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Ballinger Merkel

Bearcats

Badgers M

The Merkel (TX) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against Ballinger (TX) by a score of 5-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ballinger	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
Merkel	0	0	1	2	0	2	-	5	6	1

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Game Stats

Ballinger (23-24)

Ballinger has not entered stats for this game.

Merkel (23-24)

Merkel

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.273	26	22	5	6	4	2
2	Elijah Olivarez	.667	3	3	0	2	2	1
4	Kaden Blubaugh	.333	3	3	2	1	0	0
4	Eli Delgado	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
5	Trey Alexander	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	Connor Willyerd	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
9	Bryant Jones	.667	3	3	0	2	1	0
12	Aiden Jackson	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
24	CJ Walcott	.333	3	3	0	1	1	1
32	Ryland Pittman	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	6	1	3	.385	.363	.749
2	Elijah Olivarez	0	1	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
4	Kaden Blubaugh	0	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666
4	Eli Delgado	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
5	Trey Alexander	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
6	Connor Willyerd	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Bryant Jones	0	0	0	1	.667	.666	1.334
12	Aiden Jackson	2	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
24	CJ Walcott	0	1	0	1	.333	.666	1.000
32	Ryland Pittman	2	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667

Merkel

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
4	Kaden Blubaugh	1
12	Aiden Jackson	2

Merkel

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.966	29	21	7	1
4	Kaden Blubaugh	1.000	2	2	0	0
4	Eli Delgado	1.000	4	3	1	0
5	Trey Alexander	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	Bryant Jones	1.000	4	0	4	0
12	Aiden Jackson	1.000	3	1	2	0
24	CJ Walcott	1.000	8	8	0	0
32	Ryland Pittman	.833	6	5	0	1

Merkel

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
9	Bryant Jones	1.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	3	1	1	0	8			0	27	25
9	Bryant Jones	7	3	1	1	0	8			0	27	25

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.120	.185	0	2			89	0	0	0
9	Bryant Jones	.120	.185	0	2			89	0	0	0

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Game Story

Texas High School Baseball - Ballinger loses to Merkel

March 28, 2024: Merkel, TX 79536

The Ballinger Bearcats baseball team (Ballinger, TX), was overwhelmed 5-1 in Thursday's league outing with the host Merkel Badgers (Merkel, TX)

The Badgers now hold a 7-11 record. They put it on the line next when they host Coahoma for a 3A Region I District 6 outing on Monday, April 1. Merkel will confront a Bulldogs team coming off a 9-7 league loss to Ballinger (Ballinger, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 5-9.

Next, the Bearcats confront the Wall Hawks (Wall, TX) in a 3A Region I District 6 outing, on Monday, April 1. Ballinger will attempt to advance on its 8-7 season record. The Hawks go into the outing with a 20-3 record after their 11-1 league win over Clyde (Clyde, TX).

Rankings & Records

Ballinger (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
847	186	125

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
8-11	2-8	1-2	2-4	5-5	.421	.200	109	143

Merkel (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
919	200	132

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-14	6-6	3-4	4-5	2-5	.391	.500	136	190

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ballinger	.3	.3	.3	0	1.2	1.0	.7	5.7	3.8	2.8
Merkel	.9	.7	1.3	1.4	.4	1.7	.5	5.9	7.0	3.7

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Head-to-Head

Ballinger won last month

3/26 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merkel 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 7 9 7
Ballinger 1 0 2 0 2 3 - 8 5 1

The Merkel (TX) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Ballinger (TX) by a score of 8-7.
Box score
Merkel won last month

3/28 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ballinger 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2
Merkel 0 0 1 2 0 2 - 5 6 1

The Ballinger (TX) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Merkel (TX) by a score of 5-1.
Box score
4/26/2024 results not reported
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3/26 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merkel	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	7	9	7
Ballinger	1	0	2	0	2	3	-	8	5	1

Team Stat Comparison

Ballinger		Merkel
-	Batting Average	.272
-	On Base Percentage	.392
-	Slugging Percentage	.323
-	Fielding Percentage	.839
-	Win Loss Percentage	.389

Team Leaders

Ballinger		Merkel	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#24 CJ Walcott.453	.241
-	On Base Percentage	#24 CJ Walcott.565	.380
-	Slugging Percentage	#4 Eli Delgado.777	.302
-	Fielding Percentage	#4 Kaden Blubaugh.952	.861
-	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Trey Alexander.667	.544

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ballinger	1-8		Merkel	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/22/24	Bangs	Ballinger	(L) 15-1	3/1/24	Bangs	Merkel	(L) 17-8
3/5/24	Clyde	Ballinger	(L) 8-5	3/19/24	Clyde	Merkel	(L) 13-0
4/23/24	Ballinger	Clyde	(L) 13-3	3/22/24	Merkel	Clyde	(L) 6-0
3/12/24	Ballinger	Jim Ned	(L) 13-4	4/9/24	Merkel	Jim Ned	(L) 3-2
3/13/24	Ballinger	Jim Ned	(L) 9-2	4/12/24	Jim Ned	Merkel
3/19/24	Coahoma	Ballinger	(W) 9-7	4/1/24	Coahoma	Merkel	(L) 10-8
3/22/24	Coahoma	Ballinger	(L) 5-3	4/5/24	Merkel	Coahoma	(W) 5-3
4/1/24	Ballinger	Wall	(L) 10-3	4/16/24	Wall	Merkel	(L) 34-0
4/5/24	Wall	Ballinger	(L) 18-0	4/19/24	Wall	Merkel

Record Breakdown

Ballinger (23-24)		M Merkel (23-24)
8-11	Overall	9-14
2-8	League	6-6
1-0	Non-League	1-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
1-8	Common Opponent	1-6
1-2	Home	3-4
2-4	Away	4-5
5-5	Neutral	2-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-11	In-State	9-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0