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Union Area St. Joseph

Scotties

Spartans

The St. Joseph (Natrona Heights, PA) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Union Area (New Castle, PA) by a score of 19-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Union Area	3	1	0	5	4	6	-	19	17	1
St. Joseph	1	0	3	0	1	0	-	5	6	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

St. Joseph (24-25)

Union Area

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.457	45	35	19	16	16	6	1
3	Maddox Ryhal (So)	.500	5	2	4	1	2	0	0
6	Chris Staph (Jr)	.600	5	5	0	3	4	0	0
7	Aiden Butera (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8	Colton Cox (So)	.250	5	4	0	1	1	1	0
18	Jalen Peace (Sr)	.600	5	5	1	3	2	2	0
19	Thomas Finley (Fr)	1.000	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
21	Fred Settle (Fr)		0	0	2	0	0	0	0
22	Dom Cucitrone (Jr)	.200	5	5	1	1	1	0	0
24	Logan Staph (So)	.500	5	4	3	2	3	0	1
27	Swayze Reighert (Fr)	.500	5	2	3	1	1	1	0
30	Cole Harper (So)	.750	5	4	3	3	1	2	0
44	Geno Biondi (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Joseph

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
Team Totals	.261	28	23	5	6	4	2
A. Zaviolta (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	1
Drake Mitch (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
Elliot Szalla (Sr)	1.000	3	1	1	1	1	0
Gabe Maltese (Sr)	.667	3	3	2	2	0	0
Kyle Lecker (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
L. Schiano Di Cola (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0
Luke Hill (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	2	1
Martin Stickney (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
Owen Pakulski (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
Peter Stickney (Sr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
Vinny Mlinarcik (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

Union Area

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	7	2	3	8	.556	.714	1.270
3	Maddox Ryhal (So)	0	3	0	0	0	1	.800	.500	1.300
6	Chris Staph (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	1	.600	.600	1.200
8	Colton Cox (So)	0	0	2	1	0	3	.400	.500	.900
18	Jalen Peace (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	.600	1.000	1.600
19	Thomas Finley (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
22	Dom Cucitrone (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	6	.200	.200	.400
24	Logan Staph (So)	1	0	1	0	1	4	.400	1.250	1.650
27	Swayze Reighert (Fr)	0	2	0	1	0	1	.800	1.000	1.800
30	Cole Harper (So)	0	1	1	0	0	1	.800	1.250	2.050
44	Geno Biondi (So)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

St. Joseph

Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	3	12	2	1	5	.393	.348	.741
A. Zaviolta (Sr)	0	3	0	0	0	.250	.500	.750
Drake Mitch (Fr)	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
Elliot Szalla (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Gabe Maltese (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
Kyle Lecker (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
L. Schiano Di Cola (Sr)	1	0	0	1	2	.667	.500	1.167
Luke Hill (Fr)	0	2	0	0	2	.333	.667	1.000
Martin Stickney (So)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Owen Pakulski (Sr)	1	1	0	0	3	.333	.000	.333
Peter Stickney (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
Vinny Mlinarcik (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Union Area

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	10
3	Maddox Ryhal (So)	2
8	Colton Cox (So)	1
21	Fred Settle (Fr)	2
22	Dom Cucitrone (Jr)	1
24	Logan Staph (So)	1
27	Swayze Reighert (Fr)	1
30	Cole Harper (So)	2

St. Joseph

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
	Gabe Maltese (Sr)	1
	Peter Stickney (Sr)	1

Union Area

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.952	21	18	2	1
3	Maddox Ryhal (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
6	Chris Staph (Jr)	1.000	9	8	1	0
18	Jalen Peace (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
19	Thomas Finley (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
22	Dom Cucitrone (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
30	Cole Harper (So)	.500	2	0	1	1
44	Geno Biondi (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0

St. Joseph

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
Team Totals	.857	21	18	3
A. Zaviolta (Sr)	.500	2	1	1
Drake Mitch (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
Elliot Szalla (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
Gabe Maltese (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
Kyle Lecker (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
L. Schiano Di Cola (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
Luke Hill (Fr)	.500	2	1	1
Martin Stickney (So)	.000	1	0	1
Owen Pakulski (Sr)	1.000	8	8	0

Union Area

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1
6	Chris Staph (Jr)	0.00	1
18	Jalen Peace (Sr)	8.08	1

St. Joseph

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	APP
Team Totals	16.33	1
Elliot Szalla (Sr)	0.00	1
Gabe Maltese (Sr)	15.75	1
Luke Hill (Fr)	26.25	1

Union Area

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	5	5	3	12	28	23
6	Chris Staph (Jr)	1.2	0	0	0	0	4	5	5
18	Jalen Peace (Sr)	4.1	7	5	5	3	8	23	18

St. Joseph

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
Team Totals	6	17	19	14	8	8	1	45	37
Elliot Szalla (Sr)	.2	1	3	0	1	1	0	5	4
Gabe Maltese (Sr)	4	11	9	9	3	5	1	25	22
Luke Hill (Fr)	1.1	5	7	5	4	2	0	15	11

Union Area

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.304	.429	1	2	120	2
6	Chris Staph (Jr)	.000	.000	0	0	19	0
18	Jalen Peace (Sr)	.389	.522	1	2	101	2

St. Joseph

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	PO	SB
Team Totals	.459	.556	162	1	4
Elliot Szalla (Sr)	.250	.400	17	0	1
Gabe Maltese (Sr)	.500	.560	78	1	3
Luke Hill (Fr)	.455	.600	67	0	0

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Baseball - Union Area wallops St. Joseph

April 1, 2025: Natrona Heights, PA 15065

The Union Area Scotties (New Castle, PA) baseball trounced the host St. Joseph Spartans (Natrona Heights, PA), 19-5 in Tuesday's league challenge.

