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Benton Mt. Vernon

Rangers

Rams

The Mt. Vernon (IL) varsity baseball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 13-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	1	3	7
Mt. Vernon	2	2	0	9	-	-	-	13	7	0

Final score provided by L. Roberts.

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Game Stats

Mt. Vernon (23-24)

Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.188	19	16	1	3	1	1
1	Grant Owens (Jr)	.000	2	1	0	0	1	0
2	Kyle Thomas (Jr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	1
10	I. Billington (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
12	Evan Munoz (Sr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
14	Kaden Owens (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
16	Hunter Irvin (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
19	Collin Hill (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
22	Trey Severin (Jr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0

Mt. Vernon

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.348	32	23	13	8	9	2
1	Keaton Plummer (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Chase Gowler (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	1	0
5	R. Pressgrove (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	1	0
6	Trevor McClure (Fr)	.750	4	4	4	3	2	1
7	M. McKinney (Sr)	1.000	4	2	1	2	0	1
10	Ty Pierce (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	1	0
12	Drew Wheeler (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
13	Alex Kiefer (Jr)	.667	4	3	0	2	2	0
18	Gage Cutler (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
21	Wade Pierce (Sr)	.000	3	2	2	0	0	0
24	Diedrich Smith (Jr)	.000	4	1	0	0	1	0

Benton

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	6	1	1	8	.263	.250	.513
1	Grant Owens (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	Kyle Thomas (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	1.000	1.500
10	I. Billington (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.000	.333
12	Evan Munoz (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
14	Kaden Owens (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
16	Hunter Irvin (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
19	Collin Hill (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
22	Trey Severin (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500

Mt. Vernon

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	4	5	3	4	7	.469	.434	.904
4	Chase Gowler (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
5	R. Pressgrove (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.000	.000
6	Trevor McClure (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	.750	1.000	1.750
7	M. McKinney (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
10	Ty Pierce (So)	0	1	2	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
12	Drew Wheeler (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	4	.500	.333	.833
13	Alex Kiefer (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.666	1.167
21	Wade Pierce (Sr)	0	1	2	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
24	Diedrich Smith (Jr)	1	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500

Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
10	I. Billington (Sr)	1
12	Evan Munoz (Sr)	2
22	Trey Severin (Jr)	1

Mt. Vernon

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	9
1	Keaton Plummer (Jr)	1
5	R. Pressgrove (Sr)	1
6	Trevor McClure (Fr)	5
12	Drew Wheeler (Sr)	1
21	Wade Pierce (Sr)	1

Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.800	20	12	4	4
1	Grant Owens (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
2	Kyle Thomas (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
10	I. Billington (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
12	Evan Munoz (Sr)	.800	5	4	0	1
14	Kaden Owens (Fr)	1.000	4	3	1	0
16	Hunter Irvin (So)	.750	4	0	3	1

Mt. Vernon

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	20	15	5	1
4	Chase Gowler (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	1
6	Trevor McClure (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
7	M. McKinney (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
10	Ty Pierce (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Cale Maurer (So)	1.000	1	1	0	1
13	Alex Kiefer (Jr)	1.000	9	8	1	0
24	Diedrich Smith (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0

Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.00	0	1	.000	2				0
5	Lane McCollum (Sr)	0.00	0	0		1				0

Mt. Vernon

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.40	1	0	1.000	1				0
24	Diedrich Smith (Jr)	1.40	1	0	1.000	1				0

Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	9	13	4	4	5			0	32	25
5	Lane McCollum (Sr)	.2	0	0	0	0	0			0	3	2

Mt. Vernon

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	3	1	1	1	6			0	19	17
24	Diedrich Smith (Jr)	5	3	1	1	1	6			0	19	17

Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.360	.500	0	3			109	0	0	8
5	Lane McCollum (Sr)	.000	.333	0	1			9	0	0	0

Mt. Vernon

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.176	.263	0	1			60	0	0	4
24	Diedrich Smith (Jr)	.176	.263	0	1			60	0	0	4

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Mt. Vernon wallops Benton

March 25, 2024: Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

Spectators at Monday's non-league battle between the Mt. Vernon Rams (Mt. Vernon, IL) and the visiting Benton Rangers (Benton, IL), saw Mt. Vernon's baseball squad knock off Benton by a count of 13-1.

