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The Central Crossing (Grove City, OH) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home conference game against Pickerington Central (Pickerington, OH) by a score of 13-12.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Pickerington Central	6	0	3	0	1	2	1	13	10	3
Central Crossing	1	3	0	6	0	0	2	12	13	7

Final score provided by M. Guerin.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Central Crossing (23-24)

Pickerington Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.314	38	35	13	11	8	2
5	Cael Kogge (So)	.250	4	4	2	1	0	0
6	Jake Soha (Sr)	.250	4	4	2	1	2	1
9	Wyatt Lee (Sr)	.500	5	4	1	2	2	0
11	JT Metzka (Jr)	.667	3	3	1	2	2	0
12	Dillon Powers (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
13	Walker Fortune (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
15	Brady Ventura (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ben Thornberry (Sr)	.250	4	4	2	1	0	0
18	Ryan Long (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	1
19	C. Retherford (So)	.000	4	3	1	0	1	0
22	C. Landtiser (Jr)	.200	5	5	0	1	1	0

Central Crossing

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.361	45	36	12	13	9	1
1	Elisha Jackson (Sr)	.250	5	4	1	1	1	0
3	Preston Carter (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brody Estep (Sr)	.600	5	5	2	3	3	0
6	Troy Collins (Sr)	.333	5	3	1	1	1	1
7	Jackson Reckner (Jr)	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0
11	Jake Taylor (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	.800	5	5	2	4	1	0
19	E. Neighborgall (Sr)	.667	5	3	2	2	2	0
20	Layne London (Fr)	.400	5	5	1	2	1	0
23	Robert Taylor (Jr)	.000	5	3	2	0	0	0

Pickerington Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	6	4	4	.368	.371	.739
5	Cael Kogge (So)	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.500
6	Jake Soha (Sr)	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.750
9	Wyatt Lee (Sr)	1	0	0	1	.600	.500	1.100
11	JT Metzka (Jr)	0	1	0	1	.667	.666	1.334
13	Walker Fortune (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.500
15	Brady Ventura (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
16	Ben Thornberry (Sr)	0	1	1	2	.250	.250	.500
18	Ryan Long (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
19	C. Retherford (So)	1	1	0	0	.250	.000	.250
22	C. Landtiser (Jr)	0	1	1	4	.200	.200	.400

Central Crossing

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	12	2	2	12	.489	.388	.878
1	Elisha Jackson (Sr)	0	1	1	0	2	.400	.250	.650
3	Preston Carter (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
5	Brody Estep (Sr)	0	1	0	1	1	.600	.600	1.200
6	Troy Collins (Sr)	2	2	0	0	2	.600	.666	1.267
7	Jackson Reckner (Jr)	1	2	0	0	4	.200	.000	.200
11	Jake Taylor (So)	0	4	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	0	0	0	0	3	.800	.800	1.600
19	E. Neighborgall (Sr)	1	1	1	0	0	.800	.666	1.467
20	Layne London (Fr)	0	1	0	0	4	.400	.400	.800
23	Robert Taylor (Jr)	2	0	0	1	2	.400	.000	.400

Pickerington Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
11	JT Metzka (Jr)	1
12	Dillon Powers (Jr)	2
18	Ryan Long (Sr)	1

Central Crossing

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	1

Pickerington Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.885	26	21	2	3
5	Cael Kogge (So)	1.000	12	12	0	0
6	Jake Soha (Sr)	.667	3	2	0	1
9	Wyatt Lee (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
11	JT Metzka (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
14	Roman DiCuirci (So)	.667	3	2	0	1
16	Ben Thornberry (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
17	Gavin Gallagher (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0

Central Crossing

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.788	33	20	6	7
1	Elisha Jackson (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
6	Troy Collins (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
7	Jackson Reckner (Jr)	.909	11	10	0	1
11	Jake Taylor (So)	.500	2	0	1	1
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	.600	5	0	3	2
19	E. Neighborgall (Sr)	.600	5	3	0	2
20	Layne London (Fr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
23	Robert Taylor (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Pickerington Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	1
10	Tyler Stalter (Jr)	6.30	0		1
14	Roman DiCuirci (So)	2.33	0		1
16	Ben Thornberry (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1

Central Crossing

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.15	1	.000	1
7	Jackson Reckner (Jr)	8.40	1	.000	1
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	1.40	0		1

Pickerington Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	12	12	4	7	12	45	36
10	Tyler Stalter (Jr)	3.1	8	6	3	2	7	22	19
14	Roman DiCuirci (So)	3	4	6	1	4	5	19	15
16	Ben Thornberry (Sr)	.2	0	0	0	1	0	4	2

Central Crossing

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	10	13	3	3	6	38	35
7	Jackson Reckner (Jr)	1.2	1	3	2	2	1	9	7
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	5	9	10	1	1	5	29	28

Pickerington Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.467	1	2	176	2
10	Tyler Stalter (Jr)	.421	.500	0	1	85	1
14	Roman DiCuirci (So)	.267	.421	1	0	76	1
16	Ben Thornberry (Sr)	.000	.500	0	1	15	0

Central Crossing

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.286	.342	1	130	4
7	Jackson Reckner (Jr)	.143	.333	0	40	1
15	Jackson Cerino (Sr)	.321	.345	1	90	3

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Game Story

Ohio High School Baseball - Pickerington Central nips Central Crossing

April 5, 2024: Grove City, OH 43123

The Pickerington Central Tigers (Pickerington, OH) baseball nudged the host Central Crossing Comets (Grove City, OH), 13-12 in Friday's league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 4-2 record. They take the field next when they host Newark for a Ohio Capital - Buckeye outing on Saturday, April 6. Pickerington Central will face a Wildcats team coming off a 5-0 league win over Reynoldsburg (Reynoldsburg, OH). The Wildcats record now stands at 2-3.

