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The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home playoff game against Water Valley (MS) by a score of 13-12.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Water Valley	1	0	1	0	2	3	5	12	-	-
Independence	1	5	5	1	0	0	1	13	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Water Valley (22-23)

Water Valley has not entered stats for this game.

Independence (22-23)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.242	43	33	13	8	6	2
5	Bryson Davis (Sr)	.750	5	4	3	3	1	1
6	Austin Eddie (Fr)		0	0	2	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (7th)	.333	5	3	1	1	1	1
12	Gavin Pierce (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	.000	4	4	1	0	0	0
15	Brady Adams (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
17	Miller Owens (So)	.200	5	5	2	1	1	0
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	.000	5	4	0	0	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (Fr)	.000	5	2	1	0	1	0
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	.250	5	4	0	1	0	0
45	D. Mitchell (So)	.250	5	4	1	1	1	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	4	4	9	1	9	.419	.303	.722
5	Bryson Davis (Sr)	1	0	0	1	0	0	.800	1.000	1.800
10	Eli Stepp (7th)	2	0	0	1	0	4	.600	.666	1.267
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	6	.000	.000	.000
15	Brady Adams (Jr)	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
17	Miller Owens (So)	0	1	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.400
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	1	0	0	1	1	2	.200	.000	.200
24	Braylon Davis (Fr)	1	1	2	1	0	2	.600	.000	.600
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	0	0	1	1	0	3	.400	.250	.650
45	D. Mitchell (So)	0	1	1	2	0	2	.400	.250	.650

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
6	Austin Eddie (Fr)	1
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.818	33	21	6	6
4	Merritt Owens (Fr)	.833	6	5	0	1
5	Bryson Davis (Sr)	.500	2	0	1	1
10	Eli Stepp (7th)	.000	1	0	0	1
15	Brady Adams (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Miller Owens (So)	.000	2	0	0	2
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3	0
24	Braylon Davis (Fr)	1.000	6	5	1	0
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	.909	11	9	1	1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	0.00	1
17	Miller Owens (So)	14.00	1
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	1.62	1
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	0.00	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	12	12	3	7	11	45	37
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	1	2	5	0	3	2	10	6
17	Miller Owens (So)	1	1	2	2	2	2	6	4
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	4.1	8	4	1	2	5	25	23
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	.2	1	1	0	0	2	4	4

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.324	.444	1	180	6
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	.333	.600	1	38	0
17	Miller Owens (So)	.250	.500	0	28	2
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	.348	.400	0	98	2
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	.250	.250	0	16	2

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence sneaks past Water Valley

May 2, 2023: Independence, MS 38618

The Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS) baseball nipped the visiting Water Valley Blue Devils (Water Valley, MS), 13-12 in Tuesday's non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Wildcats play the Water Valley Blue Devils (Water Valley, MS) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, May 4. Independence will attempt to better on its 19-12 season record. The Blue Devils enter the contest with a 5-13 record after their 13-12 non-league loss to Independence (Independence, MS).

The Blue Devils now sport a 5-13 record. They take the field next when they host Independence for a non-league contest on Thursday, May 4. Water Valley will play a Wildcats squad coming off a 13-12 non-league win over Water Valley (Water Valley, MS). The Wildcats record now stands at 19-12.

Water Valley @ Independence Baseball Game Info

Tue., May. 2, 2023 @ 6p

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home playoff game against Water Valley (MS) by a score of 13-12.

This game is a part of the "2023 MHSAA Baseball Championship (Mississippi) - 3A Baseball Championship" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Water Valley (22-23)

MS	Class
164	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-15	1-3	4-5	3-8	2-2	.375	.250	158	170

Independence (22-23)

MS	Class
171	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
19-14	8-0	7-4	11-9	1-1	.576	1.000	328	210

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Water Valley	.9	.8	1.3	.6	.7	1.1	1.5	6.0	-	-	6.6	7.6	2.0
Independence	3.6	2.5	1.4	1.3	.7	.2	1.3	0	0	1.0	9.9	7.6	1.9

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 5/2/2023

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

Water Valley 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 12 - -
Independence 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 13 - -

The Water Valley (MS) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away playoff game against Independence (MS) by a score of 13-12.
Box score
Water Valley won on 5/4/2023

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

Independence 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - -
Water Valley 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 4 - -

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away playoff game against Water Valley (MS) by a score of 4-1.
Box score
Water Valley won on 5/4/2023

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

Independence - - - - - - - 5 - -
Water Valley - - - - - - - 6 - -

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away playoff game against Water Valley (MS) by a score of 6-5.
Box score

5/4 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-
Water Valley	0	0	2	1	0	1	-	4	-	-

5/4 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Water Valley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Water Valley		Independence
.259	Batting Average	.331
.395	On Base Percentage	.469
.345	Slugging Percentage	.423
.882	Fielding Percentage	.876
-	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Water Valley		Independence	National Avg.
#12 Reid Burress1.000	Batting Average	#5 Bryson Davis.432	.243
#12 Reid Burress1.000	On Base Percentage	#5 Bryson Davis.583	.375
#12 Reid Burress1.000	Slugging Percentage	#5 Bryson Davis.681	.307
#1 Daylon Vaughan1.000	Fielding Percentage	#20 Colton Moncrief1.000	.861
-	Win Loss Percentage	#17 Miller Owens1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Water Valley	4-1		Independence	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/25/23	Water Valley	Calhoun City	(W) 7-3	3/14/23	Independence	Calhoun City	(W) 14-7
4/17/23	Calhoun City	Water Valley	(W) 14-4	3/14/23	Independence	Calhoun City	(L) 14-1
3/21/23	Water Valley	Alcorn Central	(W) 19-2	4/20/23	Independence	Alcorn Central	(W) 17-4
3/23/23	Alcorn Central	Water Valley	(L) 11-10
4/11/23	Water Valley	Hickory Flat	(W) 11-5	3/11/23	Independence	Hickory Flat	(L) 10-9

Record Breakdown

Water Valley (22-23)		I Independence (22-23)
9-15	Overall	19-14
1-3	League	8-0
4-8	Non-League	8-12
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
4-1	Common Opponent	2-2
4-5	Home	7-4
3-8	Away	11-9
2-2	Neutral	1-1
4-4	Playoff	3-2
9-15	In-State	19-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0