Coming up next, the Rams play the DuQuoin Indians (DuQuoin, IL) in a non-league battle, on Wednesday, March 27. Mt. Vernon will attempt to move on its 3-5 season record. The Indians enter the battle with a 10-1 record after their 15-1 non-league win over Vernon Hills (Vernon Hills, IL).

The Rangers now possess a 3-8 record. They take the field next when they host Massac County for a non-league battle on Thursday, March 28. Benton will play a Patriots squad coming off a 3-1 non-league win over Vienna (Vienna, IL). The Patriots record now stands at 5-4.

Rankings & Records

Benton (23-24)

IL	Class
362	100

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-24	3-7	4-9	6-11	0-4	.294	.300	123	312

Mt. Vernon (23-24)

IL	Class
237	61

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-22	5-3	5-6	8-13	0-3	.371	.625	159	162

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Benton	.5	.4	.5	.8	.6	.8	.6	0	2.0	3.6	5.4	2.6
Mt. Vernon	.9	.8	.9	.9	.5	.5	.1	0	.5	4.5	6.3	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Benton		Mt. Vernon
.231	Batting Average	.244
.321	On Base Percentage	.351
.291	Slugging Percentage	.322
.902	Fielding Percentage	.931
.312	Win Loss Percentage	.400

Team Leaders

Benton		Mt. Vernon	National Avg.
#1 Grant Owens.329	Batting Average	#7 Matthew McKinney.337	.239
#14 Kaden Owens.600	On Base Percentage	#23 Gabe Willis.667	.376
#1 Grant Owens.487	Slugging Percentage	#6 Trevor McClure.500	.299
#17 Dylan Butler1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Cale Maurer1.000	.862
#9 Mason Tieffel.800	Win Loss Percentage	#2 Gavin Pedigo1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benton	2-11		Mt. Vernon	3-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/13/24	Benton	Centralia	(L) 5-0	4/30/24	Centralia	Mt. Vernon	(W) 3-2
				5/1/24	Mt. Vernon	Centralia	(W) 4-2
				5/23/24	Centralia	Mt. Vernon	(L) 1-0
3/19/24	Benton	Salem	(L) 11-4	3/12/24	Mt. Vernon	Salem	(W) 4-3
				5/20/24	Salem	Mt. Vernon	(L) 6-1
3/23/24	Benton	Marshall County	(W) 8-4	4/12/24	Mt. Vernon	Marshall County	(L) 9-6
5/4/24	Marshall County	Benton	(L) 13-1
5/4/24	Marshall County	Benton	(L) 15-1
5/4/24	Marshall County	Benton	(L) 16-2
4/1/24	DuQuoin	Benton	(L) 14-6	3/27/24	Mt. Vernon	DuQuoin	(L) 4-3
4/12/24	Benton	DuQuoin	(L) 12-2
5/15/24	DuQuoin	Benton	(L) 15-2
4/4/24	Benton	Harrisburg	(L) 11-1	3/29/24	Mt. Vernon	Harrisburg	(L) 7-3
4/5/24	Nashville	Benton	(L) 16-0	5/10/24	Mt. Vernon	Nashville	(L) 7-5
4/16/24	Benton	Nashville	(L) 10-9
5/1/24	Benton	Marion	(W) 2-1	4/4/24	Marion	Mt. Vernon	(L) 6-0
				4/19/24	Mt. Vernon	Marion	(L) 4-0

Record Breakdown

Benton (23-24)		Mt. Vernon (23-24)
10-24	Overall	13-22
3-7	League	5-3
5-13	Non-League	8-17
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-11	Common Opponent	3-8
4-9	Home	5-6
6-11	Away	8-13
0-4	Neutral	0-3
1-1	Playoff	0-1
9-17	In-State	11-21
1-7	Out-of-State	2-1