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Houston Independence

Hilltoppers

Wildcats

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Houston (MS) by a score of 14-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Houston	3	1	1	4	5	-	-	14	-	-
Independence	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Houston (23-24)

Houston has not entered stats for this game.

Independence (23-24)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.118	20	17	1	2
4	Merritt Owens	.500	2	2	0	1
10	Eli Stepp	.000	2	2	0	0
13	Brady Adams	.333	3	3	0	1
14	Dallas Stepp	.000	2	2	0	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen	.000	2	1	0	0
17	Miller Owens	.000	3	3	0	0
21	Ethan Wright	.000	2	1	1	0
24	Braylon Davis	.000	2	2	0	0
45	DJ Mitchell	.000	2	1	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	10	2	1	3	.250	.117	.368
4	Merritt Owens	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
10	Eli Stepp	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	Brady Adams	0	2	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
14	Dallas Stepp	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
17	Miller Owens	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
21	Ethan Wright	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
24	Braylon Davis	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
45	DJ Mitchell	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.690	29	15	5	9	1
4	Merritt Owens	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
6	Austin Eddie	.333	6	2	0	4	0
10	Eli Stepp	.600	5	2	1	2	0
13	Brady Adams	.667	3	2	0	1	1
14	Dallas Stepp	.333	3	0	1	2	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
21	Ethan Wright	1.000	3	3	0	0	1
24	Braylon Davis	1.000	3	3	0	0	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	9.80	1
14	Dallas Stepp	10.50	1
17	Miller Owens	9.33	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	8	14	7	6	1	32	24
14	Dallas Stepp	2	5	8	3	1	1	14	13
17	Miller Owens	3	3	6	4	5	0	18	11

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.500	2	116	1	10
14	Dallas Stepp	.385	.429	0	47	1	6
17	Miller Owens	.273	.556	2	69	0	4

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Houston wallops Independence

February 23, 2024: Independence, MS 38618

In Friday's non-league challenge, the Houston Hilltoppers (Houston, MS) baseball squad triumphed over the host Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS), by a final score of 14-1.

With the win, Houston upgrades its record to 5-0 on the season. The Hilltoppers travel to Hatley (Amory, MS) to battle the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 24. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 2-0. Hatley won 16-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Calhoun Academy (Calhoun City, MS)

With the defeat, Independence falls to 3-2 on the season. The Wildcats travel to Tupelo Christian Prep (Belden, MS) to battle the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 24. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 2-1. Tupelo Christian Prep won 20-12 in their recent non-league challenge against Independence (Independence, MS)

Rankings & Records

Houston (23-24)

MS	Reg.
122	20

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
16-10	4-4	8-4	8-3	0-3	.615	.500	215	99

Independence (23-24)

MS	Reg.
217	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-13	8-0	10-4	7-9	.567	1.000	304	169

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Houston	2.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	1.8	.4	.3	8.3	5.7	1.1
Independence	2.7	2.9	2.6	1.5	.2	.8	1.6	10.1	8.7	1.6

Head-to-Head

Houston won on 2/23/2024

2/23 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Houston 3 1 1 4 5 - - 14 - -
Independence 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 - -

The Houston (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 14-1.
Box score
Houston won on 4/13/2024

4/13 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 2 3
Houston 10 3 0 - - - - 13 5 0

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Houston (MS) by a score of 13-0.
Box score

4/13 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	2	3
Houston	10	3	0	-	-	-	-	13	5	0

Team Stat Comparison

Houston		Independence
-	Batting Average	.349
-	On Base Percentage	.464
-	Slugging Percentage	.443
-	Fielding Percentage	.870

Team Leaders

Houston		Independence	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#17 Miller Owens.434	.239
-	On Base Percentage	#2 Levi Graham1.000	.377
-	Slugging Percentage	#45 DJ Mitchell.555	.299
-	Fielding Percentage	#34 Jacob Poynor1.000	.862

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Houston	3-1		Independence	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/20/24	Houston	Calhoun City	(W) 16-2	3/12/24	Independence	Calhoun City	(L) 10-3
2/29/24	Calhoun City	Houston	(W) 6-2
2/27/24	Houston	Tupelo Christian Prep	(W) 9-6	2/20/24	Tupelo Christian Prep	Independence	(L) 20-12
4/6/24	Tupelo Christian Prep	Houston	(L) 8-6	2/24/24	Independence	Tupelo Christian Prep	(L) 7-0

Record Breakdown

Houston (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
16-10	Overall	17-13
4-4	League	8-0
12-4	Non-League	9-11
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
3-1	Common Opponent	0-3
8-4	Home	10-4
8-3	Away	7-9
0-3	Neutral	0-0
0-2	Playoff	0-2
16-7	In-State	16-13
0-3	Out-of-State	1-0