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Bluffton Blackford

Tigers

Bruins

The Blackford (Hartford City, IN) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Bluffton (IN) by a score of 6-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bluffton	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	4	2
Blackford	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	7	4

Final score provided by T. Uggen.

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Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Bluffton (25-26)		Blackford (25-26)
0	Double Plays	1

Game Stats

Blackford (25-26)

Bluffton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.148	35	27	6	4	6	1	1
3	Axton Beste (Jr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
4	Trevor Smith (Sr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Colton Arnold (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	1	0
10	Grayson Crowder (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Aaron Streveler (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
14	Griffin Morgan (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	2	0	1
15	Easton Blair (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	2	0	0
17	Dawson Lee (So)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	Abram Gehrett (Jr)	.000	4	4	1	0	1	0	0

Blackford

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.280	34	25	5	7	5	1	1
1	Trenton Norton (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Danny Hornbaker (Fr)		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Logan Hornbaker (Fr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
4	Owen Norton (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	Corbin Parrott (So)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1	0
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bentley Storer (So)	1.000	3	2	1	2	2	0	0
11	Hunter Huffman (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
13	Kaden Price (So)	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0	0
21	Clayton Heflin (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	2	0	1

Bluffton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	5	3	3	1	7	.343	.333	.676
3	Axton Beste (Jr)	1	1	1	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
4	Trevor Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667
5	Colton Arnold (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.750	1.000
10	Grayson Crowder (So)	1	0	0	1	1	3	.250	.000	.250
11	Aaron Streveler (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500
14	Griffin Morgan (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.667	2.417
15	Easton Blair (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
17	Dawson Lee (So)	0	2	2	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
18	Abram Gehrett (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Blackford

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	12	1	1	2	12	.455	.440	.895
1	Trenton Norton (Sr)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333
2	Danny Hornbaker (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
3	Logan Hornbaker (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
4	Owen Norton (So)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.250	.000	.250
5	Corbin Parrott (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.500	.750	1.250
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
10	Bentley Storer (So)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	Hunter Huffman (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
13	Kaden Price (So)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.000	.500
21	Clayton Heflin (Jr)	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	.750	2.000	2.750

Baserunning

Bluffton has not entered any baserunning stats.

Blackford

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	3
2	Danny Hornbaker (Fr)	0	1
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	1	1
10	Bentley Storer (So)	0	1

Bluffton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.929	28	21	5	2
3	Axton Beste (Jr)	.750	4	2	1	1
4	Trevor Smith (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
5	Colton Arnold (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
10	Grayson Crowder (So)	1.000	15	13	2	0
14	Griffin Morgan (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
15	Easton Blair (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Dawson Lee (So)	.000	1	0	0	1

Blackford

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP	PB
	Team Totals	.867	30	21	5	4	3	1
1	Trenton Norton (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
3	Logan Hornbaker (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
4	Owen Norton (So)	.857	7	3	3	1	1
5	Corbin Parrott (So)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
9	Easton Massey (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
11	Hunter Huffman (So)	1.000	5	5				1
13	Kaden Price (So)	.875	8	7	0	1	1

Bluffton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1	1.000	1
3	Axton Beste (Jr)	0.00	0		1
6	Chanley Shaw (Jr)	14.00	0		1
17	Dawson Lee (So)	2.10	0		1
18	Abram Gehrett (Jr)	0.00	1	1.000	1

Blackford

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	4.00	1	.000	2	1
1	Trenton Norton (Sr)	0.00	1	.000	1
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	4.94	0		1	1

Bluffton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	3	7	12	1	34	26
3	Axton Beste (Jr)	.2	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	2
6	Chanley Shaw (Jr)	1	3	2	2	1	1	0	7	6
17	Dawson Lee (So)	3.1	4	3	1	0	7	1	14	14
18	Abram Gehrett (Jr)	2	0	0	0	3	3	0	8	4

Blackford

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	6	4	5	5	0	1	1	35	27
1	Trenton Norton (Sr)	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	5
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	5.2	4	4	4	3	5		1	1	27	22

