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Benjamin Franklin Valley Christian

Chargers

Trojans

The Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) by a score of 17-3.

Game Details: Valley Christian High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benjamin Franklin	2	0	1	0	0	-	-	3	5	8
Valley Christian	2	6	8	1	-	-	-	17	10	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Valley Christian (23-24)

Benjamin Franklin

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.227	24	22	3	5	3
1	Jono Wilcox	.333	3	3	0	1	0
2	Talan Speir	.500	3	2	0	1	0
3	Gavin Wyler		0	0	1	0	0
7	Paulo Baca	.333	3	3	0	1	3
8	Jovanni Sanchez	.500	2	2	0	1	0
13	M. Economou	.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Jacob Moran	.000	2	2	0	0	0
16	Alex Pieczynski	.000	1	1	2	0	0
17	Charlie Watts	.000	2	2	0	0	0
22	Blake Sedig	.000	3	2	0	0	0
24	Brennan Jones	.500	2	2	0	1	0

Valley Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.393	34	28	17	11	13	1	3
1	Niko Clavell (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Caleb Danzeisen (Jr)	1.000	3	2	3	2	2	0	1
6	Carson Grier (Jr)	.500	4	4	1	2	4	0	1
8	Will Bastian (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	Berkeley Kaiser (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	Kyle Grier (Jr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0	0
22	Jimmy Twombly (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
23	Gavin Smith (Sr)	.500	4	2	3	1	2	1	0
26	Caleb Sweeney (Jr)	.667	3	3	3	2	3	0	1
29	Jake Harrison (Sr)	.000	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
35	Ryan Sanchez (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0	0
41	Brock Jackson (So)	.000	3	2	2	0	0	0	0

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	6	2	2	6	.292	.227	.519
1	Jono Wilcox	0	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.666
2	Talan Speir	1	0	0	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
7	Paulo Baca	0	1	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666
8	Jovanni Sanchez	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
13	M. Economou	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
15	Jacob Moran	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
16	Alex Pieczynski	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
17	Charlie Watts	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
22	Blake Sedig	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
24	Brennan Jones	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	4	1	6	2	5	.471	.750	1.221
2	Caleb Danzeisen (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500
6	Carson Grier (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.500	1.250	1.750
8	Will Bastian (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Berkeley Kaiser (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	Kyle Grier (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.500	.500	1.000
22	Jimmy Twombly (Sr)	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	.000	.000	.000
23	Gavin Smith (Sr)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
26	Caleb Sweeney (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	1.666	2.334
29	Jake Harrison (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
35	Ryan Sanchez (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
41	Brock Jackson (So)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333

Benjamin Franklin

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	Talan Speir	2
16	Alex Pieczynski	1
22	Blake Sedig	1

Valley Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	Caleb Danzeisen (Jr)	1
22	Jimmy Twombly (Sr)	1
23	Gavin Smith (Sr)	1
41	Brock Jackson (So)	1

Benjamin Franklin

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.600	20	12	8
1	Jono Wilcox	.500	4	2	2
2	Talan Speir	.500	2	1	1
3	Gavin Wyler	.000	2	0	2
7	Paulo Baca	.500	2	1	1
8	Jovanni Sanchez	.750	4	3	1
13	M. Economou	1.000	1	1	0
15	Jacob Moran	.500	2	1	1
16	Alex Pieczynski	1.000	1	1	0
17	Charlie Watts	1.000	1	1	0
24	Brennan Jones	1.000	1	1	0

Valley Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.857	21	13	5	3
6	Carson Grier (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
8	Will Bastian (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
22	Jimmy Twombly (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
23	Gavin Smith (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
26	Caleb Sweeney (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
34	C. Bergloff (So)	.500	4	0	2	2
35	Ryan Sanchez (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0

Benjamin Franklin

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	12.25	1	.000	1
2	Talan Speir	18.38	1	.000	1
15	Jacob Moran	0.00	0		1

Valley Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	1
24	Dylan Suzuki (Sr)	1
34	C. Bergloff (So)	1

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	10	17	7	4	4	3	34	29
2	Talan Speir	2.2	9	16	7	3	2	3	26	23
15	Jacob Moran	1.1	1	1	0	1	2	0	8	6

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	5	3	2	6	24	22
24	Dylan Suzuki (Sr)	1.1	1	0	0	2	5	5
34	C. Bergloff (So)	3.2	4	3	2	4	19	17

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.345	.441	1	1	110	5
2	Talan Speir	.391	.462	1	0	79	4
15	Jacob Moran	.167	.375	0	1	31	1

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.227	.292	85	5
24	Dylan Suzuki (Sr)	.200	.200	18	2
34	C. Bergloff (So)	.235	.316	67	3

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Benjamin Franklin loses to Valley Christian

April 4, 2024: Chandler, AZ 85226

In Thursday's league game, the host Valley Christian Trojans baseball team scored a nice 17-3 victory over the Benjamin Franklin Chargers.

