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Poplar Bluff Central

Mules

Tigers

The Central (Cape Girardeau, MO) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Poplar Bluff (MO) by a score of 5-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Poplar Bluff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

Final score provided by S. Corrections.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Missouri High School Baseball - Central loses to Poplar Bluff

May 2, 2026: Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

In Saturday's league bout, the Poplar Bluff Mules (Poplar Bluff, MO) baseball squad the host Central Tigers (Cape Girardeau, MO), by a score of 5-2.

Next up, the Mules encounter the Jackson Fighting Indians (Jackson, MO) in a non-league bout, on Monday, May 4. Poplar Bluff will attempt to advance on its 14-7 season record. The Fighting Indians enter the bout with a 20-6 record after their 11-4 non-league win over O'Fallon (O'Fallon, IL).

With the defeat, Central drops to 16-9 on the year. The Tigers host Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau, MO) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league test on Monday, May 4. The Bulldogs go into the test with a record of 18-11. Notre Dame lost 3-1 in their recent non-league test against Jackson (Jackson, MO)

Poplar Bluff @ Central Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 2, 2026 @ 11a

The Central (Cape Girardeau, MO) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Poplar Bluff (MO) by a score of 5-2.

Rankings & Records

Poplar Bluff (25-26)

MO	Class
45	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-9	3-1	13-3	5-6	.667	.750	223	106

Central (25-26)

MO	Class
87	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-16	2-4	14-6	2-10	2-0	.529	.333	172	146

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Poplar Bluff	1.8	2.4	1.3	.5	1.3	1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	8.3	9.6	1.5
Central	1.3	.9	.4	.9	.5	1.1	.4	.3	0	0	2.0	5.1	7.2	1.2

Head-to-Head

4/27/2026 results not reported
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Poplar Bluff won this month

5/2 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Poplar Bluff - - - - - - - 5 - -
Central - - - - - - - 2 - -

The Poplar Bluff (MO) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away conference game against Central (Cape Girardeau, MO) by a score of 5-2.
Box score
Poplar Bluff won this month

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

Central 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 9 1
Poplar Bluff 3 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 9 0

The Central (Cape Girardeau, MO) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Poplar Bluff (MO) by a score of 5-3.
Box score

5/7 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	9	1
Poplar Bluff	3	0	0	0	0	2	-	5	9	0

Team Stat Comparison

Poplar Bluff		Central
.362	Batting Average	.274
.512	On Base Percentage	.393
.472	Slugging Percentage	.379
.911	Fielding Percentage	.952
.800	Win Loss Percentage	.565

Team Leaders

Poplar Bluff		Central	National Avg.
#12 Bryce Dobbs.600	Batting Average	#8 Luke Merriman.500	.244
#21 Foster Rose1.000	On Base Percentage	#12 Skyler Conner.556	.386
#12 Bryce Dobbs.867	Slugging Percentage	#23 Jathan Spain.688	.313
#1 Marcus Tabanera1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Skyler Conner1.000	.859
#10 Rion Tenchavez1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#15 Connor Poole1.000	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Poplar Bluff	5-4		Central	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/26	Kennett	Poplar Bluff	(W) 13-3	3/30/26	Kennett	Central	(W) 11-0
4/6/26	Kelly	Poplar Bluff	(W) 10-0	4/1/26	Central	Kelly	(W) 3-2
				5/1/26	Kelly	Central	(W) 5-0
4/7/26	Sikeston	Poplar Bluff	(W) 4-1	4/16/26	Sikeston	Central
				4/21/26	Sikeston	Central	(L) 1-0
				5/18/26	Central	Sikeston
4/9/26	Poplar Bluff	Farmington	(L) 10-7	3/25/26	Farmington	Central	(W) 1-0
4/14/26	Poplar Bluff	Notre Dame	(L) 5-4	4/23/26	Notre Dame	Central	(W) 4-2
				5/4/26	Notre Dame	Central	(W) 5-1
				5/12/26	Notre Dame	Central	(W) 3-2
4/23/26	Poplar Bluff	Jackson	(L) 8-5	4/14/26	Central	Jackson	(L) 4-3
5/4/26	Poplar Bluff	Jackson	(L) 7-3
4/24/26	Poplar Bluff	Dexter	(W) 8-1	4/17/26	Dexter	Central	(W) 14-7
5/1/26	Dexter	Poplar Bluff	(W) 9-2
5/18/26	Hillsboro	Poplar Bluff		4/29/26	Hillsboro	Central	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Poplar Bluff (25-26)		Central (25-26)
18-9	Overall	18-16
3-1	League	2-4
15-8	Non-League	13-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-4	Common Opponent	9-2
13-3	Home	14-6
5-6	Away	2-10
0-0	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
18-9	In-State	17-14
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1