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Hoover Hillcrest

Bucs

Patriots

The Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, AL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Hoover (AL) by a score of 4-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hoover	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Hillcrest	0	2	1	0	0	1	-	4	8	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Hillcrest (25-26)

Hoover

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.200	32	25	2	5	2	1
3	Jaxson Wood (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
8	Will Adams (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	1

Hillcrest

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.333	29	24	4	8	4	2
1	J. Armstrong	.000	2	2	0	0	1	0
2	AC Patton	.000	3	2	0	0	1	0
3	Seth Hardin	.667	4	3	0	2	0	0
8	Wyatt Garner	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1
10	Peyton Rackard	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
11	CJ England	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1
18	Gunner Webb	1.000	3	1	1	1	1	0
20	Calin Kowzan	1.000	1	1	0	1	1	0

Hoover

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	FC	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	11	2	1	.344	.280	.624
3	Jaxson Wood (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
8	Will Adams (Sr)	0	2	1	0	0	.750	1.500	2.250

Hillcrest

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	2	2	7	.407	.417	.824
1	J. Armstrong	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	AC Patton	0	1	0	0	3	.333	.000	.333
3	Seth Hardin	1	0	0	1	1	.667	.667	1.334
8	Wyatt Garner	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.667	1.000
10	Peyton Rackard	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
11	CJ England	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.667	1.000
18	Gunner Webb	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
20	Calin Kowzan	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Hoover

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2	3
3	Jaxson Wood (Sr)	2	2

Baserunning

Hillcrest has not entered any baserunning stats.

Fielding

Hoover has not entered any fielding stats.

Hillcrest

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.931	29	21	6	2	1
1	J. Armstrong	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
2	AC Patton	.750	4	1	2	1	1
3	Seth Hardin	1.000	11	11	0	0	0
8	Wyatt Garner	1.000	4	3	1	0	1
9	Mason Booth	1.000	1	0	1	0	1
10	Peyton Rackard	.500	2	1	0	1	0
11	CJ England	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
18	Gunner Webb	1.000	4	2	2	0	1

Pitching

Hoover has not entered any pitching stats.

Hillcrest

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1	1
7	Myles Denson	0.00	0		1	1
9	Mason Booth	2.33	1	1.000	1	0

Hoover has not entered any pitching stats.

Hillcrest

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	2	2	6	11	32	26
7	Myles Denson	1	0	0	0	2	3	6	4
9	Mason Booth	6	5	2	2	4	8	26	22

Hoover has not entered any pitching stats.

Hillcrest

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.192	.344	139	2
7	Myles Denson	.000	.333	35	0
9	Mason Booth	.227	.346	104	2

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Game Story

Alabama High School Baseball - Hoover held off by Hillcrest

April 2, 2026: Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

Hillcrest Patriots (Tuscaloosa, AL) supporters exited the stadium thrilled Thursday as they witnessed their baseball team beat the visiting Hoover Bucs (Hoover, AL), 4-2 in a non-league game.

The Patriots (18-8) will now prepare for their game against Prattville (Prattville, AL). The Lions go into the 7A Area 5 match with a 22-5 record. In their last match, Prattville tipped Wetumpka (Wetumpka, AL), 5-4, in a non-league match.

The Bucs now have a 17-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host American Christian Academy for a non-league match on Friday, April 3. Hoover will battle a Patriots squad coming off a 3-2 non-league win over Hoover (Hoover, AL). The Patriots record now stands at 23-8.

Hoover @ Hillcrest Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 2, 2026 @ 6:30p

The Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, AL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Hoover (AL) by a score of 4-2.

Rankings & Records

Hoover (25-26)

AL	Class
17	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
24-17	3-5	16-7	5-10	3-0	.585	.375	274	175

Hillcrest (25-26)

AL	Class
9	3

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
23-12	3-3	8-4	11-7	4-1	.657	.500	203	137

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Hoover	1.1	.9	1.4	1.0	.9	.4	1.2	1.0	6.7	5.8	.7
Hillcrest	1.0	.5	1.1	1.3	.3	1.4	.8	2.0	5.8	7.1	1.5

Hoover Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Hoover		Hillcrest
.304	Batting Average	.251
.438	On Base Percentage	.383
.479	Slugging Percentage	.317
.957	Fielding Percentage	.947
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.737

Team Leaders

Hoover		Hillcrest	National Avg.
#8 Will Adams.489	Batting Average	#3 Seth Hardin.382	.244
#8 Will Adams.643	On Base Percentage	#4 Caleb Johnson.529	.386
#8 Will Adams1.011	Slugging Percentage	#9 Mason Booth.545	.313
Max Crowder1.000	Fielding Percentage	#13 Preston Walker1.000	.858
#8 Will Adams1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Peyton Rackard1.000	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hoover	2-5		Hillcrest	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/28/26	John Carroll	Hoover	(W) 11-10	2/26/26	John Carroll	Hillcrest	(W) 15-6
3/31/26	Hoover	American Christian Academy	(L) 3-2	3/30/26	Hillcrest	American Christian Academy	(L) 7-6
4/3/26	American Christian Academy	Hoover	(L) 5-2	4/11/26	American Christian Academy	Hillcrest	(L) 4-3
				4/18/26	American Christian Academy	Hillcrest	(W) 7-4
4/1/26	Hoover	Thompson	(L) 10-6	4/21/26	Hillcrest	Thompson	(W) 5-2
				4/23/26	Thompson	Hillcrest	(L) 2-1
4/13/26	Vestavia Hills	Hoover	(L) 12-8	3/6/26	Vestavia Hills	Hillcrest	(W) 2-1
4/15/26	Hoover	Vestavia Hills	(L) 19-13
4/16/26	Vestavia Hills	Hoover	(W) 6-4

Record Breakdown

Hoover (25-26)		Hillcrest (25-26)
24-17	Overall	23-12
3-5	League	3-3
20-11	Non-League	15-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-5	Common Opponent	4-3
16-7	Home	8-4
5-10	Away	11-7
3-0	Neutral	4-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-15	In-State	16-10
9-2	Out-of-State	7-2