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The Illini West (Carthage, IL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Mercer County (Aledo, IL) in extra innings by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Mercer County	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	4	4
Illini West	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	7	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Illini West (24-25)

Mercer County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.148	33	27	3	4	2
2	Logan Schreurs (So)		0	0	1	0	0
4	Payton Sedam (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0
5	Dakota Coppola (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
7	Grady Norton (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
11	Carson Boelens (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
18	Mason Gray (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1
21	T. Whitehall (Jr)	1.000	3	1	1	1	0
22	Jacob Kenney (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
24	Lucas Marston (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
51	Kale Breeden (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1

Illini West

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.276	33	29	4	8	3	1
2	Grady Blue (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
5	Nick Johnson (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
8	Nick Bruns (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
14	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
16	Aiden Hocker (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
17	S. Watkins Jr. (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
22	W. Robertson (Jr)	1.000	4	2	1	2	0	1
27	Tre Neiderman (Sr)		1	0	1	0	0	0

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	11	1	6	.303	.148	.451
4	Payton Sedam (Sr)	2	2	0	1	.500	.000	.500
5	Dakota Coppola (Sr)	1	2	0	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Grady Norton (So)	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
11	Carson Boelens (Sr)	0	1	1	3	.000	.000	.000
18	Mason Gray (Jr)	1	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
21	T. Whitehall (Jr)	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
22	Jacob Kenney (Sr)	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	Lucas Marston (Jr)	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
51	Kale Breeden (Sr)	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.000

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	5	4	.364	.310	.674
2	Grady Blue (So)	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
5	Nick Johnson (Sr)	0	2	1	.250	.250	.500
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
8	Nick Bruns (Sr)	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
14	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
16	Aiden Hocker (Jr)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
17	S. Watkins Jr. (Sr)	1	1	2	.500	.333	.833
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	0	1	5	.250	.250	.500
22	W. Robertson (Jr)	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
27	Tre Neiderman (Sr)	1	0	0	1.000		1.000

Mercer County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
2	Logan Schreurs (So)	1
21	T. Whitehall (Jr)	1

Illini West

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	1

Mercer County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.871	31	22	5	4	1
4	Payton Sedam (Sr)	.833	6	5	0	1	0
5	Dakota Coppola (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0	1
7	Grady Norton (So)	.500	2	0	1	1	0
18	Mason Gray (Jr)	.600	5	3	0	2	0
21	T. Whitehall (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
24	Lucas Marston (Jr)	1.000	9	9	0	0	1
51	Kale Breeden (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0	0

Illini West

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.947	38	24	12	2
2	Grady Blue (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
5	Nick Johnson (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	.667	3	0	2	1
8	Nick Bruns (Sr)	1.000	10	9	1	0
14	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	1.000	4	0	4	0
17	S. Watkins Jr. (Sr)	1.000	14	12	2	0
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
22	W. Robertson (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1
27	Tre Neiderman (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
44	Jaydyn Combites (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0

Mercer County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	0.95	1
11	Carson Boelens (Sr)	0.00	1
23	Kevin Wilkens (Sr)	5.25	1

Illini West

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	0.88	1
3	Max Kinnamon (Sr)	0.00	1
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	0.00	1
14	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	0.00	1
16	Aiden Hocker (Jr)	21.00	1
27	Tre Neiderman (Sr)		1
44	Jaydyn Combites (Sr)	0.00	1

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7.1	7	4	1	4	5	33	29
11	Carson Boelens (Sr)	6	5	3	0	1	5	24	23
23	Kevin Wilkens (Sr)	1.1	2	1	1	3	0	9	6

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	8	4	3	1	6	11	33	27
3	Max Kinnamon (Sr)	2.2	0	0	0	2	7	10	8
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
14	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
16	Aiden Hocker (Jr)	.1	1	1	1	2	0	4	2
44	Jaydyn Combites (Sr)	3	2	2	0	2	2	13	11

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.241	.333	1	123	1
11	Carson Boelens (Sr)	.217	.250	0	95	1
23	Kevin Wilkens (Sr)	.333	.556	1	28	0

