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Kirtland Independence

Hornets

Blue Devils

The Independence (OH) varsity softball team won Friday's home conference game against Kirtland (OH) by a score of 11-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Kirtland	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	-	-
Independence	2	4	0	3	2	0	-	11	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Kirtland (20-21)

Kirtland

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.286	32	28	5	8	5	1	2
1	Gianna DiFranco (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	0	0
2	Chloe Ungrady (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	Gianna Cantini (Jr)	1.000	4	2	2	2	4	0	2
5	M. Carmosino (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	Bella Hostutler (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1	0
10	M. Matijevic (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0	0
15	Nikolena Samac (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
16	A. Kuczkowski (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Ava Puruczky (Fr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
19	Malia Becker (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0

Kirtland

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	11	6	.375	.535	.911
1	Gianna DiFranco (Fr)	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
2	Chloe Ungrady (So)	0	3	4	.000	.000	.000
3	Gianna Cantini (Jr)	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
5	M. Carmosino (Jr)	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
7	Bella Hostutler (Fr)	0	1	2	.500	.750	1.250
10	M. Matijevic (So)	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
15	Nikolena Samac (So)	0	3	5	.000	.000	.000
16	A. Kuczkowski (So)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
18	Ava Puruczky (Fr)	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
19	Malia Becker (Jr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000

Kirtland

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.857	21	18	3
1	Gianna DiFranco (Fr)	.800	5	4	1
3	Gianna Cantini (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0
7	Bella Hostutler (Fr)	.500	4	2	2
10	M. Matijevic (So)	1.000	2	2	0
15	Nikolena Samac (So)	1.000	3	3	0
18	Ava Puruczky (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0

Kirtland

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.00	0	1	.000	1				0
3	Gianna Cantini (Jr)	7.00	0	1	.000	1				0

Kirtland

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	11	6	5	2			1	37	32
3	Gianna Cantini (Jr)	6	11	11	6	5	2			1	37	32

Kirtland

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.344	.432	0	0			113
3	Gianna Cantini (Jr)	.344	.432	0	0			113

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Independence (20-21)

Independence has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Ohio High School Softball - Independence bounces Kirtland

April 9, 2021: Independence, OH 44131

Independence Blue Devils (Independence, OH) backers exited the stadium thrilled Friday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting Kirtland Hornets (Kirtland, OH), 11-5 in a non-league challenge.

The Blue Devils now own a 5-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Cuyahoga Heights for a Chagrin Valley - Metro challenge on Tuesday, April 13.

With the loss, Kirtland falls to 1-5 on the campaign. The Hornets travel to Cardinal (Middlefield, OH) to battle the Huskies in a Chagrin Valley - Valley challenge on Monday, April 12. The Huskies enter the challenge with a record of 2-8. Cardinal won 14-3 in their recent non-league challenge against St. John (Ashtabula, OH)

Rankings & Records

Kirtland (20-21)

OH	Div.
428	116

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-15	4-9	7-6	3-8	0-1	.400	.308	182	212

Independence (20-21)

OH	Div.
134	23

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-4	11-2	11-2	5-1	0-1	.800	.846	197	54

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Kirtland	1.2	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.2	.6	.7	-	7.3	7.9	4.6
Independence	1.0	2.3	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.1	.2	.5	9.9	7.7	1.0

Team Stat Comparison

Kirtland		Independence
.345	Batting Average	.293
.424	On Base Percentage	.360
.498	Slugging Percentage	.397
.822	Fielding Percentage	.944
.391	Win Loss Percentage	.750

Team Leaders

Kirtland		Independence	National Avg.
#3 Gianna Cantini.623	Batting Average	#0 Halle Pillar.500	.299
#21 Kasia Balcerski1.000	On Base Percentage	#0 Halle Pillar.800	.391
#3 Gianna Cantini1.086	Slugging Percentage	#16 Ashleigh Porter.821	.404
#10 Madison Matijevic.989	Fielding Percentage	#13 Keely Sears1.000	.837
#3 Gianna Cantini.391	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Ashleigh Porter.750	.580

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kirtland	6-8		Independence	10-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/6/21	Kirtland	Berkshire	(L) 10-5	5/6/21	Berkshire	Independence	(W) 5-4
4/20/21	Berkshire	Kirtland	(L) 14-6
4/7/21	West Geauga	Kirtland	(L) 26-13	5/21/21	West Geauga	Independence	(W) 5-4
4/26/21	Kirtland	West Geauga	(L) 8-7
4/12/21	Kirtland	Cardinal	(W) 13-0	4/15/21	Independence	Cardinal	(W) 22-2
4/27/21	Cardinal	Kirtland	(W) 12-2
4/13/21	Crestwood	Kirtland	(L) 11-5	4/23/21	Independence	Crestwood	(L) 4-3
5/10/21	Kirtland	Crestwood	(L) 6-4
4/14/21	Trinity	Kirtland	(W) 10-0	4/19/21	Trinity	Independence	(W) 20-3
				5/12/21	Independence	Trinity	(W) 14-3
4/19/21	Kirtland	Wickliffe	(L) 13-3	5/11/21	Independence	Wickliffe
5/4/21	Wickliffe	Kirtland	(W) 5-4
5/6/21	Brooklyn	Kirtland	(W) 16-5	4/6/21	Independence	Brooklyn	(W) 15-0
				4/20/21	Brooklyn	Independence	(W) 19-0
5/14/21	Lutheran West	Kirtland	(W) 14-4	4/7/21	Lutheran West	Independence	(W) 13-0
				4/26/21	Independence	Lutheran West	(W) 20-6
5/17/21	Kirtland	Gilmour Academy		4/14/21	Gilmour Academy	Independence	(L) 7-6
5/21/21	Cuyahoga Heights	Kirtland	(L) 13-3	4/13/21	Cuyahoga Heights	Independence	(L) 2-1
				5/14/21	Independence	Cuyahoga Heights	(W) 5-2

Record Breakdown

Kirtland (20-21)		Independence (20-21)
10-15	Overall	16-4
4-9	League	11-2
4-5	Non-League	4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-8	Common Opponent	10-3
7-6	Home	11-2
3-8	Away	5-1
0-1	Neutral	0-1
2-1	Playoff	1-1
10-15	In-State	16-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0