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Lincoln Preston

Cougars

Knights

The Preston (Kingwood, WV) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Lincoln (Shinnston, WV) by a score of 9-7.

Game Details: Preston High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lincoln	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	-	-
Preston	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	7	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Preston (22-23)

Lincoln

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.375	38	32	9	12	7	3
1	Cole Heflin	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0
3	Noah Sears	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
4	Levi Belcastro	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
6	L. Hostuttler	.667	4	3	1	2	1	1
10	Corbin Ayers	.600	5	5	2	3	3	2
19	Nick Kellar	.500	5	4	2	2	0	0
20	Dillon Shaw	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
23	Maddox Perine	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
24	Cade Heflin		0	0	1	0	0	0
42	Will Wolfe	.000	3	2	0	0	1	0
44	Gavin Owens	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0

Preston

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.250	39	32	7	8	4	1	1
1	Slaton Manko (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	Robbie Lowe (Fr)	.250	5	4	1	1	0	0	0
6	Caleb Wharton (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
13	Ayden Ward (Fr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	Brady McNew (Jr)	.500	5	4	2	2	2	0	1
16	Jackson Turner (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
24	Mason Chaney (Jr)	.400	5	5	2	2	1	1	0
25	Nathan Adams (Fr)	.500	4	2	0	1	1	0	0
27	Lucas McVicker (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0

Lincoln

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	5	1	2	8	.447	.468	.916
1	Cole Heflin	0	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
3	Noah Sears	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
4	Levi Belcastro	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
6	L. Hostuttler	0	0	0	1	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
10	Corbin Ayers	0	0	0	0	0	2	.600	1.000	1.600
19	Nick Kellar	0	1	0	0	1	1	.600	.500	1.100
20	Dillon Shaw	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
23	Maddox Perine	0	0	1	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
42	Will Wolfe	1	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
44	Gavin Owens	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833

Preston

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	11	3	3	11	.385	.375	.760
1	Slaton Manko (Fr)	0	1	1	0	5	.250	.000	.250
3	Robbie Lowe (Fr)	1	2	0	0	1	.400	.250	.650
6	Caleb Wharton (So)	0	1	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500
13	Ayden Ward (Fr)	1	2	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
15	Brady McNew (Jr)	1	2	0	0	1	.600	1.250	1.850
16	Jackson Turner (Jr)	0	2	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
24	Mason Chaney (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.600	1.000
25	Nathan Adams (Fr)	1	0	1	1	1	.750	.500	1.250
27	Lucas McVicker (So)	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.250	.500

Lincoln

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.861	36	21	10	5
6	L. Hostuttler	1.000	5	1	4	0
10	Corbin Ayers	.429	7	0	3	4
11	C. Mazzei	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	Dillon Shaw	.923	13	11	1	1
21	Levi Moore	1.000	1	1	0	0
26	AJ Bart	1.000	1	0	1	0
42	Will Wolfe	1.000	1	0	1	0
44	Gavin Owens	1.000	7	7	0	0

Preston

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.964	28	21	6	1
1	Slaton Manko (Fr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
3	Robbie Lowe (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
5	Wyatt Moyer (Fr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
6	Caleb Wharton (So)	.667	3	0	2	1
13	Ayden Ward (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
15	Brady McNew (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
16	Jackson Turner (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
24	Mason Chaney (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0

Lincoln

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1	1.000	1
4	Levi Belcastro	0.00	0		1
6	L. Hostuttler	0.00	0		1
11	C. Mazzei		0		1
26	AJ Bart	8.75	1	1.000	1

Preston

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.00	1	.000	1
13	Ayden Ward (Fr)	0.00	0		1
15	Brady McNew (Jr)	63.00	1	.000	1

Lincoln

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	7	5	4	11	1	38	31
4	Levi Belcastro	1.2	1	1	0	1	3	0	10	8
6	L. Hostuttler	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	4
26	AJ Bart	4	6	6	5	2	6	1	23	19

Preston

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	11	9	9	4	5	38	33
13	Ayden Ward (Fr)	6	4	0	0	1	5	25	23
15	Brady McNew (Jr)	1	7	9	9	3	0	13	10

Lincoln

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.226	.368	4	3	165	1	1
4	Levi Belcastro	.125	.300	1	1	56	1	0
6	L. Hostuttler	.000	.200	0	0	23	0	0
26	AJ Bart	.316	.435	3	2	86	0	1

Preston

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.333	.421	2	1	121
13	Ayden Ward (Fr)	.174	.240	0	1	76
15	Brady McNew (Jr)	.700	.769	2	0	45

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Game Story

West Virginia High School Baseball - Lincoln gets by Preston

April 11, 2023: Kingwood, WV 26537

Lincoln Cougars (Shinnston, WV) fans exited the stadium thrilled Tuesday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the host Preston Knights (Kingwood, WV), 9-7 in a league test.

