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Ripon Merced

Indians

Bears

The Merced (CA) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Ripon (CA) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ripon	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	1
Merced	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	2

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merced (25-26)

Ripon

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.280	31	25	3	7	2
2	Jack Peters (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0
4	Chase Swafford (Sr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0
12	Fabian Nuno (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1
13	Landon Espinola (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Luca Damiano (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
24	Hunter Weber (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
27	B. McDowell (Jr)	1.000	4	1	0	1	0
33	F. Carter-Castro (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
50	Michael Faria (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
55	Lucas Weaver (Jr)		1	0	1	0	0
77	Aiden Davis (Jr)	1.000	1	1	1	1	1

Merced

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.136	28	22	2	3	2
1	Conner Vitelli (Jr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0
5	Trevan Kuhls (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
6	Luis Pineda (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
9	M. Whalen-Flores (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
11	Dylan Speidel (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
13	Vicente Cortez (Sr)	.000	3	1	1	0	1
16	Joshua Molina (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
17	N. Nancarrow-Garcia (So)	.500	2	2	1	1	0
21	Ty Nannini (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
25	Angel Molina (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0

Ripon

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	3	2	1	16	.419	.280	.699
2	Jack Peters (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
4	Chase Swafford (Sr)	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500
12	Fabian Nuno (Jr)	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
13	Landon Espinola (Sr)	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
15	Luca Damiano (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
24	Hunter Weber (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
27	B. McDowell (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
33	F. Carter-Castro (So)	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
50	Michael Faria (Jr)	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.666
55	Lucas Weaver (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
77	Aiden Davis (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Merced

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	12	2	5	.321	.136	.457
1	Conner Vitelli (Jr)	1	1	1	0	.667	.000	.667
5	Trevan Kuhls (Jr)	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
6	Luis Pineda (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	M. Whalen-Flores (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
11	Dylan Speidel (So)	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
13	Vicente Cortez (Sr)	1	0	1	0	.667	.000	.667
16	Joshua Molina (So)	1	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
17	N. Nancarrow-Garcia (So)	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
21	Ty Nannini (So)	1	2	0	3	.333	.000	.333
25	Angel Molina (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Ripon

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
27	B. McDowell (Jr)	1
55	Lucas Weaver (Jr)	1

Merced

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Conner Vitelli (Jr)	1
9	M. Whalen-Flores (Jr)	1
10	B. Prothro-Simms (Sr)	1
13	Vicente Cortez (Sr)	2
17	N. Nancarrow-Garcia (So)	1

Ripon

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.968	31	21	9	1
2	Jack Peters (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
12	Fabian Nuno (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
13	Landon Espinola (Sr)	1.000	5	2	3	0
15	Luca Damiano (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Hunter Weber (Sr)	.500	2	0	1	1
27	B. McDowell (Jr)	1.000	14	12	2	0
33	F. Carter-Castro (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
50	Michael Faria (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Merced

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.913	23	19	2	2
5	Trevan Kuhls (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	M. Whalen-Flores (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
10	B. Prothro-Simms (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Dylan Speidel (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
13	Vicente Cortez (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
16	Joshua Molina (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
17	N. Nancarrow-Garcia (So)	.667	6	3	1	2
21	Ty Nannini (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0

Ripon

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	2
24	Hunter Weber (Sr)	1.75	1
33	F. Carter-Castro (So)	2.33	1

Merced

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.32	1	.000	1
1	Conner Vitelli (Jr)	0.00	0		1
4	Damian Casey (Sr)	63.00	1	.000	1
19	Xavian Morales (So)	0.00	0		1

Ripon

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	3	2	2	4	12	27	21
24	Hunter Weber (Sr)	4	1	1	1	3	7	16	11
33	F. Carter-Castro (So)	3	2	1	1	1	5	11	10

Merced

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	7	3	3	3	3	31	25
1	Conner Vitelli (Jr)	4	2	0	0	0	1	14	13
4	Damian Casey (Sr)	.1	4	3	3	1	0	7	5
19	Xavian Morales (So)	2	1	0	0	2	2	10	7

