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The Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Portage Northern (Portage, MI) by a score of 8-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Portage Northern	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	8	5	2
Kalamazoo Central	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	5	11	3

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Portage Northern (24-25)

Portage Northern

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.200	37	25	8	5	7	1
1	Nolan Ratliff (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	Brice Welke (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
19	Austin Keene (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	2	0
23	Seth Bartlam (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0
24	Evan McIntyre (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0

Portage Northern

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	10	7	1	3	8	.444	.240	.684
1	Nolan Ratliff (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
3	Brice Welke (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
19	Austin Keene (So)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
23	Seth Bartlam (Sr)	0	2	0	0	1	2	.500	.000	.500
24	Evan McIntyre (Jr)	0	0	3	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250

Portage Northern

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.938	32	21	9	2
3	Brice Welke (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
19	Austin Keene (So)	1.000	10	10	0	0
24	Evan McIntyre (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

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Kalamazoo Central (24-25)

Kalamazoo Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Portage Northern edges Kalamazoo Central

April 11, 2025: Kalamazoo, MI 49006

In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Portage Northern Huskies baseball team scored a close 8-5 victory over the Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants.

The Huskies (1-0) will now prepare for their game against Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI). The Maroon Giants go into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Kalamazoo Central nipped Parchment (Parchment, MI), 15-0, in a non-league challenge.

With the defeat, Kalamazoo Central drops to 1-1 on the year. The Maroon giants host Vicksburg (Vicksburg, MI) to clash with the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Friday, April 11. The Bulldogs go into the challenge with a record of 0-0.

PNHS @ KCHS Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 11, 2025 @ 4p

Kalamazoo Central High School

The Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Portage Northern (Portage, MI) by a score of 8-5.

Rankings & Records

Portage Northern (24-25)

MI	Class
169	76

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-19-1	1-9	6-13-1	7-6	.409	.100	172	211

Kalamazoo Central (24-25)

MI	Class
119	57

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
21-21	2-6	16-14	5-7	.500	.250	237	236

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Portage Northern	.9	1.0	.7	.5	1.1	1.1	.9	1.0	-	5.2	5.8	2.5
Kalamazoo Central	.8	1.0	1.4	.9	.7	1.0	.6	.7	1.5	5.6	7.5	2.7

Head-to-Head

Portage Northern won on 4/11/2025

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

Portage Northern 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 5 2
KCHS 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 11 3

The Portage Northern (Portage, MI) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) by a score of 8-5.
Box score
Portage Northern won on 4/11/2025

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

Portage Northern 0 0 5 - - - - 5 6 1
KCHS 0 1 0 - - - - 1 2 2

The Portage Northern (Portage, MI) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) by a score of 5-1.
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4/11 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Portage Northern	0	0	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	1
KCHS	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	1	2	2

Team Stat Comparison

Portage Northern		Kalamazoo Central
.248	Batting Average	.297
.386	On Base Percentage	.424
.299	Slugging Percentage	.425
.903	Fielding Percentage	.904
.423	Win Loss Percentage	.538

Team Leaders

Portage Northern		Kalamazoo Central	National Avg.
#24 Evan McIntyre.364	Batting Average	#55 Dewey Young.405	.239
#1 Nolan Ratliff.549	On Base Percentage	#55 Dewey Young.515	.379
#24 Evan McIntyre.477	Slugging Percentage	#55 Dewey Young.633	.302
#24 Evan McIntyre.969	Fielding Percentage	#9 Kaiden Claussen1.000	.860
#23 Seth Bartlam1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#55 Dewey Young1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Portage Northern	5-15-1		Kalamazoo Central	7-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/27/24	Portage Northern	Paw Paw		4/11/25	Paw Paw	Kalamazoo Central
4/12/25	Mattawan	Portage Northern	(L) 6-0	5/22/25	Mattawan	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 9-3
4/12/25	Mattawan	Portage Northern	(L) 8-3	5/22/25	Mattawan	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 7-6
5/8/25	Portage Northern	Mattawan	(L) 10-0
5/8/25	Portage Northern	Mattawan	(L) 14-4
4/12/25	Vicksburg	Portage Northern		4/11/25	Vicksburg	Kalamazoo Central
4/12/25	Vicksburg	Portage Northern	(T) 8-8	4/11/25	Vicksburg	Kalamazoo Central
4/16/25	Lakeview	Portage Northern	(L) 12-5	5/15/25	Kalamazoo Central	Lakeview	(W) 6-2
4/16/25	Lakeview	Portage Northern	(L) 12-5	5/15/25	Kalamazoo Central	Lakeview	(L) 7-4
4/17/25	Portage Northern	Central	(W) 14-2	5/19/25	Kalamazoo Central	Central
4/17/25	Portage Northern	Central		5/19/25	Kalamazoo Central	Central
4/23/25	St. Joseph	Portage Northern	(L) 14-2	4/30/25	Kalamazoo Central	St. Joseph	(L) 3-2
4/23/25	St. Joseph	Portage Northern	(L) 9-6	4/30/25	Kalamazoo Central	St. Joseph	(W) 7-3
5/2/25	Portage Northern	Lakeshore	(L) 6-2	5/8/25	Lakeshore	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 8-1
5/2/25	Portage Northern	Lakeshore	(L) 4-3	5/8/25	Lakeshore	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 6-5
5/5/25	Hackett Catholic Prep	Portage Northern	(L) 7-5	5/10/25	Hackett Catholic Prep	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 18-1
5/5/25	Hackett Catholic Prep	Portage Northern	(W) 8-4	5/10/25	Hackett Catholic Prep	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 18-1
5/15/25	Gull Lake	Portage Northern	(L) 5-3	4/17/25	Kalamazoo Central	Gull Lake	(L) 10-8
5/15/25	Gull Lake	Portage Northern	(W) 2-0	4/17/25	Kalamazoo Central	Gull Lake	(L) 7-1
				4/29/25	Gull Lake	Kalamazoo Central
				4/29/25	Gull Lake	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 9-8
5/19/25	Portage Central	Portage Northern	(L) 4-2	4/24/25	Portage Central	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 7-4
5/19/25	Portage Central	Portage Northern	(W) 10-7	4/24/25	Portage Central	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 11-6
5/23/25	Portage Northern	Norrix	(L) 10-0	4/16/25	Kalamazoo Central	Norrix	(W) 11-7
5/23/25	Portage Northern	Norrix	(W) 7-5	4/16/25	Kalamazoo Central	Norrix	(L) 7-0
5/31/25	Norrix	Portage Northern	(L) 1-0	5/10/25	Norrix	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 7-4

Record Breakdown

Portage Northern (24-25)		Kalamazoo Central (24-25)
13-19-1	Overall	21-21
1-9	League	2-6
12-10-1	Non-League	19-14
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-15-1	Common Opponent	7-11
6-13-1	Home	16-14
7-6	Away	5-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-19-1	In-State	21-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0