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Northwestern Benton Central

Tigers

Bison

The Benton Central (Oxford, IN) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home conference tournament game against Northwestern (Kokomo, IN) by a score of 9-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northwestern	0	2	0	0	1	1	5	9	-	-
Benton Central	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Benton Central (22-23)

Northwestern

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.367	39	30	9	11	8	3
5	A.J. Burkhalter	.000	5	4	0	0	0	0
6	L. Cardwell	.500	5	4	0	2	1	2
7	Maddox Hunley	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
8	Cole Cardwell	.000	4	2	2	0	2	0
9	Jansen Slate	.667	4	3	1	2	1	0
14	J. Castleberry	.500	4	4	0	2	1	0
18	Eastin Whaley	1.000	4	2	2	2	0	1
19	Cole Van Natter	.250	5	4	0	1	1	0
22	J. Keeney		0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Cameron Davis	.250	4	4	1	1	2	0

Benton Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.083	26	24	2	2	2	1
2	Ryan Foster (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0	0
5	B. Pritchett (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
10	Dylan Ford (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	Traevyn Shoaf (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	Brylan Hedden (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
15	Dylan Musser (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
16	Adrian Torres (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	1
18	Baylon Holmes (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	1	0

Northwestern

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	5	1	9	.500	.466	.967
5	A.J. Burkhalter	0	1	1	0	1	.200	.000	.200
6	L. Cardwell	0	1	1	0	3	.600	1.000	1.600
7	Maddox Hunley	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
8	Cole Cardwell	0	2	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
9	Jansen Slate	0	1	0	0	1	.750	.666	1.417
14	J. Castleberry	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
18	Eastin Whaley	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
19	Cole Van Natter	1	0	3	0	2	.250	.250	.500
23	Cameron Davis	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500

Benton Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	11	1	1	3	.154	.125	.279
2	Ryan Foster (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
5	B. Pritchett (Jr)	0	3	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
10	Dylan Ford (Jr)	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
11	Traevyn Shoaf (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Brylan Hedden (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
16	Adrian Torres (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
18	Baylon Holmes (Jr)	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000

Northwestern

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
9	Jansen Slate	1
19	Cole Van Natter	1
23	Cameron Davis	1

Benton Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	1

Northwestern

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.913	23	21	2
3	Koen Berry	1.000	1	1	0
5	A.J. Burkhalter	1.000	1	1	0
6	L. Cardwell	.917	12	11	1
7	Maddox Hunley	.800	5	4	1
8	Cole Cardwell	1.000	1	1	0
9	Jansen Slate	1.000	1	1	0
14	J. Castleberry	1.000	1	1	0
18	Eastin Whaley	1.000	1	1	0

Benton Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.966	29	21	7	1
2	Ryan Foster (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
3	Corbin Cooley (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
5	B. Pritchett (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
10	Dylan Ford (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1
11	Traevyn Shoaf (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
13	Brylan Hedden (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
15	Dylan Musser (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
18	Baylon Holmes (Jr)	1.000	6	4	2	0

Northwestern

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	0	0		1				0
5	A.J. Burkhalter	1.00	0	0		1				0

Benton Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.00	1	.000	1
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	4.94	1	.000	1
8	Caleb Kawlewski (Jr)	42.00	0		1
10	Dylan Ford (Jr)	21.00	0		1
11	Traevyn Shoaf (Sr)	0.00	0		1

Northwestern

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	2	2	1	1	11			0	26	24
5	A.J. Burkhalter	7	2	2	1	1	11			0	26	24

Benton Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	9	9	7	5	39	31
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	5.2	7	4	4	3	4	27	24
8	Caleb Kawlewski (Jr)	.2	1	4	4	2	1	6	3
10	Dylan Ford (Jr)	.1	2	1	1	1	0	4	3
11	Traevyn Shoaf (Sr)	.1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1

Northwestern

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.083	.154	0	1			102	0	0	1
5	A.J. Burkhalter	.083	.154	0	1			102	0	0	1

Benton Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.323	.462	1	1	142	1	2
4	Tyler Klemme (Jr)	.292	.370	0	0	99	1	0
8	Caleb Kawlewski (Jr)	.333	.667	0	1	18	0	0
10	Dylan Ford (Jr)	.667	.750	1	0	13	0	0
11	Traevyn Shoaf (Sr)	.000	.500	0	0	12	0	2

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Northwestern defeats Benton Central

May 12, 2023: Oxford, IN 47971

Northwestern Tigers (Kokomo, IN) fans exited the stadium thrilled Friday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the host Benton Central Bison (Oxford, IN), 9-2 in a non-league test.

