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Hickory Deep Creek

Hawks

Hornets

The Deep Creek (Chesapeake, VA) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) by a score of 8-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hickory	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	8	-	-
Deep Creek	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Deep Creek (22-23)

Hickory

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.269	43	26	8	7	6
0	Eli Kraft	1.000	4	2	2	2	2
1	Austin Jones	.000	5	1	2	0	0
2	Will Raftery	.000	2	1	0	0	0
3	Nick Afftato	.000	5	4	0	0	0
4	Ryan Kennedy	.000	5	2	1	0	1
5	Ben Redding	.333	3	3	0	1	0
7	Matt Puszczalo	.333	3	3	1	1	2
8	Keaton Hanbury	.500	2	2	0	1	0
18	Jake Chadwell	.250	5	4	1	1	0
20	Brayden Bachman		5	0	1	0	1
25	Andrew Vinarov	.250	4	4	0	1	0

Deep Creek

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.259	32	27	4	7	3
2	Ryan Trant	.250	4	4	0	1	1
3	Riley Murphy (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1
4	Drew Meppelink (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
5	Jose Ruiz (Jr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0
7	Kamron Myers (Jr)	1.000	3	2	0	2	0
8	Gavin Price (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
11	Anthony Acevedo (Jr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0
12	JD Byrum	.500	4	4	1	2	0
13	Logan Contreraz	.000	2	2	0	0	0
19	H. Strickland (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	13	6	1	2	13	.500	.269	.769
0	Eli Kraft	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
1	Austin Jones	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.800	.000	.800
2	Will Raftery	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
3	Nick Afftato	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
4	Ryan Kennedy	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	.400	.000	.400
5	Ben Redding	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
7	Matt Puszczalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
8	Keaton Hanbury	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
18	Jake Chadwell	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	.400	.250	.650
20	Brayden Bachman	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	.800		.800
25	Andrew Vinarov	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500

Deep Creek

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	1	1	7	.375	.259	.634
2	Ryan Trant	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
3	Riley Murphy (Sr)	0	0	1	1	.250	.000	.250
4	Drew Meppelink (Jr)	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
5	Jose Ruiz (Jr)	1	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
7	Kamron Myers (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
8	Gavin Price (Sr)	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
11	Anthony Acevedo (Jr)	2	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
12	JD Byrum	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
13	Logan Contreraz	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
19	H. Strickland (Sr)	0	1	0	4	.333	.333	.666

Hickory

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
1	Austin Jones	2
5	Ben Redding	1
20	Brayden Bachman	1

Deep Creek

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
11	Anthony Acevedo (Jr)	1

Hickory

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.970	33	21	11	1	1
0	Eli Kraft	1.000	7	1	6	0	1
1	Austin Jones	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
4	Ryan Kennedy	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
5	Ben Redding	.500	2	0	1	1	1
7	Matt Puszczalo	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
8	Keaton Hanbury	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
20	Brayden Bachman	1.000	6	6	0	0	0
24	Ryan Barks	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
25	Andrew Vinarov	1.000	11	10	1	0	1

Deep Creek

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.900	30	21	6	3
3	Riley Murphy (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
5	Jose Ruiz (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
7	Kamron Myers (Jr)	1.000	5	4	1	0
8	Gavin Price (Sr)	1.000	4	3	1	0
9	Bret Gilmore (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
11	Anthony Acevedo (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
12	JD Byrum	1.000	2	2	0	0
13	Logan Contreraz	.750	4	3	0	1
19	H. Strickland (Sr)	.750	4	2	1	1

Hickory

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	1	1
12	Tommy Blackburn	2.33	0		1	1
24	Ryan Barks	5.25	1	1.000	1	0

Deep Creek

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1	.000	1
2	Ryan Trant	3.50	0		1
4	Drew Meppelink (Jr)	0.00	0		1
9	Bret Gilmore (Jr)	15.75	1	.000	1

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	4	4	4	1	32	27
12	Tommy Blackburn	3	0	1	1	2	0	12	9
24	Ryan Barks	4	6	3	3	2	1	20	18

Deep Creek

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	8	7	13	6	43	29
2	Ryan Trant	2	0	1	1	4	0	11	7
4	Drew Meppelink (Jr)	2.1	0	1	0	2	3	12	9
9	Bret Gilmore (Jr)	2.2	5	6	6	7	3	20	13

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.222	.344	4	1	121	1
12	Tommy Blackburn	.000	.250	1	1	44	0
24	Ryan Barks	.333	.400	3	0	77	1

Deep Creek

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.172	.442	1	162	5
2	Ryan Trant	.000	.364	0	32	2
4	Drew Meppelink (Jr)	.000	.250	1	49	1
9	Bret Gilmore (Jr)	.385	.600	0	81	2

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Game Story

Virginia High School Baseball - Hickory holds off Deep Creek

April 27, 2023: Chesapeake, VA 23323

In Thursday's league challenge, the Hickory Hawks (Chesapeake, VA) baseball squad the host Deep Creek Hornets (Chesapeake, VA), by a final score of 8-4.

