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Mercer West Middlesex

Mustangs

Big Reds

The West Middlesex (PA) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 4-0.

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

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

West Middlesex (21-22)

Mercer

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H	2B
	Team Totals	.208	25	24	5	1
4	Gabe Martin (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0
9	Troy Bachman	.667	3	3	2	1
11	Evan Julock (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	0
13	Ayden Ryhal (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0
14	Austin Gravatt (Fr)	.500	2	2	1	0
22	Jake Mattocks	.000	3	3	0	0
23	Julian Lawrence	.000	3	3	0	0
24	Tristan Barr	.000	3	2	0	0
27	Alex Dupuis	.333	3	3	1	0

West Middlesex

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.227	29	22	4	5	4	1
0	Aiden Puskar (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
1	Gio Rococi (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
4	Devin Gruver (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	0
10	Julian Trott (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
11	Blaze Knight (Jr)	1.000	3	1	1	1	2	0
18	Hunter Hoffman (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	1
21	Bowen Briggs (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
22	Blaise Fox (Sr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
25	Eric Nehlen (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
42	Richie Preston (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	1	4	.240	.250	.490
4	Gabe Martin (Fr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Troy Bachman	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
11	Evan Julock (Fr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
13	Ayden Ryhal (Fr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
14	Austin Gravatt (Fr)	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
22	Jake Mattocks	0	2	1	2	.000	.000	.000
23	Julian Lawrence	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
24	Tristan Barr	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
27	Alex Dupuis	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.666

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	9	4	1	17	.393	.272	.666
1	Gio Rococi (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
4	Devin Gruver (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
10	Julian Trott (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
11	Blaze Knight (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
18	Hunter Hoffman (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.250	.500	.750
21	Bowen Briggs (So)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
22	Blaise Fox (Sr)	0	0	1	2	0	0	.667	.000	.667
25	Eric Nehlen (Sr)	0	1	2	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
42	Richie Preston (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000

Baserunning

Mercer has not entered any baserunning stats.

West Middlesex

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2	2
4	Devin Gruver (Jr)	1	1
22	Blaise Fox (Sr)	1	1

Mercer

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.958	24	18	5	1
9	Troy Bachman	1.000	3	1	2	0
11	Evan Julock (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
13	Ayden Ryhal (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
22	Jake Mattocks	.667	3	0	2	1
24	Tristan Barr	1.000	5	5	0	0
27	Alex Dupuis	1.000	9	9	0	0

West Middlesex

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	25	21	4	2
0	Aiden Puskar (Fr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
1	Gio Rococi (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	1
4	Devin Gruver (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
11	Blaze Knight (Jr)	1.000	8	8	0	0
18	Hunter Hoffman (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
22	Blaise Fox (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	1
25	Eric Nehlen (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Mercer

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1	.000	1
9	Troy Bachman	4.20	1	.000	1
22	Jake Mattocks	7.00	0		1

West Middlesex

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
42	Richie Preston (Jr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	4	4	2	9	29	23
9	Troy Bachman	5	3	3	3	1	7	22	19
22	Jake Mattocks	1	1	1	1	1	2	7	4

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	0	0	1	7			0	25	24
42	Richie Preston (Jr)	7	5	0	0	1	7			0	25	24

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.174	.345	4	116	1	2
9	Troy Bachman	.158	.273	2	90	1	2
22	Jake Mattocks	.250	.571	2	26	0	0

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.208	.240	0	0			76	0	0	0
42	Richie Preston (Jr)	.208	.240	0	0			76	0	0	0

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Baseball - West Middlesex holds off Mercer

May 5, 2022: West Middlesex, PA 16159

In Thursday's league challenge, the West Middlesex Big Reds (West Middlesex, PA) baseball squad the visiting Mercer Mustangs (Mercer, PA), by a margin of 4-0.

With the win, West Middlesex betters its record to 10-4 on the season. The Big Reds travel to Lakeview (Stoneboro, PA) to encounter the Sailors in a District 10 Region 1 challenge on Monday, May 9. The Sailors come into the challenge with a record of 7-5. Lakeview won 5-4 in their recent league challenge against Conneaut (Conneaut, OH)

With the defeat, Mercer falls to 6-7 on the season. The Mustangs host Sharpsville (Sharpsville, PA) to encounter the Blue Devils in a District 10 Region 1 challenge on Monday, May 9. The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a record of 10-1. Sharpsville won 6-3 in their recent league challenge against Reynolds (Greenville, PA)

Players of the Game

Mercer (21-22)

Mercer has not selected any Players of the Game.

West Middlesex (21-22)

Congratulations to #11 Blaze Knight for being selected the West Middlesex Baseball Player of the Game.

Mercer @ WMHS Baseball Game Info

Thu., May. 5, 2022 @ 4p

JV After

The West Middlesex (PA) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 4-0.

