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Butler West Rowan

Bulldogs

Falcons

The West Rowan (Mt. Ulla, NC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Butler (Matthews, NC) in extra innings by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	XI	R	H	E
Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-	-
West Rowan	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	-	-

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Box Score Stats

Butler (23-24)		West Rowan (23-24)
1	Double Plays	1

Game Stats

West Rowan (23-24)

Batting

Butler has not entered any batting stats.

West Rowan

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.086	44	35	3	3
2	Brice Knox (Jr)		5	3
3	Gage Scruggs (Jr)		5	4
4	Carter Durant (So)		1	1
5	Maddox Moore (So)		5	3	1
6	Eli Graham (Jr)		2	2
7	Cole Blevins (So)	.200	6	5		1
8	Andrew Helmbold (Sr)	.250	4	4		1
9	Drew Burton (Sr)		5	2
13	Brant Graham (So)		2	2
14	Luke Ponzka (So)	.200	5	5		1
15	Ty Martin (Jr)		4	4	1
20	Cole Ludwick (Fr)				1

Butler has not entered any batting stats.

West Rowan

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	16	3	.273	.085	.359
2	Brice Knox (Jr)	1	2	1	.400	.000	.400
3	Gage Scruggs (Jr)			1	.200	.000	.200
5	Maddox Moore (So)	2			.400	.000	.400
6	Eli Graham (Jr)		2		.000	.000	.000
7	Cole Blevins (So)	1	2		.333	.200	.533
8	Andrew Helmbold (Sr)		3		.250	.250	.500
9	Drew Burton (Sr)	2	1	1	.600	.000	.600
13	Brant Graham (So)		1		.000	.000	.000
14	Luke Ponzka (So)		2		.200	.200	.400
15	Ty Martin (Jr)		3		.000	.000	.000

Baserunning

Butler has not entered any baserunning stats.

West Rowan

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	1
7	Cole Blevins (So)	1	1

Butler

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	4
12	Brennan Fortes (Sr)	1
	Ian Black (Sr)	1
	Robert Price (Sr)	1
	Zachary Gaydos	1

West Rowan

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	0.64	1	1.000	3	1
6	Eli Graham (Jr)	0.00	1	1.000	1
9	Drew Burton (Sr)	0.00			1
10	Alex Hagler (Sr)	1.40			1	1

Butler has not entered any pitching stats.

West Rowan

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	11	7	2	1	15	43	43
6	Eli Graham (Jr)	2	2	0	0	2	9	9
9	Drew Burton (Sr)	4	1	1	0	7	14	14
10	Alex Hagler (Sr)	5	4	1	1	6	20	20

Butler

#	Athlete Name	#P
	Team Totals	195
12	Brennan Fortes (Sr)	11
	Ian Black (Sr)	73
	Robert Price (Sr)	59
	Zachary Gaydos	52

West Rowan

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.163	.163	156
6	Eli Graham (Jr)	.222	.222	23
9	Drew Burton (Sr)	.071	.071	67
10	Alex Hagler (Sr)	.200	.200	66

Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - West Rowan nips Butler

February 29, 2024: Mt. Ulla, NC 28125

In Thursday's non-league challenge, the West Rowan Falcons (Mt. Ulla, NC) baseball squad edged the visiting Butler Bulldogs (Matthews, NC), by a final score of 3-2.

With the win, West Rowan upgrades its record to 1-1 on the season. The Falcons travel to East Rowan (Salisbury, NC) to battle the Mustangs in a South Piedmont 3A challenge on Tuesday, March 5. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a record of 2-0. East Rowan won 15-5 in their recent league challenge against Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville, NC)

With the defeat, Butler falls to 0-2 on the season. The Bulldogs travel to Hopewell (Huntersville, NC) to battle the Titans in a non-league challenge on Thursday, March 7. The Titans come into the challenge with a record of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Butler (23-24)

NC	Class
192	32

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-13	8-4	5-5	7-7	0-1	.480	.667	153	127

West Rowan (23-24)

NC	Class
110	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
17-9	10-6	11-4	6-5	.654	.625	164	85

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Butler	1.4	.9	1.0	.8	1.3	.5	.8	0	0	0	0	6.1	7.4	1.6
West Rowan	.7	.8	1.1	1.3	.8	.8	1.1	0	0	0	1.0	6.3	7.8	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Butler		West Rowan
-	Batting Average	.272
-	On Base Percentage	.410
-	Slugging Percentage	.337
-	Fielding Percentage	.923
-	Win Loss Percentage	.727

Team Leaders

Butler		West Rowan	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#20 Cole Ludwick1.000	.240
-	On Base Percentage	#16 Ben Koontz1.000	.378
-	Slugging Percentage	#17 Brody Pope1.000	.301
-	Fielding Percentage	#10 Alex Hagler1.000	.862
-	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Alex Hagler1.000	.538

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Butler	1-1		West Rowan	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/30/24	Butler	Lake Norman	(L) 13-7	4/10/24	Lake Norman	West Rowan	(W) 5-4
4/17/24	Robinson	Butler	(W) 12-5	3/20/24	Robinson	West Rowan	(W) 8-2
				4/26/24	West Rowan	Robinson	(W) 11-9

Record Breakdown

Butler (23-24)		West Rowan (23-24)
12-13	Overall	17-9
9-5	League	10-7
2-6	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	3-0
5-5	Home	11-4
7-7	Away	6-5
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-13	In-State	17-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0