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The Portage Central (Portage, MI) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Harper Creek (Battle Creek, MI) by a score of 8-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Harper Creek	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	8	9	1
Portage Central	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	7	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Portage Central (24-25)

Harper Creek

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.300	35	30	8	9	7	2
1	Teegan Turnbull (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	1	0
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
10	Jimmy Leamy (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	0
21	Finn Mahoney (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0

Portage Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.241	33	29	5	7	2	1
2	N. Bloomquist	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
4	Scotty Brown	.000	4	4	1	0	1	0
11	Rylan McNally	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
14	Cam Noe	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
15	Jacob Benes	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0
16	Cam Schultz	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1
18	Brody Wallace	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
20	Kai Torre	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0

Harper Creek

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	9	3	1	1	6	.382	.367	.749
1	Teegan Turnbull (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.250	.000	.250
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
10	Jimmy Leamy (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
21	Finn Mahoney (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	5	2	1	2	7	.333	.276	.609
2	N. Bloomquist	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
4	Scotty Brown	0	1	0	0	2	5	.000	.000	.000
11	Rylan McNally	0	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
14	Cam Noe	0	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
15	Jacob Benes	1	1	1	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667
16	Cam Schultz	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
18	Brody Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
20	Kai Torre	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Harper Creek

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	1
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	1
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	1

Portage Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	N. Bloomquist	1
15	Jacob Benes	1
18	Brody Wallace	1
20	Kai Torre	1

Harper Creek

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.962	26	21	4	1
1	Teegan Turnbull (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
10	Jimmy Leamy (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
21	Finn Mahoney (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Portage Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.889	27	21	3	3
2	N. Bloomquist	1.000	2	1	1	0
4	Scotty Brown	.500	2	1	0	1
11	Rylan McNally	1.000	1	0	1	0
14	Cam Noe	.500	2	1	0	1
15	Jacob Benes	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	Cam Schultz	1.000	3	2	1	0
18	Brody Wallace	.750	4	3	0	1
20	Kai Torre	1.000	2	2	0	0

Harper Creek

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)	0.00	1
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	10.50	1

Portage Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1
11	Rylan McNally	0.00	1
14	Cam Noe	0.00	1
16	Cam Schultz	7.00	1

Harper Creek

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	3	2	5	33	29
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	6	6
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	1.1	2	3	2	1	1	7	6

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	8	2	1	9	35	31
11	Rylan McNally	2.2	0	3	0	0	2	12	9
14	Cam Noe	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	9	8
16	Cam Schultz	2	6	5	2	0	4	14	14

Harper Creek

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.241	.333	1	2	114	4
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)	.333	.333	1	0	19	0
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	.333	.429	0	0	27	0

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.226	.314	3	129	2
11	Rylan McNally	.000	.250	3	45	0
14	Cam Noe	.125	.222	0	38	0
16	Cam Schultz	.429	.429	0	46	2

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Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Harper Creek edges Portage Central

May 24, 2025: Portage, MI 49002

The Harper Creek Beavers (Battle Creek, MI) baseball the host Portage Central Mustangs (Portage, MI), 8-5 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

The Beavers now own a 16-6 record. They take the field next when they host Lakeshore for a non-league challenge on Tuesday, May 27.

With the defeat, Portage Central drops to 10-21 on the year. The Mustangs host Mattawan (Mattawan, MI) to clash with the Wildcats in a Southwestern Michigan - West challenge on Tuesday, May 27. The Wildcats go into the challenge with a record of 28-6. Mattawan won 10-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Mt. Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

Harper Creek @ PCHS Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 24, 2025 @ 12p

Portage Central High School

The Portage Central (Portage, MI) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Harper Creek (Battle Creek, MI) by a score of 8-5.

