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Golden Valley Merced

Cougars

Bears

The Merced (CA) varsity softball team won Thursday's home conference game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA) by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Golden Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	3
Merced	1	0	1	0	1	1	-	4	7	0

Final score provided by K. Hutchison.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merced (21-22)

Golden Valley

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.308	32	26	3	8	3	2
5	Kylie Diaz (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	1	1
6	Bree Barner (So)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
12	C. Ramirez Sanchez (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
15	Leiyah Ramirez (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
16	G. Pimentel (So)		1	0	1	0	0	0
17	T. Richardson (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
18	Geneva Pena (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
23	Stefani Ramirez (So)	.500	4	4	2	2	1	1
24	Maria Barillas (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
42	Mia Marquez (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0

Merced

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.259	28	27	4	7	3	1
1	Kaitlyn Arceo (Sr)	.667	3	3		2	1
2	M. Mayo-Garza (Sr)		3	3
4	Melody Gomez (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1
5	A. Richardson (So)	.333	3	3		1	1
7	Ellie Alvarez (Sr)	.750	4	4	1	3	1	1
10	Hannah Isakow (Sr)		3	3
11	Ava Brown (Sr)		3	3
16	Giselle Urbina (Sr)		3	2
34	Aleatha Buchner (So)		3	3	2

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	12	2	8	.438	.384	.823
5	Kylie Diaz (Sr)	2	1	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
6	Bree Barner (So)	0	1	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
12	C. Ramirez Sanchez (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
15	Leiyah Ramirez (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
16	G. Pimentel (So)	0	0	1	0	1.000		1.000
17	T. Richardson (Jr)	0	3	0	2	.250	.250	.500
18	Geneva Pena (Jr)	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
23	Stefani Ramirez (So)	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.250
24	Maria Barillas (Jr)	0	0	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
42	Mia Marquez (Jr)	1	3	0	4	.250	.000	.250

Merced

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	K	ROE	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	12	4	.259	.370	.629
1	Kaitlyn Arceo (Sr)				.667	.666	1.334
2	M. Mayo-Garza (Sr)		3		.000	.000	.000
4	Melody Gomez (Sr)		1	1	.333	.333	.666
5	A. Richardson (So)		1		.333	.333	.666
7	Ellie Alvarez (Sr)		1		.750	1.500	2.250
10	Hannah Isakow (Sr)		2		.000	.000	.000
11	Ava Brown (Sr)		2	1	.000	.000	.000
16	Giselle Urbina (Sr)	1	1		.000	.000	.000
34	Aleatha Buchner (So)		1	2	.000	.000	.000

Golden Valley

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
5	Kylie Diaz (Sr)	1
6	Bree Barner (So)	1
23	Stefani Ramirez (So)	2

Merced

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	1
4	Melody Gomez (Sr)	1	1

Golden Valley

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.880	25	18	4	3
5	Kylie Diaz (Sr)	1.000	12	11	1	0
6	Bree Barner (So)	1.000	2	0	2	0
12	C. Ramirez Sanchez (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Leiyah Ramirez (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
16	G. Pimentel (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
21	G. Cienfuegos (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
23	Stefani Ramirez (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
24	Maria Barillas (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
42	Mia Marquez (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1

Merced

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	SBA	SB
	Team Totals	1.000	26	20	6	2	2
1	Kaitlyn Arceo (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
2	M. Mayo-Garza (Sr)	1.000	3		3
7	Ellie Alvarez (Sr)	1.000	14	14		2	2
10	Hannah Isakow (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1
11	Ava Brown (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
16	Giselle Urbina (Sr)	1.000	1	1
22	L. Gallegos (Fr)	1.000	1	1

Golden Valley

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.17	0	1	.000	1				0
6	Bree Barner (So)	1.17	0	1	.000	1				0

Merced

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	1		1.000	1	1
4	Melody Gomez (Sr)	3.00	1		1.000	1	1

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	4	1	0	12			1	28	28
6	Bree Barner (So)	6	7	4	1	0	12			1	28	28

Merced

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	3	3	4	12	1			32	26
4	Melody Gomez (Sr)	7	8	3	3	4	12	1			32	26

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.250	0	0			96
6	Bree Barner (So)	.250	.250	0	0			96

Merced

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.308	.438		2
4	Melody Gomez (Sr)	.308	.438		2

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Game Story

California High School Softball - Merced nudges Golden Valley

March 31, 2022: Merced, CA 95344

Merced Bears (Merced, CA) backers exited the stadium thrilled Thursday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA), 4-3 in a league challenge.

