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Valley Christian Benjamin Franklin

Trojans

Chargers

The Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) by a score of 15-1.

Game Details: Benjamin Franklin High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Valley Christian	0	0	6	2	0	7	-	15	-	-
Benjamin Franklin	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	1	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Benjamin Franklin (22-23)

Valley Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.455	39	33	15	15	13	4	1
2	Caleb Danzeisen (So)	.600	5	5	1	3	3	0	1
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	1	0
6	Carson Grier (So)	.667	4	3	2	2	3	2	0
8	Will Bastian (Jr)	1.000	1	1	2	1	1	0	0
11	Kyle Grier (So)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	Ryan Kao (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	.250	4	4	2	1	1	0	0
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	.600	5	5	2	3	0	0	0
26	Caleb Sweeney (So)	.250	4	4	2	1	1	0	0
29	Jake Harrison (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	1	0
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	.667	5	3	2	2	2	0	0

Benjamin Franklin

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.056	21	18	1	1
1	Gihanni Fajardo	.000	3	2	1	0
2	Talan Speir	.000	2	2	0	0
4	Kaid Melcher	1.000	2	1	0	1
5	Paulo Baca	.000	2	2	0	0
7	W. Checketts	.000	1	1	0	0
8	Jovanni Sanchez	.000	1	1	0	0
13	M. Economou		1	0	0	0
14	Derek Sedig	.000	1	1	0	0
15	Aaron Allen	.000	2	2	0	0
16	Alex Pieczynski	.000	2	2	0	0
18	Brody Vineyard	.000	2	2	0	0
20	Gavin Stechnij	.000	1	1	0	0
21	Chase Sellers	.000	1	1	0	0

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	9	2	1	1	6	.526	.666	1.193
2	Caleb Danzeisen (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.600	1.200	1.800
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	.500	.666	1.167
6	Carson Grier (So)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.750	1.333	2.083
8	Will Bastian (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	Kyle Grier (So)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
19	Ryan Kao (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.600	.600	1.200
26	Caleb Sweeney (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
29	Jake Harrison (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	1.000	1.500
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.750	.666	1.417

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	8	4	.190	.055	.246
1	Gihanni Fajardo	1	1	0	.333	.000	.333
2	Talan Speir	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	Kaid Melcher	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
5	Paulo Baca	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
8	Jovanni Sanchez	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
13	M. Economou	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
14	Derek Sedig	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
15	Aaron Allen	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
16	Alex Pieczynski	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
18	Brody Vineyard	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
20	Gavin Stechnij	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000

Valley Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
8	Will Bastian (Jr)	1
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	1
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	1
26	Caleb Sweeney (So)	1
41	Brock Jackson (Fr)	1

Benjamin Franklin

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
1	Gihanni Fajardo	1

Valley Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	23	18	5	1
2	Caleb Danzeisen (So)	1.000	8	8	0	0
5	Hunter Heeringa (Sr)	1.000	8	8	0	1
6	Carson Grier (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
22	Jimmy Twombly (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
23	Gavin Smith (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	1

Benjamin Franklin

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.750	28	18	3	7
1	Gihanni Fajardo	1.000	3	3	0	0
2	Talan Speir	.500	2	1	0	1
4	Kaid Melcher	.750	4	3	0	1
7	W. Checketts	.333	3	1	0	2
11	D. Billingsly	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	M. Economou	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Aaron Allen	.500	4	1	1	2
16	Alex Pieczynski	1.000	2	1	1	0
18	Brody Vineyard	.800	5	3	1	1
21	Chase Sellers	1.000	3	3	0	0

Valley Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.17	1
14	C. Bergloff (Fr)	0.00	1
24	Dylan Suzuki (Jr)	1.75	1
26	Caleb Sweeney (So)	0.00	1

Benjamin Franklin

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	4
2	Talan Speir	0.00	1
4	Kaid Melcher	0.00	1
10	Jacob Moran	0.00	1
15	Aaron Allen	15.00	1

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	1	1	1	3	8	21	18
14	C. Bergloff (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
24	Dylan Suzuki (Jr)	4	1	1	1	3	4	15	12
26	Caleb Sweeney (So)	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	13	15	5	3	9	1	39	34
2	Talan Speir	1.2	2	2	0	0	2	0	9	8
4	Kaid Melcher	1.2	2	6	0	1	5	0	11	9
10	Jacob Moran	.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	4
15	Aaron Allen	2.1	7	6	5	2	2	1	15	13

Valley Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.056	.190	1	89	1
14	C. Bergloff (Fr)	.000	.000	0	17	0
24	Dylan Suzuki (Jr)	.083	.267	1	62	1
26	Caleb Sweeney (So)	.000	.000	0	10	0

Benjamin Franklin

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.382	.462	2	2	134	3
2	Talan Speir	.250	.333	0	1	30	1
4	Kaid Melcher	.222	.364	1	1	42	1
10	Jacob Moran	.500	.500	1	0	5	0
15	Aaron Allen	.538	.600	0	0	57	1

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Valley Christian wallops Benjamin Franklin

April 6, 2023: Queen Creek, AZ 85142

Spectators at Thursday's league battle between the Valley Christian Trojans (Chandler, AZ) and the host Benjamin Franklin Chargers (Queen Creek, AZ), saw Valley Christian's baseball squad knock off Benjamin Franklin by a count of 15-1.