The Trojans (15-0) will now prepare for their game against Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson, AZ). The Lions go into the non-league game with a 16-5 record. In their last game, Pusch Ridge Christian Academy ran past Gilbert Christian (Gilbert, AZ), 3-2, in a non-league game.

The Chargers (7-7) will now prepare for their game against Gilbert Christian (Gilbert, AZ). The Knights go into the 3A South Central game with a 13-3 record.

Rankings & Records

Benjamin Franklin (23-24)

AZ	Div.
140	21

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
10-12	4-7	7-5	1-7	2-0	.455	.364	132	158

Valley Christian (23-24)

AZ	Div.
9	1

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
30-2	13-1	22-0	7-2	1-0	.938	.929	394	91

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benjamin Franklin	1.5	.7	.9	1.3	1.3	.4	.9	6.0	7.2	2.8
Valley Christian	2.8	1.5	2.9	2.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	12.3	10.2	1.2

Head-to-Head

Valley Christian won last month

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

BFHS 2 0 1 0 0 - - 3 5 8
Valley Christian 2 6 8 1 - - - 17 10 3

The Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) by a score of 17-3.
Box score
Valley Christian won last month

4/17 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Valley Christian 0 1 5 4 1 2 - 13 17 1
BFHS 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 4

The Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) by a score of 13-3.
Box score

4/4 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
BFHS	2	0	1	0	0	-	-	3	5	8
Valley Christian	2	6	8	1	-	-	-	17	10	3

4/17 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Valley Christian	0	1	5	4	1	2	-	13	17	1
BFHS	0	2	0	0	1	0	-	3	5	4

Team Stat Comparison

Benjamin Franklin		Valley Christian
.293	Batting Average	.399
.393	On Base Percentage	.526
.376	Slugging Percentage	.608
.878	Fielding Percentage	.941
.429	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Benjamin Franklin		Valley Christian	National Avg.
#2 Talan Speir.500	Batting Average	#2 Caleb Danzeisen.524	.240
#2 Talan Speir.584	On Base Percentage	#26 Caleb Sweeney.632	.378
#2 Talan Speir.718	Slugging Percentage	#2 Caleb Danzeisen.952	.301
#17 Charlie Watts1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Niko Clavell1.000	.862
#11 Darren Billingsly1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.538

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benjamin Franklin	2-6		Valley Christian	11-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/4/24	Benjamin Franklin	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	(L) 4-3	4/3/24	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	Valley Christian	(W) 18-0
3/25/24	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 13-5	4/12/24	Valley Christian	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	(W) 13-3
3/15/24	Benjamin Franklin	Gilbert Christian	(L) 12-2	4/8/24	Gilbert Christian	Valley Christian	(W) 13-9
4/9/24	Gilbert Christian	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 18-5	4/18/24	Valley Christian	Gilbert Christian	(W) 8-1
				5/7/24	Gilbert Christian	Valley Christian	(W) 4-2
				5/9/24	Valley Christian	Gilbert Christian	(L) 10-9
				5/11/24	Gilbert Christian	Valley Christian	(W) 10-3
				5/11/24	Gilbert Christian	Valley Christian	(W) 9-4
3/28/24	Globe	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 12-2	2/22/24	Globe	Valley Christian	(W) 21-1
4/2/24	Benjamin Franklin	San Tan Foothills	(W) 9-6	2/27/24	San Tan Foothills	Valley Christian	(W) 17-3
4/15/24	Florence	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 4-3	3/18/24	Valley Christian	Florence	(W) 11-0
4/20/24	Benjamin Franklin	Coolidge	(L) 11-1	4/22/24	Coolidge	Valley Christian	(W) 18-2

Record Breakdown

Benjamin Franklin (23-24)		Valley Christian (23-24)
10-12	Overall	30-2
4-7	League	13-1
2-5	Non-League	9-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-6	Common Opponent	11-1
7-5	Home	22-0
1-7	Away	7-2
2-0	Neutral	1-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
10-12	In-State	22-2
0-0	Out-of-State	8-0