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Central Needles

Spartans

Mustangs

The Needles (CA) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home tournament game against Central (El Centro, CA) by a score of 2-0.

Game Details: Colorado River Baseball Invitational

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Needles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Needles (23-24)

Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.250	26	24	2	6	2	1
1	Robby Sanchez	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	Yurel Otero	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
5	Sebastian Ojeda	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
8	Angel Solano	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
10	Diego Acuna	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
16	J. Hernandez	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
18	Luis Rodriguez	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jared Martin	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
25	Max Fimbres	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1

Needles

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H	3B
	Team Totals	.048	24	21	1	1
2	Hudson Smith	.000	3	3	0	0
4	Dylan Castillo (So)	.000	1	1	0	0
7	Logan Parker	.000	3	2	0	0
9	Tyler Wilson	.000	2	2	0	0
10	Collin Smith	.000	3	3	0	0
11	Holden Jones	.333	3	3	1	1
12	Talon Paget	.000	3	2	0	0
13	Gabe Rodriquez	.000	3	2	0	0
16	JD Lusk	.000	2	2	0	0
20	John Rubalcava (So)	.000	1	1	0	0

Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	4	.308	.291	.600
1	Robby Sanchez	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	Yurel Otero	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
5	Sebastian Ojeda	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Angel Solano	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
10	Diego Acuna	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
16	J. Hernandez	0	2	1	.333	.333	.666
18	Luis Rodriguez	2	0	0	.667	.000	.667
22	Jared Martin	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
25	Max Fimbres	0	0	3	.333	.666	1.000

Needles

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	16	1	3	.130	.142	.273
2	Hudson Smith	0	0	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	Dylan Castillo (So)	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
7	Logan Parker	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333
9	Tyler Wilson	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Collin Smith	0	0	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000
11	Holden Jones	0	0	2	0	1	.333	1.000	1.333
12	Talon Paget	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.000	.333
13	Gabe Rodriquez	1	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
16	JD Lusk	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
20	John Rubalcava (So)	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
8	Angel Solano	1
22	Jared Martin	1

Needles

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
12	Talon Paget	1

Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.955	22	21	1
2	Nico Viesca	1.000	1	1	0
3	Yurel Otero	1.000	2	2	0
5	Sebastian Ojeda	1.000	1	1	0
10	Diego Acuna	.500	2	1	1
16	J. Hernandez	1.000	16	16	0

Needles

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.955	22	21	1	3
2	Hudson Smith	.750	4	3	1	0
7	Logan Parker	1.000	7	7	0	1
9	Tyler Wilson	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Holden Jones	1.000	3	3	0	1
12	Talon Paget	1.000	4	4	0	0
13	Gabe Rodriquez	1.000	3	3	0	1

Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
2	Nico Viesca	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Needles

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	.000	1
12	Talon Paget	3.50	1	.000	1
13	Gabe Rodriquez	0.00	0		1

Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	1	0	0	2	16			0	24	22
2	Nico Viesca	7	1	0	0	2	16			0	24	22

Needles

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	2	2	2	3	27	25
12	Talon Paget	4	5	2	2	2	2	17	15
13	Gabe Rodriquez	3	1	0	0	0	1	10	10

Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.045	.125	0	0			102	0	0	3
2	Nico Viesca	.045	.125	0	0			102	0	0	3

Needles

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.240	.296	82	3
12	Talon Paget	.333	.412	60	3
13	Gabe Rodriquez	.100	.100	22	0

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Game Story

California High School Baseball - Central gets by Needles

March 2, 2024: Needles, CA 92363

In Saturday's non-league challenge, the Central Spartans (El Centro, CA) baseball squad the host Needles Mustangs (Needles, CA), by a final score of 2-0.

With the win, Central upgrades its record to 2-5 on the season. The Spartans travel to San Ysidro (San Diego, CA) to encounter the Cougars in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 23. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 2-2.

With the defeat, Needles falls to 2-3 on the season. The Mustangs host Mohave (Bullhead City, AZ) to encounter the Thunderbirds in a non-league challenge on Thursday, March 7. The Thunderbirds come into the challenge with a record of 1-6. Mohave lost 1-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Saguaro (Scottsdale, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Central (23-24)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
669	70	12

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
7-12-1	1-3	1-6-1	5-5	1-1	.375	.250	117	117

Needles (23-24)

CA	State Div.
33	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
17-7	8-2	11-6	5-1	1-0	.708	.800	209	60

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	1.1	1.1	.7	.4	.9	.9	.3	5.9	5.9	1.5
Needles	1.6	1.9	2.0	1.7	1.1	1.2	.7	8.7	9.0	1.0

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Needles
.314	Batting Average	.364
.422	On Base Percentage	.463
.433	Slugging Percentage	.469
.918	Fielding Percentage	.927
.714	Win Loss Percentage	.700

Team Leaders

Central		Needles	National Avg.
#7 Santiago Reyes1.000	Batting Average	#9 Tyler Wilson.472	.241
#7 Santiago Reyes1.000	On Base Percentage	#5 Robert Tapia.636	.380
#7 Santiago Reyes2.000	Slugging Percentage	#10 Collin Smith.718	.302
#11 Christopher Curiel1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Rodriquez Tommy1.000	.861
#1 Robby Sanchez1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#7 Logan Parker1.000	.544

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	1-2		Needles	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/2/24	Pahrump Valley	Central	(W) 5-4	3/7/24	Needles	Pahrump Valley	(W) 6-0
				3/14/24	Needles	Pahrump Valley	(L) 8-3
				4/15/24	Pahrump Valley	Needles	(W) 8-2
3/26/24	Southwest EC	Central	(L) 16-2	2/29/24	Southwest EC	Needles	(L) 4-2
3/28/24	Holtville	Central	(L) 5-4	2/29/24	Holtville	Needles	(L) 2-0
				3/1/24	Holtville	Needles	(W) 5-4
5/2/24	Palo Verde Valley	Central		3/19/24	Palo Verde Valley	Needles	(W) 8-5
5/7/24	Central	Palo Verde Valley		4/9/24	Needles	Palo Verde Valley	(W) 13-9
5/9/24	Palo Verde Valley	Central

Record Breakdown

Central (23-24)		Needles (23-24)
7-12-1	Overall	17-7
1-3	League	8-2
0-5	Non-League	3-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-2	Common Opponent	5-3
1-6-1	Home	11-6
5-5	Away	5-1
1-1	Neutral	1-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-10-1	In-State	3-3
5-2	Out-of-State	14-4