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Kankakee Joliet Central

Kays

Steelmen

The Joliet Central (Joliet, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Kankakee (IL) in extra innings by a score of 10-9.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Kankakee	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	9	11	0
Joliet Central	3	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	10	16	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Joliet Central (23-24)

Kankakee

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.273	44	33	9	9	6	3
1	Nate Webber (Sr)	.400	5	5	2	2	1	0
3	Trey Blanchette (Sr)	.333	5	3	0	1	1	1
5	Clay Gadbois (Sr)	.000	5	4	1	0	1	0
7	TJ Prude (Sr)	.250	5	4	1	1	0	0
9	A. Grill (Jr)	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0
10	Devin Arbour (So)	.000	5	1	1	0	0	0
11	Byron Wills (Jr)	.400	5	5	1	2	1	2
13	Xander McPhail (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
16	Kyree Sykes (Jr)	.200	5	5	1	1	0	0

Joliet Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.516	40	31	10	16	10	2
1	Josh Gustafson (Sr)	.500	4	4	0	2	3	0
2	Noah Whitlock (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0
4	Andrew Nixon (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
9	N. Maldonado (Sr)	1.000	4	1	2	1	0	0
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	.750	5	4	3	3	1	1
11	Rodney DeSilva (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0
14	John Stasiak (Sr)	1.000	5	3	2	3	3	1
17	D. Gutierrez (Sr)	.000	4	4	1	0	1	0
18	Vai Stulga (Jr)	.250	5	4	0	1	1	0
23	Xavier Brass (Sr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0

Kankakee

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	10	8	1	3	11	.455	.454	.910
1	Nate Webber (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	.400	.400	.800
3	Trey Blanchette (Sr)	1	1	1	1	1	.600	1.000	1.600
5	Clay Gadbois (Sr)	1	1	0	0	3	.200	.000	.200
7	TJ Prude (Sr)	1	2	0	0	3	.400	.250	.650
9	A. Grill (Jr)	2	0	0	1	2	.667	.000	.667
10	Devin Arbour (So)	4	0	0	0	2	.800	.000	.800
11	Byron Wills (Jr)	0	1	0	0	3	.400	1.200	1.600
13	Xander McPhail (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
16	Kyree Sykes (Jr)	0	1	0	1	8	.200	.200	.400

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	5	2	7	.615	.580	1.196
1	Josh Gustafson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
2	Noah Whitlock (Sr)	1	0	1	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
4	Andrew Nixon (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
9	N. Maldonado (Sr)	0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	.800	1.000	1.800
11	Rodney DeSilva (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
14	John Stasiak (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.333	2.333
17	D. Gutierrez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
18	Vai Stulga (Jr)	0	1	1	0	3	.400	.250	.650
23	Xavier Brass (Sr)	0	0	2	0	2	.500	.500	1.000

Kankakee

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
1	Nate Webber (Sr)	1
7	TJ Prude (Sr)	1

Joliet Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
9	N. Maldonado (Sr)	2
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	1
17	D. Gutierrez (Sr)	2

Kankakee

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.875	24	21	3
1	Nate Webber (Sr)	.800	5	4	1
3	Trey Blanchette (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
5	Clay Gadbois (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
7	TJ Prude (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
10	Devin Arbour (So)	.857	7	6	1
13	Xander McPhail (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0
16	Kyree Sykes (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0

Joliet Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.933	30	24	4	2
1	Josh Gustafson (Sr)	1.000	9	8	1	0
2	Noah Whitlock (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
9	N. Maldonado (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	1.000	5	4	1	0
11	Rodney DeSilva (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
14	John Stasiak (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
17	D. Gutierrez (Sr)	.000	2	0	0	2
18	Vai Stulga (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
23	Xavier Brass (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Kankakee

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	.000	1
3	Trey Blanchette (Sr)	2.33	0		1
5	Clay Gadbois (Sr)	0.00	1	.000	1
8	Brayden Sykes (Sr)	10.50	0		1