Coming up next, the Trojans play the Sabino Sabercats (Tucson, AZ) in a non-league battle, on Tuesday, April 11. Valley Christian will attempt to move on its 16-2 season record.

The Chargers now possess a 12-8 record. They take the field next when they travel to Gilbert Christian for a 3A South Central battle on Tuesday, April 11. Benjamin Franklin will play a Knights squad coming off a 5-3 non-league loss to Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson, AZ). The Knights record now stands at 7-6.

Rankings & Records

Valley Christian (22-23)

AZ	Div.
20	2

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
27-4	11-0	14-2	9-1	4-1	.871	1.000	323	92

Benjamin Franklin (22-23)

AZ	Div.
110	14

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
16-11	5-7	12-7	2-4	2-0	.593	.417	188	129

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Valley Christian	1.3	1.6	1.6	2.5	1.5	1.9	2.0	-	-	10.4	11.1	2.0
Benjamin Franklin	1.6	1.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	.4	.3	0	1.0	7.0	4.5	1.0

Head-to-Head

Valley Christian won on 4/6/2023

4/6 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Valley Christian 0 0 6 2 0 7 - 15 - -
BFHS 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 - -

The Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) by a score of 15-1.
Box score
Valley Christian won on 4/21/2023

4/21 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

BFHS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - -
Valley Christian 3 0 1 0 2 0 - 6 - -

The Benjamin Franklin (Queen Creek, AZ) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away conference game against Valley Christian (Chandler, AZ) by a score of 6-2.
Box score

4/21 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
BFHS	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-	-
Valley Christian	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	6	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Christian		Benjamin Franklin
.360	Batting Average	.278
.478	On Base Percentage	.421
.526	Slugging Percentage	.338
.940	Fielding Percentage	.921
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.650

Team Leaders

Valley Christian		Benjamin Franklin	National Avg.
#19 Ryan Kao.545	Batting Average	#1 Gihanni Fajardo.423	.243
#19 Ryan Kao.688	On Base Percentage	#2 Talan Speir.524	.375
#19 Ryan Kao.909	Slugging Percentage	#1 Gihanni Fajardo.525	.307
#11 Kyle Grier1.000	Fielding Percentage	#20 Gavin Stechnij1.000	.861
#11 Kyle Grier1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#9 Brennan Jones1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valley Christian	11-1		Benjamin Franklin	6-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/6/23	Valley Christian	Gilbert Christian	(W) 7-0	3/17/23	Gilbert Christian	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 9-6
4/20/23	Gilbert Christian	Valley Christian	(W) 7-5	4/11/23	Benjamin Franklin	Gilbert Christian	(L) 8-2
3/8/23	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	Valley Christian	(W) 10-0	3/6/23	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 9-2
4/4/23	Valley Christian	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	(W) 23-0	3/27/23	Benjamin Franklin	American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	(L) 4-3
3/20/23	American Leadership Academy - Anthem South	Valley Christian	(W) 17-1	2/25/23	American Leadership Academy - Anthem South	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 12-0
				4/24/23	American Leadership Academy - Anthem South	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 19-0
3/27/23	Florence	Valley Christian	(W) 16-1	4/17/23	Benjamin Franklin	Florence	(W) 13-11
4/14/23	Globe	Valley Christian	(W) 14-2	3/9/23	Globe	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 8-3
				3/14/23	Benjamin Franklin	Globe	(W) 9-4
4/17/23	Valley Christian	San Tan Foothills	(W) 12-2	4/4/23	San Tan Foothills	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 5-1
5/6/23	San Tan Foothills	Valley Christian	(W) 11-1
4/24/23	Valley Christian	Coolidge	(W) 8-2	4/14/23	Coolidge	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 17-4
5/2/23	Thatcher	Valley Christian	(W) 11-4	4/26/23	Thatcher	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 8-1
5/15/23	Northwest Christian	Valley Christian	(L) 4-2	3/20/23	Northwest Christian	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 7-0

Record Breakdown

Valley Christian (22-23)		Benjamin Franklin (22-23)
27-4	Overall	16-11
11-0	League	5-7
7-0	Non-League	5-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
11-1	Common Opponent	6-7
14-2	Home	12-7
9-1	Away	2-4
4-1	Neutral	2-0
4-2	Playoff	0-1
24-4	In-State	16-10
3-0	Out-of-State	0-1