With the win, Hickory upgrades its record to 6-7 on the season. The Hawks travel to Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (Suffolk, VA) to encounter the Saints in a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 29. The Saints come into the challenge with a record of 15-3. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy won 5-1 in their recent league challenge against Norfolk Collegiate (Norfolk, VA)

With the defeat, Deep Creek falls to 7-7 on the season. The Hornets host Nansemond River (Suffolk, VA) to encounter the Warriors in a Southeastern challenge on Tuesday, May 2. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 6-8. Nansemond River lost 8-0 in their recent league challenge against Grassfield (Chesapeake, VA)

Hickory @ Deep Creek Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 27, 2023 @ 5:30p

The Deep Creek (Chesapeake, VA) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) by a score of 8-4.

Rankings & Records

Hickory (22-23)

VA	Div.
22	4

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
14-8	12-1	6-4	8-3	0-1	.636	.923	168	89

Deep Creek (22-23)

VA	Div.
105	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
11-10	6-9	6-6	5-4	.524	.400	155	114

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hickory	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.0	.8	.4	2.0	7.6	7.6	1.8
Deep Creek	1.2	2.3	1.5	1.2	.8	.7	.9	-	-	7.4	7.7	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Hickory		Deep Creek
.314	Batting Average	.280
.439	On Base Percentage	.425
.404	Slugging Percentage	.359
.947	Fielding Percentage	.928
.667	Win Loss Percentage	.571

Team Leaders

Hickory		Deep Creek	National Avg.
#21 Wyatt Simmons.500	Batting Average	#9 Bret Gilmore.500	.243
#21 Wyatt Simmons.667	On Base Percentage	#9 Bret Gilmore.750	.375
#20 Brayden Bachman.672	Slugging Percentage	#5 Jose Ruiz.516	.307
#1 Austin Jones1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Brysen Harrison1.000	.861
#11 B Dekker1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#4 Drew Meppelink1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hickory	11-1		Deep Creek	6-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/23	Oscar Smith	Hickory	(W) 8-1	4/12/23	Oscar Smith	Deep Creek	(L) 10-8
5/4/23	Hickory	Oscar Smith	(W) 8-2	4/25/23	Deep Creek	Oscar Smith	(W) 12-2
3/30/23	Hickory	Indian River	(L) 8-7	4/18/23	Deep Creek	Indian River	(L) 17-2
5/2/23	Indian River	Hickory	(W) 15-4
4/4/23	Great Bridge	Hickory	(W) 10-6	4/5/23	Deep Creek	Great Bridge	(L) 10-0
5/11/23	Hickory	Great Bridge	(W) 9-2	5/18/23	Great Bridge	Deep Creek	(L) 3-2
4/6/23	Hickory	Grassfield	(W) 6-2	4/20/23	Grassfield	Deep Creek	(L) 11-2
5/17/23	Grassfield	Hickory	(W) 2-1
4/18/23	Nansemond River	Hickory	(W) 15-6	3/30/23	Deep Creek	Nansemond River	(L) 5-2
				5/2/23	Nansemond River	Deep Creek	(W) 4-2
4/25/23	Hickory	Western Branch	(W) 7-6	3/23/23	Deep Creek	Western Branch	(L) 6-3
				5/9/23	Western Branch	Deep Creek	(L) 11-1
5/5/23	King's Fork	Hickory	(W) 13-3	3/28/23	King's Fork	Deep Creek	(W) 18-0
				5/4/23	Deep Creek	King's Fork	(W) 14-3
5/9/23	Hickory	Lakeland	(W) 20-0	4/4/23	Lakeland	Deep Creek	(W) 6-5
				5/11/23	Deep Creek	Lakeland	(W) 9-5

Record Breakdown

Hickory (22-23)		Deep Creek (22-23)
14-8	Overall	11-10
12-1	League	6-9
1-6	Non-League	5-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-1	Common Opponent	6-8
6-4	Home	6-6
8-3	Away	5-4
0-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
14-8	In-State	10-10
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0