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Independence Water Valley

Wildcats

Blue Devils

The Water Valley (MS) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home playoff game against Independence (MS) by a score of 4-1.

This game is a part of the "2023 MHSAA Baseball Championship (Mississippi) - 3A Baseball Championship" tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-
Water Valley	0	0	2	1	0	1	-	4	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Independence (22-23)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.222	29	27	1	6	1
5	Bryson Davis (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	1
10	Eli Stepp (7th)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Brady Adams (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
17	Miller Owens (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	0
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
24	Braylon Davis (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
45	D. Mitchell (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	9	1	7	.276	.222	.498
5	Bryson Davis (Sr)	2	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
10	Eli Stepp (7th)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Brady Adams (Jr)	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
17	Miller Owens (So)	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.500
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
24	Braylon Davis (Fr)	0	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	0	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666
45	D. Mitchell (So)	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.920	25	18	5	2	1
4	Merritt Owens (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
5	Bryson Davis (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (7th)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	1.000	3	0	3	0	0
17	Miller Owens (So)	.500	2	1	0	1	0
21	Ethan Wright (Jr)	1.000	4	3	1	0	1
24	Braylon Davis (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	1
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	1.000	8	7	1	0	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	3.23	1
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	4.20	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	4	3	3	8	1	27	21
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	4.1	2	3	2	3	6	1	20	14
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	7	7

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.190	.370	3	105	1	1	6
14	Landyn Lindsey (Sr)	.143	.400	3	86	0	1	4
33	Dallas Stepp (So)	.286	.286	0	19	1	0	2

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Water Valley (22-23)

Water Valley has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence loses to Water Valley

May 4, 2023: Water Valley, MS 38965

In Thursday's non-league game, the host Water Valley Blue Devils baseball team scored a tight 4-1 victory over the Independence Wildcats.

Rankings & Records

Independence (22-23)

MS	Reg.
171	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
19-14	8-0	7-4	11-9	1-1	.576	1.000	328	210

Water Valley (22-23)

MS	Reg.
164	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-15	1-3	4-5	3-8	2-2	.375	.250	158	170

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Independence	3.6	2.5	1.4	1.3	.7	.2	1.3	0	0	1.0	9.9	7.6	1.9
Water Valley	.9	.8	1.3	.6	.7	1.1	1.5	6.0	-	-	6.6	7.6	2.0

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 5/2/2023

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

Water Valley 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 12 - -
Independence 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 13 - -

The Water Valley (MS) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away playoff game against Independence (MS) by a score of 13-12.
Box score
Water Valley won on 5/4/2023

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

Independence 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - -
Water Valley 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 4 - -

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away playoff game against Water Valley (MS) by a score of 4-1.
Box score
Water Valley won on 5/4/2023

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

Independence - - - - - - - 5 - -
Water Valley - - - - - - - 6 - -

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away playoff game against Water Valley (MS) by a score of 6-5.
Box score

5/2 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Water Valley	1	0	1	0	2	3	5	12	-	-
Independence	1	5	5	1	0	0	1	13	-	-

5/4 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Water Valley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Water Valley
.331	Batting Average	.259
.469	On Base Percentage	.395
.423	Slugging Percentage	.345
.876	Fielding Percentage	.882
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Independence		Water Valley	National Avg.
#5 Bryson Davis.432	Batting Average	#12 Reid Burress1.000	.243
#5 Bryson Davis.583	On Base Percentage	#12 Reid Burress1.000	.375
#5 Bryson Davis.681	Slugging Percentage	#12 Reid Burress1.000	.307
#20 Colton Moncrief1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Daylon Vaughan1.000	.861
#17 Miller Owens1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	2-2		Water Valley	4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/11/23	Independence	Hickory Flat	(L) 10-9	4/11/23	Water Valley	Hickory Flat	(W) 11-5
3/14/23	Independence	Calhoun City	(W) 14-7	2/25/23	Water Valley	Calhoun City	(W) 7-3
3/14/23	Independence	Calhoun City	(L) 14-1	4/17/23	Calhoun City	Water Valley	(W) 14-4
4/20/23	Independence	Alcorn Central	(W) 17-4	3/21/23	Water Valley	Alcorn Central	(W) 19-2
				3/23/23	Alcorn Central	Water Valley	(L) 11-10

Record Breakdown

Independence (22-23)		Water Valley (22-23)
19-14	Overall	9-15
8-0	League	1-3
8-12	Non-League	4-8
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
2-2	Common Opponent	4-1
7-4	Home	4-5
11-9	Away	3-8
1-1	Neutral	2-2
3-2	Playoff	4-4
19-14	In-State	9-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0