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West Independence

Cowboys

76ers

The Independence (Columbus, OH) varsity baseball team lost Monday's home conference game against West (Columbus, OH) by a score of 4-0.

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

Final score provided by T. Smith.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

West (25-26)

West has not entered stats for this game.

Independence (25-26)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.100	12	10	1
3	C. Malone (Sr)	.000	2	2	0
4	Devon Davis Jr (Sr)		1	0	0
7	S. Talbert King (Sr)	.000	1	1	0
10	M. Matthews (Sr)	.000	1	1	0
11	L. Romero- Orellana (Sr)	1.000	1	1	1
12	Aaiden Bush (Sr)	.000	2	2	0
14	Richard Kearney (Jr)		1	0	0
16	L. Martinez Suarez (So)	.000	1	1	0
19	Briden Luckett (Sr)	.000	1	1	0
26	Mar'lon Kent (Sr)	.000	1	1	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	1	.250	.100	.350
3	C. Malone (Sr)	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
4	Devon Davis Jr (Sr)	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
7	S. Talbert King (Sr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
10	M. Matthews (Sr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
11	L. Romero- Orellana (Sr)	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
12	Aaiden Bush (Sr)	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
14	Richard Kearney (Jr)	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
16	L. Martinez Suarez (So)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
19	Briden Luckett (Sr)	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
26	Mar'lon Kent (Sr)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
4	Devon Davis Jr (Sr)	1
11	L. Romero- Orellana (Sr)	1
14	Richard Kearney (Jr)	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.875	16	12	2	2	3
8	Darric Gibson (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	1
11	L. Romero- Orellana (Sr)	.800	5	4	0	1	0
12	Aaiden Bush (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	1
14	Richard Kearney (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
16	L. Martinez Suarez (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
19	Briden Luckett (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.25	1	.000	1
8	Darric Gibson (Jr)	10.50	0		1
26	Mar'lon Kent (Sr)	0.00	1	.000	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	5	4	3	5	5	1	21	15
8	Darric Gibson (Jr)	2	5	3	3	1	2	1	11	9
26	Mar'lon Kent (Sr)	2	0	1	0	4	3	0	10	6

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.524	3	1	88	5
8	Darric Gibson (Jr)	.556	.636	2	1	44	2
26	Mar'lon Kent (Sr)	.000	.400	1	0	44	3

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Game Story

Ohio High School Baseball - West holds off Independence

May 4, 2026: Columbus, OH 43232

In Monday's league game, the visiting West Cowboys baseball team scored a close 4-0 win over the Independence 76ers.

The Cowboys (5-6) will now prepare for their game against South (Columbus, OH). The Bulldogs go into the Columbus City - South game with a 3-10 record.

Next, the 76ers play the Walnut Ridge Scots (Columbus, OH) in a Columbus City - South game, on Wednesday, May 6. Independence will attempt to improve on its 8-7 season record. The Scots go into the game with a 2-7 record after their 7-7 league Marion-Franklin (Columbus, OH).

West @ Independence Baseball Game Info

Mon., May. 4, 2026 @ 5:30p

The Independence (Columbus, OH) varsity baseball team lost Monday's home conference game against West (Columbus, OH) by a score of 4-0.

Rankings & Records

West (25-26)

OH
732

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-9	5-6	1-7	4-2	.357	.455	94	157

Independence (25-26)

OH	Div.
705	112

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-8	8-6	5-6	5-2	.556	.571	143	135

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West	1.4	.4	.7	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.0	6.7	3.6	1.7
Independence	1.7	1.3	2.1	1.0	1.1	0	0	7.9	5.9	2.1

Head-to-Head

Independence won last month

4/17 @ 5:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence - - - - - - - 19 - -
West - - - - - - - 7 - -

The Independence (Columbus, OH) varsity baseball team won Friday's away conference game against West (Columbus, OH) by a score of 19-7.
Box score
West won this month

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

West 1 0 3 0 - - - 4 5 0
Independence 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 1 2

The West (Columbus, OH) varsity baseball team won Monday's away conference game against Independence (Columbus, OH) by a score of 4-0.
Box score

4/17 @ 5:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

West		Independence
-	Batting Average	.385
-	On Base Percentage	.553
-	Slugging Percentage	.518
-	Fielding Percentage	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

West		Independence	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#8 Darric Gibson.684	.244
-	On Base Percentage	#4 Devon Davis Jr.727	.386
-	Slugging Percentage	#8 Darric Gibson.895	.313
-	Fielding Percentage	#2 Michael Schundelmier1.000	.858
-	Win Loss Percentage	#2 Michael Schundelmier1.000	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West	4-6		Independence	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/30/26	West	Marion-Franklin	(W) 18-4	4/15/26	Independence	Marion-Franklin	(W) 12-10
4/24/26	Marion-Franklin	West	(L) 18-4	5/15/26	Marion-Franklin	Independence	(W) 13-3
4/13/26	Briggs	West	(L) 19-1	3/31/26	Independence	Briggs	(L) 10-1
4/30/26	West	Briggs	(L) 14-8	4/23/26	Briggs	Independence	(L) 17-1
4/15/26	Eastmoor Academy	West	(W) 4-2	4/13/26	Independence	Eastmoor Academy	(W) 11-9
5/7/26	Eastmoor Academy	West	(L) 12-10	5/18/26	Eastmoor Academy	Independence	(L) 14-1
4/16/26	Walnut Ridge	West	(L) 13-6	4/20/26	Walnut Ridge	Independence	(W) 14-12
4/28/26	West	Walnut Ridge	(W) 9-3	5/6/26	Independence	Walnut Ridge	(W) 13-2
4/20/26	West	South	(W) 14-8	4/1/26	Independence	South	(L) 8-2
5/6/26	South	West		4/27/26	South	Independence	(L) 8-5
4/21/26	Northland	West	(L) 18-2	4/6/26	Northland	Independence	(W) 19-15

Record Breakdown

West (25-26)		Independence (25-26)
5-9	Overall	10-8
5-6	League	8-6
0-3	Non-League	2-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-6	Common Opponent	6-5
1-7	Home	5-6
4-2	Away	5-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-9	In-State	10-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0