With the win, Lincoln upgrades its record to 4-7 on the season. The Cougars host Philip Barbour (Philippi, WV) to battle the Colts in a Big Ten test on Wednesday, April 12. The Colts come into the test with a record of 7-8. Philip Barbour lost 10-4 in their recent league test against East Fairmont (Fairmont, WV)

With the defeat, Preston falls to 4-7 on the season. The Knights travel to Robert C. Byrd (Clarksburg, WV) to battle the Eagles in a Big Ten test on Thursday, April 13. The Eagles come into the test with a record of 7-6. Robert C. Byrd won 19-7 in their recent league test against Liberty (Clarksburg, WV)

Rankings & Records

Lincoln (22-23)

WV	Class
65	25

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
10-16	7-10	4-8	6-7	0-1	.385	.412	223	240

Preston (22-23)

WV	Class
73	25

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
7-14	4-10	4-6	3-8	.333	.286	120	216

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lincoln	2.8	1.2	1.1	1.5	1.2	.6	.8	8.6	7.3	2.8
Preston	.8	1.0	.7	1.0	1.3	1.0	.8	5.7	5.9	2.7

Team Stat Comparison

Lincoln		Preston
.329	Batting Average	.288
.448	On Base Percentage	.448
.427	Slugging Percentage	.355
.884	Fielding Percentage	.899
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.385

Team Leaders

Lincoln		Preston	National Avg.
#12 Preston Ellis.500	Batting Average	#24 Mason Chaney.413	.243
#9 Kaden Posey.667	On Base Percentage	#28 Gavin Miller1.000	.375
#12 Preston Ellis.666	Slugging Percentage	#15 Brady McNew.642	.307
#1 Cole Heflin1.000	Fielding Percentage	#22 Brier Peaslee1.000	.861
#10 Corbin Ayers.750	Win Loss Percentage	#24 Mason Chaney.600	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lincoln	6-11		Preston	4-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/23	Lincoln	Buckhannon-Upshur	(L) 13-3	3/21/23	Preston	Buckhannon-Upshur	(L) 16-6
				5/10/23	Preston	Buckhannon-Upshur	(L) 15-1
3/28/23	East Fairmont	Lincoln	(W) 15-9	3/30/23	Preston	East Fairmont	(W) 3-1
4/25/23	Lincoln	East Fairmont	(W) 5-4
3/30/23	Lincoln	Philip Barbour	(L) 12-2	4/6/23	Philip Barbour	Preston	(L) 12-0
4/12/23	Philip Barbour	Lincoln	(L) 15-4
4/3/23	Liberty	Lincoln	(L) 10-8	4/10/23	Preston	Liberty	(W) 7-5
4/26/23	Lincoln	Liberty	(W) 18-2	4/20/23	Liberty	Preston	(L) 15-5
4/4/23	Fairmont Senior	Lincoln	(L) 17-7	4/3/23	Preston	Fairmont Senior	(L) 11-1
4/6/23	Lincoln	North Marion	(L) 8-4	4/17/23	Preston	North Marion	(L) 5-4
4/8/23	Lincoln	Elkins	(L) 16-11	3/20/23	Elkins	Preston	(W) 14-11
4/18/23	Elkins	Lincoln	(W) 9-3
5/10/23	Elkins	Lincoln	(L) 11-7
4/10/23	Lincoln	Robert C. Byrd	(W) 11-3	4/13/23	Preston	Robert C. Byrd	(L) 7-6
5/9/23	Lincoln	Robert C. Byrd	(L) 11-1
4/17/23	Bridgeport	Lincoln	(L) 8-4	3/29/23	Preston	Bridgeport	(L) 10-4
4/20/23	Grafton	Lincoln	(W) 9-5	4/4/23	Grafton	Preston	(W) 8-4
5/5/23	Lewis County	Lincoln	(L) 3-2	3/27/23	Lewis County	Preston	(L) 13-1

Record Breakdown

Lincoln (22-23)		Preston (22-23)
10-16	Overall	7-14
7-10	League	4-10
3-3	Non-League	3-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-11	Common Opponent	4-9
4-8	Home	4-6
6-7	Away	3-8
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
10-16	In-State	7-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0