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The Water Valley (MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 9-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	8	14	4
Water Valley	0	0	0	1	3	5	-	9	10	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.400	39	35	8	14	7	3
6	Austin Eddie		0	0	1	0	0	0
7	Jeremy Ray	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp	.250	5	4	1	1	1	0
13	Brady Adams	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.800	5	5	0	4	2	2
16	Kaleb Kitchen	.750	4	4	2	3	1	0
17	Miller Owens	.250	5	4	1	1	1	0
21	Ethan Wright	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0
24	Braylon Davis	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
45	DJ Mitchell	.500	4	4	0	2	1	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	2	3	1	9	.462	.485	.948
7	Jeremy Ray	0	1	1	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
10	Eli Stepp	1	0	0	0	1	5	.400	.250	.650
13	Brady Adams	1	0	0	1	0	3	.500	.333	.833
14	Dallas Stepp	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	1.200	2.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500
17	Miller Owens	0	1	1	0	0	3	.400	.250	.650
21	Ethan Wright	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.500
24	Braylon Davis	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.500
45	DJ Mitchell	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
17	Miller Owens	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.867	30	18	8	4
10	Eli Stepp	.667	3	0	2	1
12	Gavin Pierce	.750	4	1	2	1
13	Brady Adams	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.800	10	7	1	2
16	Kaleb Kitchen	1.000	1	1	0	0
17	Miller Owens	1.000	2	2	0	0
21	Ethan Wright	1.000	3	0	3	0
24	Braylon Davis	1.000	6	6	0	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	9.33	1
10	Eli Stepp	21.00	1
17	Miller Owens	31.50	1
21	Ethan Wright	1.75	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	10	9	8	6	4	36	28
10	Eli Stepp	1.1	4	5	4	2	0	13	9
17	Miller Owens	.2	2	3	3	3	1	6	3
21	Ethan Wright	4	4	1	1	1	3	17	16

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.357	.500	2	2	140	4
10	Eli Stepp	.444	.615	0	2	43	1
17	Miller Owens	.667	.833	1	0	29	3
21	Ethan Wright	.250	.294	1	0	68	0

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Water Valley (23-24)

Water Valley has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Water Valley nips Independence

April 16, 2024: Water Valley, MS 38965

Water Valley Blue Devils (Water Valley, MS) fans exited the stadium thrilled Tuesday as they observed their baseball squad hold off the visiting Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS), 9-8 in a non-league test.

With the win, Water Valley upgrades its record to 7-17 on the season.

With the defeat, Independence falls to 17-11 on the season. The Wildcats host Choctaw County (Ackerman, MS) to battle the Chargers in a non-league test on Friday, April 19. The Chargers come into the test with a record of 7-16. Choctaw County lost 7-0 in their recent non-league test against Caledonia (Caledonia, MS)

Independence @ Water Valley Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 16, 2024 @ 7p

The Water Valley (MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 9-8.

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

Water Valley (23-24)

MS	Class
158	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
12-20	3-5	7-8	4-10	1-2	.375	.375	159	277

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
Water Valley	1.0	.1	.7	1.1	1.7	.8	.1	5.0	6.0	2.7

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Water Valley
.349	Batting Average	.226
.464	On Base Percentage	.354
.443	Slugging Percentage	.262
.870	Fielding Percentage	.901

Team Leaders

Independence		Water Valley	National Avg.
#17 Miller Owens.434	Batting Average	#30 Brennan Carter.462	.239
#2 Levi Graham1.000	On Base Percentage	#30 Brennan Carter.611	.377
#45 DJ Mitchell.555	Slugging Percentage	#30 Brennan Carter.615	.299
#34 Jacob Poynor1.000	Fielding Percentage	Aydan Winters1.000	.862

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	0-2		Water Valley	4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/7/24	Independence	Senatobia	(L) 12-11	2/13/24	Water Valley	Senatobia	(W) 8-5
				2/15/24	Water Valley	Senatobia	(W) 8-5
				2/23/24	Senatobia	Water Valley	(L) 9-2
3/12/24	Independence	Calhoun City	(L) 10-3	4/13/24	Calhoun City	Water Valley	(W) 7-0
				4/15/24	Water Valley	Calhoun City	(W) 15-4

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		Water Valley (23-24)
17-13	Overall	12-20
8-0	League	3-5
9-11	Non-League	5-12
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-2	Common Opponent	4-1
10-4	Home	7-8
7-9	Away	4-10
0-0	Neutral	1-2
0-2	Playoff	4-3
16-13	In-State	12-20
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0