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The South Caldwell (Hudson, NC) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 5-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Alexander Central	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	7	1
South Caldwell	0	0	0	1	4	0	-	5	5	3

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Game Stats

South Caldwell (25-26)

Alexander Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.241	33	29	3	7	1	2
1	Kade Church (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
4	Isaac Chapman (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	1
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0	1
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	0	0

Batting

South Caldwell has not entered any batting stats.

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	1	2	13	.333	.310	.643
1	Kade Church (Sr)	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	1	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	1	0	0	1	.500	.667	1.167
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	1	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	0	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	1	0	0	0	.750	.667	1.417

South Caldwell has not entered any batting stats.

Alexander Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
4	Isaac Chapman (Jr)	1

Baserunning

South Caldwell has not entered any baserunning stats.

Alexander Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.950	20	18	1	1
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	1.000	4	3	1	0
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.500	2	1	0	1
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	1.000	10	10	0	0
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Fielding

South Caldwell has not entered any fielding stats.

Alexander Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	4.67	1	.000	2	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	7.87	1	.000	1
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	2.10	0		1	1

South Caldwell

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP	GS	SV
	Team Totals	1	1.000	3	1	1
3	Jacob Perkins (Jr)	1	1.000	1	1
12	Luke Church (Sr)			1		1
14	Brady Boston (Sr)			1

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	5	5	4	3	10	1	30	23
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	2.2	3	4	3	2	5	0	15	11
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	3.1	2	1	1	1	5	1	15	12

South Caldwell

#	Athlete Name	IP
	Team Totals	7
3	Jacob Perkins (Jr)	5.1
12	Luke Church (Sr)	.1
14	Brady Boston (Sr)	1.1

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.217	.400	4	116	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.273	.467	2	57	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	.167	.333	2	59	1

South Caldwell

#	Athlete Name	#P
	Team Totals	107
3	Jacob Perkins (Jr)	74
12	Luke Church (Sr)	2
14	Brady Boston (Sr)	31

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Alexander Central held off by South Caldwell

May 20, 2026: Hudson, NC 28638

South Caldwell Spartans (Hudson, NC) fans left the game pleased Wednesday as they observed their baseball squad achieve victory over the visiting Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC), 5-3 in a non-league match.

With the triumph, South Caldwell advances its record to 23-6 on the season.

The Cougars now have a 25-5 record.

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Wed., May. 20, 2026 @ 7p

NCHSAA 6A Western Regional Finals Game 2

The South Caldwell (Hudson, NC) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 5-3.

This game is a part of the "2026 NCHSAA Baseball - 6A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
18	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
25-5	9-1	14-2	8-3	3-0	.833	.900	214	73

South Caldwell (25-26)

NC	Class
8	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
23-6	6-4	13-1	9-3	1-2	.793	.600	210	75

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Alexander Central	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.1	.1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7.1	8.2	.7
South Caldwell	1.8	.9	1.7	1.0	1.6	.3	.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.2	5.9	1.2

Head-to-Head

Alexander Central won on 3/27/2026

3/27 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

South Caldwell 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
ACHS 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 4 6 3

The South Caldwell (Hudson, NC) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 4-1.
Box score
South Caldwell won last month

4/24 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

ACHS 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0
South Caldwell 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 2

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away conference game against South Caldwell (Hudson, NC) by a score of 4-2.
Box score
South Caldwell won this week

5/19 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

South Caldwell - - - - - - - 5 - -
ACHS - - - - - - - 2 - -

The South Caldwell (Hudson, NC) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away playoff game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 5-2.
Box score
South Caldwell won 3 days ago

5/20 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

ACHS 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 1
South Caldwell 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 5 3

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away playoff game against South Caldwell (Hudson, NC) by a score of 5-3.
Box score

3/27 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Caldwell	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
ACHS	1	0	0	1	2	0	-	4	6	3

4/24 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
ACHS	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	0
South Caldwell	3	0	0	1	0	0	-	4	7	2

5/19 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
ACHS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

5/20 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
ACHS	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	7	1
South Caldwell	0	0	0	1	4	0	-	5	5	3

Team Stat Comparison

Alexander Central		South Caldwell
.316	Batting Average	-
.430	On Base Percentage	-
.420	Slugging Percentage	-
.964	Fielding Percentage	-
.833	Win Loss Percentage	.793

Team Leaders

Alexander Central		South Caldwell	National Avg.
#5 Gunnar Johnson.425	Batting Average	-	.244
#22 Sawyer Chapman-Mays.513	On Base Percentage	-	.386
#5 Gunnar Johnson.644	Slugging Percentage	-	.313
#11 Carter Bowman1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.858
#18 Jude Carter.909	Win Loss Percentage	#14 Brady Boston1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Alexander Central	12-1		South Caldwell	7-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/13/26	Alexander Central	St. Stephens	(W) 10-7	3/24/26	St. Stephens	South Caldwell	(L) 5-3
4/2/26	St. Stephens	Alexander Central	(W) 11-0	4/21/26	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(L) 8-5
4/30/26	Alexander Central	St. Stephens	(W) 4-3	4/29/26	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(L) 5-3
5/15/26	St. Stephens	Alexander Central	(W) 2-1
3/19/26	Alexander Central	McDowell	(W) 12-2	3/13/26	South Caldwell	McDowell	(W) 12-0
4/14/26	McDowell	Alexander Central	(W) 11-0	4/2/26	McDowell	South Caldwell	(W) 10-2
3/20/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 7-2	3/18/26	Watauga	South Caldwell	(W) 6-1
4/17/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 14-2	4/14/26	South Caldwell	Watauga	(L) 6-5
4/29/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 5-3
5/12/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 3-2
3/24/26	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 13-1	3/20/26	Freedom	South Caldwell	(W) 3-2
4/21/26	Freedom	Alexander Central	(W) 6-0	4/17/26	South Caldwell	Freedom	(W) 13-0
				4/27/26	Freedom	South Caldwell	(W) 6-2
4/1/26	Alexander Central	Lake Norman	(L) 4-1	3/25/26	South Caldwell	Lake Norman	(W) 10-2

Record Breakdown

Alexander Central (25-26)		South Caldwell (25-26)
25-5	Overall	23-6
11-1	League	7-5
9-2	Non-League	9-0
1-3	Head to Head	3-1
12-1	Common Opponent	7-4
14-2	Home	13-1
8-3	Away	9-3
3-0	Neutral	1-2
3-2	Playoff	5-0
25-5	In-State	23-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0

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