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Mercer Hickory

Mustangs

Hornets

The Hickory (Hermitage, PA) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 7-5.

Game Details: Hickory High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mercer	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	-	-
Hickory	5	2	0	0	0	0	-	7	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Hickory (22-23)

Mercer

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.250	39	28	5	7	4	1	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Parker Puskar (Fr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	.333	5	3	1	1	1	0	0
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	.333	5	3	0	1	0	0	0
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
85	Lincoln Saracco (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
87	Gabe Martin (So)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	0	0
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	.667	5	3	2	2	2	1	1

Hickory

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.280	31	25	7	7	6	3
3	Parker Hillard (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
8	Johnny Leedham (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	1
11	Luke Ference (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
12	Luca Bertolasio (Sr)	.750	4	4	2	3	1	1
19	Zac Lanshcak (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0
20	Dj Donatelli (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	1
21	Dennis Fedele (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	2	0
23	Tyson Djakovich (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0	1	0
24	Ryan Coxe (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
44	Joe Cidila (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	9	2	1	13	.462	.357	.819
10	Evan Julock (So)	1	2	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
11	Parker Puskar (Fr)	1	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	2	1	0	0	3	.600	.333	.933
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	2	0	0	0	5	.600	.333	.933
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	0	1	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	0	1	1	0	5	.500	.333	.833
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	1	2	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
87	Gabe Martin (So)	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	2	1	0	0	0	.800	1.666	2.467

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	6	1	1	6	.400	.400	.800
3	Parker Hillard (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Johnny Leedham (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.666	1.167
11	Luke Ference (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
12	Luca Bertolasio (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
19	Zac Lanshcak (Sr)	0	1	2	1	0	2	.500	.000	.500
20	Dj Donatelli (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.250
21	Dennis Fedele (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.667	.500	1.167
23	Tyson Djakovich (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	3	.333	.000	.333
24	Ryan Coxe (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
44	Joe Cidila (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Baserunning

Mercer has not entered any baserunning stats.

Hickory

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
12	Luca Bertolasio (Sr)	1
23	Tyson Djakovich (Sr)	1

Mercer

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.958	24	18	5	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
11	Parker Puskar (Fr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	.750	4	1	2	1
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	0

Hickory

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.958	24	21	2	1
3	Parker Hillard (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
11	Luke Ference (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	Luca Bertolasio (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
19	Zac Lanshcak (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
20	Dj Donatelli (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
21	Dennis Fedele (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
23	Tyson Djakovich (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
24	Ryan Coxe (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
27	T. Richards (Jr)	1.000	9	9	0	0

Mercer

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1	.000	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	0.00	0		1
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	31.50	1	.000	1

Hickory

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	1
3	Parker Hillard (Jr)		0		1
11	Luke Ference (Jr)	10.50	0		1
20	Dj Donatelli (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1
24	Ryan Coxe (Sr)	10.50	0		1

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	7	6	4	6	31	26
10	Evan Julock (So)	4.2	1	0	0	1	5	17	15
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	1.1	6	7	6	3	1	14	11

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	4	9	9	39	28
11	Luke Ference (Jr)	1.1	2	2	2	3	1	8	5
20	Dj Donatelli (Sr)	4.1	2	0	0	2	5	19	15
24	Ryan Coxe (Sr)	1.1	3	3	2	4	3	12	8

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.269	.387	1	101	1	2
10	Evan Julock (So)	.067	.176	1	55	0	2
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	.545	.643	0	46	1	0

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.462	2	2	150
11	Luke Ference (Jr)	.400	.625	1	0	39
20	Dj Donatelli (Sr)	.133	.316	1	2	61
24	Ryan Coxe (Sr)	.375	.583	0	0	50

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Baseball - Hickory gets by Mercer

April 7, 2023: Hermitage, PA 16148

Hickory Hornets (Hermitage, PA) fans exited the stadium thrilled Friday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the visiting Mercer Mustangs (Mercer, PA), 7-5 in a non-league test.

With the win, Hickory upgrades its record to 3-1 on the season. The Hornets host Mercer (Mercer, PA) to battle the Mustangs in a non-league test on Saturday, April 8. The Mustangs come into the test with a record of 2-3. Mercer lost 7-5 in their recent non-league test against Hickory (Hermitage, PA)

With the defeat, Mercer falls to 2-3 on the season. The Mustangs travel to Hickory (Hermitage, PA) to battle the Hornets in a non-league test on Saturday, April 8. The Hornets come into the test with a record of 3-1. Hickory won 7-5 in their recent non-league test against Mercer (Mercer, PA)

Rankings & Records

Mercer (22-23)

PA	Class
282	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-11	9-7	4-4	5-6	0-1	.450	.562	136	98

Hickory (22-23)

PA	Class
82	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-6	10-4	9-0	4-5	1-1	.700	.714	114	100

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Mercer	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.5	.9	.9	.8	2.0	-	-	6.8	5.8	3.2
Hickory	.9	1.6	.8	.4	.5	1.0	.8	0	0	5.0	5.7	6.0	.4

Team Stat Comparison

Mercer		Hickory
.264	Batting Average	.252
.412	On Base Percentage	.408
.384	Slugging Percentage	.379
.918	Fielding Percentage	.917
.444	Win Loss Percentage	.650

Team Leaders

Mercer		Hickory	National Avg.
#99 Troy Bachman.441	Batting Average	#12 Luca Bertolasio.403	.243
#14 Jayden Amos.537	On Base Percentage	#19 Zac Lanshcak.521	.375
#99 Troy Bachman.794	Slugging Percentage	#12 Luca Bertolasio.741	.307
#18 Ben Struthers1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Luke Ference1.000	.861
#34 Jake Mattocks.600	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Luke Ference1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mercer	1-6		Hickory	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/30/23	Mercer	Grove City	(L) 8-7	4/12/23	Grove City	Hickory	(W) 13-12
				5/12/23	Hickory	Grove City	(L) 6-4
4/5/23	Wilmington	Mercer	(L) 6-5	4/10/23	Wilmington	Hickory	(W) 7-6
5/6/23	Mercer	Wilmington	(W) 4-0
5/22/23	Mercer	Wilmington	(L) 6-5
4/20/23	Mercer	Sharpsville	(L) 6-2	5/18/23	Hickory	Sharpsville	(L) 6-5
5/10/23	Sharpsville	Mercer	(L) 7-3
5/18/23	Mercer	Franklin	(L) 9-4	4/20/23	Hickory	Franklin	(W) 4-3
				5/15/23	Franklin	Hickory	(W) 13-6

Record Breakdown

Mercer (22-23)		Hickory (22-23)
9-11	Overall	14-6
9-7	League	10-4
0-3	Non-League	3-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6	Common Opponent	4-2
4-4	Home	9-0
5-6	Away	4-5
0-1	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
9-11	In-State	14-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0