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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 6-4.

	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

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	.345	32	29	6	10	5	3
1	Teegan Turnbull (Jr)	.667	3	3	2	2	0	1
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	1
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
10	Jimmy Leamy (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	0	0
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Portage Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.286	33	28	4	8	4
2	N. Bloomquist	.333	4	3	1	1	1
4	Scotty Brown	.500	3	2	0	1	0
8	Jack Rikkers	.000	3	3	0	0	0
11	Rylan McNally	.250	4	4	0	1	1
14	Cam Noe	.500	4	4	1	2	0
15	Jacob Benes	.000	1	1	0	0	0
16	Cam Schultz	.000	4	3	0	0	1
18	Brody Wallace	.500	3	2	1	1	1
20	Kai Torre	.333	4	3	1	1	0

Harper Creek

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	5	1	2	5	.406	.448	.854
1	Teegan Turnbull (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.667	1.000
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.000	.250
10	Jimmy Leamy (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	0	1	1	0	4	.250	.000	.250
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.667	1.417
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	3	2	2	2	8	.333	.286	.619
2	N. Bloomquist	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.333	.583
4	Scotty Brown	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
8	Jack Rikkers	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
11	Rylan McNally	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
14	Cam Noe	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
15	Jacob Benes	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
16	Cam Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
18	Brody Wallace	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
20	Kai Torre	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	.500	.333	.833

Harper Creek

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	1
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	1

Portage Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	N. Bloomquist	1
4	Scotty Brown	1
20	Kai Torre	2

Harper Creek

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.914	35	21	11	3	1
1	Teegan Turnbull (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
7	Nate Jackson (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	.667	3	0	2	1	0
10	Jimmy Leamy (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
13	Blake Wagner (Sr)	1.000	8	8	0	0	1
24	Braxton Liss (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	0	1
35	Tyler Weiseler (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0

Portage Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.935	31	21	8	2
2	N. Bloomquist	1.000	4	1	3	0
4	Scotty Brown	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Rylan McNally	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	Cam Noe	1.000	3	3	0	0
16	Cam Schultz	1.000	4	4	0	0
18	Brody Wallace	.857	7	3	3	1

Harper Creek

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	0.00	0	0		1				0

Portage Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	5.00	0	0		1				0
16	Cam Schultz	0.00	0	0		1				0

Harper Creek

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	4	3	1	3			0	33	30
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	1			0	4	4

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	6	5	2	5			0	32	29
16	Cam Schultz	.2	0	0	0	0	1			0	2	2

Harper Creek

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.233	.303	0	2			86	0	0	3
9	Brayden Bess (Sr)	.000	.000	0	0			12	0	0	0

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.345	.406	0	1			89	0	0	2
16	Cam Schultz	.000	.000	0	0			8	0	0	0

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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), 6-4 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

The Beavers now own a 16-6 record. They take the field next when they travel to Portage Central for a non-league challenge on Saturday, May 24. Harper Creek will clash with a Mustangs team coming off a 10-7 league loss to Portage Northern (Portage, MI). The Mustangs record now stands at 8-19.

With the defeat, Portage Central drops to 10-21 on the year. The Mustangs host Harper Creek (Battle Creek, MI) to clash with the Beavers in a non-league challenge on Saturday, May 24. The Beavers go into the challenge with a record of 14-6.

Harper Creek @ PCHS Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 24, 2025 @ 10a

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 6-4.

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 @ 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

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