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The Hickory Christian Academy (Hickory, NC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 8-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Gaston Day	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5
HCA	1	0	0	0	4	3	-	8	11	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Gaston Day (23-24)

Hickory Christian Academy (23-24)

Gaston Day

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.185	31	27	5	5	4	1
1	TJ Pannill (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
3	Thomas Ras lll (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
5	Lucas Kimrey (So)	.000	4	4	1	0	0	0
8	Ben Nigbor (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
11	Brody Smith (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	3	1
20	Kevin Mahoney (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
22	Will Herzog (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
25	Jimmy Mahoney (Fr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0

Hickory Christian Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.281	34	32	8	9	8	2
1	Reid Whitener (7th)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Davis Morgan (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
4	Caleb Friar (8th)	.500	4	4	3	2	0	1
6	Will Friar (Fr)	.000	4	3	2	0	0	0
7	Samuel Yount (So)	.500	4	4	0	2	2	0
8	Shepherd Yount (7th)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
9	Jude Carter (Fr)	.500	4	4	2	2	2	0
16	Carter Moore (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
24	Jared Zientek (8th)	.250	4	4	0	1	2	0
33	Hollis Morphis (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2	1

Gaston Day

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	9	2	5	.290	.296	.586
1	TJ Pannill (So)	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	Thomas Ras lll (Fr)	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Lucas Kimrey (So)	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
8	Ben Nigbor (Sr)	1	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	1	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
11	Brody Smith (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.250	1.000	1.250
20	Kevin Mahoney (Fr)	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
22	Will Herzog (Sr)	1	0	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
25	Jimmy Mahoney (Fr)	1	1	0	2	.667	.500	1.167

Hickory Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	6	6	1	8	.303	.343	.647
1	Reid Whitener (7th)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	Davis Morgan (So)	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
4	Caleb Friar (8th)	0	0	0	1	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
6	Will Friar (Fr)	1	0	1	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
7	Samuel Yount (So)	0	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
8	Shepherd Yount (7th)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
9	Jude Carter (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.500	1.000
16	Carter Moore (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	Jared Zientek (8th)	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500
33	Hollis Morphis (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	3	.250	.500	.750

Gaston Day

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
3	Thomas Ras lll (Fr)	1
8	Ben Nigbor (Sr)	2
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	1
21	P. Zerrusen (Sr)	1
25	Jimmy Mahoney (Fr)	1

Hickory Christian Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
2	Davis Morgan (So)	1
3	Stiles Robinson (8th)	1

Gaston Day

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.800	25	18	2	5
1	TJ Pannill (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
2	Parker Murphy (Fr)	.500	2	1	0	1
3	Thomas Ras lll (Fr)	.500	2	1	0	1
5	Lucas Kimrey (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
8	Ben Nigbor (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
21	P. Zerrusen (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
22	Will Herzog (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
25	Jimmy Mahoney (Fr)	.800	5	3	1	1
26	Sebastian Azar (Fr)	.500	2	0	1	1

Hickory Christian Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.903	31	21	7	3
2	Davis Morgan (So)	1.000	6	4	2	0
4	Caleb Friar (8th)	1.000	3	3	0	0
6	Will Friar (Fr)	1.000	8	7	1	0
7	Samuel Yount (So)	.500	2	0	1	1
8	Shepherd Yount (7th)	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Jude Carter (Fr)	.600	5	0	3	2
16	Carter Moore (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
33	Hollis Morphis (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0

Gaston Day

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1	.000	1
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	6.18	1	.000	1
27	Will Vanacore (Sr)	0.00	0		1

Hickory Christian Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1
7	Samuel Yount (So)	0.00	1
8	Shepherd Yount (7th)		1
24	Jared Zientek (8th)	10.50	1

Gaston Day

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	8	5	1	6	34	33
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	5.2	11	8	5	1	6	33	32
27	Will Vanacore (Sr)	.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Hickory Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	3	5	3	4	9	1	31	27
7	Samuel Yount (So)	5	0	0	0	2	5	0	18	16
24	Jared Zientek (8th)	2	3	5	3	2	4	1	13	11

Gaston Day

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.353	101	4
10	Julien McRae (Fr)	.344	.364	100	4
27	Will Vanacore (Sr)	.000	.000	1	0

Hickory Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.111	.226	1	123	1	5
7	Samuel Yount (So)	.000	.111	0	63	1	3
24	Jared Zientek (8th)	.273	.385	1	60	0	2

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Hickory Christian Academy gets by Gaston Day

March 14, 2024: Hickory, NC 28601

In Thursday's non-league challenge, the Hickory Christian Academy Knights (Hickory, NC) baseball squad the visiting Gaston Day Spartans (Gastonia, NC), by a final score of 8-5.

With the win, Hickory Christian Academy upgrades its record to 2-0 on the season. The Knights host North Hills Christian (Salisbury, NC) to battle the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, March 19. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 0-3.

With the defeat, Gaston Day falls to 0-5 on the season. The Spartans host O'Neal (Southern Pines, NC) to battle the Falcons in a non-league challenge on Friday, March 15. The Falcons come into the challenge with a record of 0-1. O'Neal lost 13-0 in their recent non-league challenge against North Moore (Robbins, NC)

Gaston Day @ HCA Baseball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 14, 2024 @ 4p

The Hickory Christian Academy (Hickory, NC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 8-5.

Rankings & Records

Gaston Day (23-24)

NC	Class
401	16

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
3-13	0-5	2-7	1-6	.188	.000	65	196

Hickory Christian Academy (23-24)

NC	Class
212	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-4	4-0	8-1	3-3	.733	1.000	98	67

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Gaston Day	.8	.6	.6	.3	.9	.9	1.6	-	4.1	5.1	3.4
Hickory Christian Academy	1.1	.7	.6	.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	1.0	6.5	7.9	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Gaston Day		Hickory Christian Academy
.244	Batting Average	.289
.376	On Base Percentage	.394
.297	Slugging Percentage	.364
.864	Fielding Percentage	.902
.200	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Gaston Day		Hickory Christian Academy	National Avg.
#10 Julien McRae.375	Batting Average	#4 Caleb Friar.500	.239
#29 Aidan Rudilic1.000	On Base Percentage	#4 Caleb Friar.545	.377
#17 Preston Baker.666	Slugging Percentage	#4 Caleb Friar.680	.299
#20 Kevin Mahoney1.000	Fielding Percentage	#3 Stiles Robinson1.000	.862
#11 Brody Smith.333	Win Loss Percentage	-	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gaston Day	1-1		Hickory Christian Academy	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/5/24	Gaston Day	Carolina Day	(L) 10-0	4/12/24	Carolina Day	Hickory Christian Academy	(W) 10-4
				4/26/24	Hickory Christian Academy	Carolina Day	(L) 3-0
4/26/24	Statesville Christian	Gaston Day	(W) 12-4	3/26/24	Hickory Christian Academy	Statesville Christian	(W) 7-1
				4/18/24	Statesville Christian	Hickory Christian Academy	(W) 5-3

Record Breakdown

Gaston Day (23-24)		Hickory Christian Academy (23-24)
3-13	Overall	11-4
0-6	League	4-0
2-6	Non-League	6-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	3-1
2-7	Home	8-1
1-6	Away	3-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	1-1
2-13	In-State	11-4
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0