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Merced El Capitan

Bears

Gauchos

The El Capitan (Merced, CA) JV softball team won Friday's home conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 9-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merced	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
El Capitan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

Final score provided by T. Cardenas.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

California High School Softball - El Capitan gets by Merced

April 24, 2026: Merced, CA 95348

In Friday's league match, the host El Capitan Gauchos softball team scored a tight 9-8 victory over the Merced Bears.

The Gauchos (5-8) will now prepare for their match against Buhach Colony (Atwater, CA). The Thunder go into the match with a 6-8 record. In their last match, Buhach Colony was nipped by Atwater (Atwater, CA), 24-1, in a league match.

In their next game, the Bears battle the Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) in a match, on Tuesday, April 28. Merced will attempt to better on its 2-14 season record. The Cougars go into the match with a 3-5 record after their 19-12 league loss to Buhach Colony (Atwater, CA).

Merced @ El Capitan Softball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 24, 2026 @ 4p

The El Capitan (Merced, CA) JV softball team won Friday's home conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 9-8.

Rankings & Records

Merced (25-26)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
5-15	5-5	3-5	2-6	0-4	.250	.500	165	251

El Capitan (25-26)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
6-10	2-6	3-5	2-4	1-1	.375	.250	167	216

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merced	2.0	2.6	.8	1.5	.4	.5	0	8.3	5.6	2.6
El Capitan	2.1	1.8	2.7	1.0	.5	6.0	0	10.4	7.2	2.2

Head-to-Head

El Capitan won on 3/7/2026

3/7 @ 8a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

El Capitan - - - - - - - 5 - -
Merced - - - - - - - 4 - -

The El Capitan (Merced, CA) JV softball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Merced (CA) by a score of 5-4.
Box score
El Capitan won on 4/24/2026

4/24 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merced - - - - - - - 8 - -
El Capitan - - - - - - - 9 - -

The Merced (CA) JV softball team lost Friday's away conference game against El Capitan (Merced, CA) by a score of 9-8.
Box score
Merced won last month

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

El Capitan 0 1 1 0 2 - - 4 - -
Merced 8 2 2 4 - - - 16 - -

The El Capitan (Merced, CA) JV softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 16-4.
Box score

3/7 @ 8a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
El Capitan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Merced	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

5/7 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
El Capitan	0	1	1	0	2	-	-	4	-	-
Merced	8	2	2	4	-	-	-	16	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merced	4-6		El Capitan	1-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/6/26	Merced	Summerville	(L) 10-9	3/6/26	El Capitan	Summerville	(L) 8-1
3/6/26	Livingston	Merced	(L) 15-11	3/7/26	El Capitan	Livingston
3/31/26	Los Banos	Merced	(L) 14-13	4/16/26	El Capitan	Los Banos	(L) 20-5
4/23/26	Merced	Los Banos	(W) 11-9	5/5/26	Los Banos	El Capitan	(L) 21-12
4/2/26	Merced	Golden Valley	(L) 18-5	4/14/26	Golden Valley	El Capitan	(L) 11-5
4/28/26	Golden Valley	Merced	(W) 25-2	4/30/26	El Capitan	Golden Valley
4/14/26	Merced	Atwater	(L) 20-9	3/31/26	El Capitan	Atwater	(L) 21-4
4/30/26	Atwater	Merced	(L) 16-2	4/23/26	Atwater	El Capitan	(L) 17-6
4/16/26	Buhach Colony	Merced	(W) 23-13	4/2/26	Buhach Colony	El Capitan	(L) 23-15
5/5/26	Merced	Buhach Colony	(W) 12-11	4/28/26	El Capitan	Buhach Colony	(W) 12-6

Record Breakdown

Merced (25-26)		El Capitan (25-26)
5-15	Overall	6-10
5-5	League	2-6
0-6	Non-League	3-3
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
4-6	Common Opponent	1-7
3-5	Home	3-5
2-6	Away	2-4
0-4	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-15	In-State	6-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0