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Benton Marion

Rangers

Wildcats

The Marion (IL) JV baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 13-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	4	11	3
Marion	0	6	0	2	1	4	-	13	9	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Benton (24-25)

Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.379	34	29	4	11	3	4
3	Kaden Owens (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
5	Drake Porter (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1
6	Kyler Rash (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	1
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1
22	Kruz Koester (Fr)	1.000	4	3	0	3	0	1
25	Wade Baumgarte (So)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
27	Zayden Butcher (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
28	Eli Craig (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
29	Jaxon Hinman (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
42	Ben Winters (Fr)		1	0	0	0	0	0

Benton

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	12	2	1	9	.455	.517	.972
3	Kaden Owens (So)	0	0	3	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
5	Drake Porter (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.667	1.000
6	Kyler Rash (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	.250	.500	.750
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
22	Kruz Koester (Fr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333
25	Wade Baumgarte (So)	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
27	Zayden Butcher (Fr)	0	1	2	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
28	Eli Craig (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
29	Jaxon Hinman (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
42	Ben Winters (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000

Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	1
27	Zayden Butcher (Fr)	1
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	1

Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.909	33	21	9	3
3	Kaden Owens (So)	1.000	5	2	3	0
5	Drake Porter (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
6	Kyler Rash (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0
22	Kruz Koester (Fr)	1.000	9	7	2	0
25	Wade Baumgarte (So)	.800	5	2	2	1
27	Zayden Butcher (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
28	Eli Craig (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
29	Jaxon Hinman (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
42	Ben Winters (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	8.00	1	.000	1
3	Kaden Owens (So)	5.25	1	.000	1
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	17.50	0		1
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	0.00	0		1

Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	13	8	9	7	43	29
3	Kaden Owens (So)	4	6	8	3	3	4	24	18
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	2	3	5	5	4	0	13	8
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	1	0	0	0	2	3	6	3

Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.310	.535	3	5	158	1	2
3	Kaden Owens (So)	.333	.500	3	3	80	1	1
15	Keaton McCollum (So)	.375	.615	0	1	51	0	1
41	Mason Unger (Fr)	.000	.500	0	1	27	0	0

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Marion (24-25)

Marion has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Marion prevails Benton

March 22, 2025: Marion, IL 62959

The Marion Wildcats (Marion, IL) baseball trounced the visiting Benton Rangers (Benton, IL), 13-4 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

The Wildcats now own a 3-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Herrin for a non-league challenge on Thursday, March 27. Marion will clash with a Tigers team coming off a 6-5 non-league win over Chester (Chester, IL). The Tigers record now stands at 1-0.

With the defeat, Benton drops to 0-2 on the year.

Benton @ Marion Baseball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 22, 2025 @ 1p

The Marion (IL) JV baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 13-4.

Rankings & Records

Benton (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-6	4-3	3-3	5-3	.571	.571	78	96

Marion (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-3	2-0	5-1	5-1	0-1	.769	1.000	101	65

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	1.4	.5	.7	.7	1.1	1.2	.3	5.6	6.8	1.5
Marion	.9	1.9	1.4	1.4	.7	2.2	1.4	7.8	9.1	.9

Head-to-Head

Marion won on 3/22/2025

3/22 @ 1p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Benton 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 11 3
Marion 0 6 0 2 1 4 - 13 9 0

The Benton (IL) JV baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Marion (IL) by a score of 13-4.
Box score
Marion won on 5/7/2025

5/7 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Marion 4 4 3 3 0 - - 14 13 1
Benton 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 1 1

The Marion (IL) JV baseball team won Wednesday's away non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 14-0.
Box score

5/7 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Marion	4	4	3	3	0	-	-	14	13	1
Benton	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	1

Team Stat Comparison

Benton		Marion
.285	Batting Average	-
.412	On Base Percentage	-
.355	Slugging Percentage	-
.945	Fielding Percentage	-
.571	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Benton		Marion	National Avg.
#22 Kruz Koester.778	Batting Average	-	.258
#22 Kruz Koester.852	On Base Percentage	-	.413
#22 Kruz Koester.944	Slugging Percentage	-	.322
#22 Kruz Koester1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.848
#41 Mason Unger1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.587

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benton	3-4		Marion	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/25	Harrisburg	Benton	(L) 12-6	4/30/25	Marion	Harrisburg	(L) 8-2
5/10/25	Benton	Harrisburg	(L) 10-1
4/11/25	Benton	Nashville	(L) 4-1	4/15/25	Marion	Nashville	(W) 5-4
4/22/25	Nashville	Benton	(L) 13-0
4/15/25	Pinckneyville	Benton	(W) 8-6	5/3/25	Marion	Pinckneyville
4/28/25	Benton	Pinckneyville	(W) 6-4
4/24/25	Benton	Herrin	(W) 6-4	5/19/25	Herrin	Marion

Record Breakdown

Benton (24-25)		Marion (24-25)
8-6	Overall	10-3
4-3	League	2-0
4-3	Non-League	8-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-4	Common Opponent	1-1
3-3	Home	5-1
5-3	Away	5-1
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-6	In-State	9-3
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0