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The Olive Branch (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	-	-
Olive Branch	0	0	1	0	4	0	-	5	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (21-22)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.111	33	27	4	3	3	1
1	Jayden Watkins (Sr)	.000	4	3	2	0	0	0
3	Niles Blackmon (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
5	Bryson Davis (Jr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
6	Austin Eddie (8th)		0	0	1	0	0	0
12	Von Pegues (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	1
15	Hayes Freeman (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Fr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (8th)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
45	D. Mitchell (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	7	3	3	3	8	.273	.148	.421
1	Jayden Watkins (Sr)	0	1	1	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
3	Niles Blackmon (Fr)	0	2	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
5	Bryson Davis (Jr)	2	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
12	Von Pegues (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
14	Landyn Lindsey (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.666	1.167
17	Miller Owens (Fr)	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
24	Braylon Davis (8th)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.000	.250
45	D. Mitchell (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
1	Jayden Watkins (Sr)	2
6	Austin Eddie (8th)	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.864	22	18	1	3
3	Niles Blackmon (Fr)	.500	2	1	0	1
5	Bryson Davis (Jr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
12	Von Pegues (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (Jr)	.600	5	2	1	2
17	Miller Owens (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (8th)	1.000	2	2	0	0
33	Dallas Stepp (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
45	D. Mitchell (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1
17	Miller Owens (Fr)	4.85	1
45	D. Mitchell (Fr)	4.20	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	6	5	4	4	3	30	23
17	Miller Owens (Fr)	4.1	3	4	3	3	2	22	16
45	D. Mitchell (Fr)	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	8	7

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.261	.433	2	3	94	1	2
17	Miller Owens (Fr)	.188	.409	1	3	63	0	1
45	D. Mitchell (Fr)	.429	.500	1	0	31	1	1

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Olive Branch (21-22)

Olive Branch has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence can't hold off Olive Branch

March 4, 2022: Olive Branch, MS 38654

In Friday's non-league game, the host Olive Branch Conquistadors baseball team scored a tight 5-4 victory over the Independence Wildcats.

The Conquistadors (1-4) will now prepare for their game against Cleveland Central (Cleveland, MS). The Wolves go into the non-league game with a 1-2 record. In their last game, Cleveland Central tipped Washington (Greenville, MS), 14-7, in a non-league game.

The Wildcats (4-5) will now prepare for their game against Lake Cormorant (Lake Cormorant, MS). The go into the non-league game with a 3-2 record. In their last game, Lake Cormorant was edged by Hernando (Hernando, MS), 12-2, in a non-league game.

Independence @ Olive Branch Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 4, 2022 @ 6p

The Olive Branch (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 5-4.

Rankings & Records

Independence (21-22)

MS	Class
178	22

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-13	8-0	13-5	4-8	.567	1.000	217	174

Olive Branch (21-22)

MS	Class
206	31

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
2-19	0-9	2-7	0-11	0-1	.095	.000	62	237

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2.1	1.5	1.2	1.3	.8	.6	.3	7.2	8.5	1.7
Olive Branch	1.0	.2	.7	.1	1.3	.1	.3	3.0	3.9	2.6

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Olive Branch
.339	Batting Average	.181
.429	On Base Percentage	.357
.415	Slugging Percentage	.232
.883	Fielding Percentage	.776

Team Leaders

Independence		Olive Branch	National Avg.
#7 Waylon Bryant1.000	Batting Average	#14 Rashad Rodgers.400	.249
#7 Waylon Bryant1.000	On Base Percentage	#4 Tomas Leon.583	.375
#7 Waylon Bryant1.000	Slugging Percentage	#4 Tomas Leon.462	.315
#34 Brigham Pierce1.000	Fielding Percentage	#16 Malachi Howze1.000	.857

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	3-4		Olive Branch	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/19/22	Strayhorn	Independence	(W) 9-4	4/19/22	Strayhorn	Olive Branch	(W) 7-0
3/19/22	Strayhorn	Independence	(W) 7-4
3/5/22	Lake Cormorant	Independence	(L) 8-0	2/22/22	Olive Branch	Lake Cormorant
4/14/22	Independence	Lake Cormorant	(L) 5-0	2/25/22	Lake Cormorant	Olive Branch	(L) 9-5
3/9/22	Independence	Horn Lake	(L) 8-6	3/1/22	Horn Lake	Olive Branch	(L) 10-7
				3/14/22	Olive Branch	Horn Lake	(L) 1-0
3/10/22	Potts Camp	Independence	(W) 9-6	3/3/22	Olive Branch	Potts Camp	(L) 6-2
4/2/22	Tishomingo County	Independence	(L) 13-1	2/18/22	Tishomingo County	Olive Branch	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Independence (21-22)		Olive Branch (21-22)
17-13	Overall	2-19
8-0	League	0-9
7-10	Non-League	2-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-4	Common Opponent	1-5
13-5	Home	2-7
4-8	Away	0-11
0-0	Neutral	0-1
2-3	Playoff	0-0
17-13	In-State	2-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2