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Benjamin Franklin Valley Christian

Chargers

Trojans

The Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) varsity baseball team won Friday's home conference game against Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) by a score of 6-2.

Game Details: Valley Christian High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benjamin Franklin	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-	-
Valley Christian	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	6	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Valley Christian (22-23)

Benjamin Franklin

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.280	32	25	2	7	2	2
1	Gihanni Fajardo	.250	4	4	0	1	2	0
2	Talan Speir	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
4	Kaid Melcher	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
5	Paulo Baca	.500	3	2	1	1	0	1
6	Jono Wilcox	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0
7	W. Checketts	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	Jovanni Sanchez	.667	3	3	0	2	0	0
10	Jacob Moran	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
11	D. Billingsly	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Derek Sedig	.500	3	2	1	1	0	1
15	Aaron Allen	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
21	Chase Sellers	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

Valley Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.360	32	25	6	9	6	3
2	Caleb Danzeisen (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	1
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0	0
6	Carson Grier (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
8	Will Bastian (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
11	Kyle Grier (So)	.667	3	3	0	2	3	0
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	.500	4	2	3	1	1	1
29	Jake Harrison (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	2	0
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	1

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	6	1	2	9	.438	.360	.798
1	Gihanni Fajardo	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
2	Talan Speir	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
4	Kaid Melcher	2	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
5	Paulo Baca	1	1	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
6	Jono Wilcox	2	0	0	1	2	.667	.000	.667
7	W. Checketts	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Jovanni Sanchez	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
10	Jacob Moran	1	1	0	0	2	.667	.500	1.167
11	D. Billingsly	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
14	Derek Sedig	1	1	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
15	Aaron Allen	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
21	Chase Sellers	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	2	3	1	8	.469	.480	.949
2	Caleb Danzeisen (So)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.666	1.167
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
6	Carson Grier (So)	0	0	1	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
8	Will Bastian (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	3	.333	.000	.333
11	Kyle Grier (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.666	1.334
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	2	.750	1.000	1.750
29	Jake Harrison (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.833
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.750	1.250

Baserunning

Benjamin Franklin has not entered any baserunning stats.

Valley Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	2
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	1
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	1
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	1

Benjamin Franklin

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.923	26	18	6	2
1	Gihanni Fajardo	1.000	3	0	3	0
2	Talan Speir	.750	4	2	1	1
5	Paulo Baca	1.000	2	2	0	0
6	Jono Wilcox	1.000	2	0	2	0
8	Jovanni Sanchez	1.000	2	2	0	0
10	Jacob Moran	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	D. Billingsly	.000	1	0	0	1
13	M. Economou	1.000	2	2	0	0
14	Derek Sedig	1.000	4	4	0	0
15	Aaron Allen	1.000	4	4	0	0
21	Chase Sellers	1.000	1	1	0	0

Valley Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.935	31	21	8	2	1
1	Ethan Gomez (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0	1
2	Caleb Danzeisen (So)	1.000	9	7	2	0	0
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0	1
6	Carson Grier (So)	1.000	4	3	1	0	0
11	Kyle Grier (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	.667	6	2	2	2	0
29	Jake Harrison (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0

Benjamin Franklin

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1	.000	1
2	Talan Speir	0.00	0		1
5	Paulo Baca		0		1
10	Jacob Moran	0.00	0		1
14	Derek Sedig	21.00	1	.000	1
15	Aaron Allen	0.00	0		1

Valley Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1
11	Kyle Grier (So)	0.00	1
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	0.00	1
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	7.00	1

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	9	6	5	3	2	32	26
2	Talan Speir	3	3	1	0	1	0	13	11
5	Paulo Baca		1	2	2	1	0	2	1
10	Jacob Moran	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	3
14	Derek Sedig	1	4	3	3	0	1	8	7
15	Aaron Allen	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	4

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	2	2	7	6	32	25
11	Kyle Grier (So)	4	4	0	0	4	3	19	15
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	3
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	2	2	2	2	2	3	9	7

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.346	.469	1	3	103	5
2	Talan Speir	.273	.385	0	1	40	2
5	Paulo Baca	1.000	1.000	1	0	6	0
10	Jacob Moran	.000	.250	0	0	22	2
14	Derek Sedig	.571	.625	0	1	20	1
15	Aaron Allen	.250	.400	0	1	15	0

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	PO
	Team Totals	.240	.406	1	122	1
11	Kyle Grier (So)	.267	.421	0	73	1
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	.000	.250	1	16	0
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	.286	.444	0	33	0

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Benjamin Franklin loses to Valley Christian

April 21, 2023: Chandler, AZ 85226

The Valley Christian Trojans the visiting Benjamin Franklin Chargers baseball team by a count of 6-2 in Friday's league bout.

