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Empire Safford

Ravens

Bulldogs

The Safford (AZ) JV baseball team won Friday's home conference game against Empire (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 9-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Empire	2	1	1	0	0	-	-	4	6	2
Safford	0	3	1	5	-	-	-	9	6	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Empire (24-25)

Safford (24-25)

Empire

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.316	23	19	4	6	4
1	Mason Berning (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
4	Adan Hernandez (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	1
8	Nathan Mandel (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	1
10	Uriah Evans (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
11	Colton Bond (Fr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0
15	Emery Norton (Fr)	.667	3	3	1	2	0
30	Kaden Petrino (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1

Safford

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.316	27	19	9	6	6	1	1
5	Carson Juarez (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Kayson Leachet (Fr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
8	Boston Arbizo (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
16	Broady Phillips (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0	0
18	Parker Whissman (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Deagan Faunce (Fr)	.000	3	1	2	0	1	0	0
22	Mario Chavez (So)		1	0	1	0	0	0	0
23	Chris Palma (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	Tristen Ogas (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1	2	3	1	1
31	Caden Reno (Jr)	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
32	Roy Martin (Fr)		3	0	2	0	0	0	0
33	Easton Ballejos (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0	0

Empire

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	2	7	4	.348	.316	.664
1	Mason Berning (Jr)	0	0	2	2	.333	.333	.666
4	Adan Hernandez (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.667	.500	1.167
8	Nathan Mandel (So)	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Uriah Evans (Fr)	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
11	Colton Bond (Fr)	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
15	Emery Norton (Fr)	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
30	Kaden Petrino (Fr)	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167

Safford

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	3	4	1	1	5	.500	.474	.974
5	Carson Juarez (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
6	Kayson Leachet (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
8	Boston Arbizo (So)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
16	Broady Phillips (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
18	Parker Whissman (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
21	Deagan Faunce (Fr)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
22	Mario Chavez (So)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
23	Chris Palma (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
25	Tristen Ogas (Fr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500
31	Caden Reno (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
32	Roy Martin (Fr)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
33	Easton Ballejos (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666

Empire

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	8
4	Adan Hernandez (Jr)	2
11	Colton Bond (Fr)	2
15	Emery Norton (Fr)	2
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	2

Safford

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
6	Kayson Leachet (Fr)	1
8	Boston Arbizo (So)	1

Empire

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.900	20	12	6	2
1	Mason Berning (Jr)	.667	3	1	1	1
10	Uriah Evans (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
11	Colton Bond (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
15	Emery Norton (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
30	Kaden Petrino (Fr)	1.000	6	5	1	0
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	.667	3	1	1	1

Safford

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.789	19	15	4
5	Carson Juarez (So)	1.000	1	1	0
6	Kayson Leachet (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
16	Broady Phillips (So)	1.000	7	7	0
21	Deagan Faunce (Fr)	.000	1	0	1
23	Chris Palma (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
32	Roy Martin (Fr)	.571	7	4	3
33	Easton Ballejos (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0

Empire

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	8.75	0	0		1				0
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	10.50	0	0		1				0

Safford

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.80	1
8	Boston Arbizo (So)	7.00	1
33	Easton Ballejos (Fr)	0.00	1

Empire

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	6	9	5	3	3			0	27	20
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	3.1	5	9	5	2	2			0	23	17

Safford

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	3	4	2	2	7	23	21
8	Boston Arbizo (So)	2	3	3	2	0	3	10	10
33	Easton Ballejos (Fr)	3	0	1	0	2	4	13	11

Empire

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.300	.481	2	4			80	0	0	2
33	James Van Huss (Jr)	.294	.478	2	4			70	0	0	2

Safford

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.143	.217	2	85	1	7
8	Boston Arbizo (So)	.300	.300	1	35	0	5
33	Easton Ballejos (Fr)	.000	.154	1	50	1	2

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Safford defeats Empire

April 4, 2025: Safford, AZ 85546

The crowd at Friday's league battle between the Safford Bulldogs (Safford, AZ) and the visiting Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ), saw Safford's baseball team gain a win over Empire by a tally of 9-4.

The Bulldogs (2-2) will now prepare for their battle against Rio Rico (Rio Rico, AZ). The Hawks enter the non-league battle with a 2-7 record.

Next, the Ravens face the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts (Tucson, AZ) in a non-league battle, on Monday, April 14. Empire will attempt to upgrade on its 3-6 season record.

Empire @ Safford Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 4, 2025 @ 4p

The Safford (AZ) JV baseball team won Friday's home conference game against Empire (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 9-4.

Rankings & Records

Empire (24-25)

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
5-10-1	2-3	3-3-1	2-7	.344	.400	89	116

Safford (24-25)

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
2-5-1	1-1	2-4	0-1-1	.312	.500	48	54

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Empire	1.7	.7	1.1	.8	.8	.9	0	5.6	5.3	2.1
Safford	2.4	1.6	.4	1.6	.3	0	-	6.0	4.3	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Empire		Safford
.263	Batting Average	.270
.401	On Base Percentage	.459
.323	Slugging Percentage	.380
.898	Fielding Percentage	.808
.571	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Empire		Safford	National Avg.
#15 Emery Norton.463	Batting Average	#6 Kayson Leachet.571	.258
#32 Jordan Chavez.700	On Base Percentage	#20 Chandler Hunter.800	.413
#15 Emery Norton.561	Slugging Percentage	#6 Kayson Leachet.714	.322
Asher Bird1.000	Fielding Percentage	#23 Chris Palma1.000	.848
#9 Kaleb Hendrix.667	Win Loss Percentage	-	.587

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Empire	3-3		Safford	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/6/25	Walden Grove	Empire	(L) 15-1	4/3/25	Walden Grove	Safford	(L) 8-4
4/3/25	Empire	Catalina	(W) 25-4	4/15/25	Catalina	Safford
4/11/25	Tanque Verde	Empire	(W) 9-5	4/17/25	Tanque Verde	Safford	(L) 7-2
4/21/25	Empire	Tanque Verde	(L) 7-1
4/16/25	Empire	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	(W) 11-3	4/23/25	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	Safford	(L) 8-2
4/23/25	Empire	Thatcher	(L) 4-3	4/25/25	Safford	Thatcher

Record Breakdown

Empire (24-25)		Safford (24-25)
5-10-1	Overall	2-5-1
2-3	League	1-1
3-7-1	Non-League	1-4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-3	Common Opponent	0-3
3-3-1	Home	2-4
2-7	Away	0-1-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-10-1	In-State	2-5-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0