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Emerald Saluda

Vikings

Tigers

The Saluda (SC) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Emerald (Greenwood, SC) by a score of 17-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Emerald	4	6	1	0	6	-	-	17	14	2
Saluda	0	0	0	6	2	-	-	8	5	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Emerald (25-26)

Emerald

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.519	39	27	17	14	15	2
1	Luke Mathis	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
2	Eli Swancey	.333	5	3	2	1	0	0
3	Matthew Ritter	.500	4	2	1	1	1	0
4	Beau Hite	.250	5	4	2	1	1	0
5	Finn Howard	.750	5	4	3	3	3	1
6	Ethan Metts	.667	4	3	2	2	1	0
7	Bradley Cobb		0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Thomas Hodges	1.000	4	1	1	1	2	0
10	Holden Styron	.000	4	3	2	0	1	0
13	Jacobe Cade		0	0	1	0	0	0
14	Coleson Marino	1.000	4	4	2	4	5	1

Emerald

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	1	3	1	2	7	.667	.593	1.260
1	Luke Mathis	1	1	0	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833
2	Eli Swancey	2	0	0	1	0	2	.600	.333	.933
3	Matthew Ritter	1	0	1	0	0	2	.750	.500	1.250
4	Beau Hite	1	0	0	0	1	7	.400	.250	.650
5	Finn Howard	1	0	0	0	0	2	.800	1.000	1.800
6	Ethan Metts	0	0	1	0	0	1	.750	.667	1.417
8	Thomas Hodges	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Holden Styron	1	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.000	.250
14	Coleson Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.250	2.250

Emerald

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
1	Luke Mathis	1
3	Matthew Ritter	1

Emerald

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.882	17	15	2	1
2	Eli Swancey	1.000	4	4	0	0
3	Matthew Ritter	1.000	3	3	0	0
4	Beau Hite	1.000	4	4	0	1
6	Ethan Metts	.000	1	0	1	0
10	Holden Styron	.750	4	3	1	0
14	Coleson Marino	1.000	1	1	0	0

Emerald

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.60	1
2	Eli Swancey	7.00	1
5	Finn Howard	4.67	1

Emerald

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	5	8	4	3	6	27	21
2	Eli Swancey	2	3	3	2	3	2	12	9
5	Finn Howard	3	2	5	2	0	4	15	12

Emerald

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO
	Team Totals	.238	.407	3	101	1
2	Eli Swancey	.333	.500	0	44	0
5	Finn Howard	.167	.333	3	57	1

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Saluda (25-26)

Saluda has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

South Carolina High School Baseball - Emerald prevails Saluda

April 16, 2026: Saluda, SC 29138

The crowd at Thursday's non-league battle between the Emerald Vikings (Greenwood, SC) and the host Saluda Tigers (Saluda, SC), saw Emerald's baseball team beat Saluda by a margin of 17-8.

The Vikings (7-13) will now prepare for their battle against Laurens (Laurens, SC). The Raiders enter the 4A Region 1 battle with a 4-15 record. In their last battle, Laurens was overwhelmed by Clinton (Clinton, SC), 2-1, in a non-league battle.

Next, the Tigers face the Strom Thurmond Rebels (Johnston, SC) in a 2A Region 2 battle, on Friday, April 17. Saluda will attempt to improve on its 12-6 season record. The Rebels enter the battle with a 3-12 record after their 11-4 non-league loss to Silver Bluff (Aiken, SC).

Emerald @ Saluda Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 16, 2026 @ 6p

Saluda High School

The Saluda (SC) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Emerald (Greenwood, SC) by a score of 17-8.

Rankings & Records

Emerald (25-26)

SC	Class
159	28

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
11-17	6-9	8-5	3-12	.393	.400	120	158

Saluda (25-26)

SC	Class
101	12

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
16-8	9-2	7-3	5-4	4-1	.667	.818	152	96

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Emerald	.4	1.1	.8	.2	1.0	.4	.1	4.3	4.8	1.8
Saluda	.8	1.9	1.2	2.0	1.7	.8	0	6.3	8.8	1.7

Head-to-Head

Emerald won on 3/25/2026

3/25 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Saluda 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 8 10 2
Emerald 0 6 3 0 0 0 - 9 7 3

The Saluda (SC) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against Emerald (Greenwood, SC) by a score of 9-8.
Box score
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Emerald won last month

4/16 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Emerald 4 6 1 0 6 - - 17 14 2
Saluda 0 0 0 6 2 - - 8 5 3

The Emerald (Greenwood, SC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Saluda (SC) by a score of 17-8.
Box score

3/25 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Saluda	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	8	10	2
Emerald	0	6	3	0	0	0	-	9	7	3

Team Stat Comparison

Emerald		Saluda
.216	Batting Average	-
.357	On Base Percentage	-
.274	Slugging Percentage	-
.926	Fielding Percentage	-
.263	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Emerald		Saluda	National Avg.
#4 Beau Hite.352	Batting Average	-	.244
#13 Jacobe Cade.500	On Base Percentage	-	.386
#4 Beau Hite.481	Slugging Percentage	-	.313
#13 Jacobe Cade1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.858
#6 Ethan Metts1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Emerald	2-2		Saluda	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/28/26	Ninety Six	Emerald	(W) 11-2	3/10/26	Saluda	Ninety Six	(W) 4-2
4/15/26	Emerald	Ninety Six	(L) 4-1	3/13/26	Ninety Six	Saluda	(W) 2-0
4/28/26	Ninety Six	Emerald	(W) 7-1
4/30/26	Emerald	Strom Thurmond	(L) 3-1	4/14/26	Strom Thurmond	Saluda	(W) 4-3
				4/17/26	Saluda	Strom Thurmond	(W) 7-5

Record Breakdown

Emerald (25-26)		Saluda (25-26)
11-17	Overall	16-8
6-9	League	9-2
4-5	Non-League	3-5
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-2	Common Opponent	4-0
8-5	Home	7-3
3-12	Away	5-4
0-0	Neutral	4-1
0-2	Playoff	0-0
11-17	In-State	16-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0