West Orange HS baseball team defeats Bloomfield Tech to move to 2-2 record

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Junior third baseman Tyree Bradley went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, two runs and three RBI and junior Christopher Walker went 3-for-3 with a triple, homer, three runs and two RBI to lead the West Orange High School varsity baseball team to a 9-2 win over Bloomfield Tech on Monday, April 10, at Weequahic Park in Newark.

WOHS evened its record at 2-2.

Bradley hit a two-run double in the third inning and Walker struck out 10 over five innings, allowing an unearned run, to lift the Mountaineers to a 2-1 home win over Cedar Grove in the season opener on April 3.

The Mountaineers fell to Glen Ridge, 6-5, April 5, in Glen Ridge. After West Orange scored a run in the top of the seventh inning for a 5-4 lead, Glen Ridge scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh for the walk-off win. Walker went 3-for-3 with two runs; senior catcher Kevin Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with two RBI and senior first baseman Zachary Machuca went 2-for-4.

WOHS fell to West Essex, 14-4, April 7 at home. Senior outfielder Jordan Stennett had three hits and an RBI; Rodriguez had two hits, including a double, and an RBI; and Bradley and Walker each had a hit.

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