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Hickory Western Branch

Hawks

Bruins

The Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) in extra innings by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hickory	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	7	-	-
Western Branch	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	6	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Western Branch (22-23)

Hickory

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.226	43	31	7	7	7
0	Eli Kraft	.500	4	2	0	1	1
1	Austin Jones	.250	5	4	1	1	0
3	Nick Afftato	.500	5	4	1	2	3
4	Ryan Kennedy	.000	5	4	1	0	0
5	Ben Redding	.333	5	3	0	1	1
7	Matt Puszczalo	.000	4	4	0	0	0
18	Jake Chadwell	.000	5	3	2	0	0
20	Brayden Bachman	.333	5	3	2	1	0
24	Ryan Barks	.000	1	1	0	0	0
25	Andrew Vinarov	.333	4	3	0	1	2

Western Branch

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.316	49	38	6	12	5	2
2	Jacob Wright	.500	6	6	0	3	0	1
4	Logan Adams	.333	6	3	1	1	1	0
5	Joshua Wright	.667	5	3	2	2	1	0
7	Parker Coyle	.600	5	5	0	3	1	1
8	Nic Pool	.000	6	5	1	0	1	0
15	Seth Sadler	.500	5	4	0	2	1	0
16	Zack Kincaid		0	0	1	0	0	0
17	Markise Smith	.000	5	3	0	0	0	0
22	Carter Craun	.000	5	3	1	0	0	0
24	Pj Tone	.167	6	6	0	1	0	0

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	10	11	1	1	9	.419	.225	.645
0	Eli Kraft	0	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
1	Austin Jones	0	0	1	1	0	3	.400	.250	.650
3	Nick Afftato	0	1	1	0	0	0	.600	.500	1.100
4	Ryan Kennedy	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.000	.200
5	Ben Redding	1	1	0	0	0	3	.400	.333	.733
7	Matt Puszczalo	0	0	4	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
18	Jake Chadwell	0	2	2	0	1	0	.400	.000	.400
20	Brayden Bachman	0	2	1	0	0	3	.600	.333	.933
24	Ryan Barks	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
25	Andrew Vinarov	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	9	4	1	3	16	.449	.368	.817
2	Jacob Wright	0	0	0	0	0	5	.500	.666	1.167
4	Logan Adams	0	3	0	0	0	2	.667	.333	1.000
5	Joshua Wright	1	1	0	0	0	3	.600	.666	1.267
7	Parker Coyle	0	0	0	0	1	2	.600	.800	1.400
8	Nic Pool	0	0	1	1	2	3	.167	.000	.167
15	Seth Sadler	0	1	0	0	0	2	.600	.500	1.100
17	Markise Smith	0	2	1	0	0	3	.400	.000	.400
22	Carter Craun	0	2	1	0	0	2	.400	.000	.400
24	Pj Tone	0	0	1	0	0	6	.167	.166	.334

Baserunning

Hickory has not entered any baserunning stats.

Western Branch

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
4	Logan Adams	1

Hickory

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.973	37	27	9	1
0	Eli Kraft	1.000	8	5	3	0
1	Austin Jones	1.000	1	1	0	0
3	Nick Afftato	1.000	2	2	0	0
4	Ryan Kennedy	.800	5	2	2	1
5	Ben Redding	1.000	5	3	2	0
7	Matt Puszczalo	1.000	3	3	0	0
8	Keaton Hanbury	1.000	2	0	2	0
20	Brayden Bachman	1.000	4	4	0	0
24	Ryan Barks	1.000	1	1	0	0
25	Andrew Vinarov	1.000	6	6	0	0

Western Branch

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.970	33	27	5	1	2
2	Jacob Wright	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
4	Logan Adams	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
5	Joshua Wright	.750	4	2	1	1	1
7	Parker Coyle	1.000	12	12	0	0	0
8	Nic Pool	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Seth Sadler	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
16	Zack Kincaid	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
23	Gavin Biernot	1.000	2	1	1	0	1
24	Pj Tone	1.000	5	4	1	0	1

Hickory

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.33	1	1.000	1
1	Austin Jones	3.50	1	1.000	1
10	Jake Cozart	0.00	0		1
11	B Dekker	0.00	0		1
12	Tommy Blackburn	21.00	0		1
21	Wyatt Simmons	3.50	0		1

Western Branch

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1
16	Zack Kincaid	14.00	1
22	Carter Craun	0.00	1
23	Gavin Biernot	4.42	1
24	Pj Tone		1

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	9	11	6	3	9	4	49	39
1	Austin Jones	2	2	1	1	1	0	9	8
10	Jake Cozart	.1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
11	B Dekker	4.1	5	1	0	3	3	21	18
12	Tommy Blackburn	.1	1	1	1	1	0	3	2
21	Wyatt Simmons	2	3	3	1	3	1	14	10

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	9	7	7	6	10	11	43	32
16	Zack Kincaid	1	3	2	2	1	1	6	5
22	Carter Craun	1.2	1	1	0	2	2	10	7
23	Gavin Biernot	6.1	2	4	4	7	8	26	19
24	Pj Tone		1	0	0	0	0	1	1