Joliet Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.38	1	1.000	1
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	2.33	0		1
11	Rodney DeSilva (Sr)	28.00	0		1
14	John Stasiak (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1

Kankakee

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	10	6	6	5	40	32
3	Trey Blanchette (Sr)	3	2	2	1	2	2	15	12
5	Clay Gadbois (Sr)	.2	2	1	0	1	1	5	4
8	Brayden Sykes (Sr)	3.1	6	7	5	3	2	20	16

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	8	11	9	5	10	8	44	33
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	3	2	5	1	4	7	17	12
11	Rodney DeSilva (Sr)	1	4	4	4	3	0	9	6
14	John Stasiak (Sr)	4	5	0	0	3	1	18	15

Kankakee

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.312	.450	2	2	116	1
3	Trey Blanchette (Sr)	.167	.333	0	1	51	0
5	Clay Gadbois (Sr)	.500	.600	1	0	11	0
8	Brayden Sykes (Sr)	.375	.500	1	1	54	1

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.500	2	1	163	2	2
10	Jay Zepeda (Sr)	.167	.412	0	1	82	0	1
11	Rodney DeSilva (Sr)	.667	.778	2	0	30	1	1
14	John Stasiak (Sr)	.333	.444	0	0	51	1	0

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Kankakee can't hold off Joliet Central

April 20, 2024: Joliet, IL 60432

In Saturday's non-league game, the host Joliet Central Steelmen baseball team scored a tight 10-9 victory over the Kankakee Kays.

The Steelmen (6-12) will now prepare for their game against Plainfield East (Plainfield, IL). The Bengals go into the Southwest Prairie game with a 6-12 record.

The Kays (9-8) will now prepare for their game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL). The Blazing Trojan go into the Southland game with a 9-5 record. In their last game, Bloom tipped Blue Island Eisenhower (Blue Island, IL), 15-3, in a non-league game.

Rankings & Records

Kankakee (23-24)

IL	Class
310	78

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
21-14-1	15-1-1	11-4	10-9-1	0-1	.597	.912	236	173

Joliet Central (23-24)

IL	Class
347	122

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-23-1	2-13	4-10-1	4-13	.266	.133	131	309

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Kankakee	1.6	1.6	1.3	.6	.9	.9	.6	0	6.6	6.7	1.9
Joliet Central	.7	.3	.9	1.1	.5	1.1	.5	1.0	4.1	6.9	2.7

Team Stat Comparison

Kankakee		Joliet Central
.281	Batting Average	.285
.425	On Base Percentage	.373
.385	Slugging Percentage	.358
.894	Fielding Percentage	.887
.618	Win Loss Percentage	.250

Team Leaders

Kankakee		Joliet Central	National Avg.
#7 TJ Prude.363	Batting Average	Gilberto Garcia.500	.239
#17 Noah Hileman1.000	On Base Percentage	#4 Andrew Nixon.508	.377
#3 Trey Blanchette.543	Slugging Percentage	#10 Jay Zepeda.628	.299
#16 Kyree Sykes1.000	Fielding Percentage	Gilberto Garcia1.000	.862
#11 Byron Wills.833	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Rodney DeSilva1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kankakee	5-1		Joliet Central	0-1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/5/24	Kankakee	Crete-Monee	(W) 3-2	3/25/24	Joliet Central	Crete-Monee	(L) 9-1
4/6/24	Crete-Monee	Kankakee	(W) 10-9
4/6/24	Crete-Monee	Kankakee	(L) 20-2
4/22/24	Bloom	Kankakee	(W) 10-7	3/15/24	Bloom	Joliet Central	(T) 6-6
4/24/24	Kankakee	Bloom	(W) 14-1
4/25/24	Kankakee	Bloom	(W) 6-2

Record Breakdown

Kankakee (23-24)		Joliet Central (23-24)
21-14-1	Overall	8-23-1
15-1-1	League	2-13
4-10	Non-League	6-10-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-1	Common Opponent	0-1-1
11-4	Home	4-10-1
10-9-1	Away	4-13
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
21-14-1	In-State	8-23-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0