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Merced Golden Valley

Bears

Cougars

The Golden Valley (Merced, CA) varsity softball team lost Friday's home conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merced	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	7	1
Golden Valley	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Merced (23-24)

Golden Valley (23-24)

Merced

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.172	30	29	4	5	3	1
2	C. Calderon (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
3	Kayleigh Thorp (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
9	E. Valdovinos (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	Madison Cabral (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	3	1
11	Angelina Vargas (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
15	Antonia Lejarde (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
21	A. Ramirez (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
22	L. Gallegos (Jr)	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
34	Aleatha Buchner (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0

Golden Valley

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.250	30	24	3	6	2	1
3	Celia Giammona (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0
5	G. Pimentel (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
16	G. Cienfuegos (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	1
17	Taylor Lopez (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
18	Savanna Benc (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
21	Izabella Sotelo (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
22	Stefani Ramirez (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
24	Jenavi Barajas (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0

Merced

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	15	1	2	5	.200	.275	.476
2	C. Calderon (Jr)	1	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
3	Kayleigh Thorp (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
9	E. Valdovinos (Jr)	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Madison Cabral (So)	0	3	0	0	3	.250	1.000	1.250
11	Angelina Vargas (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
15	Antonia Lejarde (Fr)	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
21	A. Ramirez (So)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
22	L. Gallegos (Jr)	0	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
34	Aleatha Buchner (Sr)	0	1	0	1	2	.250	.250	.500

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	4	9	1	6	.357	.291	.649
3	Celia Giammona (Jr)	1	1	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
5	G. Pimentel (Sr)	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
16	G. Cienfuegos (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
17	Taylor Lopez (Jr)	0	1	1	0	4	.333	.000	.333
18	Savanna Benc (So)	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
21	Izabella Sotelo (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
22	Stefani Ramirez (Sr)	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.250	.500
24	Jenavi Barajas (Sr)	1	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Merced

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
22	L. Gallegos (Jr)	2

Golden Valley

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	1

Merced

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.903	31	20	8	3
1	M. Rodriquez (Sr)	.833	6	4	1	1
2	C. Calderon (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
10	Madison Cabral (So)	1.000	4	1	3	0
11	Angelina Vargas (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Antonia Lejarde (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
16	Bree Pimentel (So)	.000	2	0	0	2
21	A. Ramirez (So)	1.000	2	0	2	0
22	L. Gallegos (Jr)	1.000	9	8	1	0
34	Aleatha Buchner (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Golden Valley

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	21	3	1
3	Celia Giammona (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
5	G. Pimentel (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
16	G. Cienfuegos (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
17	Taylor Lopez (Jr)	.933	15	14	0	1
18	Savanna Benc (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
21	Izabella Sotelo (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
22	Stefani Ramirez (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Merced

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	0	0		1				0
21	A. Ramirez (So)	1.00	0	0		1				0

Golden Valley

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	0	1	.000	1				0
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	3.00	0	1	.000	1				0

Merced

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	3	1	4	8			0	30	26
21	A. Ramirez (So)	7	4	3	1	4	8			0	30	26

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	4	3	1	15			1	30	29
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	7	7	4	3	1	15			1	30	29

Merced

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.154	.267	0	0			120
21	A. Ramirez (So)	.154	.267	0	0			120

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.241	.267	1	0			124
6	Bree Barner (Sr)	.241	.267	1	0			124

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Game Story

California High School Softball - Golden Valley edged by Merced

April 26, 2024: Merced, CA 95341

In Friday's league outing, the visiting Merced Bears softball team scored a close 4-3 win over the Golden Valley Cougars.

Coming up next, the Bears battle the Atwater Falcons (Atwater, CA) in a Central California Conference outing, on Friday, May 3. Merced will attempt to upgrade on its 10-10 season record.

The Cougars (9-12) will now prepare for their outing against El Capitan (Merced, CA). The Gauchos enter the Central California Conference outing with a 0-9 record.

Rankings & Records

Merced (23-24)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
502	67	65

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
12-11-1	8-4	6-2	4-7-1	2-2	.521	.667	138	118

Golden Valley (23-24)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
513	70	68

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
12-12	8-4	6-4	6-3	0-5	.500	.667	119	92

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Merced	1.1	.8	.7	.5	1.6	1.1	.9	-	5.8	6.4	2.7
Golden Valley	1.3	.9	.8	1.1	.6	.3	.2	3.0	5.0	7.4	2.0

Head-to-Head

Golden Valley won on 3/20/2024

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

Golden Valley 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
Merced 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

The Golden Valley (Merced, CA) varsity softball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 2-1.
Box score
Merced won last month

4/26 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merced 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 7 1
Golden Valley 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 1

The Merced (CA) varsity softball team won Friday's away conference game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA) by a score of 4-3.
Box score

3/20 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Golden Valley	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1
Merced	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3

Team Stat Comparison

Merced		Golden Valley
.261	Batting Average	.299
.352	On Base Percentage	.385
.346	Slugging Percentage	.421
.860	Fielding Percentage	.907
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

Merced		Golden Valley	National Avg.
#15 Antonia Lejarde.444	Batting Average	#9 Samantha Lancaster.500	.289
#15 Antonia Lejarde.526	On Base Percentage	#6 Bree Barner.524	.404
#15 Antonia Lejarde.698	Slugging Percentage	#6 Bree Barner.888	.394
#2 Chelsea Calderon1.000	Fielding Percentage	#17 Taylor Lopez.975	.831
#21 Annalise Ramirez.500	Win Loss Percentage	#6 Bree Barner.571	.564

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merced	8-3		Golden Valley	8-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/7/24	Merced	Escalon	(W) 11-4	4/2/24	Golden Valley	Escalon	(W) 6-0
3/13/24	Merced	Central Valley	(W) 13-12	4/10/24	Central Valley	Golden Valley	(W) 6-0
4/17/24	Central Valley	Merced	(W) 7-4	5/3/24	Golden Valley	Central Valley	(W) 4-3
3/15/24	Buhach Colony	Merced	(W) 14-4	4/12/24	Buhach Colony	Golden Valley	(W) 10-0
4/19/24	Merced	Buhach Colony	(W) 11-0	5/8/24	Golden Valley	Buhach Colony	(W) 10-3
3/22/24	Merced	Patterson	(L) 5-4	3/15/24	Golden Valley	Patterson	(W) 4-1
4/24/24	Merced	Patterson	(L) 10-6	4/19/24	Patterson	Golden Valley	(L) 2-1
4/10/24	Merced	Atwater	(L) 5-0	3/18/24	Atwater	Golden Valley	(L) 5-4
5/3/24	Atwater	Merced	(W) 7-3	4/24/24	Golden Valley	Atwater	(L) 4-0
4/12/24	El Capitan	Merced	(W) 11-1	3/27/24	Golden Valley	El Capitan	(W) 8-2
5/8/24	Merced	El Capitan	(W) 8-2	5/1/24	El Capitan	Golden Valley	(W) 11-1

Record Breakdown

Merced (23-24)		Golden Valley (23-24)
12-11-1	Overall	12-12
8-4	League	8-4
2-3-1	Non-League	4-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
8-3	Common Opponent	8-3
6-2	Home	6-4
4-7-1	Away	6-3
2-2	Neutral	0-5
0-1	Playoff	0-0
12-11-1	In-State	12-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0