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The Olive Branch (MS) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 13-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	3	0	0	0	-	3	7	4
Olive Branch	0	0	0	2	2	9	-	13	5	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Olive Branch (23-24)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.269	31	26	3	7
4	Merritt Owens	.000	3	3	0	0
6	Austin Eddie		0	0	1	0
10	Eli Stepp	.333	3	3	0	1
13	Brady Adams	.000	3	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.500	4	4	0	2
16	Kaleb Kitchen	.000	3	3	0	0
17	Miller Owens	.750	4	4	1	3
21	Ethan Wright	.250	4	4	1	1
24	Braylon Davis	.000	3	2	0	0
45	DJ Mitchell	.000	4	2	0	0

Olive Branch

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.238	36	21	13	5	9	1
5	Derion Harden	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0
7	Trace Harvey	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0
9	Noah Beech	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
10	Landon Rombaugh	.000	4	2	0	0	1	0
11	Darnell Harris	.000	4	3	2	0	1	0
14	Zach Thomas		0	0	1	0	0	0
16	Malachi Howze	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0
17	Ashton Curtis		0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Jeremiah Hughes		0	0	1	0	0	0
21	J. Castillo	1.000	4	2	2	2	3	0
22	Colton Lee	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
33	Brett Begin	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
34	Chance Shipp	1.000	4	2	1	2	2	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	12	1	3	1	10	.387	.269	.656
4	Merritt Owens	0	3	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
13	Brady Adams	2	1	0	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667
14	Dallas Stepp	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
17	Miller Owens	0	0	0	0	1	2	.750	.750	1.500
21	Ethan Wright	0	3	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.500
24	Braylon Davis	0	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
45	DJ Mitchell	2	2	0	0	0	4	.500	.000	.500

Olive Branch

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	11	5	3	3	1	4	.528	.285	.814
5	Derion Harden	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
7	Trace Harvey	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500
9	Noah Beech	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
10	Landon Rombaugh	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
11	Darnell Harris	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.000	.250
16	Malachi Howze	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500
21	J. Castillo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
22	Colton Lee	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
33	Brett Begin	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
34	Chance Shipp	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
13	Brady Adams	1

Olive Branch

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
5	Derion Harden	1
17	Ashton Curtis	1
34	Chance Shipp	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.871	31	17	10	4	1
4	Merritt Owens	.500	2	1	0	1	0
7	Jeremy Ray	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
13	Brady Adams	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	1.000	7	5	2	0	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen	.500	2	1	0	1	0
17	Miller Owens	.667	6	0	4	2	0
21	Ethan Wright	1.000	2	1	1	0	1
24	Braylon Davis	1.000	7	6	1	0	1

Olive Branch

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.840	25	18	3	4	1
5	Derion Harden	.000	1	0	0	1	0
7	Trace Harvey	1.000	3	3	0	0	1
9	Noah Beech	.000	1	0	0	1	0
10	Landon Rombaugh	1.000	13	12	1	0	0
16	Malachi Howze	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
22	Colton Lee	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
27	Preston Mink	.000	1	0	0	1	0
34	Chance Shipp	.667	3	2	0	1	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	9.88	1
6	Austin Eddie		1
10	Eli Stepp		1
12	Gavin Pierce	63.00	1
13	Brady Adams	2.80	1
34	Jacob Poynor	63.00	1

Olive Branch

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	1
9	Noah Beech	1
16	Malachi Howze	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5.2	5	13	8	11	5	36	22
10	Eli Stepp		1	0	0	0	0	2	2
12	Gavin Pierce	.1	0	3	3	2	0	4	1
13	Brady Adams	5	3	6	2	7	4	25	17
34	Jacob Poynor	.1	1	4	3	2	1	5	2

Olive Branch

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	6	3	4	12	31	26
9	Noah Beech	3.1	2	0	1	8	16	15
16	Malachi Howze	2.2	4	3	3	4	15	11

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.227	.528	2	3	129	6
10	Eli Stepp	.500	.500	0	0	5	0
12	Gavin Pierce	.000	.750	0	1	19	1
13	Brady Adams	.176	.440	0	1	84	5
34	Jacob Poynor	.500	.800	2	1	21	0

Olive Branch

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.355	1	124	1
9	Noah Beech	.133	.188	0	63	0
16	Malachi Howze	.364	.533	1	61	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Olive Branch wallops Independence

March 6, 2024: Olive Branch, MS 38654

In Wednesday's non-league challenge, the Olive Branch Conquistadors (Olive Branch, MS) baseball squad triumphed over the visiting Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS), by a final score of 13-3.

With the win, Olive Branch upgrades its record to 2-6 on the season. The Conquistadors travel to Senatobia (Senatobia, MS) to battle the Warriors in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 16. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 5-5.

With the defeat, Independence falls to 6-6 on the season. The Wildcats travel to Senatobia (Senatobia, MS) to battle the Warriors in a non-league challenge on Thursday, March 7. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 4-5.

Independence @ Olive Branch Baseball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 6, 2024 @ 7p

The Olive Branch (MS) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 13-3.

Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

MS	Class
214	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-13	8-0	10-4	7-9	.567	1.000	304	169

Olive Branch (23-24)

MS	Class
197	19

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
3-20	0-11	3-9	0-11	.130	.000	58	227

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2.7	2.9	2.6	1.5	.2	.8	1.6	10.1	8.7	1.6
Olive Branch	.5	.3	.1	.6	.6	1.1	.1	2.5	3.0	3.6

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Olive Branch
.349	Batting Average	.132
.464	On Base Percentage	.293
.443	Slugging Percentage	.154
.870	Fielding Percentage	.847

Team Leaders

Independence		Olive Branch	National Avg.
#17 Miller Owens.434	Batting Average	#14 Zach Thomas.286	.239
#2 Levi Graham1.000	On Base Percentage	#7 Trace Harvey.400	.377
#45 DJ Mitchell.555	Slugging Percentage	#14 Zach Thomas.286	.299
#34 Jacob Poynor1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Sajin Reyes1.000	.862

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	0-1		Olive Branch	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/7/24	Independence	Senatobia	(L) 12-11		3/16/24	Olive Branch	Senatobia	(L) 15-0
					3/18/24	Olive Branch	Senatobia	(L) 15-0

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		Olive Branch (23-24)
17-13	Overall	3-20
8-0	League	0-11
9-11	Non-League	3-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	0-2
10-4	Home	3-9
7-9	Away	0-11
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-2	Playoff	0-0
16-13	In-State	3-19
1-0	Out-of-State	0-1