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King's Academy Santa Clara

Knights

Bruins

The Santa Clara (CA) varsity baseball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against King's Academy (Sunnyvale, CA) by a score of 8-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
King's Academy	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	7	1
Santa Clara	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	8	8	0

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Santa Clara (24-25)

King's Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.269	36	26	6	7	5	1	1
1	B. Kinoshita	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Caleb Kong	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cyrus Sid	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	Ethan Johnson	1.000	4	2	2	2	2	1	1
5	Dominic Myung	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
7	Casey Kirk	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	AJ Kong	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	Taiyo Peterson (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0	0
14	James Barboza	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	Nate Plata	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
23	Toby Trotter (Sr)	1.000	4	2	1	2	2	0	0
24	S. Lindquist	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	Danny O'Connor	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Santa Clara

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.280	36	25	8	7	7	1
1	Andrew Traffas (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
2	Connor Houle (Sr)	.000	4	1	1	0	0	0
3	Jonathan Young (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Charles Conley (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	1
5	N. Sanchez (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	4	0
6	John Kepner (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
7	Zach Gallegos (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
8	D. Diffenderfer (Sr)	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0
10	Greg Salgado (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
13	D. Chavarria (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
15	Bruce Gibson (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0	0
16	Kyle Yumul (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0

King's Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	10	9	1	9	.472	.423	.895
2	Caleb Kong	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Cyrus Sid	1	1	0	7	.250	.000	.250
4	Ethan Johnson	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	4.000
5	Dominic Myung	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
7	Casey Kirk	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
8	AJ Kong	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Taiyo Peterson (So)	0	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.000
14	James Barboza	2	2	0	0	.500	.000	.500
16	Nate Plata	2	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
23	Toby Trotter (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
24	S. Lindquist	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
25	Danny O'Connor	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Santa Clara

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	8	4	1	7	.472	.320	.792
1	Andrew Traffas (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
2	Connor Houle (Sr)	0	3	1	0	0	1	.750	.000	.750
4	Charles Conley (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
5	N. Sanchez (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.667	.667	1.334
6	John Kepner (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
7	Zach Gallegos (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
8	D. Diffenderfer (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
10	Greg Salgado (Sr)	0	0	3	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
13	D. Chavarria (So)	0	0	1	0	1	3	.333	.333	.666
15	Bruce Gibson (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.000

King's Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
3	Cyrus Sid	1
14	James Barboza	1
16	Nate Plata	2

Santa Clara

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
2	Connor Houle (Sr)	1
7	Zach Gallegos (Jr)	1
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	2
13	D. Chavarria (So)	1

King's Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.966	29	21	7	1	1
1	B. Kinoshita	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
2	Caleb Kong	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
3	Cyrus Sid	1.000	5	2	3	0	1
4	Ethan Johnson	1.000	6	6	0	0	0
5	Dominic Myung	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
8	AJ Kong	.000	1	0	0	1	0
14	James Barboza	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
16	Nate Plata	1.000	6	4	2	0	1
23	Toby Trotter (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0	1

Santa Clara

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	25	21	4
1	Andrew Traffas (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
2	Connor Houle (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
4	Charles Conley (Sr)	1.000	8	8	0
6	John Kepner (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
7	Zach Gallegos (Jr)	1.000	7	7	0
8	D. Diffenderfer (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
10	Greg Salgado (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1
13	D. Chavarria (So)	1.000	1	1	0
15	Bruce Gibson (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1

King's Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	.000	1
1	B. Kinoshita	10.50	1	.000	1
4	Ethan Johnson	0.00	0		1
8	AJ Kong	0.00	0		1
10	Justin Cho	10.50	0		1
15	Ryan Wheeler	0.00	0		1

Santa Clara

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	1.000	1
1	Andrew Traffas (Sr)	0.00	0		1
8	D. Diffenderfer (Sr)	3.50	1	1.000	1
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	28.00	0		1
13	D. Chavarria (So)		0		1
15	Bruce Gibson (Jr)	2.33	0		1

King's Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	8	6	6	8	36	26
1	B. Kinoshita	2	3	3	3	1	3	9	7
4	Ethan Johnson	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	4
8	AJ Kong	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	8	7
10	Justin Cho	.2	0	2	1	2	1	6	2
15	Ryan Wheeler	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	3

