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Thatcher Valley Union

Eagles

Blue Devils

The Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Thatcher (AZ) by a score of 20-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Thatcher	0	5	1	3	11	-	-	20	20	2
Valley Union	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Thatcher (10-11)

Thatcher

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.588	43	34	20	20	19	1	2
1	Jake Skinner (Sr)		3	3
2	Steven Blackman (Sr)	.750	4	4	2	3	5
3	TJ Sandoval (Jr)	.500	2	2	1	1
4	James Ornelas (Jr)	.500	3	2		1
7	Matt Evans (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	1	2
8	Koby Alva (Jr)	.750	5	4	2	3	3		1
11	Dustin Sandoval (Sr)		4		2		1
12	Weston Williams (Jr)	1.000	5	4	4	4	3	1	1
14	Brandon Cooke (Jr)	.500	5	4	3	2	3
15	Alex Bagnall (Sr)	.400	5	5	2	2	1
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)	.600	5	5	3	3	1

Thatcher

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG
	Team Totals	1	7	4	1	1	8	.651	.735
2	Steven Blackman (Sr)					1	2	.750	.750
3	TJ Sandoval (Jr)							.500	.500
4	James Ornelas (Jr)		1	1			1	.667	.500
7	Matt Evans (Sr)		1					1.000	1.000
8	Koby Alva (Jr)		1				2	.800	1.250
11	Dustin Sandoval (Sr)		3		1		2	1.000
12	Weston Williams (Jr)	1					1	.800	1.750
14	Brandon Cooke (Jr)		1	1				.600	.500
15	Alex Bagnall (Sr)			1				.400	.400
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)			1				.600	.600

Thatcher

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	8	8
4	James Ornelas (Jr)	1	1
8	Koby Alva (Jr)	1	1
11	Dustin Sandoval (Sr)	1	1
12	Weston Williams (Jr)	3	3
14	Brandon Cooke (Jr)	1	1
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)	1	1

Thatcher

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.875	16	8	6	2	3
2	Steven Blackman (Sr)	1.000	6	6			1
8	Koby Alva (Jr)	.667	6	2	2	2	1
12	Weston Williams (Jr)	1.000	3		3		1
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)	1.000	1		1

Thatcher

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV
	Team Totals		1		1.000	1	1	1	1
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)		1		1.000	1	1	1	1

Thatcher

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	1			2	7	1			19	17
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)	5	1			2	7	1			19	17

Thatcher

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.059	.158					63
17	Derek Aaron (Sr)	.059	.158					63

Valley Union (10-11)

Valley Union has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Valley Union loses to Thatcher

April 9, 2011: Elfrida, AZ 85610

The Thatcher Eagles crushed the host Valley Union Blue Devils baseball team by a count of 20-0 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 9-5 record. They take the field next when they host Morenci for a 2A East bout on Tuesday, April 12. Thatcher will face a Wildcats team coming off a 14-3 league loss to Willcox (Willcox, AZ). The Wildcats record now stands at 10-8.

Next, the Blue Devils face the St. Gregory College Prep Hawks (Tucson, AZ) in a 1A South bout, on Tuesday, April 12. Valley Union will attempt to move on its 2-10 season record. The Hawks enter the bout with a 2-12 record after their 10-4 league loss to St. Augustine Catholic (Tucson, AZ).

Rankings & Records

Thatcher (10-11)

National	AZ	Div.
5,815	108	7

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
20-8	10-2	6-3	8-2	6-3	.714	.833	280	129

Valley Union (10-11)

National	AZ	Div.
11,242	188	10

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
9-17	5-9	5-11	3-5	1-1	.346	.357	141	232

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Thatcher	2.3	2.1	1.3	1.0	2.2	1.6	.3	.5	10.0	11.4	2.3
Valley Union	1.1	1.2	.8	.6	1.1	.5	0	-	5.4	5.6	2.8

Head-to-Head

Thatcher won on 4/9/2011

4/9 @ 12p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Thatcher 0 5 1 3 11 - - 20 20 2
Valley Union 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 1 2

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) by a score of 20-0.
Box score
Thatcher won on 4/14/2011

4/14 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Valley Union 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Thatcher 0 0 2 0 0 4 - 6 9 3

The Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home tournament game against Thatcher (AZ) by a score of 6-2.
Box score

4/14 @ 11a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Valley Union	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
Thatcher	0	0	2	0	0	4	-	6	9	3

Team Stat Comparison

Thatcher		Valley Union
.375	Batting Average	.247
.445	On Base Percentage	.399
.523	Slugging Percentage	.387
.901	Fielding Percentage	.872
.714	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

Thatcher		Valley Union	National Avg.
#1 Jake Skinner.474	Batting Average	#22 Rafael Martinez.600	.282
#1 Jake Skinner.548	On Base Percentage	#22 Rafael Martinez.583	.372
#8 Koby Alva.696	Slugging Percentage	#22 Rafael Martinez.850	.349
#3 TJ Sandoval1.000	Fielding Percentage	#20 Tyson Estelle1.000	.793
#8 Koby Alva1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#22 Rafael Martinez.750	.531

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thatcher	6-3		Valley Union	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/28/11	Blue Ridge	Thatcher	(L) 16-2	3/4/11	Valley Union	Blue Ridge	(L) 19-1
3/4/11	Round Valley	Thatcher	(W) 10-0	3/5/11	Valley Union	Round Valley	(L) 10-6
				4/15/11	Valley Union	Round Valley	(L) 14-2
3/31/11	Willcox	Thatcher	(L) 4-2	3/2/11	Valley Union	Willcox	(L) 11-1
4/16/11	Willcox	Thatcher	(W) 16-3	4/27/11	Willcox	Valley Union	(L) 13-0
4/28/11	Thatcher	Willcox	(L) 6-5
4/1/11	Bisbee	Thatcher	(W) 11-7	3/19/11	Bisbee	Valley Union	(L) 18-6
4/13/11	Thatcher	Bisbee	(W) 13-1
4/7/11	Thatcher	Benson	(W) 14-7	2/28/11	Benson	Valley Union	(W) 6-3
4/19/11	Benson	Thatcher	(W) 9-1

Record Breakdown

Thatcher (10-11)		Valley Union (10-11)
20-8	Overall	9-17
10-2	League	5-9
4-2	Non-League	1-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
6-3	Common Opponent	1-6
6-3	Home	5-11
8-2	Away	3-5
6-3	Neutral	1-1
1-1	Playoff	0-0
19-8	In-State	8-17
1-0	Out-of-State	1-0