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Western Branch Hickory

Bruins

Hawks

The Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Western Branch	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	10	0
Hickory	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	0

Final score provided by T. Bachman.

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Game Stats

Hickory (23-24)

Western Branch

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.310	32	29	3	9	3
2	Jacob Wright	.250	4	4	1	1	0
4	Logan Adams	.333	3	3	0	1	1
5	Joshua Wright	.250	4	4	0	1	0
6	Jakson Walter	.000	3	2	0	0	0
7	Parker Coyle	.333	3	3	0	1	0
15	Seth Sadler	.333	4	3	2	1	0
17	Markise Smith	.500	4	4	0	2	0
20	Eli Carroll	.250	4	4	0	1	0
24	PJ Tone	.500	3	2	0	1	2

Hickory

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.296	29	27	2	8	2	1
0	Eli Kraft (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
3	Nic Affatato (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
4	Ryan Kennedy (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
5	Ben Redding (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
7	M. Puszczalo (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
8	K. Hanbury (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0	0
18	Jake Chadwell (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
20	B. Bachman (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
23	Andrew Vinarov (Sr)	1.000	3	3	1	3	1	1

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	6	1	8	.333	.310	.643
2	Jacob Wright	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
4	Logan Adams	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Joshua Wright	0	0	2	0	2	.250	.250	.500
6	Jakson Walter	1	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
7	Parker Coyle	0	0	2	0	4	.333	.333	.666
15	Seth Sadler	0	1	1	1	2	.500	.333	.833
17	Markise Smith	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
20	Eli Carroll	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.500
24	PJ Tone	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	1	6	.345	.407	.752
0	Eli Kraft (Jr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
3	Nic Affatato (Sr)	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
4	Ryan Kennedy (Jr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Ben Redding (Sr)	1	1	1	3	.250	.000	.250
7	M. Puszczalo (Sr)	1	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
8	K. Hanbury (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.667	.666	1.334
18	Jake Chadwell (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
20	B. Bachman (Jr)	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
23	Andrew Vinarov (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000

Western Branch

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
15	Seth Sadler	1
17	Markise Smith	1

Baserunning

Hickory has not entered any baserunning stats.

Western Branch

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.967	30	21	8	1	1
4	Logan Adams	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
5	Joshua Wright	1.000	4	2	2	0	1
6	Jakson Walter	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
7	Parker Coyle	1.000	8	8	0	0	0
8	Miles Melescu	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
15	Seth Sadler	.857	7	3	3	1	0
17	Markise Smith	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
20	Eli Carroll	1.000	6	5	1	0	1

Hickory

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	27	21	6
0	Eli Kraft (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2
3	Nic Affatato (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
4	Ryan Kennedy (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2
5	Ben Redding (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
7	M. Puszczalo (Sr)	1.000	6	5	1
10	Jake Cozart (So)	1.000	1	0	1
18	Jake Chadwell (Sr)	1.000	8	8	0
20	B. Bachman (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0

Western Branch

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1
8	Miles Melescu	2.80	1
21	Gavin Biernot	0.00	1

Hickory

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1
10	Jake Cozart (So)	3.94	1
12	Tommy Blackburn (Jr)	0.00	1

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	2	2	2	8	1	29	27
8	Miles Melescu	5	6	2	2	2	4	1	21	19
21	Gavin Biernot	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	8	8

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	3	3	1	6	32	31
10	Jake Cozart (So)	5.1	7	3	3	1	4	24	23
12	Tommy Blackburn (Jr)	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	8	8

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	PO
	Team Totals	.259	.310	111	1
8	Miles Melescu	.316	.381	83	1
21	Gavin Biernot	.125	.125	28	0

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.323	.344	1	114	2
10	Jake Cozart (So)	.304	.333	1	88	2
12	Tommy Blackburn (Jr)	.375	.375	0	26	0

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Game Story

Virginia High School Baseball - Hickory nudged by Western Branch

May 2, 2024: Chesapeake, VA 23322

The Western Branch Bruins baseball team scored 3 runs and limited the host Hickory Hawks to 2 in the Bruins league victory on Thursday.

