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Independence Cortez

Patriots

Colts

The Cortez (Phoenix, AZ) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Independence (Glendale, AZ) by a score of 13-2.

Game Details: Cortez High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	5	0	0	4	4	-	-	13	13	0
Cortez	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	2	5	0

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Game Stats

Independence (22-23)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.520	34	25	13	13	11	1	1
1	Emelia Zepeda (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	1	0	0	0
2	D. Navarrete (Sr)	.750	4	4	1	3	6	0	1
3	M. Perez Vargas (So)	.750	4	4	3	3	2	1	0
4	Nicole Ortega (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	1	0	0
8	Adlai Navarro (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0	0
9	Karime Varela (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0	0
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	.500	4	2	2	1	1	0	0
12	Giselle Pedrego (Sr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	6	.647	.640	1.287
1	Emelia Zepeda (Sr)	2	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
2	D. Navarrete (Sr)	0	0	.750	1.250	2.000
3	M. Perez Vargas (So)	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
4	Nicole Ortega (Sr)	2	0	.500	.000	.500
8	Adlai Navarro (Sr)	1	2	.500	.333	.833
9	Karime Varela (Sr)	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	2	1	.750	.500	1.250
12	Giselle Pedrego (Sr)	2	1	.750	.500	1.250

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	18
1	Emelia Zepeda (Sr)	4
2	D. Navarrete (Sr)	3
3	M. Perez Vargas (So)	3
4	Nicole Ortega (Sr)	1
8	Adlai Navarro (Sr)	1
9	Karime Varela (Sr)	1
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	1
12	Giselle Pedrego (Sr)	4

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	21	15	6
3	M. Perez Vargas (So)	1.000	2	1	1
4	Nicole Ortega (Sr)	1.000	11	10	1
8	Adlai Navarro (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1
9	Karime Varela (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	1.000	1	1	0
12	Giselle Pedrego (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	2.80	0	0		1				0
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	2.80	0	0		1				0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	5	2	2	1	10			0	21	19
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	5	5	2	2	1	10			0	21	19

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.263	.333	0	1			80
11	Justyne Pacheco (So)	.263	.333	0	1			80

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Cortez (22-23)

Cortez has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Softball - Independence bounces Cortez

March 29, 2023: Phoenix, AZ 85051

The Independence Patriots (Glendale, AZ) softball routed the host Cortez Colts (Phoenix, AZ), 13-2 in Wednesday's non-league bout.

The Patriots (3-5) will now prepare for their bout against Metro Tech (Phoenix, AZ). The Knights go into the non-league bout with a 1-12 record. In their last bout, Metro Tech was routed by North Canyon (Phoenix, AZ), 23-4, in a league bout.

The Colts now possess a 2-7 record. They play next when they travel to Tempe for a 4A Black Canyon bout on Thursday, March 30. Cortez will confront a Buffaloes squad coming off a 14-3 non-league loss to Moon Valley (Phoenix, AZ). The Buffaloes record now stands at 4-9.

Rankings & Records

Independence (22-23)

AZ	Div.
192	41

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
7-10	4-8	4-5	3-5	.412	.333	100	194

Cortez (22-23)

AZ	Div.
232	45

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
5-15	3-7	1-8	2-6	2-1	.250	.300	148	344

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Independence	.4	.3	2.1	1.2	1.1	2.8	0	1.0	5.9	5.8	1.6
Cortez	1.3	1.1	.6	.7	0	3.0	1.0	-	7.4	2.2	2.3

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Cortez
.311	Batting Average	-
.514	On Base Percentage	-
.443	Slugging Percentage	-
.992	Fielding Percentage	-
.385	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Independence		Cortez	National Avg.
#2 Daniela Navarrete.600	Batting Average	-	.286
#2 Daniela Navarrete.707	On Base Percentage	-	.394
#3 Mariana Perez Vargas.954	Slugging Percentage	-	.388
#1 Emelia Zepeda1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.833
#3 Mariana Perez Vargas.667	Win Loss Percentage	-	.575

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	2-0		Cortez	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/27/23	Independence	Glendale	(W) 17-4		4/12/23	Cortez	Glendale	(L) 25-9
4/5/23	Glendale	Independence	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Independence (22-23)		Cortez (22-23)
7-10	Overall	5-15
4-8	League	3-7
3-2	Non-League	0-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-0	Common Opponent	0-1
4-5	Home	1-8
3-5	Away	2-6
0-0	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-10	In-State	5-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0