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.282	.429	1	1	200
1	Austin Jones	.250	.333	0	0	39
10	Jake Cozart	.000	.500	0	0	10
11	B Dekker	.278	.381	0	0	80
12	Tommy Blackburn	.500	.667	1	0	14
21	Wyatt Simmons	.300	.500	0	1	57

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.219	.419	1	1	162
16	Zack Kincaid	.600	.667	1	0	18
22	Carter Craun	.143	.400	0	1	38
23	Gavin Biernot	.105	.346	0	0	105
24	Pj Tone	1.000	1.000	0	0	1

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Game Story

Virginia High School Baseball - Hickory nips Western Branch

April 25, 2023: Chesapeake, VA 23321

In Tuesday's league challenge, the Hickory Hawks (Chesapeake, VA) baseball squad edged the host Western Branch Bruins (Chesapeake, VA), by a final score of 7-6.

With the win, Hickory upgrades its record to 5-7 on the season. The Hawks travel to Deep Creek (Chesapeake, VA) to battle the Hornets in a Southeastern challenge on Thursday, April 27. The Hornets come into the challenge with a record of 7-6. Deep Creek won 12-2 in their recent league challenge against Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA)

With the defeat, Western Branch falls to 7-3 on the season. The Bruins travel to Great Bridge (Chesapeake, VA) to battle the Wildcats in a Southeastern challenge on Thursday, April 27. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a record of 12-3. Great Bridge won 14-4 in their recent league challenge against King's Fork (Suffolk, VA)

Hickory @ WBHS Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 25, 2023 @ 5:30p

The Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) in extra innings by a score of 7-6.

Rankings & Records

Hickory (22-23)

VA	Div.
22	4

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
14-8	12-1	6-4	8-3	0-1	.636	.923	168	89

Western Branch (22-23)

VA	Div.
15	7

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
17-6	10-3	10-2	7-4	.739	.769	177	88

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hickory	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.0	.8	.4	2.0	7.6	7.6	1.8
Western Branch	.8	1.6	.9	.8	1.0	.5	1.2	2.3	1.0	7.7	6.3	1.3

Team Stat Comparison

Hickory		Western Branch
.314	Batting Average	.257
.439	On Base Percentage	.377
.404	Slugging Percentage	.328
.947	Fielding Percentage	.933
.667	Win Loss Percentage	.571

Team Leaders

Hickory		Western Branch	National Avg.
#21 Wyatt Simmons.500	Batting Average	#10 Brayden Staples.429	.243
#21 Wyatt Simmons.667	On Base Percentage	#10 Brayden Staples.500	.375
#20 Brayden Bachman.672	Slugging Percentage	#10 Brayden Staples.571	.307
#1 Austin Jones1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Brayden Staples1.000	.861
#11 B Dekker1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#22 Carter Craun1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hickory	11-4		Western Branch	13-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/17/23	Greenbrier Christian Academy	Hickory	(L) 5-4	5/8/23	Greenbrier Christian Academy	Western Branch	(W) 10-0
3/24/23	Hickory	Cape Henry Collegiate	(L) 6-3	5/5/23	Western Branch	Cape Henry Collegiate	(L) 11-1
3/28/23	Oscar Smith	Hickory	(W) 8-1	4/20/23	Western Branch	Oscar Smith	(W) 5-0
5/4/23	Hickory	Oscar Smith	(W) 8-2
3/30/23	Hickory	Indian River	(L) 8-7	5/4/23	Indian River	Western Branch	(W) 3-2
5/2/23	Indian River	Hickory	(W) 15-4
4/4/23	Great Bridge	Hickory	(W) 10-6	4/27/23	Western Branch	Great Bridge	(W) 8-4
5/11/23	Hickory	Great Bridge	(W) 9-2
4/6/23	Hickory	Grassfield	(W) 6-2	4/18/23	Western Branch	Grassfield	(L) 1-0
5/17/23	Grassfield	Hickory	(W) 2-1	6/2/23	Western Branch	Grassfield	(W) 13-7
4/11/23	Kellam	Hickory	(L) 6-5	3/21/23	Kellam	Western Branch	(W) 3-0
4/18/23	Nansemond River	Hickory	(W) 15-6	4/6/23	Nansemond River	Western Branch	(W) 10-9
				5/16/23	Western Branch	Nansemond River	(L) 5-1
4/27/23	Hickory	Deep Creek	(W) 8-4	3/23/23	Deep Creek	Western Branch	(W) 6-3
				5/9/23	Western Branch	Deep Creek	(W) 11-1
5/5/23	King's Fork	Hickory	(W) 13-3	4/4/23	Western Branch	King's Fork	(W) 17-1
				5/11/23	King's Fork	Western Branch	(W) 16-1
5/9/23	Hickory	Lakeland	(W) 20-0	3/30/23	Western Branch	Lakeland	(W) 23-1
				5/2/23	Lakeland	Western Branch	(W) 10-0

Record Breakdown

Hickory (22-23)		Western Branch (22-23)
14-8	Overall	17-6
12-1	League	10-3
1-6	Non-League	4-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-4	Common Opponent	13-3
6-4	Home	10-2
8-3	Away	7-4
0-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	3-1
14-8	In-State	17-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1