Verona	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	3

Team Stat Comparison

Verona		Bloomfield
-	Batting Average	.314
-	On Base Percentage	.432
-	Slugging Percentage	.396
-	Fielding Percentage	.929
-	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

Verona		Bloomfield	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#2 Brandon Piacenza.410	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#2 Brandon Piacenza.545	.375
-	Slugging Percentage	#16 Keithdem Perez-Ruiz.631	.307
-	Fielding Percentage	#12 Nick Haag1.000	.861
-	Win Loss Percentage	#22 Evan Freid1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Verona	6-12		Bloomfield	14-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/3/23	West Orange	Verona	(W) 8-2	4/12/23	West Orange	Bloomfield	(W) 3-2
4/19/23	Verona	West Orange	(L) 10-4	5/8/23	Bloomfield	West Orange	(W) 9-1
				5/25/23	West Orange	Bloomfield	(W) 12-2
4/8/23	Verona	Glen Ridge	(W) 4-3	4/17/23	Bloomfield	Glen Ridge	(W) 7-3
4/24/23	Glen Ridge	Verona	(L) 4-2	5/17/23	Glen Ridge	Bloomfield	(W) 9-6
4/10/23	Montclair Kimberley Academy	Verona	(L) 3-1	4/3/23	Montclair Kimberley Academy	Bloomfield	(W) 16-9
4/26/23	Verona	Montclair Kimberley Academy	(W) 9-5	4/19/23	Bloomfield	Montclair Kimberley Academy	(W) 11-4
				5/5/23	Montclair Kimberley Academy	Bloomfield	(W) 5-3
4/12/23	Seton Hall Prep	Verona	(L) 10-2	4/28/23	Bloomfield	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 9-3
5/5/23	Verona	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 10-0
4/14/23	Verona	West Essex	(L) 13-3	4/6/23	Bloomfield	West Essex	(L) 11-1
5/15/23	West Essex	Verona	(L) 11-5	4/24/23	West Essex	Bloomfield	(W) 4-1
4/15/23	Belleville	Verona	(L) 8-5	5/11/23	Bloomfield	Belleville	(W) 13-4
4/17/23	Barringer	Verona	(W) 12-7	4/10/23	Bloomfield	Barringer	(W) 8-4
5/17/23	Verona	Barringer	(W) 6-5	4/26/23	Barringer	Bloomfield	(W) 8-0
4/22/23	Columbia	Verona	(W) 5-4	5/22/23	Columbia	Bloomfield	(W) 9-2
4/28/23	Verona	Millburn	(L) 4-3	4/14/23	Millburn	Bloomfield	(L) 8-3
5/11/23	Verona	Cedar Grove	(L) 5-3	5/4/23	Bloomfield	Cedar Grove	(W) 12-1
5/22/23	Cedar Grove	Verona	(L) 12-2
5/30/23	Verona	Cedar Grove	(L) 12-2

Record Breakdown

Verona (22-23)		Bloomfield (22-23)
13-16	Overall	20-10
3-7	League	11-1
8-7	Non-League	5-7
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
6-12	Common Opponent	14-3
6-6	Home	11-5
5-9	Away	8-5
2-1	Neutral	1-0
2-1	Playoff	3-1
13-16	In-State	20-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0