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Independence Bruce

Wildcats

Trojans

The Bruce (MS) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 6-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	7	3
Bruce	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Bruce (24-25)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.226	33	31	6	7	5	2
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0
19	Dixon Ashe (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.000	4	4	1	0	1	0
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0

Bruce

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.185	28	27	1	5	1	1
2	Lane Stewart	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
3	Sutton Gore	.250	4	4	1	1	0	1
4	Cole Clark	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
7	J. McCormick	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
8	Cane Necaise	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
10	RJ Bennett	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
13	Cayden Jones	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
18	Jonathan Plunk	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
23	Luke Stewart	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
24	Coby Necaise	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	5	2	6	.273	.290	.563
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	0	1	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	1	1	0	1	1	.250	.000	.250
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.750	1.250
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	0	1	1	1	3	.000	.000	.000
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	1	2	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250

Bruce

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	2	6	.214	.222	.436
2	Lane Stewart	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
3	Sutton Gore	0	0	0	1	.250	.500	.750
4	Cole Clark	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
7	J. McCormick	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
8	Cane Necaise	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
10	RJ Bennett	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
13	Cayden Jones	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
18	Jonathan Plunk	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
23	Luke Stewart	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
24	Coby Necaise	1	1	1	1	.333	.000	.333

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	1

Bruce

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
7	J. McCormick	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.893	28	21	4	3
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	1.000	7	6	1	0
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.500	2	0	1	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.800	5	2	2	1
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	.800	5	4	0	1

Bruce

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.786	28	21	1	6	2
2	Lane Stewart	.500	2	1	0	1	0
3	Sutton Gore	1.000	5	5	0	0	1
4	Cole Clark	.667	3	1	1	1	1
7	J. McCormick	.333	3	1	0	2	0
10	RJ Bennett	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
18	Jonathan Plunk	.900	10	9	0	1	0
20	Ayden Welch	1.000	1	1	0	0	1
23	Luke Stewart	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
24	Coby Necaise	.000	1	0	0	1	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	0	0		1				0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	1.00	0	0		1				0

Bruce

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1
3	Sutton Gore	1.24	1
4	Cole Clark	0.00	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	1	1	1	5			0	28	27
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	7	4	1	1	1	5			0	28	27

Bruce

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	6	1	2	8	33	31
3	Sutton Gore	5.2	4	2	1	2	6	23	21
4	Cole Clark	1.1	3	4	0	0	2	10	10

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.148	.179	0	0			85	1	0	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.148	.179	0	0			85	1	0	1

Bruce

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.226	.273	111	2
3	Sutton Gore	.190	.261	74	1
4	Cole Clark	.300	.300	37	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence defeats Bruce

April 8, 2025: Bruce, MS 38915

The Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS) baseball the host Bruce Trojans (Bruce, MS), 6-1 in Tuesday's non-league challenge.

The Wildcats now own a 15-8 record. They take the field next when they host Bruce for a non-league challenge on Thursday, April 10. Independence will clash with a Trojans team coming off a 6-1 non-league loss to Independence (Independence, MS). The Trojans record now stands at 6-13.

With the defeat, Bruce drops to 6-13 on the year. The Trojans travel to Independence (Independence, MS) to clash with the Wildcats in a non-league challenge on Thursday, April 10. The Wildcats go into the challenge with a record of 15-8. Independence won 6-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Bruce (Bruce, MS)

Independence @ Bruce Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 8, 2025 @ 6p

The Bruce (MS) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 6-1.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

MS	Class
208	22

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-12	8-0	9-3	7-8	2-1	.600	1.000	259	151

Bruce (24-25)

MS	Class
167	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
10-18	3-4	4-8	4-9	2-1	.357	.429	149	206

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2.3	2.1	2.3	.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	8.6	6.2	2.2
Bruce	.9	.6	1.0	.7	.8	1.3	.2	5.3	5.9	3.0

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Bruce
.279	Batting Average	.246
.434	On Base Percentage	.373
.334	Slugging Percentage	.331
.900	Fielding Percentage	.859

Team Leaders

Independence		Bruce	National Avg.
#14 Dallas Stepp.365	Batting Average	#4 Cole Clark.373	.239
#45 DJ Mitchell.529	On Base Percentage	#4 Cole Clark.500	.379
#17 Miller Owens.429	Slugging Percentage	#3 Sutton Gore.571	.302
#19 Dixon Ashe1.000	Fielding Percentage	#13 Cayden Jones1.000	.860

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	0-5		Bruce	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/1/25	Independence	Vardaman	(L) 6-5	3/22/25	Vardaman	Bruce	(W) 14-12
4/4/25	Independence	South Pontotoc	(L) 14-2	2/11/25	Bruce	South Pontotoc
				4/11/25	South Pontotoc	Bruce	(W) 4-3
4/26/25	Choctaw County	Independence	(L) 12-1	2/18/25	Bruce	Choctaw County	(L) 14-7
4/27/25	Independence	Choctaw County	(L) 11-1	2/21/25	Choctaw County	Bruce
4/28/25	Independence	Choctaw County	(L) 11-1

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Bruce (24-25)
18-12	Overall	10-18
8-0	League	3-4
8-9	Non-League	4-12
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-5	Common Opponent	2-1
9-3	Home	4-8
7-8	Away	4-9
2-1	Neutral	2-1
2-3	Playoff	3-2
16-11	In-State	10-18
2-1	Out-of-State	0-0