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The Villages Charter Merritt Island

Buffalo

Mustangs

The Merritt Island (FL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home playoff game against The Villages Charter (The Villages, FL) by a score of 7-2.

This game is a part of the "2024 FHSAA Baseball State Championships - 4A FHSAA Baseball " tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
The Villages Charter	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	3
Merritt Island	1	0	5	1	0	0	-	7	8	3

Final score provided by D. Wydner.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Box Score Stats

The Villages Charter (23-24)		Merritt Island (23-24)
0	Double Plays	0
0	Triple Plays	0

Game Stats

Merritt Island (23-24)

The Villages Charter

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.250	29	28	2	7	2	1
1	A. Kradzinski (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
6	H. Anderson (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
7	Torin Foley (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
8	Joe Killpatrick (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
10	Brant Hayward (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
13	M. Cortale (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1
15	Lincoln Gagne (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
20	Andon Gray (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
23	Daniel Bitting (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0

Merritt Island

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.333	33	24	7	8	5
1	Toren Dunegan (Sr)	.333	3	3		1	2
2	Romeo Tornga (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1
4	Hudson Blank (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2
6	Nick Wimberly (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1
13	Robert Myer (Sr)				1
14	Liam Miller (Fr)	.500	3	2		1
15	Jacob Loeffler (Sr)		4	2
16	Dean Hanselman (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1
32	Shane Patrick (Jr)		3	1	1
44	Noah Knight (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1

The Villages Charter

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	11	1	13	.276	.285	.562
1	A. Kradzinski (Sr)	1	2	0	2	.333	.000	.333
6	H. Anderson (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
7	Torin Foley (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500
8	Joe Killpatrick (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.333	.333	.666
10	Brant Hayward (Jr)	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.666
13	M. Cortale (Jr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.666	1.000
15	Lincoln Gagne (Jr)	0	1	1	2	.333	.333	.666
20	Andon Gray (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
23	Daniel Bitting (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

Merritt Island

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	4	2	1	.500	.333	.833
1	Toren Dunegan (Sr)						.333	.333	.666
2	Romeo Tornga (Sr)		1	2			.500	.333	.833
4	Hudson Blank (Sr)					1	.500	.500	1.000
6	Nick Wimberly (Sr)						.250	.250	.500
14	Liam Miller (Fr)	1		1			.500	.500	1.000
15	Jacob Loeffler (Sr)		2	1			.500	.000	.500
16	Dean Hanselman (Sr)		1		1		.750	.500	1.250
32	Shane Patrick (Jr)		2				.667	.000	.667
44	Noah Knight (Sr)				1		.500	.333	.833

The Villages Charter

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
1	A. Kradzinski (Sr)	1

Merritt Island

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	1
16	Dean Hanselman (Sr)	1	1

The Villages Charter

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.864	22	18	1	3
1	A. Kradzinski (Sr)	.667	3	2	0	1
6	H. Anderson (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
7	Torin Foley (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
13	M. Cortale (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
15	Lincoln Gagne (Jr)	.900	10	8	1	1
20	Andon Gray (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
23	Daniel Bitting (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Merritt Island

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	PB	SBA	SB	CS
	Team Totals	.893	28	21	4	3	1	0	0	0
1	Toren Dunegan (Sr)	1.000	1	1
4	Hudson Blank (Sr)	1.000	11	11			1	0	0	0
5	Mark Coakley (Sr)	1.000	2	2
6	Nick Wimberly (Sr)	1.000	1		1
14	Liam Miller (Fr)	.500	2		1	1
16	Dean Hanselman (Sr)	.600	5	1	2	2
32	Shane Patrick (Jr)	1.000	4	4
44	Noah Knight (Sr)	1.000	2	2

The Villages Charter

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1	.000	3
2	Nathan Budill (Sr)	4.67	0		1
22	Thomas Jacques (Sr)	14.00	1	.000	1
25	Konnor Briggs (Fr)	0.00	0		1

Merritt Island

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	1		1.000	1	1	1
15	Jacob Loeffler (Sr)	1.00	1		1.000	1	1	1

The Villages Charter

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	7	6	6	4	33	25
2	Nathan Budill (Sr)	3	6	3	2	2	2	16	14
22	Thomas Jacques (Sr)	2	2	4	4	4	1	13	7
25	Konnor Briggs (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	4

Merritt Island

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	2	1	1	11	1	0	0	29	28
15	Jacob Loeffler (Sr)	7	4	2	1	1	11	1	0	0	29	28

The Villages Charter

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.320	.485	1	2	134
2	Nathan Budill (Sr)	.429	.500	0	0	66
22	Thomas Jacques (Sr)	.286	.615	1	2	48
25	Konnor Briggs (Fr)	.000	.000	0	0	20

Merritt Island

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.143	.172	1	0	0	0	91	0	0	0
15	Jacob Loeffler (Sr)	.143	.172	1	0	0	0	91	0	0	0

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Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Merritt Island defeats The Villages Charter

May 11, 2024: Merritt Island, FL 32953

Spectators at Saturday's non-league battle between the Merritt Island Mustangs (Merritt Island, FL) and the visiting The Villages Charter Buffalo (The Villages, FL), saw Merritt Island's baseball squad beat The Villages Charter by a margin of 7-2.

Coming up next, the Mustangs play the Hernando Leopards (Brooksville, FL) in a non-league battle, on Tuesday, May 14. Merritt Island will attempt to better on its 23-5 season record. The Leopards enter the battle with a 19-9 record after their 7-4 non-league win over Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL).

The Buffalo now sport a 17-12 record.

Players of the Game

The Villages Charter (23-24)

The Villages Charter has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merritt Island (23-24)

Congratulations to #15 Jacob Loeffler for being selected the Merritt Island Baseball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

The Villages Charter (23-24)

FL	Class
124	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-12	1-0	10-3	6-7	1-2	.586	1.000	152	123

Merritt Island (23-24)

FL	Class
37	3

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
24-6	14-2	7-3	3-1	.800	235	68

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
The Villages Charter	.7	.8	.9	.8	.5	.8	1.0	3.0	5.2	7.2	1.3
Merritt Island	.6	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.3	.8	-	7.8	8.1	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

The Villages Charter		Merritt Island
.273	Batting Average	.315
.370	On Base Percentage	.449
.360	Slugging Percentage	.419
.947	Fielding Percentage	.612
.607	Win Loss Percentage	.793

Team Leaders

The Villages Charter		Merritt Island	National Avg.
#13 Marcello Cortale.341	Batting Average	#29 Henry Happel1.000	.239
#7 Torin Foley.450	On Base Percentage	#29 Henry Happel1.000	.377
#13 Marcello Cortale.534	Slugging Percentage	#29 Henry Happel1.000	.299
#14 Logan Godwin1.000	Fielding Percentage	#32 Shane Patrick1.000	.862
#10 Brant Hayward1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#27 Aiden Fowks1.000	.536

Record Breakdown

The Villages Charter (23-24)		Merritt Island (23-24)
17-12	Overall	24-6
1-0	League	0-0
14-10	Non-League	14-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
10-3	Home	14-2
6-7	Away	7-3
1-2	Neutral	3-1
2-2	Playoff	6-1
17-12	In-State	23-6
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0