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The Midland Classical Academy (Midland, TX) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Merkel (TX) by a score of 6-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merkel	1	0	4	1	0	-	-	6	6	2
MCA	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	2	2	1

Final score provided by C. Ellison.

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Game Stats

Merkel (24-25)

Merkel

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.316	32	19	6	6	6
3	Payson Prieto (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0
4	Eli Delgado (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	1
5	Trey Alexander (Sr)	.000	3	1	2	0	1
6	Kaden Blubaugh (Jr)	.000	4	2	0	0	1
7	Rayson Houston (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	1
10	Bronson Lloyd (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0
12	Easton Malone (Fr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0
15	Mayson Prieto (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1
24	CJ Walcott (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	1

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	8	4	4	12	.581	.316	.897
3	Payson Prieto (Jr)	0	1	1	0	3	.333	.000	.333
4	Eli Delgado (Jr)	0	0	0	2	3	.750	.500	1.250
5	Trey Alexander (Sr)	0	2	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667
6	Kaden Blubaugh (Jr)	0	1	0	1	2	.500	.000	.500
7	Rayson Houston (Jr)	0	1	1	0	3	.333	.000	.333
10	Bronson Lloyd (Jr)	1	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
12	Easton Malone (Fr)	0	2	0	0	3	.750	.500	1.250
15	Mayson Prieto (Fr)	0	0	1	0	4	.500	.500	1.000
24	CJ Walcott (Sr)	0	1	1	1	3	.750	.500	1.250

Merkel

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
4	Eli Delgado (Jr)	1
24	CJ Walcott (Sr)	1

Merkel

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.882	17	15	2	1
3	Payson Prieto (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	1
4	Eli Delgado (Jr)	.500	2	1	1	0
5	Trey Alexander (Sr)	.500	2	1	1	0
6	Kaden Blubaugh (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	John Smith (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
15	Mayson Prieto (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
24	CJ Walcott (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Merkel

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
10	Bronson Lloyd (Jr)	0		1
11	John Smith (Jr)	1	1.000	1

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	2	2	5	3	23	17
10	Bronson Lloyd (Jr)	1	1	0	0	0	4	4
11	John Smith (Jr)	4	1	2	5	3	19	13

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.118	.348	1	98	1	3
10	Bronson Lloyd (Jr)	.250	.250	0	13	0	0
11	John Smith (Jr)	.077	.368	1	85	1	3

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Midland Classical Academy (24-25)

Midland Classical Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Texas High School Baseball - Merkel holds off Midland Classical Academy

March 7, 2025: Midland, TX 79705

In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Merkel Badgers baseball team scored a close 6-2 win over the Midland Classical Academy Knights.

The Badgers (7-2) will now prepare for their game against Snyder (Snyder, TX). The Tigers go into the non-league game with a 3-3 record. In their last game, Snyder was overwhelmed by Fort Stockton (Fort Stockton, TX), 7-6, in a non-league game.

Next, the Knights play the Big Spring Steers (Big Spring, TX) in a non-league game, on Friday, March 7. Midland Classical Academy will attempt to improve on its 6-7 season record. The Steers go into the game with a 2-4 record after their 7-2 non-league loss to Greenwood (Midland, TX).

Merkel @ MCA Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 7, 2025 @ 4p

The Midland Classical Academy (Midland, TX) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home tournament game against Merkel (TX) by a score of 6-2.

Rankings & Records

Merkel (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
609	151	78

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
11-11-1	4-8	4-6-1	3-5	4-0	.500	.333	165	175

Midland Classical Academy (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
775	282	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
15-11	4-2	7-5	8-6	.577	.667	179	147

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Merkel	2.1	.9	1.2	1.1	.8	2.1	.8	-	7.2	7.4	2.5
Midland Classical Academy	2.1	.9	.9	1.2	.7	.5	1.3	2.0	6.9	7.8	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

Merkel		Midland Classical Academy
.308	Batting Average	.292
.443	On Base Percentage	.400
.403	Slugging Percentage	.402
.874	Fielding Percentage	.897
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.600

Team Leaders

Merkel		Midland Classical Academy	National Avg.
#4 Eli Delgado.472	Batting Average	#20 Drew Perea.500	.239
#12 Easton Malone.570	On Base Percentage	#26 Sam Robert Stillwell1.000	.379
#4 Eli Delgado.556	Slugging Percentage	#32 Levi Bayley.716	.302
#9 Kayden Diaz1.000	Fielding Percentage	#23 Gage Strong1.000	.860
#11 John Smith1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#21 Logan Gilbert1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merkel	0-1		Midland Classical Academy	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/8/25	Merkel	Big Spring	(L) 7-6		3/7/25	Big Spring	Midland Classical Academy	(L) 10-8

Record Breakdown

M Merkel (24-25)		M Midland Classical Academy (24-25)
11-11-1	Overall	15-11
4-8	League	4-2
2-0	Non-League	10-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
4-6-1	Home	7-5
3-5	Away	8-6
4-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
11-11-1	In-State	15-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0