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The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) by a score of 8-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Valley Union	1	0	2	0	3	1	-	7	5	4
Desert Christian	4	0	2	2	0	-	-	8	9	3

Final score provided by S. Nichols.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Valley Union (24-25)

Valley Union has not entered stats for this game.

Desert Christian (24-25)

Desert Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.391	27	23	8	9	3	1
3	Aiden Davis (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Easton Nichols (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
8	Matthew Jaegers (So)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0
10	Caden Esquerra (Sr)	.667	3	3	2	2	1	1
11	Eric Williams (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
12	Samuel Alday (So)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
14	J. Camacho (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
15	Caleb Marquez (Fr)	1.000	3	3	1	3	2	0
16	Ethan Craig (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
17	Brock Payne (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
22	Luke Gorman (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	8	1	1	.462	.435	.897
6	Easton Nichols (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
8	Matthew Jaegers (So)	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
10	Caden Esquerra (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
11	Eric Williams (So)	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
12	Samuel Alday (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
14	J. Camacho (So)	0	0	3	0	2	.000	.000	.000
15	Caleb Marquez (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
16	Ethan Craig (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	.333	.000	.333
22	Luke Gorman (Jr)	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666

Desert Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
10	Caden Esquerra (Sr)	1
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	1
15	Caleb Marquez (Fr)	3

Desert Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.842	19	16	3	1
6	Easton Nichols (Jr)	.875	8	7	1	0
10	Caden Esquerra (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Eric Williams (So)	.500	2	1	1	0
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	1
15	Caleb Marquez (Fr)	.500	2	1	1	0
22	Luke Gorman (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Desert Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	6.56	1
12	Samuel Alday (So)	7.00	1
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	0.00	1
22	Luke Gorman (Jr)	7.00	1

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5.1	5	7	5	6	7	30	20
12	Samuel Alday (So)	2	2	3	2	1	4	10	7
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	.1	1	1	0	1	0	5	3
22	Luke Gorman (Jr)	3	2	3	3	4	3	15	10

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.250	.500	3	4	112	1	2
12	Samuel Alday (So)	.286	.500	0	2	36	0	0
13	Bryant Devitt (Jr)	.333	.600	0	1	13	0	0
22	Luke Gorman (Jr)	.200	.467	3	1	63	1	2

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Valley Union nipped by Desert Christian

April 12, 2025: Tucson, AZ 85710

The Desert Christian Eagles nipped the visiting Valley Union Blue Devils baseball squad by a score of 8-7 in Saturday's non-league outing.

Next up, the Eagles encounter the Willcox Cowboys (Willcox, AZ) in a 2A South outing, on Wednesday, April 16. Desert Christian will attempt to advance on its 7-9 season record. The Cowboys enter the outing with a 8-11 record after their 7-1 league loss to Morenci (Morenci, AZ).

The Blue Devils (6-4) will now prepare for their outing against Duncan (Duncan, AZ). The Wildkats enter the 1A South outing with a 7-4 record. In their last outing, Duncan was nudged by St. David (St. David, AZ), 17-1, in a league outing.

Valley Union @ DCHS Baseball Game Info

Sat., Apr. 12, 2025 @ 12p

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Valley Union (Elfrida, AZ) by a score of 8-7.

Rankings & Records

Valley Union (24-25)

AZ	Div.
159	7

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
11-6	9-1	6-3	5-3	.647	.900	107	87

Desert Christian (24-25)

AZ	Div.
193	24

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
9-12	6-5	7-4	2-7	0-1	.429	.545	151	173

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Valley Union	1.3	1.2	.8	.8	1.3	1.1	.4	6.3	6.8	2.8
Desert Christian	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.2	.8	.8	1.5	7.2	7.0	3.1

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Union		Desert Christian
.268	Batting Average	.296
.403	On Base Percentage	.437
.335	Slugging Percentage	.416
.888	Fielding Percentage	.814
.688	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Valley Union		Desert Christian	National Avg.
#5 Dylan Mitchell.500	Batting Average	#10 Caden Esquerra.610	.239
#5 Dylan Mitchell.629	On Base Percentage	#10 Caden Esquerra.642	.379
#5 Dylan Mitchell.739	Slugging Percentage	#10 Caden Esquerra1.136	.302
#5 Dylan Mitchell.980	Fielding Percentage	#16 Ethan Craig.948	.860
#5 Dylan Mitchell.727	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valley Union	0-2		Desert Christian	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/18/25	Valley Union	Bisbee	(L) 10-0	3/24/25	Desert Christian	Bisbee	(L) 15-5
3/22/25	San Miguel	Valley Union		4/1/25	Desert Christian	San Miguel	(W) 25-4
3/24/25	Benson	Valley Union	(L) 12-0	3/3/25	Benson	Desert Christian	(L) 10-5
				4/4/25	Desert Christian	Benson	(L) 12-4

Record Breakdown

Valley Union (24-25)		Desert Christian (24-25)
11-6	Overall	9-12
9-1	League	6-5
0-3	Non-League	3-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-2	Common Opponent	1-3
6-3	Home	7-4
5-3	Away	2-7
0-0	Neutral	0-1
2-1	Playoff	0-1
11-6	In-State	9-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0