Rankings & Records

Harper Creek (24-25)

MI	Class
79	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
16-7-1	4-1	5-3	11-4-1	.688	.800	151	96

Portage Central (24-25)

MI	Class
237	104

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
10-22	1-8	7-13	3-9	.312	.111	154	210

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Harper Creek	1.3	.8	.8	.6	1.2	.5	1.0	0	3.5	6.3	7.4	1.9
Portage Central	1.0	.7	.8	.8	.5	.6	.7	0	0	4.8	6.3	2.0

Head-to-Head

Harper Creek won last month

5/24 @ 10a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Harper Creek 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 3
Portage Central 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 2

The Harper Creek (Battle Creek, MI) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Portage Central (Portage, MI) by a score of 6-4.
Box score
Harper Creek won last month

5/24 @ 12p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Harper Creek 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 8 9 1
Portage Central 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 1

The Harper Creek (Battle Creek, MI) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Portage Central (Portage, MI) by a score of 8-5.
Box score

5/24 @ 10a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Harper Creek	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	10	3
Portage Central	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	2

Team Stat Comparison

Harper Creek		Portage Central
.291	Batting Average	.251
.406	On Base Percentage	.362
.374	Slugging Percentage	.297
.928	Fielding Percentage	.916
.647	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Harper Creek		Portage Central	National Avg.
#9 Brayden Bess.426	Batting Average	#11 Rylan McNally.362	.239
#9 Brayden Bess.562	On Base Percentage	#19 Noah Klein1.000	.379
#9 Brayden Bess.537	Slugging Percentage	#11 Rylan McNally.447	.302
#24 Braxton Liss.968	Fielding Percentage	#15 Jacob Benes1.000	.860
#21 Finn Mahoney.750	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Harper Creek	6-3-1		Portage Central	3-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/11/25	Lakeview	Harper Creek	(W) 5-0	5/8/25	Lakeview	Portage Central	(W) 5-3
5/2/25	Lakeview	Harper Creek	(L) 9-6	5/8/25	Lakeview	Portage Central	(L) 6-2
4/12/25	Harper Creek	Portage Northern	(W) 2-1	5/19/25	Portage Central	Portage Northern	(W) 4-2
4/12/25	Harper Creek	Portage Northern	(W) 2-1	5/19/25	Portage Central	Portage Northern	(L) 10-7
4/12/25	Harper Creek	Portage Northern
4/12/25	Harper Creek	Portage Northern
4/12/25	Harper Creek	Mattawan	(T) 7-7	4/22/25	Portage Central	Mattawan	(L) 3-1
				4/22/25	Portage Central	Mattawan	(L) 5-4
				5/27/25	Mattawan	Portage Central	(L) 16-1
4/22/25	Harper Creek	St. Joseph	(W) 10-6	5/15/25	Portage Central	St. Joseph	(L) 13-5
				5/15/25	Portage Central	St. Joseph	(L) 4-3
4/24/25	Harper Creek	Kalamazoo Christian	(W) 11-6	4/12/25	Kalamazoo Christian	Portage Central
4/24/25	Harper Creek	Kalamazoo Christian	(L) 4-1	4/26/25	Kalamazoo Christian	Portage Central	(L) 9-3
				4/26/25	Kalamazoo Christian	Portage Central	(L) 5-2
4/26/25	Harper Creek	Vicksburg		5/5/25	Vicksburg	Portage Central
4/26/25	Harper Creek	Vicksburg	(W) 10-6
5/22/25	Gull Lake	Harper Creek		4/11/25	Gull Lake	Portage Central	(W) 5-3
				4/11/25	Gull Lake	Portage Central	(L) 2-0
5/27/25	Lakeshore	Harper Creek	(L) 11-5	4/17/25	Lakeshore	Portage Central	(L) 11-5
				4/17/25	Lakeshore	Portage Central	(L) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Harper Creek (24-25)		Portage Central (24-25)
16-7-1	Overall	10-22
4-1	League	1-8
12-6-1	Non-League	9-14
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
6-3-1	Common Opponent	3-12
5-3	Home	7-13
11-4-1	Away	3-9
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
16-7-1	In-State	10-22
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0