Baseball Game Preview: Belleville Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 7:19am

Baseball Preview: Belleville Buccaneers vs. Bloomfield Bengals

Belleville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Bloomfield Bengals at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Belleville will be strutting in after a victory while Bloomfield will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Wednesday, it was close, but Belleville sidestepped West Orange for a 4-3 win.

Meanwhile, Bloomfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Union City.

Bloomfield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Menake, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Belleville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7-1 record this season. As for Bloomfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-14.

Belleville might still be hurting after the 13-4 loss they got from Bloomfield in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Belleville, Brandon Piacenza (who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and a run) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps