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East Central Florence

Hornets

Eagles

The Florence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against East Central (Moss Point, MS) by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
East Central	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	6	1
Florence	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	4

Final score provided by R. May.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

East Central (23-24)

East Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.207	36	29	4	6	3
4	Blake Hayes		0	0	1	0	0
5	Matthew Combs	.000	4	2	1	0	0
7	Jaxon Cripps	.000	4	4	0	0	0
16	Anthony Tanner	.333	4	3	0	1	2
18	Mason Prouty	.333	4	3	0	1	0
20	Pacey Baria		0	0	1	0	0
22	F. Strickler	.250	4	4	0	1	0
23	P. Youngblood	.500	4	4	1	2	1
27	Payton McLean	.333	4	3	0	1	0
33	C. McFaul	.000	4	3	0	0	0
42	N. Trochessett	.000	4	3	0	0	0

East Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	10	1	3	1	10	.361	.206	.568
5	Matthew Combs	2	1	0	1	0	2	.500	.000	.500
7	Jaxon Cripps	0	1	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
16	Anthony Tanner	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
18	Mason Prouty	1	1	0	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833
22	F. Strickler	0	2	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.500
23	P. Youngblood	0	1	0	0	0	4	.500	.500	1.000
27	Payton McLean	0	0	1	0	1	2	.500	.333	.833
33	C. McFaul	1	1	0	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
42	N. Trochessett	1	2	0	0	0	5	.250	.000	.250

East Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.963	27	21	5	1
5	Matthew Combs	1.000	2	2	0	0
7	Jaxon Cripps	1.000	2	0	2	0
16	Anthony Tanner	1.000	5	4	1	0
18	Mason Prouty	.857	7	6	0	1
22	F. Strickler	1.000	1	1	0	0
27	Payton McLean	1.000	4	4	0	0
29	JT Wilson	1.000	1	1	0	0
33	C. McFaul	1.000	2	1	1	0
42	N. Trochessett	1.000	3	2	1	0

East Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	1.00	1	1.000	1	1
12	Brody Long	0.00	1	1.000	1	0
16	Anthony Tanner	0.00	0		1	1
23	P. Youngblood	1.75	0		1	0

East Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	3	1	4	6	31	27
12	Brody Long	2	2	0	0	1	1	8	7
16	Anthony Tanner	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4
23	P. Youngblood	4	4	3	1	3	3	19	16

East Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.259	.355	119	1
12	Brody Long	.286	.375	29	0
16	Anthony Tanner	.250	.250	16	1
23	P. Youngblood	.250	.368	74	0

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Florence (23-24)

Florence has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - East Central sneaks past Florence

April 26, 2024: Moss Point, MS 39562

Spectators at Friday's non-league battle between the East Central Hornets (Moss Point, MS) and the visiting Florence Eagles (Florence, MS), saw East Central's baseball squad edge Florence by a count of 4-3.

Coming up next, the Hornets play the Florence Eagles (Florence, MS) in a non-league battle, on Friday, April 26. East Central will attempt to move on its 16-11 season record. The Eagles enter the battle with a 17-12 record after their 8-7 non-league loss to Pisgah (Sandhill, MS).

The Eagles now possess a 17-14 record. They take the field next when they travel to East Central for a non-league battle on Friday, April 26. Florence will play a Hornets squad coming off a 12-3 league win over Wayne County (Waynesboro, MS). The Hornets record now stands at 14-11.

East Central vs Florence Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 26, 2024 @ 12p

The Florence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against East Central (Moss Point, MS) by a score of 4-3.

This game is a part of the "2024 MHSAA Baseball Championship (Mississippi) - 5A Baseball Championship" tournament.

Rankings & Records

East Central (23-24)

MS	Class
54	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-13	8-7	8-5	7-6	2-2	.567	.533	194	146

Florence (23-24)

MS	Class
111	10

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-14	7-4	11-4	6-9	0-1	.548	.636	243	143

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
East Central	1.6	.8	1.3	1.0	.7	.9	.6	0	0	1.0	6.5	8.2	1.8
Florence	1.3	1.1	2.7	.9	1.4	1.0	.6	2.5	-	-	7.8	6.9	2.0

Head-to-Head

East Central won on 4/26/2024

4/26 @ 12p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

East Central 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 6 1
Florence 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 4

The East Central (Moss Point, MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Florence (MS) by a score of 4-3.
Box score
East Central won on 4/27/2024

4/27 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Florence 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 6 5 1
East Central 0 2 0 3 2 1 - 8 11 2

The Florence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away playoff game against East Central (Moss Point, MS) by a score of 8-6.
Box score

4/27 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Florence	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	6	5	1
East Central	0	2	0	3	2	1	-	8	11	2

Team Stat Comparison

East Central		Florence
.289	Batting Average	.304
.391	On Base Percentage	.464
.412	Slugging Percentage	.393
.933	Fielding Percentage	.909
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

East Central		Florence	National Avg.
#2 Grayson Hall1.000	Batting Average	#6 Noah Mann1.000	.239
#2 Grayson Hall1.000	On Base Percentage	#21 Dylan Wiltcher1.000	.377
#2 Grayson Hall1.000	Slugging Percentage	#6 Noah Mann2.000	.299
#14 Logan Lizana1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Jeremy Heflin1.000	.862
#12 Brody Long1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#6 Noah Mann1.000	.535

Record Breakdown

East Central (23-24)		Florence (23-24)
17-13	Overall	17-14
8-7	League	7-4
6-4	Non-League	10-8
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
8-5	Home	11-4
7-6	Away	6-9
2-2	Neutral	0-1
3-2	Playoff	0-2
17-12	In-State	17-14
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0