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West Middlesex Mercer

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The Mercer (PA) varsity baseball team won Monday's home conference game against West Middlesex (PA) by a score of 9-0.

Game Details: Brandy Springs Park (Mercer)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Middlesex	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Mercer	4	0	0	2	0	3	-	9	-	-

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Box Score
Awards
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Game Stats

Mercer (22-23)

West Middlesex

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.125	29	24	3
0	Aiden Puskar (So)	.000	3	3	0
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	.000	3	3	0
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	.000	3	1	0
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	.333	4	3	1
11	Blaze Knight (Sr)	.000	3	2	0
21	Bowen Briggs (Jr)	.000	2	2	0
22	Tyler Blanton (Fr)	.500	2	2	1
25	Devyn Bell (Jr)	.000	3	3	0
32	Evan Gilson (Jr)	.000	2	2	0
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)		1	0	0
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	.333	3	3	1

Mercer

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.333	33	27	9	9	7	3	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	.500	4	4	0	2	1	1	0
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	Aedan Ryhal (So)	.333	4	3	2	1	2	1	0
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0	0
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1	1	1	0
87	Gabe Martin (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	1.000	4	4	3	4	2	0	1

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	11	1	1	14	.276	.125	.401
0	Aiden Puskar (So)	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	0	2	1	0	0	.500	.333	.833
11	Blaze Knight (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
21	Bowen Briggs (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
22	Tyler Blanton (Fr)	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
25	Devyn Bell (Jr)	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
32	Evan Gilson (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	0	1	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	6	2	6	.455	.555	1.011
10	Evan Julock (So)	0	0	1	3	.333	.000	.333
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	0	2	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
19	Aedan Ryhal (So)	0	1	1	1	.500	.666	1.167
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	1	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	2	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
87	Gabe Martin (So)	1	2	0	1	.333	.000	.333
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.750	2.750

West Middlesex

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	1
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	1	1

Mercer

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	1
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	1

West Middlesex

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.917	24	18	4	2
0	Aiden Puskar (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
11	Blaze Knight (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
21	Bowen Briggs (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
22	Tyler Blanton (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
25	Devyn Bell (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0

Mercer

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	21	3	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	.667	3	2	0	1
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	1.000	11	11	0	0
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
87	Gabe Martin (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0

West Middlesex

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	8.17	0	1	.000	2	0
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	11.67	0	0		1	0
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	4.67		1	.000	1

Mercer

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	0		1
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	1	1.000	1

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	9	7	4	6	1	33	27
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	3	4	5	5	2	3	1	16	13
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	3	4	4	2	2	3	0	17	14

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	2	4	11	29	24
10	Evan Julock (So)	1	0	0	1	4	4
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	6	2	4	10	25	20

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.296	.424	1	2	136	2
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	.308	.438	1	1	62	2
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	.286	.412	0	1	74	0

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.083	.241	1	1	115	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	.000	.000	0	0	12	0
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	.100	.280	1	1	103	1

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Baseball - Mercer prevails West Middlesex

April 3, 2023: Mercer, PA 16137

Spectators at Monday's league battle between the Mercer Mustangs (Mercer, PA) and the visiting West Middlesex Big Reds (West Middlesex, PA), saw Mercer's baseball squad knock off West Middlesex by a count of 9-0.

Coming up next, the Mustangs play the Wilmington Greyhounds (New Wilmington, PA) in a District 10 Region 1 battle, on Wednesday, April 5. Mercer will attempt to move on its 2-1 season record. The Greyhounds enter the battle with a 3-0 record after their 10-1 league win over Sharpsville (Sharpsville, PA).

The Big Reds now possess a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Jamestown for a District 10 Region 1 battle on Wednesday, April 5. West Middlesex will play a Muskies squad coming off a 6-3 league loss to Reynolds (Greenville, PA). The Muskies record now stands at 0-4.

Players of the Game

West Middlesex (22-23)

Congratulations to #22 Tyler Blanton for being selected the West Middlesex Baseball Player of the Game.