The Bruins (13-2) will now prepare for their match against Benedictine (Richmond, VA). The Cadets go into the non-league match with a 18-3 record. In their last match, Benedictine edged Atlantic Shores Christian (Chesapeake, VA), 3-1, in a non-league match.

The Hawks (9-7) will now prepare for their match against Nansemond River (Suffolk, VA). The Warriors go into the Southeastern match with a 4-12 record.

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Rankings & Records

Western Branch (23-24)

VA	Div.
16	1

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
19-7	11-3	8-3	10-3	1-1	.731	.786	173	55

Hickory (23-24)

VA	Div.
56	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
12-8-1	9-4	5-4	7-4-1	.595	.692	139	77

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Western Branch	1.0	2.3	.8	1.4	.6	.8	1.1	6.7	7.3	.8
Hickory	.5	.7	.9	.6	2.1	1.8	.8	6.6	8.2	.7

Team Stat Comparison

Western Branch		Hickory
.277	Batting Average	.294
.404	On Base Percentage	.410
.348	Slugging Percentage	.402
.967	Fielding Percentage	.958
.909	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

Western Branch		Hickory	National Avg.
#15 Seth Sadler.469	Batting Average	#20 Brayden Bachman .361	.239
#15 Seth Sadler.603	On Base Percentage	#20 Brayden Bachman .506	.376
#15 Seth Sadler.531	Slugging Percentage	#20 Brayden Bachman .688	.299
#10 Brayden Staples1.000	Fielding Percentage	Zach Goodwin1.000	.862
#21 Gavin Biernot1.000	Win Loss Percentage	Zach Goodwin1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Western Branch	11-3		Hickory	9-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/24	Western Branch	Nansemond River	(W) 12-3	5/7/24	Hickory	Nansemond River	(W) 16-1
5/9/24	Nansemond River	Western Branch	(W) 7-0
3/26/24	Western Branch	Deep Creek	(W) 8-0	4/25/24	Deep Creek	Hickory	(W) 12-1
5/15/24	Deep Creek	Western Branch	(W) 4-0
3/27/24	Lakeland	Western Branch	(W) 10-2	4/30/24	Hickory	Lakeland	(W) 9-1
4/16/24	Western Branch	Lakeland	(L) 4-1
4/4/24	Western Branch	Great Bridge	(L) 9-5	4/12/24	Hickory	Great Bridge	(L) 7-3
4/18/24	Great Bridge	Western Branch	(W) 6-0	4/23/24	Great Bridge	Hickory	(L) 13-6
4/9/24	King's Fork	Western Branch	(W) 15-0	4/18/24	King's Fork	Hickory	(W) 17-5
4/30/24	Western Branch	King's Fork	(W) 17-2
4/23/24	Indian River	Western Branch	(W) 6-1	3/26/24	Hickory	Indian River	(W) 12-0
				5/17/24	Indian River	Hickory	(W) 4-1
4/25/24	Grassfield	Western Branch	(L) 5-4	4/9/24	Hickory	Grassfield	(L) 2-0
5/28/24	Grassfield	Western Branch	(W) 5-1	5/9/24	Grassfield	Hickory	(W) 6-4
5/7/24	Western Branch	Oscar Smith	(W) 2-1	3/21/24	Oscar Smith	Hickory	(W) 8-0
				4/16/24	Hickory	Oscar Smith	(W) 5-2

Record Breakdown

Western Branch (23-24)		Hickory (23-24)
19-7	Overall	12-8-1
11-3	League	9-4
4-1	Non-League	2-2-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-3	Common Opponent	9-3
8-3	Home	5-4
10-3	Away	7-4-1
1-1	Neutral	0-0
3-3	Playoff	0-1
18-7	In-State	11-6-1
1-0	Out-of-State	1-2