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Portage Central Kalamazoo Central

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Maroon Giants

The Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Portage Central (Portage, MI) by a score of 3-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Portage Central	1	0	0	0	1	1	-	3	7	0
Kalamazoo Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	2

Final score provided by C. DeGroote.

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Matchup

Game Stats

Kalamazoo Central (22-23)

Portage Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.304	27	23	3	7	2	3
1	Nick Green (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
7	Gavin Grueter (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1
9	Noah Swope (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
10	Tyler Lynch (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Peyton Ruthven (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	1.000	2	1	0	1	0	0
14	Andrew Eley (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1
16	Nate Long (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1

Kalamazoo Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.053	20	19	1
2	Bryce Soisson	.000	2	2	0
3	Joey Spada	.000	2	2	0
4	Tro Fellings	.500	2	2	1
7	Andre Soisson	.000	3	3	0
8	Jacob Kubiak	.000	2	2	0
9	Caidon Bowman	.000	2	1	0
11	Aidan Luckett	.000	2	2	0
23	Bretton Bult	.000	3	3	0
24	D. Washington	.000	2	2	0

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	7	1	6	.385	.434	.820
1	Nick Green (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	0	0	2	0	4	.333	.333	.666
7	Gavin Grueter (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.666	1.000
9	Noah Swope (Jr)	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Tyler Lynch (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Peyton Ruthven (Jr)	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
14	Andrew Eley (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
16	Nate Long (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	0	0	2	0	3	.333	.666	1.000

Kalamazoo Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	11	2	.100	.052	.153
2	Bryce Soisson	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Joey Spada	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Tro Fellings	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
7	Andre Soisson	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
8	Jacob Kubiak	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Caidon Bowman	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
11	Aidan Luckett	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
23	Bretton Bult	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
24	D. Washington	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000

Portage Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
9	Noah Swope (Jr)	1

Kalamazoo Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
4	Tro Fellings	1

Portage Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	22	18	4
1	Nick Green (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0
7	Gavin Grueter (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
11	Ryan Kempisty (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0
12	Peyton Ruthven (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1
14	Andrew Eley (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
23	Rylan McNally (Fr)	1.000	12	12	0

Kalamazoo Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.889	27	18	6	3	1
2	Bryce Soisson	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
4	Tro Fellings	.875	8	7	0	1	1
7	Andre Soisson	.833	6	3	2	1	1
10	Esai Herwick	.667	3	0	2	1	0
23	Bretton Bult	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
24	D. Washington	1.000	7	7	0	0	0

Portage Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	1
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	1
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	1

Kalamazoo Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.17	0	0		1				0
7	Andre Soisson	1.17	0	0		1				0

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	1	1	11	20	19
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	4	1	1	8	14	13
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	2	0	0	3	6	6

Kalamazoo Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	5	3	1	3	7			0	27	24
7	Andre Soisson	6	5	3	1	3	7			0	27	24

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.053	.100	89	1
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	.077	.143	61	1
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	.000	.000	28	0

Kalamazoo Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.208	.296	2	0			104	0	1	0
7	Andre Soisson	.208	.296	2	0			104	0	1	0

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Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Portage Central gets by Kalamazoo Central

April 20, 2023: Kalamazoo, MI 49006

Spectators at Thursday's league battle between the Portage Central Mustangs (Portage, MI) and the host Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants (Kalamazoo, MI), saw Portage Central's baseball squad knock off Kalamazoo Central by a count of 3-0.

Coming up next, the Mustangs play the Marshall Redhawks (Marshall, MI) in a non-league match, on Friday, April 21. Portage Central will attempt to advance on its 6-4 season record. The Redhawks go into the match with a 4-2 record after their 2-1 league win over Harper Creek (Battle Creek, MI).

The Maroon Giants (6-2) will now prepare for their match against Lumen Christi Catholic (Jackson, MI). The Titans go into the non-league match with a 4-0 record.

