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The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Newman Central Catholic (Sterling, IL) by a score of 11-9.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCCHS	2	5	0	0	2	0	2	11	6	0
Mercer County	0	1	6	1	0	0	1	9	14	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Newman Central Catholic (23-24)

Mercer County (23-24)

Newman Central Catholic

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.250	39	24	11	6	10	1
1	Garret Matznick (So)	.333	5	3	2	1	1	1
2	Daniel Kelly (Jr)	.000	5	2	2	0	1	0
5	Riley Mason (Fr)		1	0	1	0	0	0
6	Evan Bushman (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
7	Ashton Miner (Fr)	.000	5	2	0	0	2	0
9	Joe Oswalt (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	2	0
15	Liam Nicklaus (Fr)	.667	4	3	3	2	0	0
16	Isaiah Williams (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1	1	0
18	Garet Wolfe (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
32	Jeff Thormeyer (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
42	Chase Decker (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	0

Mercer County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.438	33	32	9	14	9	4
2	Logan Schreurs (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Payton Sedam (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	2
10	Nieko Martinez (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
11	Carson Boelens (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
13	Jude Hofmann (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	1
14	Isaiah White (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	3	0
21	T. Whitehall (So)	.667	3	3	1	2	2	1
22	Jacob Kenney (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	Kyle Yates (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
33	Lucas Collison (Sr)	.667	4	3	3	2	0	0
51	Kale Breeden (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	1	7	4	4	1	1	7	.447	.291	.739
1	Garret Matznick (So)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	.600	.666	1.267
2	Daniel Kelly (Jr)	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.000	.600
5	Riley Mason (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Evan Bushman (So)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
7	Ashton Miner (Fr)	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.200	.000	.200
9	Joe Oswalt (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
15	Liam Nicklaus (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.750	.666	1.417
16	Isaiah Williams (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
18	Garet Wolfe (So)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
42	Chase Decker (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	1	3	.455	.562	1.018
4	Payton Sedam (Jr)	0	0	1	1	.667	1.333	2.000
10	Nieko Martinez (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
11	Carson Boelens (Jr)	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500
13	Jude Hofmann (Sr)	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.250
14	Isaiah White (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
21	T. Whitehall (So)	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
22	Jacob Kenney (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
32	Kyle Yates (Sr)	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.666
33	Lucas Collison (Sr)	1	1	0	0	.750	.666	1.417
51	Kale Breeden (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.250	.250	.500

Newman Central Catholic

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Garret Matznick (So)	2
2	Daniel Kelly (Jr)	1
5	Riley Mason (Fr)	1
15	Liam Nicklaus (Fr)	2

Mercer County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
33	Lucas Collison (Sr)	1

Newman Central Catholic

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.966	29	21	7	1
1	Garret Matznick (So)	1.000	4	1	3	0
2	Daniel Kelly (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
6	Evan Bushman (So)	.667	3	1	1	1
7	Ashton Miner (Fr)	1.000	8	6	2	0
15	Liam Nicklaus (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	Isaiah Williams (Sr)	1.000	9	9	0	0
18	Garet Wolfe (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
42	Chase Decker (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Mercer County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.931	29	21	6	2
4	Payton Sedam (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
10	Nieko Martinez (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Carson Boelens (Jr)	1.000	4	1	3	0
12	Nathan Matlick (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
13	Jude Hofmann (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
14	Isaiah White (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
18	Mason Gray (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
21	T. Whitehall (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
22	Jacob Kenney (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
32	Kyle Yates (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
33	Lucas Collison (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
51	Kale Breeden (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0	0

Newman Central Catholic

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.00	1	1.000	1
6	Evan Bushman (So)	14.00	0		1
42	Chase Decker (Jr)	2.33	1	1.000	1

Mercer County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.00	1	.000	1
12	Nathan Matlick (Fr)	7.00	0		1
18	Mason Gray (So)	1.75	1	.000	1
21	T. Whitehall (So)		0		1
22	Jacob Kenney (Jr)	24.50	0		1

