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Shepard Joliet Central

Astros

Steelmen

The Joliet Central (Joliet, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Shepard (Palos Heights, IL) by a score of 6-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Shepard	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	0
Joliet Central	3	0	1	1	1	0	-	6	9	1

Final score provided by K. Fitzgerald.

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Game Stats

Shepard (21-22)

Shepard has not entered stats for this game.

Joliet Central (21-22)

Joliet Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.346	34	26	6	9	6	1
2	Alex Rocha (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
5	Ryan Richards (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
13	Jay Zepeda (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
16	Gabe Dunne (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	2	1
18	Stephen Milke (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
27	R. Gutierrez (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
	J. Salazar	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
	R. Fitzpatrick	.500	4	2	0	1	1	0
	Zach Riley (Jr)	.667	4	3	1	2	0	0

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	7	5	10	.485	.384	.870
2	Alex Rocha (Sr)	0	0	1	1	2	.250	.000	.250
5	Ryan Richards (Sr)	0	0	3	0	6	.250	.250	.500
13	Jay Zepeda (So)	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500
16	Gabe Dunne (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	.750	1.000	1.750
18	Stephen Milke (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
27	R. Gutierrez (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.333	.833
	J. Salazar	0	0	0	1	4	.333	.000	.333
	R. Fitzpatrick	1	1	1	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
	Zach Riley (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	.750	.666	1.417

Joliet Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
27	R. Gutierrez (Jr)	1

Joliet Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1
2	Alex Rocha (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
5	Ryan Richards (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
13	Jay Zepeda (So)	.750	4	3	0	1
16	Gabe Dunne (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
27	R. Gutierrez (Jr)	1.000	11	11	0	0
	Zach Riley (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Joliet Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	1	1
2	Alex Rocha (Sr)	0.00	0		1	1
16	Gabe Dunne (Sr)	21.00	0		1	0
	Zach Riley (Jr)	3.71	1	1.000	1	0

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	4	4	5	11	33	27
2	Alex Rocha (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
16	Gabe Dunne (Sr)	.1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
	Zach Riley (Jr)	5.2	5	3	3	4	10	28	23

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.185	.333	1	1	112	3
2	Alex Rocha (Sr)	.000	.000	0	0	5	0
16	Gabe Dunne (Sr)	.000	.500	1	0	7	0
	Zach Riley (Jr)	.217	.357	0	1	100	3

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Shepard tipped by Joliet Central

April 9, 2022: Joliet, IL 60432

In Saturday's non-league game, the host Joliet Central Steelmen baseball team scored a tight 6-4 victory over the Shepard Astros.

The Steelmen (4-6) will now prepare for their game against West Aurora (Aurora, IL). The Blackhawks go into the Southwest Prairie game with a 1-2 record. In their last game, West Aurora by Plainfield East (Plainfield, IL), 20-5, in a league game.

The Astros (4-5) will now prepare for their game against Richards (Oak Lawn, IL). The Bulldogs go into the South Suburban - Blue game with a 1-4 record. In their last game, Richards by Oak Forest (Oak Forest, IL), 10-9, in a league game.

Rankings & Records

Shepard (21-22)

IL	Class
257	104

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-15-1	11-7-1	7-7	9-8-1	.516	.605	197	159

Joliet Central (21-22)

IL	Class
407	131

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
6-27	2-18	2-13	4-11	0-3	.182	.100	105	302

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Shepard	1.4	.9	1.0	.8	.9	1.0	1.1	6.2	6.0	1.5
Joliet Central	.6	.4	.3	.6	.7	.7	.7	3.2	5.3	3.4

Team Stat Comparison

Shepard		Joliet Central
.287	Batting Average	.229
.426	On Base Percentage	.328
.385	Slugging Percentage	.303
.923	Fielding Percentage	.866
.577	Win Loss Percentage	.231

Team Leaders

Shepard		Joliet Central	National Avg.
#7 John DiFoggio.600	Batting Average	#11 Alex Smith.412	.249
#7 John DiFoggio.750	On Base Percentage	#9 John Stasaik1.000	.375
#7 John DiFoggio.800	Slugging Percentage	#11 Alex Smith.529	.315
#11 Mike Meneghini1.000	Fielding Percentage	#17 Leonardo Meza1.000	.857
#10 Aiden Thompson1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Gabe Dunne.500	.539

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Shepard	2-2		Joliet Central	1-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/17/22	Crete-Monee	Shepard	(W) 6-5	5/23/22	Joliet Central	Crete-Monee	(L) 10-9
3/21/22	Shepard	Bloom	(W) 11-4	3/17/22	Joliet Central	Bloom	(W) 9-1
4/16/22	Plainfield Central	Shepard	(L) 9-2	4/1/22	Plainfield Central	Joliet Central	(L) 15-5
				5/16/22	Plainfield Central	Joliet Central	(L) 11-3
				5/17/22	Joliet Central	Plainfield Central	(L) 7-6
				5/19/22	Plainfield Central	Joliet Central	(L) 14-0
5/4/22	Thornton Fractional South	Shepard	(L) 6-0	5/14/22	Joliet Central	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 2-1
				5/14/22	Joliet Central	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 8-1

Record Breakdown

Shepard (21-22)		Joliet Central (21-22)
16-15-1	Overall	6-27
11-7-1	League	2-18
5-7	Non-League	4-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	1-7
7-7	Home	2-13
9-8-1	Away	4-11
0-0	Neutral	0-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-13-1	In-State	6-27
1-2	Out-of-State	0-0