Joe Giliberti. Photos by Jerry Simon.
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a thrilling walk-off 12-11 win over Livingston on May 18 at Bloomfield Middle School field in a Super Essex Conference-American Division game.
The Bengals were leading 8-4 going into the top of the sixth inning. Livingston got a single, double, two singles, a stolen base, walk and a bunt single. Ray Ramos was replaced on the mound with Joe Giliberti. A grand slam followed as Livingston scored seven runs without an out.
Giliberti then got two groundouts and fly-out to end the inning.
BHS scored a run in bottom of the sixth to cut it to 11-9.
Heading to bottom of seventh, freshman Rob Reboa singled. Giliberti ran for him. Craig Dittrich reached on an error and Dionisios Bello walked to load the bases with no outs. After Chris Veloz struck out, Brian Rennie hit a two-run single to tie the game, 11-11, as Bello advanced to third on the play. Livingston brought in a relief pitcher to face Josh Cruz. On a 1-1 count, he threw a wild pitch and Bello scored the winning run on the play.
Joe Giliberti pitched two innings of one-hit relief for the win.
Danny Carter went 3-for-4 with two singles, a double and three RBI; Rennie went 3-for-5 with three singles, three RBI and three stolen bases; Cruz went 2-for-4 with two singles and two RBI; and Andrew Altiery went 1-for-4 with a single and two RBI as the Bengals snapped a seven-game losing streak and improved to a 9-16 record.
Carter went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Luis Rullan had one hit with an RBI in the 10-3 loss at Roxbury on May 17 in a non-conference game. Altiery went 1-for-3 with a double.
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