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.148	.303	1	124	1	2
3	Max Kinnamon (Sr)	.000	.200	0	43	0	1
6	Carter Chapin (Sr)	.333	.333	1	8	0	0
14	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	.000	.000	0	16	0	0
16	Aiden Hocker (Jr)	.500	.750	0	16	0	1
44	Jaydyn Combites (Sr)	.182	.308	0	41	1	0

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Mercer County nipped by Illini West

March 27, 2025: Carthage, IL 62321

The Illini West Chargers nipped the visiting Mercer County Golden Eagles baseball squad by a score of 4-3 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next up, the Chargers encounter the Clark County Indians (Kahoka, MO) in a non-league outing, on Friday, March 28. Illini West will attempt to advance on its 5-0 season record. The Indians enter the outing with a 0-4 record after their 3-2 non-league loss to Putnam County (Unionville, MO).

The Golden Eagles (3-2) will now prepare for their outing against Knoxville (Knoxville, IL). The Blue Bullets enter the non-league outing with a 0-3 record.

Mercer County @ Illini West Baseball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 27, 2025 @ 4:30p

Game played at LaHarpe Junior High School

The Illini West (Carthage, IL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Mercer County (Aledo, IL) in extra innings by a score of 4-3.

Rankings & Records

Mercer County (24-25)

IL	Class
367	102

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-18	5-5	8-8	6-9	0-1	.438	.500	176	205

Illini West (24-25)

IL	Class
181	41

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
25-11	4-4	15-3	9-6	1-2	.694	.500	276	124

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Mercer County	1.0	.6	.9	.7	.9	.8	1.1	.8	0	-	-	5.5	6.3	2.2
Illini West	2.3	.8	1.2	1.0	1.0	.8	.8	.5	0	0	.5	7.7	8.1	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Mercer County		Illini West
.245	Batting Average	.306
.372	On Base Percentage	.415
.315	Slugging Percentage	.385
.923	Fielding Percentage	.950
.476	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Mercer County		Illini West	National Avg.
#51 Kale Breeden.370	Batting Average	#1 Austin Carlisle.500	.239
#51 Kale Breeden.488	On Base Percentage	#22 Wesley Robertson.528	.379
#51 Kale Breeden.620	Slugging Percentage	#22 Wesley Robertson.684	.302
#21 Tannen Whitehall1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Austin Carlisle1.000	.860
#12 Nathan Matlick.714	Win Loss Percentage	#14 Ethan Carlisle1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mercer County	3-8		Illini West	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/17/25	Mercer County	Hamilton/Warsaw	(W) 10-0	5/6/25	Illini West	Hamilton/Warsaw	(W) 10-0
4/2/25	Farmington	Mercer County	(L) 11-1	4/26/25	Farmington	Illini West	(L) 5-0
4/10/25	Mercer County	Orion	(W) 3-1	5/14/25	Illini West	Orion	(W) 8-7
5/12/25	Orion	Mercer County	(L) 8-1
4/14/25	Mercer County	Rockridge	(W) 8-7	4/15/25	Illini West	Rockridge	(L) 6-3
4/17/25	Rockridge	Mercer County	(L) 5-2
4/21/25	Mercer County	Sherrard	(L) 9-8	3/25/25	Sherrard	Illini West	(W) 2-1
4/24/25	Sherrard	Mercer County	(L) 8-0
5/21/25	Mercer County	Sherrard	(L) 7-0
4/26/25	Mercer County	Monmouth United	(L) 6-3	4/28/25	Monmouth United	Illini West	(W) 5-3
4/29/25	Alleman	Mercer County	(L) 15-8	4/24/25	Illini West	Alleman	(L) 4-2

Record Breakdown

Mercer County (24-25)		Illini West (24-25)
14-18	Overall	25-11
5-5	League	4-4
8-12	Non-League	21-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-8	Common Opponent	4-3
8-8	Home	15-3
6-9	Away	9-6
0-1	Neutral	1-2
1-1	Playoff	0-1
14-18	In-State	23-10
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1