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Vardaman Independence

Rams

Wildcats

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Vardaman (MS) by a score of 12-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vardaman	1	0	1	0	5	5	-	12	5	0
Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	5

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Vardaman

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.417	35	24	12	10	11	3
1	Mason Massey (Jr)	.500	4	2	0	1	1	0
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	.500	4	2	3	1	0	1
5	Brady White (Jr)	.750	4	4	2	3	1	0
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	.333	4	3	2	1	1	0
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	.667	4	3	0	2	4	1
9	Ethan Parker (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	3	1
11	Tyler Hill (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
14	Cooper Easley (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	.000	4	1	2	0	1	0

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.056	20	18	1
4	Merritt Owens	.000	2	2	0
10	Eli Stepp	.000	2	2	0
13	Brady Adams	.000	3	2	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.500	2	2	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen	.000	2	1	0
17	Miller Owens	.000	3	3	0
21	Ethan Wright	.000	2	2	0
24	Braylon Davis	.000	2	2	0
45	DJ Mitchell	.000	2	2	0

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	8	5	5	.600	.541	1.142
1	Mason Massey (Jr)	0	0	2	1	.750	.500	1.250
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	1	1	1	1	.750	1.000	1.750
5	Brady White (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	0	1	1	2	.500	.333	.833
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	1	1	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
9	Ethan Parker (Sr)	1	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
11	Tyler Hill (Fr)	1	2	0	0	.333	.000	.333
14	Cooper Easley (Fr)	0	2	0	6	.000	.000	.000
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	2	1	1	1	.750	.000	.750

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	9	1	1	2	.150	.055	.206
4	Merritt Owens	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Brady Adams	0	1	1	1	2	.333	.000	.333
14	Dallas Stepp	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
17	Miller Owens	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
21	Ethan Wright	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
24	Braylon Davis	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Vardaman

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	10
1	Mason Massey (Jr)	1
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	2
5	Brady White (Jr)	1
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	4
9	Ethan Parker (Sr)	1
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	1

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
13	Brady Adams	1

Vardaman

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	19	18	1
1	Mason Massey (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0
5	Brady White (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	1.000	8	8	0
14	Cooper Easley (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.821	28	18	5	5	1
4	Merritt Owens	1.000	3	2	1	0	0
7	Jeremy Ray	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
10	Eli Stepp	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
12	Gavin Pierce	.000	1	0	0	1	0
13	Brady Adams	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.818	11	8	1	2	0
17	Miller Owens	.750	4	2	1	1	0
21	Ethan Wright	.500	2	0	1	1	0
24	Braylon Davis	1.000	3	3	0	0	0

Vardaman

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	0	0		1				0
5	Brady White (Jr)	0.00	0	0		1				0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1
4	Merritt Owens	10.50	1
7	Jeremy Ray		1
12	Gavin Pierce	7.00	1
21	Ethan Wright	4.85	1

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	1	0	0	1	9			0	20	18
5	Brady White (Jr)	6	1	0	0	1	9			0	20	18

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	5	12	4	6	7	35	24
4	Merritt Owens	.2	1	1	1	1	0	4	2
12	Gavin Pierce	1	0	4	1	0	2	8	5
21	Ethan Wright	4.1	4	7	3	5	5	23	17

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.056	.150	0	1			81	0	1	1
5	Brady White (Jr)	.056	.150	0	1			81	0	1	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.208	.457	2	5	134	1	6
4	Merritt Owens	.500	.750	0	1	12	0	0
12	Gavin Pierce	.000	.375	0	3	23	1	4
21	Ethan Wright	.235	.435	2	1	99	0	2

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence loses to Vardaman

March 1, 2024: Independence, MS 38618

In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Vardaman Rams baseball team scored a nice 12-0 victory over the Independence Wildcats.

The Rams (4-3) will now prepare for their game against West Union (Myrtle, MS). The Eagles go into the 1A Region 4 game with a 0-2 record. In their last game, West Union was overwhelmed by East Union (Blue Springs, MS), 10-0, in a non-league game.

The Wildcats (5-4) will now prepare for their game against South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS). The Cougars go into the non-league game with a 4-1 record.

Vardaman @ Independence Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 1, 2024 @ 7p

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Vardaman (MS) by a score of 12-0.

Rankings & Records

Vardaman (23-24)

MS	Class
136	10

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
21-7	9-1	12-2	7-3	2-2	.750	.900	255	125

Independence (23-24)

MS	Class
214	25

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	8	9	10	R	H	E
Vardaman	1.5	1.7	1.1	1.6	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	.5	1.0	9.1	8.6	1.5
Independence	2.7	2.9	2.6	1.5	.2	.8	1.6	-	-	-	10.1	8.7	1.6

Head-to-Head

Vardaman won on 3/1/2024

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

Vardaman 1 0 1 0 5 5 - 12 5 0
Independence 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 5

The Vardaman (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 12-0.
Box score
Vardaman won on 3/23/2024

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

Independence 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1
Vardaman 1 0 1 1 1 3 - 7 11 2

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Vardaman (MS) by a score of 7-2.
Box score

3/23 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	1
Vardaman	1	0	1	1	1	3	-	7	11	2

Team Stat Comparison

Vardaman		Independence
.307	Batting Average	.349
.460	On Base Percentage	.464
.424	Slugging Percentage	.443
.905	Fielding Percentage	.870
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Vardaman		Independence	National Avg.
#5 Brady White.419	Batting Average	#17 Miller Owens.434	.239
#3 Andrew Easley.540	On Base Percentage	#2 Levi Graham1.000	.377
#3 Andrew Easley.614	Slugging Percentage	#45 DJ Mitchell.555	.299
#22 Landen Love1.000	Fielding Percentage	#34 Jacob Poynor1.000	.862
#5 Brady White1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Vardaman	3-1		Independence	4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/23/24	Vardaman	South Pontotoc	(L) 7-5	3/2/24	Independence	South Pontotoc	(L) 11-1
3/14/24	Potts Camp	Vardaman	(W) 2-1	2/26/24	Potts Camp	Independence	(W) 10-4
				3/4/24	Independence	Potts Camp	(W) 2-0
4/12/24	Vardaman	Houlka	(W) 7-6	2/29/24	Independence	Houlka	(W) 17-0
4/12/24	Vardaman	Houlka	(W) 19-0	3/11/24	Houlka	Independence	(W) 15-0

Record Breakdown

Vardaman (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
21-7	Overall	17-13
9-1	League	8-0
11-4	Non-League	9-11
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
3-1	Common Opponent	4-1
12-2	Home	10-4
7-3	Away	7-9
2-2	Neutral	0-0
1-2	Playoff	0-2
21-7	In-State	16-13
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0