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Mt. Vernon Benton

Rams

Rangers

The Benton (IL) JV baseball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Mt. Vernon (IL) by a score of 10-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mt. Vernon	2	1	1	0	0	6	0	10	7	2
Benton	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	5	3

Final score provided by R. Kiefer.

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Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Benton (22-23)

Mt. Vernon

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.250	40	28	10	7	7	2
1	Gianni Cheatham (Fr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
8	Tyler Curry (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
9	Branson Tate (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
10	Ty Pierce (Fr)	.000	5	3	2	0	0	0
12	Cale Maurer (Fr)	.000	5	3	1	0	0	0
13	Alex Kiefer (So)	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0
13	Eli Prost (Fr)	.000	4	1	1	0	2	0
23	Gabe Willis (So)	.750	4	4	0	3	2	1
24	Diedrich Smith (So)	.667	5	3	2	2	3	1
25	Aaron Scarber (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0

Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.259	32	27	4	7	4
2	Clay Gage (Fr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0
2	Lane McCollum (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0
3	Nolan Schafer (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
6	Kyle Thomas (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
8	Lane Croslin (Fr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1
9	D. McClanahan (Fr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0
14	Jaxon Payne (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
16	Hunter Irvin (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0
20	Grant Owens (So)	.667	3	3	1	2	2
23	Kaden Prior (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	1

Mt. Vernon

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	12	3	1	9	.475	.321	.796
1	Gianni Cheatham (Fr)	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
8	Tyler Curry (Fr)	0	4	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
10	Ty Pierce (Fr)	1	2	1	0	1	.400	.000	.400
12	Cale Maurer (Fr)	2	2	0	0	3	.400	.000	.400
13	Alex Kiefer (So)	1	1	0	1	4	.200	.000	.200
13	Eli Prost (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	.750	.000	.750
23	Gabe Willis (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
24	Diedrich Smith (So)	1	1	1	0	0	.800	1.000	1.800
25	Aaron Scarber (So)	1	1	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833

Benton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	11	2	1	18	.375	.259	.634
2	Clay Gage (Fr)	0	1	1	0	3	.500	.333	.833
2	Lane McCollum (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
3	Nolan Schafer (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
6	Kyle Thomas (So)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
8	Lane Croslin (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
9	D. McClanahan (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
14	Jaxon Payne (Jr)	1	1	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
16	Hunter Irvin (Fr)	1	1	0	1	6	.250	.000	.250
20	Grant Owens (So)	0	1	0	0	5	.667	.666	1.334
23	Kaden Prior (So)	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.000	.250

Mt. Vernon

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Gianni Cheatham (Fr)	1
10	Ty Pierce (Fr)	1
12	Cale Maurer (Fr)	1
13	Eli Prost (Fr)	1
24	Diedrich Smith (So)	2

Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
6	Kyle Thomas (So)	1

Mt. Vernon

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.935	31	21	8	2
1	Gianni Cheatham (Fr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
4	Eli Beckham (So)	1.000	4	0	4	0
12	Cale Maurer (Fr)	.667	3	2	0	1
13	Alex Kiefer (So)	1.000	11	10	1	0
13	Eli Prost (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
23	Gabe Willis (So)	.889	9	8	0	1
25	Aaron Scarber (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0

Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	21	3	1
3	Nolan Schafer (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Lane Croslin (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
9	D. McClanahan (Fr)	1.000	4	3	1	0
14	Jaxon Payne (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
16	Hunter Irvin (Fr)	1.000	12	12	0	0
20	Grant Owens (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
23	Kaden Prior (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0

Mt. Vernon

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
23	Gabe Willis (So)	7.00	0		1
25	Aaron Scarber (So)	1.17	1	1.000	1

Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	10.00	0	1	.000	3	0
3	Nolan Schafer (Fr)	3.50	0	0		1	0
8	Lane Croslin (Fr)	12.00	0	1	.000	1	0
99	Peyton Robinson (Fr)	13.12				1

