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Herscher Pontiac

Tigers

Indians

The Pontiac (IL) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Herscher (IL) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Herscher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Pontiac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Final score provided by J. Holt.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Pontiac sneaks past Herscher

April 29, 2022: Pontiac, IL 61764

Spectators at Friday's non-league battle between the Pontiac Indians (Pontiac, IL) and the visiting Herscher Tigers (Herscher, IL), saw Pontiac's baseball squad edge Herscher by a count of 3-2.

Coming up next, the Indians play the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints (Bloomington, IL) in a Illini Prairie battle, on Monday, May 2. Pontiac will attempt to move on its 7-10 season record. The Saints enter the battle with a 8-12 record after their 14-13 non-league win over Tri-Valley (Downs, IL).

The Tigers now possess a 9-14 record. They take the field next when they host Streator for a Illinois Central Eight battle on Monday, May 2. Herscher will play a Bulldogs squad coming off a 10-0 non-league loss to Marquette (Ottawa, IL). The Bulldogs record now stands at 11-6.

Herscher @ Pontiac Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 29, 2022 @ 5p

The Pontiac (IL) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Herscher (IL) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Herscher (21-22)

IL	Class
412	109

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-21	1-13	6-9	3-12	.300	.071	122	251

Pontiac (21-22)

IL	Class
237	54

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-13	7-3	6-5	4-7	1-1	.458	.700	140	101

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Herscher	.6	.8	.4	.8	1.0	.6	1.3	4.1	4.0	9.5
Pontiac	1.0	.7	1.1	1.5	.4	.5	.8	5.8	9.3	.3

Team Stat Comparison

Herscher		Pontiac
-	Batting Average	.313
-	On Base Percentage	.400
-	Slugging Percentage	.457
-	Fielding Percentage	.925

Team Leaders

Herscher		Pontiac	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#30 Michael Kuska.500	.249
-	On Base Percentage	#8 Tanner Legner.600	.375
-	Slugging Percentage	#1 Henry Brummel.888	.315
-	Fielding Percentage	#1 Henry Brummel1.000	.857

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Herscher	2-9		Pontiac	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/16/22	Prairie Central	Herscher	(W) 7-2	4/28/22	Prairie Central	Pontiac	(W) 5-1
4/16/22	Prairie Central	Herscher	(L) 12-5
4/19/22	Herscher	Wilmington	(L) 2-1	3/17/22	Pontiac	Wilmington	(L) 9-8
4/20/22	Wilmington	Herscher	(L) 11-0
4/23/22	Herscher	Paxton-Buckley-Loda	(W) 9-2	5/5/22	Pontiac	Paxton-Buckley-Loda	(W) 12-6
5/12/22	Herscher	Paxton-Buckley-Loda	(L) 17-16
4/23/22	Manteno	Herscher	(L) 18-2	5/13/22	Manteno	Pontiac	(L) 5-2
5/9/22	Manteno	Herscher	(L) 14-0
5/10/22	Herscher	Manteno	(L) 16-5
4/25/22	Herscher	Coal City	(L) 18-0	3/23/22	Coal City	Pontiac
4/26/22	Coal City	Herscher	(L) 14-1

Record Breakdown

Herscher (21-22)		Pontiac (21-22)
9-21	Overall	11-13
1-13	League	7-3
8-8	Non-League	3-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-9	Common Opponent	2-2
6-9	Home	6-5
3-12	Away	4-7
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
9-21	In-State	11-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0