Santa Clara

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	6	6	10	9	1	36	26
1	Andrew Traffas (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3
8	D. Diffenderfer (Sr)	2	2	1	1	3	3	0	10	7
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	1	3	4	4	3	1	0	8	5
15	Bruce Gibson (Jr)	3	2	1	1	4	2	1	15	11

King's Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.308	.500	4	132	1	5
1	B. Kinoshita	.429	.556	1	35	1	0
4	Ethan Johnson	.250	.400	0	23	0	2
8	AJ Kong	.143	.250	1	21	0	0
10	Justin Cho	.000	.667	2	26	0	3
15	Ryan Wheeler	.000	.250	0	13	0	0

Santa Clara

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.269	.472	166	1	1	5
1	Andrew Traffas (Sr)	.000	.000	12	0	0	0
8	D. Diffenderfer (Sr)	.286	.500	48	0	0	1
9	Jaxton Chao (Sr)	.600	.750	39	1	1	3
15	Bruce Gibson (Jr)	.182	.400	67	0	0	1

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Game Story

California High School Baseball - Santa Clara edges King's Academy

March 1, 2025: Sunnyvale, CA 94085

The crowd at Saturday's non-league battle between the Santa Clara Bruins (Santa Clara, CA) and the host King's Academy Knights (Sunnyvale, CA), saw Santa Clara's baseball team gain a win over King's Academy by a tally of 8-6.

The Bruins (3-0) will now prepare for their battle against Lynbrook (San Jose, CA). The Vikings enter the El Camino battle with a 2-1 record.

Next, the Knights face the Los Gatos Wildcats (Los Gatos, CA) in a non-league battle, on Tuesday, March 4. King's Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 2-1 season record. The Wildcats enter the battle with a 2-1 record after their 6-1 non-league loss to Junipero Serra (San Mateo, CA).

Players of the Game

King's Academy (24-25)

King's Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Santa Clara (24-25)

Congratulations to #4 Charles Conley for being selected the Santa Clara Baseball Player of the Game.

KA vs Santa Clara Baseball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 1, 2025 @ 7p

Ted Tamone Baseball Classic

The Santa Clara (CA) varsity baseball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against King's Academy (Sunnyvale, CA) by a score of 8-6.

Rankings & Records

King's Academy (24-25)

CA	Section
330	22

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-12	7-7	7-5	5-6	1-1	.520	.500	130	135

Santa Clara (24-25)

CA	Section
203	15

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
29-4	17-1	13-1	11-2	5-1	.879	.944	312	112

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
King's Academy	1.0	.2	.8	1.0	.8	.5	1.2	1.0	-	5.2	7.1	.9
Santa Clara	2.2	1.2	1.7	1.1	1.0	1.9	1.4	0	2.5	9.5	10.1	1.3

Team Stat Comparison

King's Academy		Santa Clara
.278	Batting Average	.349
.388	On Base Percentage	.466
.371	Slugging Percentage	.465
.956	Fielding Percentage	.952
.520	Win Loss Percentage	.879

Team Leaders

King's Academy		Santa Clara	National Avg.
#16 Nate Plata.423	Batting Average	#17 Kalani Tesimale.667	.239
#16 Nate Plata.554	On Base Percentage	#17 Kalani Tesimale.667	.379
#4 Ethan Johnson.688	Slugging Percentage	#17 Kalani Tesimale.833	.302
#13 Taiyo Peterson1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Dylan Rahbar1.000	.860
#13 Taiyo Peterson1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Andrew Traffas1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
King's Academy	2-3		Santa Clara	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/11/25	Menlo School	King's Academy	(W) 4-1	6/7/25	Menlo School	Santa Clara	(L) 2-1
4/9/25	King's Academy	Sequoia	(L) 10-9	2/26/25	Sequoia	Santa Clara	(W) 3-0
4/11/25	Sequoia	King's Academy	(W) 6-5
4/16/25	Carlmont	King's Academy	(L) 10-7	5/24/25	Santa Clara	Carlmont	(W) 5-4
4/18/25	King's Academy	Carlmont	(L) 8-0

Record Breakdown

King's Academy (24-25)		Santa Clara (24-25)
13-12	Overall	29-4
7-7	League	17-1
5-3	Non-League	4-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-3	Common Opponent	2-1
7-5	Home	13-1
5-6	Away	11-2
1-1	Neutral	5-1
0-1	Playoff	5-1
13-12	In-State	29-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0