Mt. Vernon

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	5	2	4	11	33	27
23	Gabe Willis (So)	1	1	1	1	2	1	7	4
25	Aaron Scarber (So)	6	4	4	1	2	10	26	23

Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	10	10	9	12	40	28
3	Nolan Schafer (Fr)	2	1	1	1	2	4	10	7
8	Lane Croslin (Fr)	2.1	4	4	4	6	4	17	11
99	Peyton Robinson (Fr)	2.2	3	5	5	1	4	13	10

Mt. Vernon

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.185	.333	2	112	1
23	Gabe Willis (So)	.250	.571	1	30	0
25	Aaron Scarber (So)	.174	.269	1	82	1

Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.286	.500	3	157	1	4
3	Nolan Schafer (Fr)	.143	.400	1	40	0	1
8	Lane Croslin (Fr)	.364	.588	0	71	0	3
99	Peyton Robinson (Fr)	.300	.462	2	46	1

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Mt. Vernon defeats Benton

March 27, 2023: Benton, IL 62812

Mt. Vernon Rams (Mt. Vernon, IL) fans exited the stadium thrilled Monday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the host Benton Rangers (Benton, IL), 10-5 in a non-league test.

With the win, Mt. Vernon upgrades its record to 4-0 on the season. The Rams host Althoff Catholic (Belleville, IL) to battle the Crusaders in a test on Tuesday, March 28. The Crusaders come into the test with a record of 0-0.

With the defeat, Benton falls to 0-2 on the season. The Rangers travel to Marion (Marion, IL) to battle the Wildcats in a non-league test on Tuesday, March 28. The Wildcats come into the test with a record of 0-0.

Rankings & Records

Mt. Vernon (22-23)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-11	2-3	4-5	5-6	2-0	.500	.400	138	129

Benton (22-23)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-9	4-1	4-4	3-5	.438	.800	116	115

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mt. Vernon	.8	.4	1.4	.9	1.0	1.2	1.0	6.3	8.3	1.8
Benton	.7	.3	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.8	.8	7.3	6.8	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Mt. Vernon		Benton
.285	Batting Average	.316
.419	On Base Percentage	.434
.386	Slugging Percentage	.427
.905	Fielding Percentage	.909
.412	Win Loss Percentage	.467

Team Leaders

Mt. Vernon		Benton	National Avg.
#11 Wade Pierce.500	Batting Average	#1 Lance Jerkins1.000	.267
#24 Diedrich Smith.600	On Base Percentage	#1 Lance Jerkins1.000	.410
#24 Diedrich Smith.640	Slugging Percentage	#1 Lance Jerkins1.000	.332
#10 Ty Pierce1.000	Fielding Percentage	#14 Jaxon Payne1.000	.848
#11 Wade Pierce1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Hunter Irvin1.000	.603

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mt. Vernon	2-5		Benton	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/14/23	Salem	Mt. Vernon	(W) 12-5	4/19/23	Salem	Benton	(L) 16-0
3/29/23	DuQuoin	Mt. Vernon	(W) 9-7	3/13/23	Benton	DuQuoin	(L) 4-3
				4/26/23	DuQuoin	Benton	(W) 12-1
4/4/23	Marion	Mt. Vernon	(L) 4-1	3/28/23	Benton	Marion	(L) 13-3
				5/3/23	Marion	Benton	(L) 7-2
4/26/23	Mt. Vernon	Herrin	(L) 5-1	4/3/23	Benton	Herrin	(W) 13-4
				4/13/23	Herrin	Benton	(W) 5-4
				5/2/23	Benton	Herrin	(W) 12-2
5/1/23	Mt. Vernon	Murphysboro	(L) 10-1	4/11/23	Murphysboro	Benton	(L) 15-5
5/12/23	Mt. Vernon	Murphysboro	(L) 9-7
5/6/23	Harrisburg	Mt. Vernon	(L) 9-6	4/6/23	Benton	Harrisburg	(W) 7-2
				4/18/23	Harrisburg	Benton	(W) 18-17

Record Breakdown

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