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The Western Reserve (Berlin Center, OH) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Newton Falls (OH) by a score of 17-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Newton Falls	6	1	5	5	-	-	-	17	16	0
Western Reserve	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	2	2	1

Final score provided by C. Knox.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Western Reserve (23-24)

Newton Falls

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.577	30	26	17	15	15	6	1
2	Leland Vargo (Fr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	1	0
5	Carter Rapczak (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
7	Alex Stinson (Sr)		0	0	3	0	0	0	0
8	Hunter Persin (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Jesse Chitwood (Sr)	1.000	3	3	2	3	4	2	0
10	Ethan Powell (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	2	0	0
11	John Kendall (Sr)	1.000	3	2	3	2	4	0	1
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1	0
17	Trevor Ruscoe (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	1	0
22	Cameron Huff (Jr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0	0
99	G. Phillips (Fr)	1.000	3	2	3	2	1	1	0

Western Reserve

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.154	15	13	2	2	2	1
1	Brock Wellman (Sr)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0
5	Vance Story (Sr)	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0
7	Evan Slaven (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	1
12	Jacob Gonzalez (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	Peyton Hartzell (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
22	B. Saunders (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
24	Connor Jones (Jr)	.000	2	1	0	0	1	0
27	Conner Lester (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
28	Bobby Hacker (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
44	Hunter Stacy (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0

Newton Falls

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	3	2	1	.633	.884	1.518
2	Leland Vargo (Fr)	0	0	1	0	2	.500	.666	1.167
5	Carter Rapczak (Sr)	0	1	1	0	3	.333	.000	.333
9	Jesse Chitwood (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.666	2.667
10	Ethan Powell (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
11	John Kendall (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
17	Trevor Ruscoe (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	.667	1.000	1.667
22	Cameron Huff (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.000
99	G. Phillips (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500

Western Reserve

#	Athlete Name	SF	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	1	1	.200	.230	.431
1	Brock Wellman (Sr)	0	0	1	0	.500	.000	.500
5	Vance Story (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	Evan Slaven (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
12	Jacob Gonzalez (Fr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
15	Peyton Hartzell (So)	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
24	Connor Jones (Jr)	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
27	Conner Lester (Fr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
44	Hunter Stacy (So)	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Newton Falls

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	10
2	Leland Vargo (Fr)	2
5	Carter Rapczak (Sr)	1
7	Alex Stinson (Sr)	1
9	Jesse Chitwood (Sr)	1
11	John Kendall (Sr)	1
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	1
22	Cameron Huff (Jr)	1
99	G. Phillips (Fr)	2

Baserunning

Western Reserve has not entered any baserunning stats.

Newton Falls

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	14	12	2
4	Tyler Stinson (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
5	Carter Rapczak (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
9	Jesse Chitwood (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
10	Ethan Powell (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
17	Trevor Ruscoe (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1
99	G. Phillips (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1

Western Reserve

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.941	17	12	4	1
1	Brock Wellman (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
5	Vance Story (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	Evan Slaven (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
15	Peyton Hartzell (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0
22	B. Saunders (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Connor Jones (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
27	Conner Lester (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
28	Bobby Hacker (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
44	Hunter Stacy (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0

Newton Falls

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1	1.000	1
7	Alex Stinson (Sr)		0		1
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	0.00	0		1
17	Trevor Ruscoe (Jr)	4.67	1	1.000	1
99	G. Phillips (Fr)		0		1

Western Reserve

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	28.00	1
5	Vance Story (Sr)	42.00	1
15	Peyton Hartzell (So)	27.00	1
22	B. Saunders (Sr)	10.50	1

Newton Falls

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	2	2	2	4	15	14
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	3	3
17	Trevor Ruscoe (Jr)	3	2	2	2	3	12	11

Western Reserve

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	16	17	16	2	1	30	26
5	Vance Story (Sr)	1	5	6	6	1	1	9	7
15	Peyton Hartzell (So)	2.1	9	9	9	1	0	16	14
22	B. Saunders (Sr)	.2	2	2	1	0	0	5	5

