Nutley vs Belleville High School Baseball

Nutley is set to host Belleville at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, in the Raiders’ regular-season baseball finale, according to NJ.com’s Nutley schedule page. The listing showed Nutley at 13-13 and Belleville at 11-11 as of the most recent update. The game comes after Cedar Grove beat Nutley 5-4 in a rain-shortened contest published by NJ.com on May 21. NJ.com’s recap said Cedar Grove used a four-run third inning to build the lead it needed before weather halted play. Ron Ricca went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run scored for Cedar Grove, the report said, while Nutley rallied with three runs across the fourth and fifth innings before the game ended. The same recap said Nutley “is scheduled to play its regular season finale on Tuesday when it hosts Belleville.” (nj.com) ### When is the Nutley-Belleville game, and where is it being played? Tuesday, May 26, is the date attached to Nutley’s regular-season finale on both NJ.com’s team page and the recap of the Cedar Grove game. NJ.com’s daily schedule page listed the matchup as Belleville at Nutley with a 4 p.m. start. Nutley High School’s athletics sites identify the Raiders as Nutley’s home program, though the schedule pages available in search results were limited in the detail they exposed without deeper page rendering. (nj.com) The official athletics pages nonetheless confirm the school and program identity tied to Nutley baseball. ### What do the records look like going into the finale? (highschoolsports.nj.com) Nutley entered the scheduled finale at 13-13, according to both the NJ.com recap of the Cedar Grove loss and NJ.com’s May 26 schedule listing. Belleville was listed at 11-11 on that same May 26 page. Those figures make the game the last regular-season chance for Nutley to finish above .500. (nutleyathletics.org) NJ.com’s listing did not describe postseason implications on the baseball page that surfaced in search, but it did identify the contest as Nutley’s next game on the calendar. ### What happened in Nutley’s previous game? Cedar Grove beat Nutley 5-4 in a game shortened by weather, NJ.com reported. (nj.com) The recap said Cedar Grove improved to 16-9 and held on after scoring four runs in the top of the third inning. Nutley scored once in the first five innings and pushed back with a two-run fourth and a one-run fifth, according to NJ.com’s box score page. (highschoolsports.nj.com) The final line on that page showed Cedar Grove with five runs on five hits and one error, while Nutley finished with four runs on six hits and one error. ### Why does the Belleville game stand out on the schedule? The May 26 listing marks the end of Nutley’s regular season, at least on the schedule page cited by NJ.com. (nj.com) For a team sitting at 13-13, the finale offers a clean closing point after an even record through 26 games. Belleville’s 11-11 mark also gives the matchup a balanced look on paper. (highschoolsports.nj.com) NJ.com’s page did not include a preview story or probable pitchers in the material available through search results, so the most verifiable pregame details are the date, time, site and records attached to the listing. ### Where can readers track the next update? NJ.com’s Nutley team page and game pages are the clearest published trackers for the matchup identified in current search results. (highschoolsports.nj.com) The Nutley athletics sites also maintain schedules and program pages for Raiders teams. Tuesday, May 26, is the next concrete date on the baseball schedule surfaced for Nutley, with Belleville visiting for a 4 p.m. start. (highschoolsports.nj.com) Any score, recap or schedule change would most likely appear first on those team and game pages.