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Bartow Melbourne

Yellow Jackets

Bulldogs

The Melbourne (FL) varsity softball team lost Thursday's neutral playoff game against Bartow (FL) by a score of 8-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bartow	1	0	4	1	0	2	0	8	9	0
Melbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4

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Game Stats

Bartow (25-26)

Melbourne (25-26)

Bartow

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.346	30	26	8	9	7	1	1
1	Emma Huffman (So)		4	3	1
2	Niamah Johnson (Jr)	.667	4	3	1	2	2
3	Lexi Hayford (Sr)		3	2	1
5	R. Knowlton (Sr)	.500	3	2		1	2	1
6	Mia Gomez (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1
8	Alyssa Hillman (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	2		1
11	Bailee Ellis (Jr)	.500	4	4	2	2
13	Maddie Hamilton (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	1
19	Ava Haygood (Fr)		3	3

Melbourne

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.182	27	22	4
00	B. Dolin (Jr)	.333	3	3	1
2	A. Gomez (Fr)	.000	3	2	0
9	Hailey Cottrill (Sr)	.000	3	2	0
13	Caylie Cote (Sr)	.000	3	3	0
14	Layna Ayala (Jr)	.000	3	3	0
23	Kamryn Potts (Jr)	.500	3	2	1
25	Madison Rider (Jr)	.500	3	2	1
31	Tyrah Powell (Fr)	.000	3	2	0
33	A. Balavender (Fr)	.333	3	3	1

Bartow

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	1	8	1	.345	.500	.845
1	Emma Huffman (So)			1	1		.250	.000	.250
2	Niamah Johnson (Jr)	1			1		.500	.667	1.167
3	Lexi Hayford (Sr)		1		1	1	.000	.000	.000
5	R. Knowlton (Sr)	1					.333	1.000	1.333
6	Mia Gomez (Jr)				2		.333	.333	.666
8	Alyssa Hillman (Sr)						.667	1.667	2.334
11	Bailee Ellis (Jr)				1		.500	.500	1.000
13	Maddie Hamilton (So)				1		.333	.333	.666
19	Ava Haygood (Fr)				1		.000	.000	.000

Melbourne

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	2	12	1	6	.280	.182	.462
00	B. Dolin (Jr)	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
2	A. Gomez (Fr)	1	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Hailey Cottrill (Sr)	1	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	Caylie Cote (Sr)	0	0	3	0	2	.000	.000	.000
14	Layna Ayala (Jr)	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
23	Kamryn Potts (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
25	Madison Rider (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
31	Tyrah Powell (Fr)	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
33	A. Balavender (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

Bartow

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2	2
1	Emma Huffman (So)	1	1
3	Lexi Hayford (Sr)	1	1

Baserunning

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Fielding

Bartow has not entered any fielding stats.

Melbourne

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.846	26	18	4	4
2	A. Gomez (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	Hailey Cottrill (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
13	Caylie Cote (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
14	Layna Ayala (Jr)	.750	4	0	3	1
22	Ella Sutliff (So)	.000	2	0	0	2
23	Kamryn Potts (Jr)	1.000	8	8	0	0
25	Madison Rider (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0

Bartow

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1		1.000	1	1	1	1
5	R. Knowlton (Sr)	0.00	1		1.000	1	1	1	1

Melbourne

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	5.83	0	1	.000	1				0
33	A. Balavender (Fr)	5.83	0	1	.000	1				0

Bartow

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	27	22
5	R. Knowlton (Sr)	7	4	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	27	22

Melbourne

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	9	8	5	1	8			1	30	29
33	A. Balavender (Fr)	6	9	8	5	1	8			1	30	29

Bartow

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.182	.280		1	0	2
5	R. Knowlton (Sr)	.182	.280		1	0	2

Melbourne

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.310	.333	0	0			115
33	A. Balavender (Fr)	.310	.333	0	0			115

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Game Story

Florida High School Softball - Melbourne defeated by Bartow

May 14, 2026: Bartow, FL 33830

The Melbourne Bulldogs softball squad (Melbourne, FL), was routed 8-0 in Thursday's non-league contest with the host Bartow Yellow Jackets (Bartow, FL)

With the triumph, Bartow improves its record to 27-3 on the year.

The Bulldogs now hold a 27-2 record.

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Bartow vs Melbourne Softball Game Info

Thu., May. 14, 2026 @ 7p

The Melbourne (FL) varsity softball team lost Thursday's neutral playoff game against Bartow (FL) by a score of 8-0.

This game is a part of the "2026 FHSAA Softball State Championships - 6A FHSAA Softball" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Bartow (25-26)

National	FL	Class
41	3	3

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
27-3	12-1	7-1	8-1	.900	187	31

Melbourne (25-26)

National	FL	Class
25	13	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
27-2	2-0	13-1	10-0	4-1	.931	1.000	254	35

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bartow	1.4	.6	1.1	.7	1.1	1.1	.2	2.0	-	6.2	7.4	.4
Melbourne	2.1	2.0	1.1	1.8	.8	1.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	8.8	9.6	.9

Team Stat Comparison

Bartow		Melbourne
.317	Batting Average	.381
.409	On Base Percentage	.459
.419	Slugging Percentage	.632
-	Fielding Percentage	.959
.900	Win Loss Percentage	.929

Team Leaders

Bartow		Melbourne	National Avg.
#1 Emma Huffman.432	Batting Average	#3 Alexa Boone1.000	.289
#1 Emma Huffman.543	On Base Percentage	#3 Alexa Boone1.000	.408
#2 Niamah Johnson.622	Slugging Percentage	#14 Layna Ayala1.284	.398
-	Fielding Percentage	#00 Brookelynn Dolin1.000	.829
#17 Shelby Radford1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Brooklynn Steidl1.000	.561

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bartow	2-1		Melbourne	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/4/26	Somerset Academy (Silver Palms)	Bartow	(W) 7-3	4/4/26	Somerset Academy (Silver Palms)	Melbourne	(W) 11-0
4/4/26	Doral Academy	Bartow	(L) 5-1	4/4/26	Doral Academy	Melbourne	(L) 4-1
5/22/26	Bartow	Doral Academy
4/29/26	Bloomingdale	Bartow	(W) 3-2	5/13/26	Bloomingdale	Melbourne	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Bartow (25-26)		Melbourne (25-26)
27-3	Overall	27-2
0-0	League	2-0
15-2	Non-League	18-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	2-1
12-1	Home	13-1
7-1	Away	10-0
8-1	Neutral	4-1
5-0	Playoff	4-1
27-3	In-State	27-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0

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