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Myrtle Independence

Hawks

Wildcats

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Myrtle (MS) by a score of 14-10.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Myrtle	2	6	4	1	0	0	1	14	20	3
Independence	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	10	9	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Independence (20-21)

Myrtle

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.541	44	37	14	20	12	6	2
4	Dylan Gaines (Jr)	.750	5	4	1	3	0	1	0
5	Mason Cook (Sr)	.400	5	5	2	2	2	1	0
7	Braiden Jordan (Fr)	.250	5	4	1	1	1	0	0
14	Nate Gaines (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	Jaden Taylor (Jr)	.600	5	5	2	3	2	1	0
16	Dalton Galloway (Jr)	.800	5	5	0	4	3	0	0
17	Luke Gaines (Sr)	.250	5	4	2	1	1	0	0
23	Gabe Medlin (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
25	Jackson Mayer (Jr)	1.000	5	4	4	4	2	2	2
42	Cameron Thomas (So)	.500	5	2	0	1	1	1	0

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.290	38	31	10	9	8	1
1	Jayden Watkins (Jr)	.400	5	5	1	2	2	0
3	Niles Blackmon (7th)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	0
5	Rex Bryant (Sr)	.000	5	5	0	0	0	0
8	Bryson Davis (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
10	Ethan Kile (Sr)	1.000	4	2	1	2	1	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	2	0
15	Parker Hardison (Sr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0	0
21	Scott McFarlin (Fr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0
33	Dallas Stepp (8th)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	1

Myrtle

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	4	4	1	2	1	9	.595	.810	1.406
4	Dylan Gaines (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
5	Mason Cook (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.400	.600	1.000
7	Braiden Jordan (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.250	.250	.500
15	Jaden Taylor (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.600	.800	1.400
16	Dalton Galloway (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	1.600
17	Luke Gaines (Sr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	.400	.250	.650
23	Gabe Medlin (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
25	Jackson Mayer (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500
42	Cameron Thomas (So)	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	.800	1.000	1.800

Independence

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	11	1	1	7	.395	.322	.718
1	Jayden Watkins (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.800
3	Niles Blackmon (7th)	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
5	Rex Bryant (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
8	Bryson Davis (So)	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
10	Ethan Kile (Sr)	1	0	0	1	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
14	Landyn Lindsey (So)	0	0	3	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
15	Parker Hardison (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
21	Scott McFarlin (Fr)	0	2	2	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
33	Dallas Stepp (8th)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.250	.500	.750

Baserunning

Myrtle has not entered any baserunning stats.

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
10	Ethan Kile (Sr)	1

Myrtle

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.885	26	21	2	3
4	Dylan Gaines (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Mason Cook (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
15	Jaden Taylor (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
16	Dalton Galloway (Jr)	1.000	10	10	0	0
17	Luke Gaines (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
23	Gabe Medlin (Sr)	.667	3	2	0	1
25	Jackson Mayer (Jr)	.667	6	4	0	2

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.808	26	21	5	1
1	Jayden Watkins (Jr)	.857	7	6	1	0
3	Niles Blackmon (7th)	1.000	3	3	0	1
5	Rex Bryant (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
10	Ethan Kile (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	Jordan Woods (Sr)	.000	1	0	1	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Parker Hardison (Sr)	.500	2	1	1	0
17	Miller Owerns (8th)	.500	2	1	1	0
21	Scott McFarlin (Fr)	.000	1	0	1	0
33	Dallas Stepp (8th)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Myrtle

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	8.00	1
5	Mason Cook (Sr)	42.00	1
15	Jaden Taylor (Jr)	0.00	1
17	Luke Gaines (Sr)	14.00	1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	8.00	1
14	Landyn Lindsey (So)	2.33	1
33	Dallas Stepp (8th)	12.25	1

Myrtle

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	10	8	5	11	38	32
5	Mason Cook (Sr)	.1	2	4	2	2	1	5	3
15	Jaden Taylor (Jr)	3.2	3	0	0	1	9	17	16
17	Luke Gaines (Sr)	3	4	6	6	2	1	16	13

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	16	13	8	4	4	44	39
14	Landyn Lindsey (So)	3	3	1	1	2	1	13	11
33	Dallas Stepp (8th)	4	13	12	7	2	3	31	28

Myrtle

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.281	.395	1	1	129
5	Mason Cook (Sr)	.667	.800	0	0	21
15	Jaden Taylor (Jr)	.188	.235	0	0	61
17	Luke Gaines (Sr)	.308	.438	1	1	47

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.410	.477	1	1	117
14	Landyn Lindsey (So)	.273	.385	0	0	33
33	Dallas Stepp (8th)	.464	.516	1	1	84

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence loses to Myrtle

March 12, 2021: Independence, MS 38618

The Myrtle Hawks the host Independence Wildcats baseball team by a count of 13-10 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Hawks now possess a 1-3 record. They take the field next when they host Falkner for a non-league bout on Monday, March 15. Myrtle will face a Eagles team coming off a 10-0 non-league loss to Alcorn Central (Glen, MS). The Eagles record now stands at 2-6.

Next, the Wildcats face the South Pontotoc Cougars (Pontotoc, MS) in a non-league bout, on Saturday, March 13. Independence will attempt to move on its 2-6 season record. The Cougars enter the bout with a 9-0 record after their 11-4 non-league win over Calhoun City (Calhoun City, MS).

Rankings & Records

Myrtle (20-21)

MS	Reg.
188	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-13	2-2	6-5	3-7	0-1	.409	.500	115	149

Independence (20-21)

MS	Reg.
193	20

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
12-15	6-5	7-5	5-10	.444	.545	184	196

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Myrtle	.8	1.0	1.4	.4	.6	1.1	1.3	0	0	5.2	7.3	1.9
Independence	1.7	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.1	.3	.6	.5	3.0	6.8	7.7	1.4

Team Stat Comparison

Myrtle		Independence
.274	Batting Average	.299
.417	On Base Percentage	.441
.382	Slugging Percentage	.402
.914	Fielding Percentage	.869
.462	Win Loss Percentage	.750

Team Leaders

Myrtle		Independence	National Avg.
#25 Jackson Mayer.411	Batting Average	#1 Jayden Watkins.411	.253
#25 Jackson Mayer.570	On Base Percentage	#4 Merritt Owens1.000	.378
#25 Jackson Mayer.857	Slugging Percentage	#1 Jayden Watkins.616	.318
#14 Nate Gaines1.000	Fielding Percentage	#24 Braylon Davis1.000	.860
#5 Mason Cook1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Jayden Watkins1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Myrtle	0-1		Independence	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/16/21	South Pontotoc	Myrtle	(L) 12-0		3/13/21	Independence	South Pontotoc	(L) 6-1

Record Breakdown

Myrtle (20-21)		Independence (20-21)
9-13	Overall	12-15
2-2	League	6-5
6-9	Non-League	4-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
6-5	Home	7-5
3-7	Away	5-10
0-1	Neutral	0-0
1-2	Playoff	2-2
9-13	In-State	12-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0