The Trojans now possess a 22-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Coolidge for a 3A South Central bout on Monday, April 24. Valley Christian will face a Bears team coming off a 11-8 non-league loss to Superior (Superior, AZ). The Bears record now stands at 12-12.

Next, the Chargers face the American Leadership Academy - Anthem South Titans (Florence, AZ) in a 3A South Central bout, on Monday, April 24. Benjamin Franklin will attempt to move on its 15-10 season record. The Titans enter the bout with a 0-19 record after their 14-0 non-league loss to Palo Verde (Tucson, AZ).

Rankings & Records

Benjamin Franklin (22-23)

AZ	Div.
110	14

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
16-11	5-7	12-7	2-4	2-0	.593	.417	188	129

Valley Christian (22-23)

AZ	Div.
20	2

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
27-4	11-0	14-2	9-1	4-1	.871	1.000	323	92

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Benjamin Franklin	1.6	1.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	.4	.3	0	1.0	7.0	4.5	1.0
Valley Christian	1.3	1.6	1.6	2.5	1.5	1.9	2.0	-	-	10.4	11.1	2.0

Head-to-Head

Valley Christian won on 4/6/2023

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

Valley Christian 0 0 6 2 0 7 - 15 - -
BFHS 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 - -

The Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) by a score of 15-1.
Box score
Valley Christian won on 4/21/2023

4/21 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

BFHS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - -
Valley Christian 3 0 1 0 2 0 - 6 - -

The Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away conference game against Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) by a score of 6-2.
Box score

4/6 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Valley Christian	0	0	6	2	0	7	-	15	-	-
BFHS	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	1	-	-

4/21 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
BFHS	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-	-
Valley Christian	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	6	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Benjamin Franklin		Valley Christian
.278	Batting Average	.360
.421	On Base Percentage	.478
.338	Slugging Percentage	.526
.921	Fielding Percentage	.940
.650	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Benjamin Franklin		Valley Christian	National Avg.
#1 Gihanni Fajardo.423	Batting Average	#19 Ryan Kao.545	.243
#2 Talan Speir.524	On Base Percentage	#19 Ryan Kao.688	.375
#1 Gihanni Fajardo.525	Slugging Percentage	#19 Ryan Kao.909	.307
#20 Gavin Stechnij1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Kyle Grier1.000	.861
#9 Brennan Jones1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Kyle Grier1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benjamin Franklin	6-7		Valley Christian	11-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/25/23	ALA - Anthem South	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 12-0	3/20/23	ALA - Anthem South	Valley Christian	(W) 17-1
4/24/23	ALA - Anthem South	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 19-0
3/6/23	ALA - Ironwood	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 9-2	3/8/23	ALA - Ironwood	Valley Christian	(W) 10-0
3/27/23	Benjamin Franklin	ALA - Ironwood	(L) 4-3	4/4/23	Valley Christian	ALA - Ironwood	(W) 23-0
3/9/23	Globe	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 8-3	4/14/23	Globe	Valley Christian	(W) 14-2
3/14/23	Benjamin Franklin	Globe	(W) 9-4
3/17/23	Gilbert Christian	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 9-6	3/6/23	Valley Christian	Gilbert Christian	(W) 7-0
4/11/23	Benjamin Franklin	Gilbert Christian	(L) 8-2	4/20/23	Gilbert Christian	Valley Christian	(W) 7-5
3/20/23	Northwest Christian	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 7-0	5/15/23	Northwest Christian	Valley Christian	(L) 4-2
4/4/23	San Tan Foothills	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 5-1	4/17/23	Valley Christian	San Tan Foothills	(W) 12-2
				5/6/23	San Tan Foothills	Valley Christian	(W) 11-1
4/14/23	Coolidge	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 17-4	4/24/23	Valley Christian	Coolidge	(W) 8-2
4/17/23	Benjamin Franklin	Florence	(W) 13-11	3/27/23	Florence	Valley Christian	(W) 16-1
4/26/23	Thatcher	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 8-1	5/2/23	Thatcher	Valley Christian	(W) 11-4

Record Breakdown

Benjamin Franklin (22-23)		Valley Christian (22-23)
16-11	Overall	27-4
5-7	League	11-0
5-3	Non-League	7-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
6-7	Common Opponent	11-1
12-7	Home	14-2
2-4	Away	9-1
2-0	Neutral	4-1
0-1	Playoff	4-2
16-10	In-State	24-4
0-1	Out-of-State	3-0