Next, the Comets face the Westerville North Warriors (Westerville, OH) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, April 6. Central Crossing will attempt to advance on its 1-5 season record. The Warriors enter the outing with a 5-0 record after their 12-2 league win over Franklin Heights (Columbus, OH).

PCHS @ CCHS Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 5, 2024 @ 5p

The Central Crossing (Grove City, OH) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home conference game against Pickerington Central (Pickerington, OH) by a score of 13-12.

Rankings & Records

Pickerington Central (23-24)

OH	Div.
60	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
21-5-1	13-2-1	10-2-1	9-3	2-0	.796	.844	173	84

Central Crossing (23-24)

OH	Div.
482	152

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
6-23	2-14	3-11	3-12	.207	.125	134	282

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Pickerington Central	1.1	.5	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.3	.9	6.4	8.6	1.3
Central Crossing	.5	1.2	.9	.8	.4	.3	.6	4.6	6.1	3.8

Head-to-Head

Pickerington Central won on 4/5/2024

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

PCHS 6 0 3 0 1 2 1 13 10 3
Central Crossing 1 3 0 6 0 0 2 12 13 7

The Pickerington Central (Pickerington, OH) varsity baseball team won Friday's away conference game against Central Crossing (Grove City, OH) by a score of 13-12.
Box score
Pickerington Central won on 4/9/2024

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

PCHS 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 12 10 1
Central Crossing 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3

The Pickerington Central (Pickerington, OH) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Central Crossing (Grove City, OH) by a score of 12-3.
Box score
Pickerington Central won on 4/23/2024

4/23 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

PCHS 1 1 6 2 4 5 - 19 17 4
Central Crossing 2 0 4 0 0 0 - 6 6 4

The Pickerington Central (Pickerington, OH) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Central Crossing (Grove City, OH) by a score of 19-6.
Box score

4/5 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
PCHS	6	0	3	0	1	2	1	13	10	3
Central Crossing	1	3	0	6	0	0	2	12	13	7

4/9 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
PCHS	2	2	0	3	2	1	2	12	10	1
Central Crossing	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3

4/23 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
PCHS	1	1	6	2	4	5	-	19	17	4
Central Crossing	2	0	4	0	0	0	-	6	6	4

Team Stat Comparison

Pickerington Central		Central Crossing
.312	Batting Average	.253
.417	On Base Percentage	.358
.419	Slugging Percentage	.310
.946	Fielding Percentage	.863
.846	Win Loss Percentage	.200

Team Leaders

Pickerington Central		Central Crossing	National Avg.
#14 Roman DiCuirci.500	Batting Average	#1 Elisha Jackson.345	.239
#16 Ben Thornberry.612	On Base Percentage	#10 Zach Horton1.000	.377
#16 Ben Thornberry.677	Slugging Percentage	#3 Preston Carter.600	.299
#19 Connor Retherford1.000	Fielding Percentage	#20 Layne London1.000	.862
#14 Roman DiCuirci1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#6 Troy Collins.333	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pickerington Central	11-2-1		Central Crossing	2-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/1/24	Pickerington Central	Newark	(L) 1-0	4/10/24	Central Crossing	Newark	(L) 10-0
4/6/24	Newark	Pickerington Central	(W) 5-3	4/13/24	Central Crossing	Newark	(L) 12-0
4/24/24	Newark	Pickerington Central	(W) 2-1	4/29/24	Newark	Central Crossing	(L) 18-6
				4/29/24	Central Crossing	Newark	(L) 18-6
4/10/24	Groveport-Madison	Pickerington Central	(W) 10-0	4/19/24	Groveport-Madison	Central Crossing	(W) 15-4
4/13/24	Pickerington Central	Groveport-Madison	(W) 12-2	4/22/24	Central Crossing	Groveport-Madison	(L) 10-7
4/29/24	Groveport-Madison	Pickerington Central	(W) 9-6	5/6/24	Groveport-Madison	Central Crossing	(W) 6-5
4/15/24	Pickerington Central	Lancaster	(W) 3-0	3/27/24	Central Crossing	Lancaster	(L) 6-0
4/17/24	Lancaster	Pickerington Central	(W) 1-0	3/29/24	Lancaster	Central Crossing	(L) 13-0
4/18/24	Lancaster	Pickerington Central	(T) 0-0	4/24/24	Central Crossing	Lancaster	(L) 9-0
5/1/24	Pickerington Central	Lancaster	(L) 3-0
4/19/24	Reynoldsburg	Pickerington Central	(W) 3-2	4/15/24	Central Crossing	Reynoldsburg	(L) 12-4
4/22/24	Pickerington Central	Reynoldsburg	(W) 10-5	4/18/24	Reynoldsburg	Central Crossing	(L) 5-4
5/3/24	Reynoldsburg	Pickerington Central	(W) 10-0	5/1/24	Central Crossing	Reynoldsburg	(L) 16-2
4/27/24	Pickerington Central	St. Charles	(W) 5-4	5/18/24	St. Charles	Central Crossing

Record Breakdown

Pickerington Central (23-24)		Central Crossing (23-24)
21-5-1	Overall	6-23
13-2-1	League	2-14
7-2	Non-League	3-8
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
11-2-1	Common Opponent	2-11
10-2-1	Home	3-11
9-3	Away	3-12
2-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
18-4-1	In-State	6-23
3-1	Out-of-State	0-0