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Benton Salem

Rangers

Wildcats

The Salem (IL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 5-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	5	6	0
Salem	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	5

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Salem (25-26)

Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.214	33	28	5	6	2	1
1	Drake Porter (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
5	Nolan Schafer (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
7	Peyton Robinson (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
8	Keaton McCollum (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
9	D. Mcclanahan (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
12	Holden Skibo (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
18	Lane Croslin (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1
22	Kruz Koester (So)	.000	4	2	0	0	1	0

Salem

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.200	27	25	1	5	1	2
3	Eli LoGrasso (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
4	Luke Boldt (So)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	1
5	Aaden Rostance (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
7	Carter Lowe (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
8	Angel Salgado (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0	1
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0	0
10	Keytin Grawe (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
12	Owen Tennyson (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
14	Brody Collier (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
24	Logan Butts (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

Benton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	7	3	7	.333	.250	.583
1	Drake Porter (So)	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
5	Nolan Schafer (Sr)	0	0	1	0	.333	.333	.666
7	Peyton Robinson (Sr)	1	0	0	2	.250	.000	.250
9	D. Mcclanahan (Sr)	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
12	Holden Skibo (So)	1	2	0	3	.500	.333	.833
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	0	0	1	2	.250	.250	.500
18	Lane Croslin (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
22	Kruz Koester (So)	2	2	0	4	.500	.000	.500

Salem

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	11	1	5	.259	.280	.539
3	Eli LoGrasso (Sr)	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
4	Luke Boldt (So)	1	0	1	1	.667	1.000	1.667
5	Aaden Rostance (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
7	Carter Lowe (Sr)	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
8	Angel Salgado (Sr)	1	1	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
10	Keytin Grawe (So)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Owen Tennyson (Fr)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
14	Brody Collier (Sr)	0	3	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	Logan Butts (Fr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
9	D. Mcclanahan (Sr)	1
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	1

Salem

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	2

Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	26	21	5	1
1	Drake Porter (So)	1.000	2	1	1	1
5	Nolan Schafer (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	D. Mcclanahan (Sr)	1.000	4	1	3	1
12	Holden Skibo (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
22	Kruz Koester (So)	1.000	8	8	0	0
25	Wade Baumgarte (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	1

Salem

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.879	33	21	8	4
3	Eli LoGrasso (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
4	Luke Boldt (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0
5	Aaden Rostance (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
7	Carter Lowe (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
8	Angel Salgado (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	.500	4	1	1	2
10	Keytin Grawe (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	Owen Tennyson (Fr)	1.000	8	5	3	0
14	Brody Collier (Sr)	.833	6	5	0	1
24	Logan Butts (Fr)	.667	3	1	1	1

Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1	1.000	1
12	Holden Skibo (So)	1.40	1	1.000	1
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	0.00	0		1

Salem

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1	.000	1
4	Luke Boldt (So)	0.00	1	.000	1
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	0.00	0		1
24	Logan Butts (Fr)	10.50	0		1

Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	1	1	2	11	27	25
12	Holden Skibo (So)	5	5	1	1	0	8	19	19
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	2	1	0	0	2	3	8	6

Salem

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	5	1	5	7	33	28
4	Luke Boldt (So)	4.2	3	4	0	3	4	22	19
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	6	5
24	Logan Butts (Fr)	.2	3	1	1	1	1	5	4

Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.240	.296	1	107	2
12	Holden Skibo (So)	.263	.263	0	76	2
16	Hunter Irvin (Sr)	.167	.375	1	31	0

Salem

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.214	.333	131	1
4	Luke Boldt (So)	.158	.273	85	0
9	Brenden Smith (Jr)	.000	.167	22	0
24	Logan Butts (Fr)	.750	.800	24	1

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Benton holds off Salem

March 24, 2026: Salem, IL 62881

The crowd at Tuesday's non-league battle between the Benton Rangers (Benton, IL) and the host Salem Wildcats (Salem, IL), saw Benton's baseball team beat Salem by a margin of 5-1.

The Rangers (4-1) will now prepare for their battle against Eldorado (Eldorado, IL). The Eagles enter the non-league battle with a 0-2 record. In their last battle, Eldorado was overwhelmed by Pope County (Golconda, IL), 3-0, in a non-league match.

The Wildcats now possess a 0-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Charleston for a non-league match on Wednesday, March 25. Salem will confront a Trojans squad coming off a 15-0 non-league win over Westville (Westville, IL). The Trojans record now stands at 2-0.

Benton @ Salem Baseball Game Info

Tue., Mar. 24, 2026 @ 4:30p

The Salem (IL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 5-1.

Rankings & Records

Benton (25-26)

IL	Class
247	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-17	3-7	6-10	9-6	1-1	.485	.300	176	158

Salem (25-26)

IL	Class
299	78

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-25	3-7	4-12	6-13	.286	.300	145	274

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Benton	.5	.7	.9	.6	1.2	.9	.7	.3	2.0	5.3	6.7	2.0
Salem	.8	.7	.8	.4	.6	1.1	.5	-	-	4.1	5.1	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Benton		Salem
.263	Batting Average	.229
.370	On Base Percentage	.348
.361	Slugging Percentage	.313
.922	Fielding Percentage	.923
.485	Win Loss Percentage	.286

Team Leaders

Benton		Salem	National Avg.
#5 Nolan Schafer.325	Batting Average	#24 Logan Butts.333	.243
#4 Eli Craig1.000	On Base Percentage	#24 Logan Butts.446	.385
#22 Kruz Koester.464	Slugging Percentage	#24 Logan Butts.560	.312
#25 Wade Baumgarte.975	Fielding Percentage	#23 Evan Barnes1.000	.859
#1 Drake Porter1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Keytin Grawe.500	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benton	1-5		Salem	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/18/26	Benton	Centralia	(W) 4-1	3/26/26	Centralia	Salem	(L) 12-0
3/30/26	Mt. Vernon	Benton	(L) 9-7	3/18/26	Mt. Vernon	Salem	(L) 11-1
4/1/26	Benton	Fairfield	(L) 3-1	4/17/26	Fairfield	Salem	(W) 8-2
4/13/26	Frankfort	Benton	(L) 4-0	5/13/26	Salem	Frankfort	(L) 10-5
4/24/26	Benton	Frankfort	(L) 5-0
5/8/26	Carterville	Benton	(L) 14-5	3/21/26	Salem	Carterville	(L) 8-6

Record Breakdown

Benton (25-26)		Salem (25-26)
16-17	Overall	10-25
3-7	League	3-7
11-9	Non-League	6-17
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-5	Common Opponent	1-4
6-10	Home	4-12
9-6	Away	6-13
1-1	Neutral	0-0
2-1	Playoff	1-1
16-17	In-State	10-25
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0