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The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Farmington (IL) by a score of 6-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Farmington	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	2
Mercer County	2	0	0	4	0	0	-	6	7	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Farmington (24-25)

Farmington has not entered stats for this game.

Mercer County (24-25)

Mercer County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.280	31	25	6	7	4	3	1	1
2	M. Campbell-Baker	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	Kelsie Weeks	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	Elsie Cook	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	A. Gillespie	.667	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0
10	Payton Ruggles	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Kylie Weeks	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
20	Jayden Weeks	.667	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	1
22	Peyton Knapp	.333	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
27	Natalie Thomson	.250	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	12	2	2	7	.400	.600	1.000
2	M. Campbell-Baker	1	1	1	0	1	0	.333	.000	.333
3	Kelsie Weeks	0	1	2	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
4	Elsie Cook	0	0	2	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
5	A. Gillespie	0	1	1	0	0	3	.750	1.000	1.750
10	Payton Ruggles	0	0	2	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
18	Kylie Weeks	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	1.500	2.167
20	Jayden Weeks	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.667	2.334
22	Peyton Knapp	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.667	1.000
27	Natalie Thomson	0	0	2	0	1	3	.250	.500	.750

Mercer County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
3	Kelsie Weeks	1
5	A. Gillespie	1
20	Jayden Weeks	1

Mercer County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.919	37	21	13	3	1
2	M. Campbell-Baker	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
4	Elsie Cook	.000	1	0	0	1	0
5	A. Gillespie	1.000	3	0	3	0	0
10	Payton Ruggles	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
18	Kylie Weeks	.750	4	0	3	1	0
20	Jayden Weeks	.800	5	0	4	1	1
22	Peyton Knapp	1.000	8	8	0	0	0
26	Rayla Parkinson	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
27	Natalie Thomson	1.000	12	10	2	0	1

Mercer County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1	1.000	1
4	Elsie Cook	10.50	0		1
5	A. Gillespie	0.00	1	1.000	1

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	5	3	5	7	35	30
4	Elsie Cook	2	6	5	3	4	0	17	13
5	A. Gillespie	5	2	0	0	1	7	18	17

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.267	.371	1	141
4	Elsie Cook	.462	.588	0	64
5	A. Gillespie	.118	.167	1	77

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Farmington can't get by Mercer County

March 31, 2025: Aledo, IL 61231

The Mercer County Golden Eagles edged the visiting Farmington Farmers softball squad by a count of 6-5 in Monday's non-league challenge.

Next, the Golden Eagles meet the Hamilton/Warsaw Titans (Hamilton, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, April 1. Mercer County will attempt to upgrade on its 6-0 season record. The Titans enter the challenge with a 2-0 record after their 7-1 non-league win over Astoria/VIT (Astoria, IL).

The Farmers (1-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Stark County (Toulon, IL). The Rebels enter the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Stark County was nudged by Biggsville West Central (Biggsville, IL), 15-0, in a league challenge.

Farmington @ Mercer County Softball Game Info

Mon., Mar. 31, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Farmington (IL) by a score of 6-5.

Rankings & Records

Farmington (24-25)

IL	Class
250	69

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-12	7-1	6-6	9-6	1-0	.571	.875	181	132

Mercer County (24-25)

IL	Class
168	42

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
21-12	5-5	12-4	9-4	0-4	.636	.500	246	143

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Farmington	1.3	1.0	1.3	.7	1.1	1.1	.8	-	-	6.5	8.2	1.9
Mercer County	2.1	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	.6	.6	0	1.0	7.5	9.5	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Farmington		Mercer County
-	Batting Average	.342
-	On Base Percentage	.413
-	Slugging Percentage	.537
-	Fielding Percentage	.923
-	Win Loss Percentage	.656

Team Leaders

Farmington		Mercer County	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#27 Natalie Thomson.444	.287
-	On Base Percentage	#25 Tiki Lang.500	.406
-	Slugging Percentage	#27 Natalie Thomson.726	.393
-	Fielding Percentage	#21 AnnaMae Linder1.000	.829
-	Win Loss Percentage	#3 Kelsie Weeks1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Farmington	5-2		Mercer County	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/15/25	Farmington	Kewanee	(W) 11-10	5/2/25	Mercer County	Kewanee	(W) 11-1
4/16/25	Illini West	Farmington	(W) 7-3	3/27/25	Illini West	Mercer County	(W) 8-1
4/19/25	Farmington	Orion	(W) 5-2	4/10/25	Mercer County	Orion	(W) 6-0
				4/30/25	Orion	Mercer County	(W) 8-4
				5/19/25	Orion	Mercer County	(W) 21-0
5/6/25	Farmington	Brimfield	(L) 5-0	5/12/25	Mercer County	Brimfield	(L) 4-0
5/9/25	Bushnell-Prairie City	Farmington	(W) 10-0	4/8/25	Mercer County	Bushnell-Prairie City	(W) 27-2
5/14/25	Farmington	Abingdon/Avon	(L) 7-6	3/18/25	Abingdon/Avon	Mercer County	(W) 17-5
5/15/25	Farmington	West Prairie	(W) 17-2	4/29/25	West Prairie	Mercer County	(W) 12-2

Record Breakdown

Farmington (24-25)		Mercer County (24-25)
16-12	Overall	21-12
7-1	League	5-5
8-10	Non-League	15-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-2	Common Opponent	8-1
6-6	Home	12-4
9-6	Away	9-4
1-0	Neutral	0-4
0-0	Playoff	1-1
16-8	In-State	21-12
0-4	Out-of-State	0-0