Mercer (22-23)

Mercer has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

West Middlesex (22-23)

PA	Class
169	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-10	9-7	11-3	4-6	0-1	.600	.562	173	117

Mercer (22-23)

PA	Class
282	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-11	9-7	4-4	5-6	0-1	.450	.562	136	98

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
West Middlesex	1.6	1.7	1.0	1.2	.7	.8	.3	-	6.9	6.0	1.7
Mercer	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.5	.9	.9	.8	2.0	6.8	5.8	3.2

Head-to-Head

Mercer won on 4/3/2023

4/3 @ 4:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Middlesex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Mercer 4 0 0 2 0 3 - 9 - -

The West Middlesex (PA) varsity baseball team lost Monday's away conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 9-0.
Box score
Mercer won on 5/9/2023

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

Mercer 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 8 8 4
West Middlesex 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 4

The Mercer (PA) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against West Middlesex (PA) by a score of 8-4.
Box score

5/9 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mercer	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	8	8	4
West Middlesex	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	4

Team Stat Comparison

West Middlesex		Mercer
.301	Batting Average	.264
.426	On Base Percentage	.412
.399	Slugging Percentage	.384
.930	Fielding Percentage	.918
.600	Win Loss Percentage	.444

Team Leaders

West Middlesex		Mercer	National Avg.
#7 Logan Kent.500	Batting Average	#99 Troy Bachman.441	.243
#7 Logan Kent.600	On Base Percentage	#14 Jayden Amos.537	.375
#10 Julian Trott.535	Slugging Percentage	#99 Troy Bachman.794	.307
#25 Devyn Bell1.000	Fielding Percentage	#18 Ben Struthers1.000	.861
#32 Evan Gilson.833	Win Loss Percentage	#34 Jake Mattocks.600	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Middlesex	10-5		Mercer	7-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/23	Sharpsville	West Middlesex	(L) 2-1	4/20/23	Mercer	Sharpsville	(L) 6-2
4/26/23	West Middlesex	Sharpsville	(L) 9-3	5/10/23	Sharpsville	Mercer	(L) 7-3
3/29/23	Kennedy Catholic	West Middlesex	(W) 3-1	4/19/23	Kennedy Catholic	Mercer	(W) 6-1
5/16/23	West Middlesex	Kennedy Catholic	(W) 11-0	5/15/23	Mercer	Kennedy Catholic	(W) 12-1
4/5/23	West Middlesex	Jamestown	(W) 18-6	4/25/23	Jamestown	Mercer	(W) 10-0
5/11/23	Jamestown	West Middlesex	(W) 12-2	5/17/23	Mercer	Jamestown	(W) 21-10
4/12/23	Wilmington	West Middlesex	(W) 10-0	4/5/23	Wilmington	Mercer	(L) 6-5
5/14/23	West Middlesex	Wilmington	(L) 11-5	5/6/23	Mercer	Wilmington	(W) 4-0
				5/22/23	Mercer	Wilmington	(L) 6-5
4/14/23	West Middlesex	Reynolds	(W) 14-0	3/28/23	Mercer	Reynolds	(W) 11-0
5/8/23	Reynolds	West Middlesex	(W) 5-3	4/26/23	Reynolds	Mercer	(W) 11-1
5/22/23	Reynolds	West Middlesex	(W) 7-1
4/20/23	West Middlesex	Lakeview	(L) 8-3	4/14/23	Lakeview	Mercer	(L) 4-1
5/10/23	Lakeview	West Middlesex	(W) 4-2	5/8/23	Mercer	Lakeview	(L) 6-2
4/25/23	Greenville	West Middlesex	(W) 5-4	4/12/23	Mercer	Greenville	(L) 12-2
5/17/23	West Middlesex	Greenville	(L) 15-8	5/5/23	Greenville	Mercer	(L) 10-8

Record Breakdown

West Middlesex (22-23)		Mercer (22-23)
15-10	Overall	9-11
9-7	League	9-7
2-2	Non-League	0-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
10-5	Common Opponent	7-8
11-3	Home	4-4
4-6	Away	5-6
0-1	Neutral	0-1
4-1	Playoff	0-1
15-10	In-State	9-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0