The Scotties now own a 1-3 record. They take the field next when they host St. Joseph for a WPIAL 1A 2 challenge on Wednesday, April 2. Union Area will clash with a Spartans team coming off a 19-5 league loss to Union Area (New Castle, PA). The Spartans record now stands at 0-4.

With the defeat, St. Joseph drops to 0-4 on the year. The Spartans travel to Union Area (New Castle, PA) to clash with the Scotties in a WPIAL 1A 2 challenge on Wednesday, April 2. The Scotties go into the challenge with a record of 1-3. Union Area won 19-5 in their recent league challenge against St. Joseph (Natrona Heights, PA)

Union Area @ St. Joseph Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 1, 2025 @ 4p

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The St. Joseph (Natrona Heights, PA) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Union Area (New Castle, PA) by a score of 19-5.

Rankings & Records

Union Area (24-25)

PA	Class
569	62

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-10	7-7	4-3	3-6	0-1	.412	.500	122	140

St. Joseph (24-25)

PA	Class
638	81

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
2-12	1-10	0-5	2-7	.143	.091	64	151

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Union Area	1.8	.7	1.2	1.8	1.3	1.6	0	7.2	7.4	2.9
St. Joseph	.9	.3	1.5	.8	.7	.3	.7	4.6	4.4	3.6

Head-to-Head

Union Area won on 4/1/2025

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

Union Area 3 1 0 5 4 6 - 19 17 1
St. Joseph 1 0 3 0 1 0 - 5 6 3

The Union Area (New Castle, PA) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against St. Joseph (Natrona Heights, PA) by a score of 19-5.
Box score
Union Area won on 4/2/2025

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

St. Joseph 0 1 0 2 0 - - 3 2 4
Union Area 1 1 2 9 - - - 13 7 0

The St. Joseph (Natrona Heights, PA) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Union Area (New Castle, PA) by a score of 13-3.
Box score

4/2 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Joseph	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	3	2	4
Union Area	1	1	2	9	-	-	-	13	7	0

Team Stat Comparison

Union Area		St. Joseph
.377	Batting Average	.201
.482	On Base Percentage	.352
.480	Slugging Percentage	.224
.860	Fielding Percentage	.837
.417	Win Loss Percentage	.100

Team Leaders

Union Area		St. Joseph	National Avg.
#30 Cole Harper.586	Batting Average	Elliot Szalla.367	.239
#1 James Bailey1.000	On Base Percentage	Luca Schiano Di Cola.543	.379
#30 Cole Harper.724	Slugging Percentage	Elliot Szalla.400	.302
#15 Keeghan Kupka1.000	Fielding Percentage	Kyle Lecker1.000	.860
#30 Cole Harper1.000	Win Loss Percentage	Gabe Maltese.200	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Union Area	5-5		St. Joseph	1-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/25	Leechburg	Union Area	(L) 16-1	4/7/25	St. Joseph	Leechburg	(L) 13-1
3/25/25	Union Area	Leechburg	(L) 18-3	4/8/25	Leechburg	St. Joseph	(L) 7-0
4/9/25	Rochester	Union Area	(W) 9-7	4/22/25	Rochester	St. Joseph	(L) 11-2
4/9/25	Union Area	Rochester	(L) 16-1	4/23/25	St. Joseph	Rochester	(L) 8-3
4/22/25	Union Area	Aquinas Academy	(W) 8-1	4/28/25	Aquinas Academy	St. Joseph	(L) 15-7
4/23/25	Aquinas Academy	Union Area	(W) 8-4	4/29/25	St. Joseph	Aquinas Academy	(L) 11-2
4/28/25	Summit Academy	Union Area	(W) 16-1	4/14/25	St. Joseph	Summit Academy	(W) 17-0
4/29/25	Union Area	Summit Academy	(W) 18-0
5/6/25	Union Area	Winchester Thurston	(L) 3-1	3/24/25	St. Joseph	Winchester Thurston	(L) 18-8
5/7/25	Winchester Thurston	Union Area	(L) 13-4	3/25/25	Winchester Thurston	St. Joseph	(L) 15-1

Record Breakdown

Union Area (24-25)		St. Joseph (24-25)
7-10	Overall	2-12
7-7	League	1-10
0-2	Non-League	1-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-5	Common Opponent	1-8
4-3	Home	0-5
3-6	Away	2-7
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
7-10	In-State	1-11
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1