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The First Coast Christian (Jacksonville, FL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Hope Christian Academy (Starke, FL) by a score of 17-16.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
HCA	1	0	4	1	3	3	5	17	8	4
FCCHS	3	3	3	7	0	0	0	16	13	6

Final score provided by K. Love.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Hope Christian Academy (22-23)

Hope Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

First Coast Christian (22-23)

First Coast Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.419	38	31	16	13	13	7	1
1	Chris Aleman (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	2	1	0
2	Matthew Dees (So)	.250	5	4	2	1	1	0	0
3	Blake Mitchell (Sr)	.500	5	4	0	2	2	2	0
4	Cliff Murray (Sr)	.333	5	3	2	1	1	0	1
8	Danny Murray (Sr)	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
9	Caden Sears (8th)	.667	4	3	2	2	1	1	0
10	Lucas Inman (Jr)	.750	4	4	2	3	3	1	0
15	Noah Crammer (So)	.400	5	5	2	2	2	2	0
66	Noah Smith (Fr)	1.000	1	1	3	1	1	0	0

First Coast Christian

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	7	.526	.709	1.236
1	Chris Aleman (Sr)	1	1	.500	.666	1.167
2	Matthew Dees (So)	1	1	.400	.250	.650
3	Blake Mitchell (Sr)	1	1	.600	1.000	1.600
4	Cliff Murray (Sr)	2	1	.600	1.000	1.600
8	Danny Murray (Sr)	1	3	.200	.000	.200
9	Caden Sears (8th)	1	0	.750	1.000	1.750
10	Lucas Inman (Jr)	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
15	Noah Crammer (So)	0	0	.400	.800	1.200
66	Noah Smith (Fr)	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

First Coast Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	10	12
1	Chris Aleman (Sr)	2	2
2	Matthew Dees (So)	1	1
3	Blake Mitchell (Sr)	1	1
9	Caden Sears (8th)	2	3
10	Lucas Inman (Jr)	1	1
66	Noah Smith (Fr)	3	4

First Coast Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	13.00	1	.000	4	1
2	Matthew Dees (So)		1	.000	1
4	Cliff Murray (Sr)	8.75			1	1
9	Caden Sears (8th)	0.00			1
10	Lucas Inman (Jr)	10.50			1

First Coast Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	17	13	15	5	46	26
2	Matthew Dees (So)		1	6	5	2	0	6	2
4	Cliff Murray (Sr)	4	4	8	5	9	3	24	15
9	Caden Sears (8th)	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
10	Lucas Inman (Jr)	2	2	3	3	4	2	13	6

First Coast Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.269	.587	5	5	190	12
2	Matthew Dees (So)	.500	.833	1	2	17	1
4	Cliff Murray (Sr)	.267	.542	2	0	99	9
9	Caden Sears (8th)	.000	.000	0	0	16	0
10	Lucas Inman (Jr)	.333	.692	2	3	58	2

Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Hope Christian Academy sneaks past First Coast Christian

April 25, 2023: Jacksonville, FL 32244

Spectators at Tuesday's non-league battle between the Hope Christian Academy Lions (Starke, FL) and the host First Coast Christian Knights (Jacksonville, FL), saw Hope Christian Academy's baseball squad edge First Coast Christian by a count of 17-16.

Coming up next, the Lions play the Brunswick Christian Academy Eagles (Brunswick, GA) in a Southeastern Christian battle, on Friday, April 28. Hope Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 6-3 season record. The Eagles enter the battle with a 4-4 record after their 7-6 league win over First Christian (High Springs, FL).

The Knights now possess a 5-9 record. They take the field next when they travel to St. Johns Country Day for a non-league battle on Monday, May 1. First Coast Christian will play a Spartans squad coming off a 8-3 non-league win over Creekside (St. Johns, FL). The Spartans record now stands at 20-4.

Coaches Summary

Game Summary

FCCS was up 16 to 6 at one point but poor pitching toward the middle of the game and mental and physical errors were the difference in this one.

Players of the Game

Hope Christian Academy (22-23)

Hope Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

First Coast Christian (22-23)

Congratulations to #10 Lucas Inman for being selected the First Coast Christian Baseball Player of the Game.

HCA @ FCCHS Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 25, 2023 @ 4:30p

The First Coast Christian (Jacksonville, FL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Hope Christian Academy (Starke, FL) by a score of 17-16.

Rankings & Records

Hope Christian Academy (22-23)

FL
507

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
10-7	7-5	4-2	4-3	2-2	.588	.583	121	92

First Coast Christian (22-23)

FL	Class
583	77

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
5-10	4-4	1-5	0-1	.333	131	189

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Hope Christian Academy	1.3	1.2	1.8	1.5	.6	1.2	1.5	-	7.1	8.0	4.0
First Coast Christian	1.6	1.9	1.2	3.3	.5	.8	.4	1.0	8.7	6.3	3.5

Team Stat Comparison

Hope Christian Academy		First Coast Christian
.583	Batting Average	.292
.697	On Base Percentage	.479
.777	Slugging Percentage	.405
1.000	Fielding Percentage	.851
-	Win Loss Percentage	.417

Team Leaders

Hope Christian Academy		First Coast Christian	National Avg.
#12 Lucas Grider1.000	Batting Average	#2 Matthew Dees.464	.243
#12 Lucas Grider1.000	On Base Percentage	#23 Alejandro Chery.667	.375
#15 Jackson Jones1.300	Slugging Percentage	#3 Blake Mitchell.692	.307
#1 Dalton Thomas1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Theron Hendon1.000	.861
-	Win Loss Percentage	#9 Caden Sears.600	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hope Christian Academy	0-4		First Coast Christian	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/23	Old Plank Christian Academy	Hope Christian Academy	(L) 21-0	3/9/23	First Coast Christian	Old Plank Christian Academy	(L) 11-1
5/1/23	Hope Christian Academy	Old Plank Christian Academy	(L) 11-8	4/11/23	Old Plank Christian Academy	First Coast Christian	(L) 24-0
5/13/23	Hope Christian Academy	Old Plank Christian Academy	(L) 6-5
5/13/23	Hope Christian Academy	Old Plank Christian Academy	(L) 2-1

Record Breakdown

H Hope Christian Academy (22-23)		First Coast Christian (22-23)
10-7	Overall	5-10
7-7	League	0-0
1-0	Non-League	5-9
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-4	Common Opponent	0-2
4-2	Home	4-4
4-3	Away	1-5
2-2	Neutral	0-1
2-0	Playoff	0-1
4-5	In-State	5-10
6-2	Out-of-State	0-0