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Long Ariton

Rebels

Purple Cats

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 8-7.

This game is a part of the "2021 AHSAA State Baseball Playoffs - 2A State Baseball Bracket" tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

Final score provided by S. DragonFly.

Recap
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Game Story

Alabama High School Baseball - Long nudged by Ariton

May 12, 2021: Ariton, AL 36311

The Ariton Purple Cats nudged the visiting Long Rebels baseball team by a tally of 8-7 in Wednesday's league bout.

The Purple Cats now hold a 27-9 record. They take the field next when they host Long for a 2A Area 3 bout on Wednesday, May 12. Ariton will face a Rebels team coming off a 17-0 non-league win over Ranburne (Ranburne, AL). The Rebels record now stands at 17-14.

Next, the Rebels face the Ariton Purple Cats (Ariton, AL) in a 2A Area 3 bout, on Wednesday, May 12. Long will attempt to advance on its 18-15 season record. The Purple Cats enter the bout with a 26-8 record after their 13-3 non-league win over Cottonwood (Cottonwood, AL).

Rankings & Records

Long (20-21)

AL	Class
58	1

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
22-17	8-3	6-9	12-8	4-0	.564	.727	308	176

Ariton (20-21)

AL	Class
60	2

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
27-10	7-2	14-4	10-6	3-0	.730	.778	283	137

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Long	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.5	3.0	1.3	-	-	7.9	11.8	1.0
Ariton	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	0	0	1.0	7.6	7.5	2.0

Head-to-Head

Ariton won on 4/8/2021

4/8 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Long 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 - -
Ariton 0 5 1 0 0 5 - 11 - -

The Long (Skipperville, AL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Ariton (AL) by a score of 11-8.
Box score
Ariton won on 4/9/2021

4/9 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ariton - - - - - - - 6 - -
Long - - - - - - - 1 - -

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's away conference game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 6-1.
Box score
Ariton won on 5/12/2021

5/12 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Long - - - - - - - 7 - -
Ariton - - - - - - - 8 - -

The Long (Skipperville, AL) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Ariton (AL) by a score of 8-7.
Box score
Long won on 5/12/2021

5/12 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Long - - - - - - - 11 - -
Ariton - - - - - - - 0 - -

The Long (Skipperville, AL) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Ariton (AL) by a score of 11-0.
Box score
Long won on 5/13/2021

5/13 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Long - - - - - - - 11 - -
Ariton - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Long (Skipperville, AL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Ariton (AL) by a score of 11-3.
Box score

4/8 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	8	-	-
Ariton	0	5	1	0	0	5	-	11	-	-

4/9 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

5/12 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-

5/13 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Long		Ariton
-	Batting Average	.358
-	On Base Percentage	.456
-	Slugging Percentage	.470
-	Fielding Percentage	.950
-	Win Loss Percentage	.727

Team Leaders

Long		Ariton	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#17 Dalton Murphy.500	.253
-	On Base Percentage	#1 Jackson Baker.580	.378
-	Slugging Percentage	#11 Landon Tyler.714	.318
-	Fielding Percentage	#11 Jessie Pelham1.000	.860
-	Win Loss Percentage	#14 Nelson Evans1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Long	9-5		Ariton	13-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/16/21	Eufaula	Long	(W) 8-4	4/12/21	Eufaula	Ariton	(W) 5-3
				4/16/21	Ariton	Eufaula	(L) 10-5
2/20/21	Dothan	Long	(L) 6-1	2/22/21	Ariton	Dothan	(W) 3-0
2/20/21	Long	Dothan	(L) 6-1
2/27/21	Rehobeth	Long	(L) 6-1	4/13/21	Ariton	Rehobeth	(L) 13-11
4/16/21	Long	Rehobeth	(L) 2-1
2/27/21	Wicksburg	Long	(W) 2-1	3/20/21	Ariton	Wicksburg	(L) 2-0
3/9/21	Northside Methodist Academy	Long	(W) 9-0	2/27/21	Ariton	Northside Methodist Academy	(W) 5-2
4/17/21	Long	Northside Methodist Academy		3/20/21	Northside Methodist Academy	Ariton	(W) 4-1
4/17/21	Long	Northside Methodist Academy		3/27/21	Northside Methodist Academy	Ariton	(W) 8-7
3/18/21	Elba	Long	(W) 9-3	3/25/21	Elba	Ariton	(W) 13-0
3/19/21	Long	Elba	(W) 18-1	3/25/21	Elba	Ariton	(W) 8-0
3/20/21	Long	Houston Academy	(L) 2-1	2/18/21	Houston Academy	Ariton	(L) 9-0
				2/20/21	Houston Academy	Ariton	(W) 22-2
3/25/21	Zion Chapel	Long	(W) 14-3	4/1/21	Ariton	Zion Chapel	(W) 14-0
3/26/21	Long	Zion Chapel	(W) 17-2	4/2/21	Zion Chapel	Ariton	(W) 10-0
3/29/21	Long	Zion Chapel	(W) 12-0
3/29/21	Long	Zion Chapel	(W) 13-0
4/13/21	Luverne	Long		4/3/21	Luverne	Ariton	(W) 10-0
4/19/21	Long	Charles Henderson		2/19/21	Charles Henderson	Ariton	(L) 12-4
				3/4/21	Ariton	Charles Henderson	(W) 4-2
				3/13/21	Ariton	Charles Henderson	(W) 4-2
				3/13/21	Ariton	Charles Henderson	(L) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Long (20-21)		Ariton (20-21)
22-17	Overall	27-10
8-3	League	7-2
10-14	Non-League	18-8
2-3	Head to Head	3-2
9-5	Common Opponent	13-6
6-9	Home	14-4
12-8	Away	10-6
4-0	Neutral	3-0
4-0	Playoff	2-0
22-17	In-State	27-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0