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Oak Creek Slinger

Knights

Owls

The Slinger (WI) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Oak Creek (WI) by a score of 7-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Oak Creek	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	5	3
Slinger	2	0	0	4	0	1	-	7	6	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Oak Creek (25-26)

Oak Creek has not entered stats for this game.

Slinger (25-26)

Slinger

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.240	33	25	7	6	5
1	B. Zimmerman (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	2
2	Grady Chvosta (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0
3	Gavin Sawyer (Sr)	.000	4	1	1	0	0
4	Braden Zylka (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
5	Cole Lighthizer (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
9	Payton Tennies (Jr)	.500	4	2	3	1	0
10	Kyle Panten (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	3
15	Grady Mechenich (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0

Slinger

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	7	1	8	.424	.240	.664
1	B. Zimmerman (Sr)	2	1	0	2	.750	.500	1.250
2	Grady Chvosta (Sr)	1	1	0	3	.500	.333	.833
3	Gavin Sawyer (Sr)	3	0	0	2	.750	.000	.750
4	Braden Zylka (Sr)	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
5	Cole Lighthizer (Jr)	0	1	0	8	.000	.000	.000
9	Payton Tennies (Jr)	2	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
10	Kyle Panten (Sr)	0	1	1	3	.500	.500	1.000
15	Grady Mechenich (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Slinger

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
3	Gavin Sawyer (Sr)	2
9	Payton Tennies (Jr)	2
10	Kyle Panten (Sr)	2

Slinger

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.917	24	21	1	2
2	Grady Chvosta (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
3	Gavin Sawyer (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
4	Braden Zylka (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
5	Cole Lighthizer (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
9	Payton Tennies (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
10	Kyle Panten (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
19	Nathan Miller (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Slinger

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1
13	Mason Opetz (Jr)	2.33	1
19	Nathan Miller (Sr)	2.33	1
21	Clay Miller (So)	0.00	1

Slinger

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	3	2	4	5	32	26
13	Mason Opetz (Jr)	3	2	1	1	1	2	12	11
19	Nathan Miller (Sr)	3	2	2	1	3	3	16	11
21	Clay Miller (So)	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	4

Slinger

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.192	.344	2	110	2
13	Mason Opetz (Jr)	.182	.250	0	39	0
19	Nathan Miller (Sr)	.182	.438	2	58	2
21	Clay Miller (So)	.250	.250	0	13	0

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Game Story

Wisconsin High School Baseball - Slinger holds off Oak Creek

April 9, 2026: Slinger, WI 53086

The Slinger Owls baseball team scored 7 runs and held the visiting Oak Creek Knights to 3 in the Owls non-league win on Thursday.

The Owls now own a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Menomonee Falls for a non-league test on Saturday, April 11. Slinger will play a Phoenix team coming off a 5-2 league win over Hamilton (Sussex, WI). The Phoenix record now stands at 3-0.

With the defeat, Oak Creek drops to 0-4 on the year. The Knights travel to Waukesha West (Waukesha, WI) to play the Wolverines in a non-league test on Tuesday, April 14. The Wolverines go into the test with a record of 0-2. Waukesha West lost 12-4 in their recent non-league test against South Milwaukee (South Milwaukee, WI)

Oak Creek @ Slinger Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 9, 2026 @ 4:30p

The Slinger (WI) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Oak Creek (WI) by a score of 7-3.

Rankings & Records

Oak Creek (25-26)

WI
88

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-10	6-5	5-5	7-5	.545	.545	144	124

Slinger (25-26)

WI
27

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-9	7-5	6-5	8-4	.609	.583	123	117

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Oak Creek	1.4	1.0	1.6	.6	.6	.5	.4	0	1.0	-	6.5	6.5	1.6
Slinger	1.2	.4	.7	.7	1.0	.9	.5	.3	.5	1.0	5.3	7.0	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Oak Creek		Slinger
-	Batting Average	.254
-	On Base Percentage	.373
-	Slugging Percentage	.336
-	Fielding Percentage	.905
-	Win Loss Percentage	.591

Team Leaders

Oak Creek		Slinger	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#7 Ethan Miller.400	.244
-	On Base Percentage	#13 Mason Opetz1.000	.386
-	Slugging Percentage	#1 Brayden Zimmerman.627	.313
-	Fielding Percentage	#13 Mason Opetz1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#13 Mason Opetz1.000	.531

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Oak Creek	4-0		Slinger	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/18/26	Kimberly	Oak Creek		5/30/26	Kimberly	Slinger
4/28/26	Oak Creek	Oconomowoc	(W) 2-1	5/28/26	Oconomowoc	Slinger
4/29/26	Oconomowoc	Oak Creek	(W) 3-1
5/4/26	Arrowhead	Oak Creek	(W) 7-6	5/2/26	Arrowhead	Slinger	(W) 9-8
5/5/26	Oak Creek	Arrowhead	(W) 11-9

Record Breakdown

Oak Creek (25-26)		Slinger (25-26)
12-10	Overall	14-9
6-5	League	7-5
6-5	Non-League	7-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-0	Common Opponent	1-0
5-5	Home	6-5
7-5	Away	8-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
12-8	In-State	14-9
0-2	Out-of-State	0-0