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The First Academy (Leesburg, FL) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's neutral playoff game against Hernando Christian Academy (Brooksville, FL) in extra innings by a score of 6-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
HCA	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	-	-
First Academy	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	-	-

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Hernando Christian Academy (22-23)

First Academy (22-23)

Hernando Christian Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.258	38	31	5	8	4	3
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	2
4	Evan Oring (Jr)		0	0	2	0	0	0
5	Noah Perdomo (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
6	Carson Hedick (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
7	Matthew Biel (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	.000	5	4	0	0	0	0
10	Landon Euler (So)	.500	5	4	0	2	2	1
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
12	Bradyn Craver (Fr)		1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0

First Academy

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
Team Totals	.219	39	32	6	7	5	1
Brock Jones (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
Bryce Cherry (Sr)	.500	5	4	0	2	2	1
Bryson Barnett (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	2	0
Cason Cherry (So)	.250	5	4	2	1	0	0
Christian Hopke (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
Collin Herrell (So)	.000	5	3	1	0	1	0
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
J. Scouten (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
Noah Walsh (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
Reid Patterson (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0

Hernando Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	12	1	1	8	.378	.354	.733
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500	1.000	1.500
5	Noah Perdomo (Jr)	1	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
6	Carson Hedick (Jr)	0	1	2	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Matthew Biel (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	0	1	2	0	0	4	.200	.000	.200
10	Landon Euler (So)	0	1	0	0	1	2	.600	.750	1.350
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
12	Bradyn Craver (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	0	2	2	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500

First Academy

Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	1	4	8	2	4	1	9	.333	.250	.583
Brock Jones (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.000	.250
Bryce Cherry (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.600	.750	1.350
Bryson Barnett (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
Cason Cherry (So)	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	.400	.250	.650
Collin Herrell (So)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.000	.200
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.500	.333	.833
J. Scouten (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
Noah Walsh (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Reid Patterson (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250

Hernando Christian Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	1
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	1

First Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	6
	Brock Jones (Sr)	1
	Cason Cherry (So)	1
	Jacob Pishko (Sr)	3
	Reid Patterson (Jr)	1

Hernando Christian Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.865	37	23	9	5
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	.600	5	2	1	2
2	Braylen Randall (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
7	Matthew Biel (Sr)	.667	3	2	0	1
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
10	Landon Euler (So)	1.000	10	8	2	0
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	1.000	4	2	2	0
12	Bradyn Craver (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	.667	6	2	2	2
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0

First Academy

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
Team Totals	.923	26	24	2	1
Bryce Cherry (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
Bryson Barnett (Jr)	.833	6	5	1	1
Cason Cherry (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
Collin Herrell (So)	1.000	12	12	0	0
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
Reid Patterson (Jr)	.500	2	1	1	0

Hernando Christian Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.74	1
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	0.00	1
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	3.50	1
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	0.00	1
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)		1

First Academy

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	APP
Team Totals	3.50	1
Brock Jones (Sr)	0.00	1
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	2.00	1
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	42.00	1
Noah Walsh (Sr)		1

Hernando Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7.2	8	6	3	4	8	39	33
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	4
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	6	6	3	3	2	7	28	24
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	.2	1	3	0	1	0	5	4
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)		1	0	0	0	0	1	1

First Academy

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
Team Totals	8	8	5	4	6	12	38	32
Brock Jones (Sr)	.2	0	0	0	1	1	3	2
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	7	5	3	2	4	10	30	26
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	.1	3	2	2	1	1	5	4

Hernando Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.242	.359	2	2	136	3
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	.000	.200	0	0	17	0
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	.250	.357	2	2	95	3
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	.250	.400	0	0	20	0
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	1.000	1.000	0	0	4	0

First Academy

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
Team Totals	.250	.368	146	1
Brock Jones (Sr)	.000	.333	13	0
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	.192	.300	108	1
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	.750	.800	25	0

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Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Hernando Christian Academy edged by First Academy

May 2, 2023: Brooksville, FL 34601

The First Academy Eagles got by the host Hernando Christian Academy Lions baseball team by a count of 6-5 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 13-6 record. They take the field next when they travel to Bishop McLaughlin Catholic for a non-league bout on Thursday, May 4. First Academy will face a Hurricanes team coming off a 11-1 non-league win over Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto, FL). The Hurricanes record now stands at 13-6.

Rankings & Records

Hernando Christian Academy (22-23)

FL	Class
463	53

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
11-11	5-1	6-5	4-4	1-2	.500	.833	169	134

First Academy (22-23)

FL	Class
419	46

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
13-7	1-1	5-3	6-2	2-2	.650	.500	169	85