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The Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Portage Central (Portage, MI) by a score of 5-1.

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

Final score provided by C. DeGroote.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kalamazoo Central (22-23)

Portage Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.179	31	28	5	5	4
1	Nick Green (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
7	Gavin Grueter (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
9	Noah Swope (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
12	Peyton Ruthven (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
14	Andrew Eley (Sr)	.250	4	4	2	1	0
16	Nate Long (Sr)	.500	4	2	2	1	1
20	Levi Piper-Cool (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
23	Rylan McNally (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0

Kalamazoo Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	2B
	Team Totals	.296	31	27	1	8	1
1	Tyler Annis	.333	3	3	0	1	0
3	Joey Spada	.000	2	2	0	0	0
4	Tro Fellings	.000	4	1	1	0	0
5	Devin Webster	.000	3	2	0	0	0
7	Andre Soisson	.250	4	4	0	1	0
8	Jacob Kubiak	.667	3	3	0	2	0
9	Caidon Bowman	.500	4	4	0	2	0
11	Aidan Luckett	.000	3	3	0	0	0
23	Bretton Bult	.500	4	4	0	2	1
24	D. Washington	.000	1	1	0	0	0

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	2	2	5	.258	.178	.437
1	Nick Green (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
7	Gavin Grueter (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Noah Swope (Jr)	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
12	Peyton Ruthven (Jr)	0	1	1	1	1	.250	.000	.250
14	Andrew Eley (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.250	.500
16	Nate Long (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
20	Levi Piper-Cool (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
23	Rylan McNally (Fr)	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Kalamazoo Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	10	1	9	.387	.333	.720
1	Tyler Annis	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
3	Joey Spada	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
4	Tro Fellings	3	1	0	0	.750	.000	.750
5	Devin Webster	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
7	Andre Soisson	0	0	1	3	.250	.250	.500
8	Jacob Kubiak	0	1	0	3	.667	.666	1.334
9	Caidon Bowman	0	1	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
11	Aidan Luckett	0	1	0	6	.000	.000	.000
23	Bretton Bult	0	1	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
24	D. Washington	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Portage Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	1
14	Andrew Eley (Sr)	1

Kalamazoo Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
23	Bretton Bult	1

Portage Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.967	30	21	8	1	2
1	Nick Green (Jr)	1.000	7	2	5	0	2
5	Alex Kiessling (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0	0	2
6	Tanner Grindall (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
9	Noah Swope (Jr)	1.000	4	2	2	0	1
12	Peyton Ruthven (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
22	Danny Calhoun (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
23	Rylan McNally (Fr)	1.000	10	10	0	0	0

Kalamazoo Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.839	31	21	5	5
1	Tyler Annis	1.000	1	1	0	0
2	Bryce Soisson	.000	1	0	0	1
3	Joey Spada	1.000	4	4	0	0
4	Tro Fellings	1.000	2	1	1	0
5	Devin Webster	.000	1	0	0	1
7	Andre Soisson	1.000	6	6	0	0
8	Jacob Kubiak	.857	7	6	0	1
9	Caidon Bowman	1.000	2	0	2	0
23	Bretton Bult	.714	7	3	2	2

Portage Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
6	Tanner Grindall (Jr)	1	1.000	1
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	0		1

Kalamazoo Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1
4	Tro Fellings	1.40	1
10	Esai Herwick	0.00	1
14	Drew Spaulding	0.00	1

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	1	4	10	31	27
6	Tanner Grindall (Jr)	6.2	7	1	3	9	29	26
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	.1	0	0	1	1	2	1

Kalamazoo Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	5	1	1	6	31	28
4	Tro Fellings	5	3	4	1	1	6	22	20
10	Esai Herwick	.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
14	Drew Spaulding	1.2	2	1	0	0	0	8	7

Portage Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.259	.355	112	1
6	Tanner Grindall (Jr)	.269	.345	104	1
13	Easton Hayward (Sr)	.000	.500	8	0

Kalamazoo Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.179	.258	1	2	118	2
4	Tro Fellings	.150	.227	0	1	98	1
10	Esai Herwick	.000	.000	0	0	2	0
14	Drew Spaulding	.286	.375	1	1	18	1

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Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Portage Central holds off 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 beat Kalamazoo Central by a margin of 5-1.

Coming up next, the Mustangs play the Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants (Kalamazoo, MI) in a Southwestern Michigan - Central battle, on Thursday, April 20. Portage Central will attempt to better on its 6-4 season record. The Maroon Giants enter the battle with a 6-0 record after their 13-4 non-league win over Gull Lake (Richland, MI).

The Maroon Giants now sport a 6-2 record. They take the field next when they host Portage Central for a Southwestern Michigan - West battle on Thursday, April 20. Kalamazoo Central will play a Mustangs squad coming off a 8-7 league win over Lakeshore (Stevensville, MI). The Mustangs record now stands at 4-4.

PCHS @ KCHS Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 20, 2023 @ 4p

The Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Portage Central (Portage, MI) by a score of 5-1.

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 @ 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

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