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Nucla Dove Creek

Mustangs

Bulldogs

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 15-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Nucla	0	0	1	0	4	-	-	5	7	3
Dove Creek	2	3	8	1	1	-	-	15	9	4

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Dove Creek (23-24)

Nucla

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.333	27	24	5	8	5	2
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1
3	Brycen Rummel (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
5	Paxtin Caruso (Jr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1
8	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	.500	2	2	1	1	1	0
9	Jake Hulst (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	1.000	3	2	0	2	1	0
11	Josh Platt (Jr)	.000	3	3	2	0	0	0
12	Coulter Shumway (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
13	Holten McCluer (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	Caylon Joseph (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	Jackson McCabe (Fr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0

Dove Creek

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.409	34	22	15	9	8	1
3	Hunter Daves (Sr)	.000	4	1	3	0	0	0
4	Liam Hassell (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	2	0
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
12	Jonathan Purkat (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	3	0
14	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	1.000	4	1	1	1	0	0
19	Josh Kibel (So)		1	0	2	0	0	0
20	Cael Beanland (Fr)	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0
21	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	1	1
33	Taber Dejane (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0
45	Mike Coffey (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0

Nucla

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	5	1	2	7	.407	.416	.824
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
3	Brycen Rummel (So)	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Paxtin Caruso (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.667	1.000	1.667
8	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
9	Jake Hulst (Jr)	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	Josh Platt (Jr)	0	2	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Coulter Shumway (So)	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
13	Holten McCluer (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
15	Caylon Joseph (Fr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
23	Jackson McCabe (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000

Dove Creek

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	10	5	2	1	5	.618	.454	1.073
3	Hunter Daves (Sr)	2	0	1	0	1	.750	.000	.750
4	Liam Hassell (Jr)	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	1	1	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833
12	Jonathan Purkat (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.750	.666	1.417
14	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
19	Josh Kibel (So)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
20	Cael Beanland (Fr)	1	0	1	1	2	.667	.000	.667
21	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.750	1.250
33	Taber Dejane (Sr)	0	2	0	0	4	.500	.500	1.000
45	Mike Coffey (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333

Baserunning

Nucla has not entered any baserunning stats.

Dove Creek

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	17
3	Hunter Daves (Sr)	1
4	Liam Hassell (Jr)	2
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	2
12	Jonathan Purkat (Sr)	2
14	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	2
19	Josh Kibel (So)	3
20	Cael Beanland (Fr)	4
45	Mike Coffey (Sr)	1

Nucla

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.833	18	12	3	3
2	Steele Arnold (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
3	Brycen Rummel (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Paxtin Caruso (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Jake Hulst (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
10	Hemmy O'Brien (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
11	Josh Platt (Jr)	.667	3	0	2	1
13	Holten McCluer (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
22	Cole Bray (Fr)	1.000	7	6	1	0

Dove Creek

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.846	26	15	7	4
3	Hunter Daves (Sr)	.750	4	2	1	1
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	0
14	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
20	Cael Beanland (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
21	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	.750	4	1	2	1
33	Taber Dejane (Sr)	.800	5	2	2	1
45	Mike Coffey (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0

Nucla

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	14.54	1
3	Brycen Rummel (So)	21.00	1
5	Paxtin Caruso (Jr)	21.00	1
8	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	10.50	1
9	Jake Hulst (Jr)	5.25	1

Dove Creek

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
21	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Nucla

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4.1	9	15	9	10	5	34	22
3	Brycen Rummel (So)	2	3	7	6	6	3	15	8
5	Paxtin Caruso (Jr)	.1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
8	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	.2	3	6	1	1	0	8	6
9	Jake Hulst (Jr)	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	8	6

Dove Creek

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	7	5	0	2	5			0	27	24
21	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	5	7	5	0	2	5			0	27	24

Nucla

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.409	.618	2	2	130	1	12
3	Brycen Rummel (So)	.375	.667	0	1	63	1	8
5	Paxtin Caruso (Jr)	.500	.667	1	0	16	0	1
8	Owen Dinsmore (Sr)	.500	.625	1	1	25	0	1
9	Jake Hulst (Jr)	.333	.500	0	0	26	0	2

Dove Creek

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.292	.370	0	1			84	0	0	0
21	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	.292	.370	0	1			84	0	0	0

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Game Story

Colorado High School Baseball - Nucla loses to Dove Creek

April 2, 2024: Dove Creek, CO 81324

The Nucla Mustangs baseball team (Nucla, CO), was overwhelmed 15-5 in Tuesday's league outing with the host Dove Creek Bulldogs (Dove Creek, CO)

The Bulldogs now hold a 3-2 record. They take the field next when they host Grand Valley for a non-league outing on Saturday, April 6. Dove Creek will face a Cardinals team coming off a 9-4 non-league loss to Olathe (Olathe, CO). The Cardinals record now stands at 0-6.