With the win, Northwestern upgrades its record to 14-7 on the season. The Tigers host Carroll (Flora, IN) to battle the Cougars in a non-league test on Saturday, May 13. The Cougars come into the test with a record of 10-7. Carroll won 9-0 in their recent league test against Clinton Central (Michigantown, IN)

With the defeat, Benton Central falls to 9-11 on the season. The Bison host Frontier (Chalmers, IN) to battle the Falcons in a non-league test on Monday, May 15. The Falcons come into the test with a record of 12-8. Frontier lost 5-4 in their recent non-league test against Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer, IN)

Rankings & Records

Northwestern (22-23)

IN	Class
146	42

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-11-1	5-3	6-5-1	8-4	2-2	.589	.625	211	126

Benton Central (22-23)

IN	Class
164	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-14	4-4	7-5	4-8	1-1	.462	.500	190	174

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northwestern	1.3	.9	.9	1.4	.8	1.0	1.9	7.5	7.5	2.1
Benton Central	1.7	.6	.9	1.2	.8	1.1	1.3	7.3	7.8	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Northwestern		Benton Central
.282	Batting Average	.303
.421	On Base Percentage	.420
.382	Slugging Percentage	.385
.908	Fielding Percentage	.920
.562	Win Loss Percentage	.462

Team Leaders

Northwestern		Benton Central	National Avg.
#6 Lincoln Cardwell.440	Batting Average	#7 Holden Deno.500	.243
#6 Lincoln Cardwell.562	On Base Percentage	#7 Holden Deno.667	.375
#6 Lincoln Cardwell.786	Slugging Percentage	#4 Tyler Klemme.607	.307
#19 Cole Van Natter1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Grant Weise1.000	.861
#27 Hayden Cook1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Traevyn Shoaf1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Northwestern	6-5		Benton Central	5-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/5/23	Lewis Cass	Northwestern	(W) 8-1	5/24/23	Lewis Cass	Benton Central	(W) 5-1
4/6/23	Northwestern	Lewis Cass	(W) 10-4
4/7/23	Rossville	Northwestern	(L) 2-1	4/14/23	Benton Central	Rossville	(W) 3-2
5/22/23	Rossville	Northwestern	(W) 15-1
4/8/23	Eastern	Northwestern	(W) 3-2	5/20/23	Eastern	Benton Central	(W) 12-6
4/22/23	Northwestern	Eastern	(W) 12-1
4/27/23	Northwestern	Lafayette Central Catholic	(L) 5-0	4/11/23	Benton Central	Lafayette Central Catholic	(L) 8-6
				4/12/23	Lafayette Central Catholic	Benton Central	(L) 11-7
5/5/23	West Lafayette	Northwestern	(L) 6-3	4/25/23	West Lafayette	Benton Central	(W) 9-1
				4/26/23	Benton Central	West Lafayette	(L) 8-7
5/6/23	Northwestern	Delphi Community	(W) 12-2	4/18/23	Delphi Community	Benton Central	(L) 13-2
5/13/23	Carroll	Northwestern	(L) 4-3	5/25/23	Benton Central	Carroll	(L) 5-1
5/20/23	Northwestern	Twin Lakes	(L) 9-8	5/2/23	Benton Central	Twin Lakes	(L) 5-3
				5/3/23	Twin Lakes	Benton Central	(W) 11-1

Record Breakdown

Northwestern (22-23)		Benton Central (22-23)
16-11-1	Overall	12-14
6-3	League	4-5
8-6-1	Non-League	7-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-5	Common Opponent	5-6
6-5-1	Home	7-5
8-4	Away	4-8
2-2	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
16-11-1	In-State	12-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0