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	14	9	9	1	7	33	32
6	Evan Bushman (So)	4	12	8	8	0	3	21	21
42	Chase Decker (Jr)	3	2	1	1	1	4	12	11

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	11	9	8	4	39	28
12	Nathan Matlick (Fr)	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	4
18	Mason Gray (So)	4	1	3	1	4	0	18	14
22	Jacob Kenney (Jr)	2	4	7	7	4	3	17	10

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.438	.455	117	1	1
6	Evan Bushman (So)	.571	.571	70	1	1
42	Chase Decker (Jr)	.182	.250	47	0	0

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.214	.436	3	3	139	3
12	Nathan Matlick (Fr)	.250	.250	0	0	13	2
18	Mason Gray (So)	.071	.278	0	0	65	0
22	Jacob Kenney (Jr)	.400	.647	3	3	61	1

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Mercer County tipped by Newman Central Catholic

April 30, 2024: Aledo, IL 61231

The Mercer County Golden Eagles baseball team (Aledo, IL), 11-9 in Tuesday's non-league outing with the visiting Newman Central Catholic Comets (Sterling, IL)

The Comets now hold a 16-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host West Carroll for a non-league outing on Wednesday, May 1. Newman Central Catholic will confront a Thunder team coming off a 16-0 league loss to Fulton (Fulton, IL). The Thunder record now stands at 0-12.

Next, the Golden Eagles confront the Eureka Hornets (Eureka, IL) in a non-league outing, on Thursday, May 2. Mercer County will attempt to advance on its 9-12 season record. The Hornets go into the outing with a 18-3 record after their 1-0 non-league win over Delavan (Delavan, IL).

NCCHS @ Mercer County Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 30, 2024 @ 4:30p

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Newman Central Catholic (Sterling, IL) by a score of 11-9.

Rankings & Records

Newman Central Catholic (23-24)

IL	Class
140	29

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
26-6-1	10-1	11-3-1	14-1	1-2	.803	.909	293	114

Mercer County (23-24)

IL	Class
402	114

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-15	6-2	6-4	3-11	.375	.750	171	179

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Newman Central Catholic	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	2.1	1.8	.8	2.0	0	1.0	8.9	8.2	1.5
Mercer County	1.8	1.2	1.7	.8	1.1	.6	.6	0	-	-	7.1	6.9	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Newman Central Catholic		Mercer County
.295	Batting Average	.266
.433	On Base Percentage	.424
.393	Slugging Percentage	.360
.949	Fielding Percentage	.936
.862	Win Loss Percentage	.381

Team Leaders

Newman Central Catholic		Mercer County	National Avg.
#21 Michael Morse1.000	Batting Average	#24 Lucas Marston1.000	.239
#21 Michael Morse1.000	On Base Percentage	#24 Lucas Marston1.000	.377
#21 Michael Morse1.000	Slugging Percentage	#24 Lucas Marston1.000	.299
#29 John Rowzee1.000	Fielding Percentage	#15 Ben Bigham1.000	.862
#1 Garret Matznick1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#13 Jude Hofmann1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newman Central Catholic	2-0		Mercer County	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
4/5/24	Rockridge	Newman Central Catholic	(W) 12-7		4/9/24	Mercer County	Rockridge	(W) 15-7
4/19/24	Sherrard	Newman Central Catholic	(W) 8-1		4/24/24	Mercer County	Sherrard	(L) 12-1

Record Breakdown

Newman Central Catholic (23-24)		Mercer County (23-24)
26-6-1	Overall	9-15
10-1	League	6-2
13-3-1	Non-League	3-12
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-0	Common Opponent	1-1
11-3-1	Home	6-4
14-1	Away	3-11
1-2	Neutral	0-0
3-2	Playoff	0-0
26-6-1	In-State	9-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0