Rankings & Records

Mercer (21-22)

PA	Class
493	79

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-10	8-8	4-4	4-5	0-1	.444	.500	115	140

West Middlesex (21-22)

PA	Class
274	15

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-7	13-3	6-5	7-2	3-0	.696	.812	155	101

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mercer	.9	.4	.9	.9	.9	2.0	1.3	6.4	7.0	3.3
West Middlesex	.8	.7	.5	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.0	6.7	6.0	3.2

Head-to-Head

West Middlesex won on 4/14/2022

4/14 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Middlesex 0 0 3 6 6 - - 15 - -
Mercer 0 1 0 0 0 - - 1 - -

The West Middlesex (PA) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 15-1.
Box score
West Middlesex won on 5/5/2022

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

Mercer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
West Middlesex 0 1 0 0 2 1 - 4 - -

The Mercer (PA) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against West Middlesex (PA) by a score of 4-0.
Box score
West Middlesex won on 5/23/2022

5/23 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Mercer 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 - -
West Middlesex 4 1 0 0 2 1 - 8 - -

The Mercer (PA) varsity baseball team lost Monday's neutral playoff game against West Middlesex (PA) by a score of 8-7.
Box score

4/14 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Middlesex	0	0	3	6	6	-	-	15	-	-
Mercer	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	1	-	-

5/23 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mercer	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	-	-
West Middlesex	4	1	0	0	2	1	-	8	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Mercer		West Middlesex
.279	Batting Average	.277
.392	On Base Percentage	.407
.353	Slugging Percentage	.402
.877	Fielding Percentage	.943
.471	Win Loss Percentage	.696

Team Leaders

Mercer		West Middlesex	National Avg.
#9 Troy Bachman.453	Batting Average	#16 Landon Zec.500	.249
#9 Troy Bachman.532	On Base Percentage	#40 Kyle Hurley.542	.375
#9 Troy Bachman.679	Slugging Percentage	#40 Kyle Hurley.705	.315
#27 Alex Dupuis.946	Fielding Percentage	#0 Aiden Puskar1.000	.857
#22 Jake Mattocks.800	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Gio Rococi1.000	.539

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mercer	8-7		West Middlesex	13-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/29/22	Mercer	Slippery Rock	(L) 21-2	5/17/22	Slippery Rock	West Middlesex	(L) 19-4
4/4/22	Conneaut	Mercer	(W) 5-4	4/6/22	West Middlesex	Conneaut	(W) 5-1
4/29/22	Mercer	Conneaut	(W) 19-5	5/2/22	Conneaut	West Middlesex	(W) 13-2
4/5/22	Lakeview	Mercer	(L) 6-2	4/13/22	Lakeview	West Middlesex	(W) 7-0
4/28/22	Mercer	Lakeview	(L) 5-0	5/9/22	West Middlesex	Lakeview	(W) 12-11
4/13/22	Mercer	Sharpsville	(L) 11-3	4/20/22	West Middlesex	Sharpsville	(L) 9-3
5/9/22	Sharpsville	Mercer	(L) 12-2	5/11/22	Sharpsville	West Middlesex	(L) 6-0
				5/30/22	Sharpsville	West Middlesex	(W) 6-0
4/15/22	Mercer	Reynolds	(W) 16-6	5/13/22	West Middlesex	Reynolds	(W) 8-0
5/2/22	Reynolds	Mercer	(W) 7-3	5/19/22	Reynolds	West Middlesex	(W) 4-3
4/20/22	Jamestown	Mercer	(W) 8-4	4/1/22	Jamestown	West Middlesex	(W) 10-3
5/11/22	Mercer	Jamestown	(W) 21-6	4/27/22	West Middlesex	Jamestown	(W) 13-1
4/22/22	Mercer	Wilmington	(L) 14-5	4/5/22	Wilmington	West Middlesex	(L) 6-1
5/12/22	Wilmington	Mercer	(L) 6-1	4/29/22	West Middlesex	Wilmington	(W) 9-7
				5/26/22	West Middlesex	Wilmington	(W) 5-1
4/25/22	Mercer	Kennedy Catholic	(W) 8-3	4/12/22	Kennedy Catholic	West Middlesex	(W) 6-0
5/16/22	Kennedy Catholic	Mercer	(W) 8-7	5/4/22	West Middlesex	Kennedy Catholic	(W) 13-2

Record Breakdown

Mercer (21-22)		West Middlesex (21-22)
8-10	Overall	16-7
8-8	League	13-3
0-1	Non-League	0-3
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
8-7	Common Opponent	13-4
4-4	Home	6-5
4-5	Away	7-2
0-1	Neutral	3-0
0-1	Playoff	3-1
6-10	In-State	14-7
2-0	Out-of-State	2-0