The Bears now own a 9-5 record. They take the field next when they travel to Patterson for a Central California Conference challenge on Tuesday, April 5. Merced will face a Tigers squad coming off a 8-0 league loss to Golden Valley (Merced, CA). The Tigers record now stands at 4-6.

With the loss, Golden Valley falls to 7-5 on the campaign. The Cougars host Hilmar (Hilmar, CA) to face the Yellowjackets in a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 2. The Yellowjackets enter the challenge with a record of 7-6. Hilmar won 5-1 in their recent league challenge against Escalon (Escalon, CA)

Golden Valley @ Merced Softball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 31, 2022 @ 4p

The Merced (CA) varsity softball team won Thursday's home conference game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA) by a score of 4-3.

Rankings & Records

Golden Valley (21-22)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
374	49	49

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
14-13-2	9-3	8-2	6-7-1	0-4-1	.517	.750	127	107

Merced (21-22)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
189	24	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
17-7	11-1	8-1	7-1	2-5	.708	.917	139	52

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Golden Valley	.8	.5	.7	.4	.9	.7	1.1	0	1.0	4.4	7.2	1.8
Merced	1.5	.5	1.0	1.1	.9	.8	.8	-	-	5.8	4.6	.4

Head-to-Head

Merced won on 3/31/2022

3/31 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Golden Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 3
Merced 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 4 7 0

The Golden Valley (Merced, CA) varsity softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 4-3.
Box score
Golden Valley won on 5/5/2022

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

Merced 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Golden Valley 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 3 0

The Merced (CA) varsity softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

5/5 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merced	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Golden Valley	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	2	3	0

Team Stat Comparison

Golden Valley		Merced
.284	Batting Average	.277
.364	On Base Percentage	.336
.392	Slugging Percentage	.455
.916	Fielding Percentage	.965
.545	Win Loss Percentage	.739

Team Leaders

Golden Valley		Merced	National Avg.
#6 Bree Barner.488	Batting Average	#11 Ava Brown.416	.291
#6 Bree Barner.560	On Base Percentage	#11 Ava Brown.459	.393
#6 Bree Barner.738	Slugging Percentage	#11 Ava Brown.792	.393
#5 Kylie Diaz1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Kaitlyn Arceo1.000	.833
#6 Bree Barner.571	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Ava Brown1.000	.561

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Golden Valley	10-3-1		Merced	13-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/25/22	Turlock	Golden Valley	(W) 4-3	3/14/22	Merced	Turlock	(W) 3-2
3/2/22	Golden Valley	Modesto	(L) 4-3	3/5/22	Modesto	Merced	(W) 12-1
3/5/22	Central Catholic	Golden Valley	(T) 3-3	5/19/22	Merced	Central Catholic	(L) 4-1
3/8/22	Golden Valley	Madera	(W) 4-1	3/4/22	Madera	Merced	(W) 2-1
3/22/22	Golden Valley	Buhach Colony	(W) 11-0	3/29/22	Buhach Colony	Merced	(W) 11-1
4/14/22	Buhach Colony	Golden Valley	(W) 11-0	4/28/22	Merced	Buhach Colony	(W) 15-3
3/30/22	Golden Valley	Patterson	(W) 5-3	4/5/22	Merced	Patterson	(W) 5-3
4/28/22	Patterson	Golden Valley	(W) 7-4	5/3/22	Patterson	Merced	(W) 11-2
4/5/22	Golden Valley	Atwater	(L) 4-1	4/12/22	Merced	Atwater	(W) 1-0
5/3/22	Golden Valley	Atwater	(L) 2-1	5/12/22	Atwater	Merced	(W) 2-1
4/7/22	Golden Valley	El Capitan	(W) 4-1	3/22/22	Merced	El Capitan	(W) 7-2
5/10/22	El Capitan	Golden Valley	(W) 9-1	4/14/22	El Capitan	Merced	(W) 9-0
4/12/22	Central Valley	Golden Valley	(W) 7-0	3/24/22	Merced	Central Valley	(W) 15-2
5/12/22	Golden Valley	Central Valley	(W) 8-1	4/26/22	Central Valley	Merced	(W) 17-0

Record Breakdown

Golden Valley (21-22)		Merced (21-22)
14-13-2	Overall	17-7
9-3	League	11-1
5-3-1	Non-League	3-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
10-3-1	Common Opponent	13-1
8-2	Home	8-1
6-7-1	Away	7-1
0-4-1	Neutral	2-5
0-1	Playoff	1-1
14-13-2	In-State	17-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0