2026 - Game # 26 South Plainfield 7, Middlesex 1

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South Plainfield Defeats Middlesex, 7-1, on Senior Day 

By TAPinto South Plainfield Staff

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — The South Plainfield baseball team celebrated Senior Day with a 7-1 victory over Middlesex on Tuesday.

Senior right-hander Aidan Kaplan allowed one run in six innings for the victory. Kaplan struck out six batters and walked one. Ed Budzinski pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the Tigers.

Alex Pigna and Aiden McCarthy each singled in a run when South Plainfield (14-11) scored five runs in the fourth inning to take a 7-0 lead. Budzinski went 1-for-2 with a run scored and senior center fielder Dom Massaro was 1-for-2 with three runs scored and an RBI for South Plainfield.

Anthony Cicenia and Andrew Bena also drove in runs in the victory.

Seniors and their families honored before the game were Ed Budzinski, Joe Stanzione, Dom Massaro, Aidan Kaplan, Alex Pigna, Aiden McCarthy and Jayden Jimenez.

South Plainfield will be back home again on Wednesday to open the NJSIAA North 2, Group 3 tournament against JFK-Iselin. The Tigers, the defending champions in the section, are seeded fourth in the section. Chatham is the top seed.

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SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

The Tigers defeated Middlesex 7-1. Starter Aiden Kaplan handled business and picked up his 2nd Win on the season (6ip 6k 1r). Dom Massaro (1-2 rbi 2 sb 2bb 3 r) was key in getting the Tigers on the board. Aiden McCarthy (1-1 rbi bb), Alex Pigna (1-2 r rbi) Gabe Garcia (1-1 bb r) also factored into the offensive mix. Well done seniors and thank you for your hard work and dedication for these past 4 years. On to the States!!!

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Middlesex (20-5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	2
South Plainfield (14-11)	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	4	0

 

South Plainfield Batting

	AB	R	H	RBI	1B	BB	SB	SF	AVG	SLG
Dom Massaro #6	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	.500	.500
Anthony Cicenia #11	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.000	.000
Mike Fiore #5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Aiden McCarthy #12	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Andrew Bena #19	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Chris Loniewski #15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ed Budzinski #3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.000
Gabriel Garcia #16	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jayden Jimenez #23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Joe Stanzione #4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alex Pigna #10	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.333
Totals:	21	7	4	5	4	6	3	3	.190	.190

 

South Plainfield Pitching

	W	L	PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HB	PO	ERA
Aidan Kaplan #8	1	0	101	6	9	1	1	1	5	2	0	1.17
Ed Budzinski #3	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Totals:	1	0	108	7	9	1	1	1	6	2	0	1.00

South Plainfield Wins Going Away Against Middlesex

Baseball Recap: South Plainfield Tigers vs. Middlesex Bluejays

South Plainfield lost to Middlesex back in March, but they didn't allow them the same satisfaction on Tuesday. The Tigers put the hurt on the Bluejays with a sharp 7-1 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Tigers have posted against the Bluejays since April 2, 2016.

The victory got South Plainfield back to 14-11. As for Middlesex, their loss ended a 12-game streak of away wins and brought them to 24-3.

South Plainfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Middlesex has already played their next game (against Highland Park), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.

Baseball Recap: South Plainfield Wins Going Away Against Middlesex

SPTigerBaseball

@BaseballSPHS

Like a professor of a classroom, Aiden Kaplan certainly had everyone at full attention on Senior Night. Despite multiple cancellations due to mother nature, he was all business once the weather cleared. In true Maestro fashion, Aiden took to the hill, went 6 deep, putting his team in a position to win the day in front of a capacity packed crowd, proving to the Tiger faithful. he is a True Maestro of the Diamond.