Ripon

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.143	.333	1	2	124	1	4
24	Hunter Weber (Sr)	.091	.375	0	2	78	1	4
33	F. Carter-Castro (So)	.200	.273	1	0	46	0	0

Merced

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.280	.419	1	3	109	2	2
1	Conner Vitelli (Jr)	.154	.214	0	1	42	2	1
4	Damian Casey (Sr)	.800	.857	0	1	22	0	1
19	Xavian Morales (So)	.143	.400	1	1	45	0	0

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Game Story

California High School Baseball - Merced edged by Ripon

February 27, 2026: Merced, CA 95344

The Merced Bears baseball squad (Merced, CA), was edged 3-2 in Friday's non-league contest with the visiting Ripon Indians (Ripon, CA)

With the triumph, Ripon moves its record to 3-1 on the season. The Indians travel to Tokay (Lodi, CA) to face the Tigers in a non-league battle on Saturday, February 28. The Tigers enter the battle with a record of 2-4. Tokay lost 11-1 in their recent non-league battle against Spanish Springs (Sparks, NV)

Next, the Bears face the Modesto Panthers (Modesto, CA) in a non-league battle, on Monday, March 2. Merced will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record. The Panthers enter the battle with a 0-3 record after their 15-12 non-league loss to Ben Holt College Prep Academy (Stockton, CA).

Players of the Game

Ripon (25-26)

Congratulations to #24 Hunter Weber for being selected the Ripon Baseball Player of the Game.

Merced (25-26)

Merced has not selected any Players of the Game.

Ripon @ Merced Baseball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 27, 2026 @ 12:30p

The Merced (CA) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Ripon (CA) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Ripon (25-26)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
563	67	11

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
17-10	9-3	9-3	8-6	0-1	.630	.750	162	126

Merced (25-26)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
835	108	20

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
6-21	4-11	3-7	2-11	1-3	.222	.267	102	229

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Ripon	.7	1.0	.8	1.1	1.0	.9	.9	0	1.5	1.0	6.0	7.7	1.7
Merced	.4	.5	.6	.7	.8	.6	.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

Ripon		Merced
.288	Batting Average	.255
.401	On Base Percentage	.383
.337	Slugging Percentage	.315
.937	Fielding Percentage	.890
.750	Win Loss Percentage	.263

Team Leaders

Ripon		Merced	National Avg.
#2 Jack Peters.395	Batting Average	#2 Bryce Jimenez.429	.244
#27 Brayden McDowell.495	On Base Percentage	#3 Abram Ruiz.667	.386
#27 Brayden McDowell.528	Slugging Percentage	#2 Bryce Jimenez.633	.313
#27 Brayden McDowell1.000	Fielding Percentage	#20 Aaron Walker1.000	.858
#33 Frank Carter-Castro1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#2 Bryce Jimenez.600	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ripon	3-1		Merced	4-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/13/26	Los Banos	Ripon	(W) 7-3	3/23/26	Los Banos	Merced	(L) 14-11
				3/25/26	Merced	Los Banos	(L) 6-5
				3/27/26	Los Banos	Merced	(W) 8-5
3/17/26	Ripon	Downey	(W) 8-7	2/28/26	Merced	Downey	(L) 8-2
4/8/26	Ripon	Atwater	(L) 8-3	4/20/26	Merced	Atwater	(L) 6-1
				4/22/26	Atwater	Merced	(L) 3-0
				4/24/26	Merced	Atwater	(L) 5-0
4/9/26	Ripon	Golden Valley	(W) 1-0	4/13/26	Merced	Golden Valley	(W) 7-3
				4/15/26	Merced	Golden Valley	(W) 9-4
				4/17/26	Golden Valley	Merced	(W) 5-0

Record Breakdown

Ripon (25-26)		Merced (25-26)
17-10	Overall	6-21
9-3	League	4-11
5-2	Non-League	1-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-1	Common Opponent	4-6
9-3	Home	3-7
8-6	Away	2-11
0-1	Neutral	1-3
0-1	Playoff	0-0
17-10	In-State	6-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0