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The Joliet Central (Joliet, IL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TFSHS	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
Joliet Central	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Thornton Fractional South (24-25)

Joliet Central (24-25)

Thornton Fractional South

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	2B
	Team Totals	.211	19	19	2	4	1
2	Juan Lozano (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
7	Kyle Smith (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0
8	Abe Serna (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
15	Ryan Marnell (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
16	Chris Rodriguez (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
21	Brandon Barrett (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
24	M. Evans, Jr. (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
30	Eric Talbert (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0

Joliet Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	2B
	Team Totals	.250	25	24	1	6	1
1	Andrew Nixon (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	0
3	David Calderon (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
5	Michael Stokes (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	0
7	Daniel Quiros (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
8	Tyler Long (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
12	Xavier Eggert (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
14	Fynn Bernhard (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0
17	Ryan Cooling (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0

Thornton Fractional South

#	Athlete Name	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	1	9	.211	.263	.474
2	Juan Lozano (So)	2	0	0	.333	.333	.666
8	Abe Serna (So)	0	1	1	.333	.667	1.000
15	Ryan Marnell (Sr)	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
16	Chris Rodriguez (Jr)	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
21	Brandon Barrett (Jr)	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
24	M. Evans, Jr. (Jr)	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
30	Eric Talbert (So)	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	1	3	.250	.292	.542
1	Andrew Nixon (Sr)	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
3	David Calderon (Jr)	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Michael Stokes (So)	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
7	Daniel Quiros (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
8	Tyler Long (Jr)	1	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Xavier Eggert (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
14	Fynn Bernhard (Jr)	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
17	Ryan Cooling (So)	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Thornton Fractional South

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
7	Kyle Smith (Sr)	3
16	Chris Rodriguez (Jr)	1

Joliet Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
1	Andrew Nixon (Sr)	2
9	Liam Ganzer (Jr)	1

Thornton Fractional South

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.950	20	16	3	1
2	Juan Lozano (So)	.800	5	3	1	1
7	Kyle Smith (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Abe Serna (So)	1.000	5	5	0	0
15	Ryan Marnell (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
16	Chris Rodriguez (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
21	Brandon Barrett (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	M. Evans, Jr. (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
29	Benny Gutierrez (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Joliet Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.963	27	18	8	1
1	Andrew Nixon (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
3	David Calderon (Jr)	1.000	8	7	1	0
7	Daniel Quiros (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
8	Tyler Long (Jr)	1.000	5	2	3	0
12	Xavier Eggert (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
17	Ryan Cooling (So)	1.000	7	5	2	0
24	Gilberto Garcia (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1

Thornton Fractional South

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	0.00	1	1.000	2
24	M. Evans, Jr. (Jr)		0		1
29	Benny Gutierrez (Jr)	0.00	1	1.000	1

Joliet Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.17	0	1	.000	1				0
8	Tyler Long (Jr)	1.17	0	1	.000	1				0

Thornton Fractional South

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	1	0	0	6			0	25	25
29	Benny Gutierrez (Jr)	7	7	1	0	0	6			0	25	25

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	2	1	0	7			0	24	24
8	Tyler Long (Jr)	6	4	2	1	0	7			0	24	24

Thornton Fractional South

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.280	.280	0	0			65	0	0	2
29	Benny Gutierrez (Jr)	.280	.280	0	0			65	0	0	2

Joliet Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.167	.167	1	0			83	0	0	4
8	Tyler Long (Jr)	.167	.167	1	0			83	0	0	4

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Joliet Central nipped by Thornton Fractional South

May 3, 2025: Lansing, IL 60438

Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves (Lansing, IL) fans left the game pleased Saturday as they observed their baseball squad nip the visiting Joliet Central Steelmen (Joliet, IL), 2-1 in a non-league match.

With the triumph, Thornton Fractional South advances its record to 6-17 on the season. The Red Wolves host Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL) to battle the Meteors in a South Suburban - Blue match on Monday, May 5. The Meteors come into the match with a record of 4-16. Thornton Fractional North lost 13-2 in their recent non-league match against Hammond Baptist (Schererville, IN)

The Steelmen now have a 4-20 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Plainfield Central for a Southwest Prairie match on Monday, May 5. Joliet Central will battle a Wildcats squad coming off a 5-1 non-league win over Elk Grove (Elk Grove Village, IL). The Wildcats record now stands at 20-4.

TFSHS vs JCHS Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 3, 2025 @ 6p

University of Illinois at Chicago

The Joliet Central (Joliet, IL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Thornton Fractional South (24-25)

IL	Class
424	129

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-21-2	5-13-1	6-10-1	6-10-1	1-1	.389	.289	174	264

Joliet Central (24-25)

IL	Class
459	136

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
4-30	0-15	3-16	1-13	0-1	.118	.000	80	331

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Thornton Fractional South	.7	.8	1.3	.8	.4	1.2	.3	4.8	5.5	2.2
Joliet Central	.5	.3	.4	.4	.5	.4	.3	2.4	3.9	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Thornton Fractional South		Joliet Central
.261	Batting Average	.185
.408	On Base Percentage	.293
.320	Slugging Percentage	.222
.890	Fielding Percentage	.886
.370	Win Loss Percentage	.138

Team Leaders

Thornton Fractional South		Joliet Central	National Avg.
#8 Abe Serna.421	Batting Average	#1 Andrew Nixon.250	.239
#1 Blake Sims.500	On Base Percentage	#1 Andrew Nixon.419	.379
#8 Abe Serna.539	Slugging Percentage	#21 Adrian Albor.400	.302
#21 Brandon Barrett1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Kendall Stevens1.000	.860
#6 Andrew Atlas1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#21 Adrian Albor.333	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thornton Fractional South	2-6-1		Joliet Central	3-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/26/25	Bloom	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 5-3	3/21/25	Bloom	Joliet Central	(W) 7-2
3/27/25	Lincoln-Way West	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 12-2	5/28/25	Joliet Central	Lincoln-Way West	(L) 10-0
4/10/25	Shepard	Thornton Fractional South	(T) 3-3	4/12/25	Shepard	Joliet Central	(L) 15-0
4/15/25	Thornton Fractional South	Richards	(L) 13-1	4/5/25	Richards	Joliet Central	(L) 7-5
4/26/25	Crete-Monee	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 14-2	3/29/25	Crete-Monee	Joliet Central	(L) 9-2
5/1/25	Thornton Fractional South	Argo	(L) 6-3	4/19/25	Argo	Joliet Central	(L) 2-1
5/15/25	Thornton Fractional South	Blue Island Eisenhower	(W) 11-2	4/1/25	Joliet Central	Blue Island Eisenhower	(W) 4-3
5/19/25	Thornton Fractional South	Bremen	(L) 6-4	3/28/25	Bremen	Joliet Central	(W) 9-2
5/22/25	Bremen	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Thornton Fractional South (24-25)		Joliet Central (24-25)
13-21-2	Overall	4-30
5-13-1	League	0-15
8-7-1	Non-League	4-14
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-6-1	Common Opponent	3-5
6-10-1	Home	3-16
6-10-1	Away	1-13
1-1	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-19-2	In-State	4-30
2-2	Out-of-State	0-0