Next, the Mustangs face the Cedaredge Bruins (Cedaredge, CO) in a non-league outing, on Friday, April 5. Nucla will attempt to advance on its 2-5 season record. The Bruins enter the outing with a 3-3 record after their 13-1 league loss to North Fork (Hotchkiss, CO).

Rankings & Records

Nucla (23-24)

CO	Class
214	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
8-12-1	2-4	5-4	2-6	1-2-1	.405	.333	122	155

Dove Creek (23-24)

CO	Class
184	10

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
9-12	2-4	5-5	1-7	3-0	.429	.333	201	225

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nucla	.8	.5	.7	1.1	.9	1.0	1.6	0	0	5.8	7.7	2.0
Dove Creek	1.7	1.0	2.0	1.6	1.5	2.3	1.0	0	.5	9.6	8.7	3.8

Head-to-Head

Dove Creek won on 4/2/2024

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

Nucla 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 7
Dove Creek 1 3 1 1 0 5 - 11 10 3

The Nucla (CO) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Dove Creek (CO) by a score of 11-2.
Box score
Dove Creek won on 4/2/2024

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

Nucla 0 0 1 0 4 - - 5 7 3
Dove Creek 2 3 8 1 1 - - 15 9 4

The Nucla (CO) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Dove Creek (CO) by a score of 15-5.
Box score
Nucla won on 4/20/2024

4/20 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Dove Creek 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 7 5
Nucla 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 8 7 1

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away conference game against Nucla (CO) by a score of 8-7.
Box score
Dove Creek won last month

5/3 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Dove Creek 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 11 6
Nucla 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 14 5

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Nucla (CO) in extra innings by a score of 7-6.
Box score

4/2 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Nucla	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	7
Dove Creek	1	3	1	1	0	5	-	11	10	3

4/20 @ 11a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Dove Creek	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7	7	5
Nucla	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	8	7	1

5/3 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dove Creek	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	7	11	6
Nucla	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	14	5

Team Stat Comparison

Nucla		Dove Creek
.288	Batting Average	.312
.402	On Base Percentage	.453
.349	Slugging Percentage	.407
.887	Fielding Percentage	.836
.750	Win Loss Percentage	.450

Team Leaders

Nucla		Dove Creek	National Avg.
#2 Steele Arnold.471	Batting Average	#12 Jonathan Purkat.400	.239
#2 Steele Arnold.550	On Base Percentage	#44 Frankey Montoya.667	.376
#3 Brycen Rummel.559	Slugging Percentage	#5 Gage Buffington.558	.299
#7 Keegan Tackett1.000	Fielding Percentage	#19 Josh Kibel1.000	.862
#2 Steele Arnold1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Gage Buffington.600	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Nucla	4-5		Dove Creek	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/19/24	Monticello	Nucla	(W) 3-2	4/9/24	Monticello	Dove Creek	(L) 14-4
				4/26/24	Dove Creek	Monticello	(L) 15-14
4/12/24	Ignacio	Nucla	(L) 6-1	4/16/24	Ignacio	Dove Creek	(L) 13-2
4/23/24	Nucla	Ignacio	(W) 7-1	4/16/24	Ignacio	Dove Creek	(L) 38-17
4/23/24	Nucla	Ignacio	(L) 15-0	4/29/24	Dove Creek	Ignacio	(L) 16-3
4/16/24	Grand Valley	Nucla	(L) 6-4	4/6/24	Grand Valley	Dove Creek	(W) 12-5
4/16/24	Grand Valley	Nucla	(W) 5-4	4/6/24	Grand Valley	Dove Creek	(W) 15-0
4/26/24	Nucla	Rangely	(L) 5-4	4/13/24	Rangely	Dove Creek	(L) 9-4
4/26/24	Nucla	Rangely	(W) 12-9	4/13/24	Rangely	Dove Creek	(L) 21-18
5/11/24	Nucla	Merino	(L) 10-2	5/16/24	Dove Creek	Merino	(L) 20-1

Record Breakdown

Nucla (23-24)		Dove Creek (23-24)
8-12-1	Overall	9-12
2-4	League	2-4
5-6-1	Non-League	3-7
1-3	Head to Head	3-1
4-5	Common Opponent	2-8
5-4	Home	5-5
2-6	Away	1-7
1-2-1	Neutral	3-0
1-2	Playoff	4-1
7-12	In-State	8-8
1-0	Out-of-State	1-4