Newton Falls

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.143	.200	1	57
12	Owen Gazda (Sr)	.000	.000	0	15
17	Trevor Ruscoe (Jr)	.182	.250	1	42

Western Reserve

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.615	.667	2	92	2	5
5	Vance Story (Sr)	.714	.778	1	31	1	2
15	Peyton Hartzell (So)	.643	.688	1	45	1	3
22	B. Saunders (Sr)	.400	.400	0	16	0	0

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Game Story

Ohio High School Baseball - Newton Falls wallops Western Reserve

April 27, 2024: Berlin Center, OH 44401

In Saturday's non-league challenge, the Newton Falls Tigers (Newton Falls, OH) baseball squad triumphed over the host Western Reserve Blue Devils (Berlin Center, OH), by a final score of 17-2.

With the win, Newton Falls upgrades its record to 7-7 on the season. The Tigers host Champion (Warren, OH) to battle the Golden Flashes in a Mahoning Valley Athletic - Grey challenge on Monday, April 29. The Golden Flashes come into the challenge with a record of 7-6. Champion lost 4-0 in their recent non-league challenge against New Castle (New Castle, PA)

With the defeat, Western Reserve falls to 2-12 on the season. The Blue devils travel to Mineral Ridge (Mineral Ridge, OH) to battle the Rams in a Mahoning Valley Athletic - Scarlet challenge on Monday, April 29. The Rams come into the challenge with a record of 9-4. Mineral Ridge won 2-0 in their recent league challenge against Lowellville (Lowellville, OH)

Newton Falls @ WRHS Baseball Game Info

Sat., Apr. 27, 2024 @ 11a

Western Reserve High School (Berlin)

The Western Reserve (Berlin Center, OH) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Newton Falls (OH) by a score of 17-2.

Rankings & Records

Newton Falls (23-24)

OH	Div.
433	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-9-1	9-3	7-2	8-5	0-2-1	.620	.750	159	113

Western Reserve (23-24)

OH	Div.
706	156

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-15	3-12	2-7	5-8	.318	.200	135	166

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Newton Falls	1.4	.8	1.2	1.3	1.0	.5	.8	6.4	7.7	1.6
Western Reserve	2.0	1.9	1.0	.6	.9	0	.2	6.1	6.4	1.6

Team Stat Comparison

Newton Falls		Western Reserve
.304	Batting Average	.303
.410	On Base Percentage	.442
.390	Slugging Percentage	.411
.942	Fielding Percentage	.934
.609	Win Loss Percentage	.438

Team Leaders

Newton Falls		Western Reserve	National Avg.
#22 Cameron Huff.431	Batting Average	#44 Hunter Stacy.431	.239
#22 Cameron Huff.544	On Base Percentage	#44 Hunter Stacy.603	.377
#22 Cameron Huff.625	Slugging Percentage	#44 Hunter Stacy.764	.299
#8 Hunter Persin1.000	Fielding Percentage	#2 Lucas Freyn1.000	.862
#12 Owen Gazda1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Brock Wellman.667	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newton Falls	4-1		Western Reserve	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/20/24	East	Newton Falls	(W) 10-0	4/14/24	Western Reserve	East	(W) 17-4
				4/14/24	Western Reserve	East	(W) 20-1
5/2/24	Liberty	Newton Falls	(W) 10-0	5/1/24	Liberty	Western Reserve	(W) 16-1
5/8/24	Newton Falls	Liberty	(W) 12-1
5/6/24	Newton Falls	Jackson-Milton	(W) 3-2	3/25/24	Jackson-Milton	Western Reserve	(L) 11-0
				4/24/24	Western Reserve	Jackson-Milton	(L) 10-0
5/10/24	Newton Falls	Southeast	(L) 10-2	3/28/24	Western Reserve	Southeast	(L) 12-6

Record Breakdown

Newton Falls (23-24)		Western Reserve (23-24)
15-9-1	Overall	7-15
9-3	League	3-12
5-4-1	Non-League	3-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-1	Common Opponent	3-3
7-2	Home	2-7
8-5	Away	5-8
0-2-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-6	In-State	7-15
0-3-1	Out-of-State	0-0