Rankings & Records

Portage Central (22-23)

MI	Class
61	38

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
15-15	5-8	10-7	4-8	1-0	.500	.385	219	156

Kalamazoo Central (22-23)

MI	Class
106	60

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
9-14-1	2-4-1	4-6-1	5-8	.396	.357	114	135

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Portage Central	2.3	1.1	.6	1.1	1.6	.9	.5	.5	0	1.0	-	7.3	8.2	2.0
Kalamazoo Central	.8	.5	.4	.8	1.0	1.2	1.3	0	0	0	2.0	4.8	6.7	2.3

Head-to-Head

Portage Central won on 4/20/2023

4/20 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Portage Central 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 5 1
KCHS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 4

The Portage Central (Portage, MI) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) by a score of 5-1.
Box score
Portage Central won on 4/20/2023

4/20 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Portage Central 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 7 0
KCHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2

The Portage Central (Portage, MI) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

4/20 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Portage Central	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	5	1
KCHS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	4

Team Stat Comparison

Portage Central		Kalamazoo Central
.298	Batting Average	.288
.397	On Base Percentage	.387
.386	Slugging Percentage	.391
.919	Fielding Percentage	.915
.571	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Portage Central		Kalamazoo Central	National Avg.
#11 Ryan Kempisty.500	Batting Average	#4 Tro Fellings.406	.243
#2 Aidan Rao.667	On Base Percentage	#4 Tro Fellings.525	.375
#2 Aidan Rao1.000	Slugging Percentage	#7 Andre Soisson.538	.307
#10 Tyler Lynch1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Tyler Annis1.000	.861
#24 Thomas Winchester1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#2 Bryce Soisson1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Portage Central	9-9		Kalamazoo Central	7-9-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/11/23	Vicksburg	Portage Central	(W) 13-3	4/7/23	Vicksburg	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 5-2
4/15/23	Vicksburg	Portage Central	(W) 14-3
4/13/23	Portage Central	Mattawan	(L) 3-2	5/22/23	Mattawan	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 19-8
4/13/23	Portage Central	Mattawan	(W) 3-2	5/22/23	Mattawan	Kalamazoo Central	(T) 3-3
6/3/23	Portage Central	Mattawan	(L) 4-1	6/3/23	Kalamazoo Central	Mattawan	(L) 10-0
4/18/23	Lakeshore	Portage Central	(W) 8-7	5/4/23	Lakeshore	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 11-3
4/18/23	Lakeshore	Portage Central	(L) 10-9	5/4/23	Lakeshore	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 9-4
5/16/23	Lakeshore	Portage Central	(L) 10-9
4/21/23	Marshall	Portage Central	(W) 13-11	4/11/23	Marshall	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 10-3
4/21/23	Marshall	Portage Central	(W) 13-5
4/27/23	Norrix	Portage Central	(W) 9-2	4/13/23	Kalamazoo Central	Norrix	(W) 5-0
4/27/23	Norrix	Portage Central	(W) 15-0	4/13/23	Kalamazoo Central	Norrix	(W) 9-0
				5/12/23	Norrix	Kalamazoo Central
5/4/23	Lakeview	Portage Central	(L) 7-5	5/11/23	Kalamazoo Central	Lakeview	(L) 7-3
5/4/23	Lakeview	Portage Central	(L) 2-0	5/11/23	Kalamazoo Central	Lakeview	(L) 10-0
5/11/23	Portage Central	St. Joseph	(W) 11-1	4/27/23	Kalamazoo Central	St. Joseph	(L) 5-1
5/11/23	Portage Central	St. Joseph	(L) 3-2	4/27/23	Kalamazoo Central	St. Joseph	(W) 9-3
5/18/23	Portage Central	Portage Northern	(L) 3-1	5/24/23	Kalamazoo Central	Portage Northern	(L) 11-9
5/18/23	Portage Central	Portage Northern	(L) 8-7	5/24/23	Portage Northern	Kalamazoo Central	(L) 6-5
5/24/23	Gull Lake	Portage Central		4/18/23	Kalamazoo Central	Gull Lake	(W) 13-4
5/24/23	Gull Lake	Portage Central		5/30/23	Gull Lake	Kalamazoo Central
5/27/23	Parchment	Portage Central		4/6/23	Parchment	Kalamazoo Central	(W) 6-2

Record Breakdown

Portage Central (22-23)		Kalamazoo Central (22-23)
15-15	Overall	9-14-1
5-8	League	2-4-1
9-5	Non-League	7-9
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-9	Common Opponent	7-9-1
10-7	Home	4-6-1
4-8	Away	5-8
1-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
13-12	In-State	9-14-1
2-3	Out-of-State	0-0