Bluffton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.269	.441	1	138	2
3	Axton Beste (Jr)	.000	.600	0	20	0
6	Chanley Shaw (Jr)	.500	.571	0	25	1
17	Dawson Lee (So)	.286	.286	0	54	0
18	Abram Gehrett (Jr)	.000	.500	1	39	1

Blackford

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.148	.343	3	125
1	Trenton Norton (Sr)	.000	.375	1	20
8	Trey McIntire (Sr)	.182	.333	2	105

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Bluffton nips Blackford

April 9, 2026: Hartford City, IN 47348

The Bluffton Tigers (Bluffton, IN) baseball got by the host Blackford Bruins (Hartford City, IN), 6-5 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Tigers now own a 2-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Eastern for a non-league challenge on Friday, April 10. Bluffton will clash with a Comets team coming off a 5-3 non-league win over Oak Hill (Converse, IN). The Comets record now stands at 2-0.

With the defeat, Blackford drops to 1-4 on the year. The Bruins host Wabash (Wabash, IN) to clash with the Apaches in a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 11. The Apaches go into the challenge with a record of 6-0. Wabash won 21-12 in their recent non-league challenge against Mississinewa (Gas City, IN)

Players of the Game

Bluffton (25-26)

Bluffton has not selected any Players of the Game.

Blackford (25-26)

Congratulations to #21 Clayton Heflin for being selected the Blackford Baseball Player of the Game.

Bluffton @ Blackford Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 9, 2026 @ 5:30p

The Blackford (Hartford City, IN) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Bluffton (IN) by a score of 6-5.

Rankings & Records

Bluffton (25-26)

IN	Class
91	16

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-8	5-1	5-3	7-5	2-0	.636	.833	150	116

Blackford (25-26)

IN	Class
197	40

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-15	3-4	7-7	3-6	1-2	.423	.429	165	147

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Bluffton	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.0	.6	.8	.4	2.0	6.8	8.1	1.8
Blackford	1.2	.6	.9	1.3	.6	2.1	.4	-	6.3	5.7	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Bluffton		Blackford
.301	Batting Average	.256
.418	On Base Percentage	.389
.488	Slugging Percentage	.328
.917	Fielding Percentage	.893
.650	Win Loss Percentage	.423

Team Leaders

Bluffton		Blackford	National Avg.
#16 Messiah Bowlin1.000	Batting Average	#5 Corbin Parrott.371	.244
#16 Messiah Bowlin1.000	On Base Percentage	#17 Cash Laurence1.000	.386
#16 Messiah Bowlin1.000	Slugging Percentage	#8 Trey McIntire.464	.313
#15 Easton Blair1.000	Fielding Percentage	#19 Cole Dickey1.000	.859
#20 Athan King1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#4 Owen Norton.800	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bluffton	2-4		Blackford	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/15/26	Bluffton	Wabash	(L) 6-4	4/11/26	Wabash	Blackford	(L) 11-5
				4/11/26	Wabash	Blackford	(L) 7-2
4/23/26	South Adams	Bluffton	(W) 7-6	5/4/26	Blackford	South Adams	(W) 4-2
4/25/26	Bluffton	Eastbrook	(L) 5-2	4/23/26	Eastbrook	Blackford	(L) 3-2
4/25/26	Bluffton	Eastbrook	(L) 11-1
5/7/26	Jay County	Bluffton	(L) 6-5	5/11/26	Blackford	Jay County	(L) 15-0
5/11/26	Bluffton	Adams Central	(W) 6-1	5/21/26	Blackford	Adams Central

Record Breakdown

Bluffton (25-26)		Blackford (25-26)
14-8	Overall	11-15
5-1	League	3-4
8-6	Non-League	8-11
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-4	Common Opponent	1-4
5-3	Home	7-7
7-5	Away	3-6
2-0	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-8	In-State	10-12
0-0	Out-of-State	1-3