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Meridian Petal

Wildcats

Panthers

The Petal (MS) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Meridian (MS) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Meridian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Petal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Petal nudged by Meridian

March 23, 2023: Petal, MS 39465

The Meridian Wildcats baseball team scored 5 runs and limited the host Petal Panthers to 4 in the Wildcats league victory on Thursday.

The Wildcats (3-5) will now prepare for their match against Oak Grove (Hattiesburg, MS). The Warriors go into the 6A Region 5 match with a 11-5 record. In their last match, Oak Grove was edged by Brandon (Brandon, MS), 9-2, in a league match.

The Panthers (13-3) will now prepare for their match against Sumrall (Sumrall, MS). The Bobcats go into the non-league match with a 13-3 record. In their last match, Sumrall edged Lawrence County (Monticello, MS), 9-8, in a league match.

Rankings & Records

Meridian (22-23)

MS	Reg.
147	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
3-13	1-8	1-6	1-6	1-1	.188	.111	50	138

Petal (22-23)

MS	Reg.
16	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
22-11	4-5	10-6	6-3	6-2	.667	.444	177	115

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Meridian	.4	.3	.3	.2	.3	2.1	0	-	-	3.1	3.6	2.9
Petal	1.0	.6	1.2	1.5	.8	.5	.2	0	1.0	5.4	6.5	1.9

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Head-to-Head

Petal won on 3/21/2023

3/21 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Petal - - - - - - - 11 - -
Meridian - - - - - - - 1 - -

The Petal (MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Meridian (MS) by a score of 11-1.
Box score
Meridian won on 3/23/2023

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

Meridian - - - - - - - 5 - -
Petal - - - - - - - 4 - -

The Meridian (MS) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Petal (MS) by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Petal won on 4/6/2023

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

Petal 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 - -
Meridian 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - -

The Petal (MS) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Meridian (MS) by a score of 3-1.
Box score

3/21 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Petal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Meridian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

4/6 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Petal	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	-	-
Meridian	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Petal
-	Batting Average	.262
-	On Base Percentage	.390
-	Slugging Percentage	.362
-	Fielding Percentage	.928
-	Win Loss Percentage	.636

Team Leaders

Meridian		Petal	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#17 Carson Fairley.500	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#17 Carson Fairley.667	.375
-	Slugging Percentage	#7 Jeremiah Mckinney.545	.307
-	Fielding Percentage	#30 Easton Giger1.000	.861
-	Win Loss Percentage	#13 Tanner Beliveau1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	0-6		Petal	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/7/23	Meridian	Brandon	(L) 10-0	3/28/23	Brandon	Petal	(L) 7-5
3/10/23	Meridian	Brandon	(L) 10-0	3/30/23	Petal	Brandon	(L) 15-5
4/4/23	Brandon	Meridian	(L) 7-1	4/11/23	Brandon	Petal	(L) 5-0
3/29/23	Meridian	Oak Grove	(L) 10-1	3/7/23	Petal	Oak Grove	(W) 7-3
3/31/23	Oak Grove	Meridian	(L) 10-0	3/10/23	Oak Grove	Petal	(L) 3-0
4/11/23	Meridian	Oak Grove	(L) 11-1	4/4/23	Petal	Oak Grove	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Meridian (22-23)		Petal (22-23)
3-13	Overall	22-11
1-8	League	4-5
1-4	Non-League	12-4
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
0-6	Common Opponent	2-4
1-6	Home	10-6
1-6	Away	6-3
1-1	Neutral	6-2
0-0	Playoff	4-2
3-13	In-State	21-11
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0