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Plainfield Hillside

Cardinals

Comets

The Hillside (NJ) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Plainfield (NJ) by a score of 24-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Plainfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-
Hillside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

New Jersey High School Softball - Hillside drops to Plainfield

May 5, 2026: Hillside, NJ 07205

Plainfield Cardinals (Plainfield, NJ) supporters left the game thrilled Tuesday as they saw their softball squad topple the host Hillside Comets (Hillside, NJ), 24-5 in a league game.

With the triumph, Plainfield improves its record to 3-5 on the year. The Cardinals travel to Linden (Linden, NJ) to play the Tigers in a UCC - Sky game on Thursday, May 7. The Tigers enter the game with a record of 4-5.

The Comets now hold a 0-7 record. They play next when they travel to Roselle Catholic for a UCC - Sky game on Thursday, May 7. Hillside will play a Lions squad coming off a 15-0 league loss to Rahway (Rahway, NJ). The Lions record now stands at 0-2.

Plainfield @ Hillside Softball Game Info

Tue., May. 5, 2026 @ 4p

Hillside HS

The Hillside (NJ) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Plainfield (NJ) by a score of 24-5.

Rankings & Records

Plainfield (25-26)

NJ	Div.
354	21

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
3-6	3-4	2-1	1-5	.333	.429	78	127

Hillside (25-26)

NJ	Div.
376	20

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
1-8	0-6	1-5	0-3	.111	.000	54	172

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Plainfield	1.5	0	.5	0	-	-	-	8.7	3.0	2.0
Hillside	0	0	2.0	0	-	-	-	6.0	.5	.5

Head-to-Head

Plainfield won on 4/14/2026

4/14 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Hillside - - - - - - - 4 - -
Plainfield - - - - - - - 21 - -

The Hillside (NJ) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Plainfield (NJ) by a score of 21-4.
Box score
Plainfield won last month

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

Plainfield - - - - - - - 24 - -
Hillside - - - - - - - 5 - -

The Plainfield (NJ) varsity softball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Hillside (NJ) by a score of 24-5.
Box score

4/14 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hillside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Plainfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Plainfield	1-5		Hillside	0-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/27/26	Rahway	Plainfield	(L) 18-1	4/17/26	Hillside	Rahway	(L) 18-3
4/30/26	Plainfield	Rahway	(L) 18-3	4/28/26	Rahway	Hillside	(L) 19-1
3/30/26	Plainfield	Bard	(L) 18-4	4/16/26	Bard	Hillside
5/13/26	Bard	Plainfield		5/19/26	Bard	Hillside
4/1/26	Roselle	Plainfield		4/2/26	Hillside	Roselle
4/21/26	Plainfield	Roselle
4/2/26	Plainfield	Roselle Catholic		4/1/26	Roselle Catholic	Hillside
5/11/26	Roselle Catholic	Plainfield		5/7/26	Hillside	Roselle Catholic
4/7/26	Plainfield	Linden	(L) 18-2	4/1/26	Hillside	Linden	(L) 26-6
4/28/26	Linden	Plainfield	(W) 19-18	4/21/26	Linden	Hillside	(L) 18-1
5/7/26	Plainfield	Linden	(L) 13-4

Record Breakdown

Plainfield (25-26)		Hillside (25-26)
3-6	Overall	1-8
3-4	League	0-6
0-2	Non-League	1-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
1-5	Common Opponent	0-4
2-1	Home	1-5
1-5	Away	0-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-5	In-State	1-8
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0