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Salem Benton

Wildcats

Rangers

The Benton (IL) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Salem (IL) by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Salem	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	7	7	4
Benton	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	8	4

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Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Salem (23-24)

Salem

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.219	34	32	7	7	5	3
4	Natalie Lee (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	Bria Murray (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
8	Olivia Paulson (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	1	0
9	Lilly Blagoue (Jr)	.000	4	4	1	0	0	0
11	Alivia Rasul (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
13	Marah Johnson (So)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	1
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	1
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	.250	4	4	2	1	1	1
24	Isabella Decker (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Salem

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	4	1	6	.265	.312	.578
6	Bria Murray (So)	0	2	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
8	Olivia Paulson (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.750	.666	1.417
9	Lilly Blagoue (Jr)	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
11	Alivia Rasul (So)	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
13	Marah Johnson (So)	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.750	1.250
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.500	.750
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.500	.750

Salem

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
8	Olivia Paulson (Sr)	1
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	1
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	1

Salem

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.867	30	21	5	4
4	Natalie Lee (Jr)	.667	3	2	0	1
8	Olivia Paulson (Sr)	1.000	12	11	1	0
9	Lilly Blagoue (Jr)	.500	2	0	1	1
11	Alivia Rasul (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	Marah Johnson (So)	.667	3	2	0	1
15	Kale Benjamin (So)	.800	5	2	2	1
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1	0

Salem

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Salem

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	6	0	3	11			0	36	32
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	7	8	6	0	3	11			0	36	32

Salem

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.333	0	1			143
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	.250	.333	0	1			143

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Benton (23-24)

Benton has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Salem nudges Benton

March 13, 2024: Benton, IL 62812

Salem Wildcats (Salem, IL) backers exited the stadium thrilled Wednesday as they saw their softball squad nip the host Benton Rangers (Benton, IL), 7-6 in a non-league challenge.

The Wildcats now own a 2-0 record. They take the field next when they host Effingham for a non-league challenge on Wednesday, March 20.

With the loss, Benton falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Rangers host Massac County (Metropolis, IL) to battle the Patriots in a non-league challenge on Friday, March 15. The Patriots enter the challenge with a record of 1-0. Massac County won 6-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Pope County (Golconda, IL)

Rankings & Records

Salem (23-24)

IL	Class
68	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
25-8	8-2	8-3	14-4	3-1	.758	.800	225	98

Benton (23-24)

IL	Class
370	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-22	2-8	4-10	4-9	0-3	.267	.200	192	247

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Salem	1.3	.6	1.3	1.4	1.0	.9	1.0	6.8	8.4	1.3
Benton	.8	.8	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.9	1.1	6.4	7.0	2.7

Team Stat Comparison

Salem		Benton
.297	Batting Average	-
.361	On Base Percentage	-
.515	Slugging Percentage	-
.948	Fielding Percentage	-
.750	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Salem		Benton	National Avg.
#8 Olivia Paulson.500	Batting Average	-	.287
#8 Olivia Paulson.544	On Base Percentage	-	.403
#9 Lilly Blagoue.980	Slugging Percentage	-	.391
#8 Olivia Paulson.992	Fielding Percentage	-	.832
#20 Breanna Thurman.800	Win Loss Percentage	-	.562

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Salem	2-1		Benton	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/23/24	Salem	DuQuoin	(W) 12-5	4/1/24	DuQuoin	Benton	(L) 16-4
				4/12/24	Benton	DuQuoin	(W) 10-0
5/10/24	Salem	Pinckneyville	(L) 5-1	4/9/24	Benton	Pinckneyville	(L) 8-2
				4/22/24	Pinckneyville	Benton	(L) 14-0
5/13/24	Crab Orchard	Salem	(W) 10-0	5/2/24	Benton	Crab Orchard	(L) 1-0

Record Breakdown

Salem (23-24)		Benton (23-24)
25-8	Overall	8-22
8-2	League	2-8
13-4	Non-League	4-10
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	1-4
8-3	Home	4-10
14-4	Away	4-9
3-1	Neutral	0-3
1-1	Playoff	0-1
25-8	In-State	8-22
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0