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Vela San Benito

Sabercats

Greyhounds

The San Benito (TX) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home playoff game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 5-4.

Game Details: Game #2 Bi District

This game is a part of the "2021 Baseball State Championships - 2021 Baseball 6A Region 2 & 4 " tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vela	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	-	-
San Benito	1	0	0	0	3	1	-	5	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

San Benito (20-21)

Vela

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.240	29	25	4	6	3	2	1
1	Carlos Pena (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	1
5	J. Perez, Jr (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	1	0
6	Rudy Gonzalez (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	1	0
10	Nolan Salinas (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	David Pena (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Diego Cortez (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
14	James Canning (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
17	AJ Reyes (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	Ivan Mendoza (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	Jake Dufner (So)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
24	Matthew Perez (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0	0

San Benito

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.385	32	26	5	10	5	2
2	Andre Mercado (Jr)	.000	4	1	0	0	0	0
3	Rowen Garcia (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1
5	A. Villarreal (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	MICHAEL BANDA (Sr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0
7	N. Gonzales (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
9	G. Sandoval (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
12	Bryan Lopez (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	2	0
24	M. Padilla (Jr)	.750	4	4	1	3	3	1
27	A. Hernandez (Jr)	1.000	4	3	1	3	0	0

Vela

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	4	4	.321	.400	.721
1	Carlos Pena (Sr)	0	0	0	0	.333	1.000	1.333
5	J. Perez, Jr (Sr)	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.750
6	Rudy Gonzalez (Jr)	0	1	1	0	.667	1.000	1.667
10	Nolan Salinas (Jr)	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Diego Cortez (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
14	James Canning (Sr)	1	0	1	2	.500	.500	1.000
20	Ivan Mendoza (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
21	Jake Dufner (So)	0	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
24	Matthew Perez (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

San Benito

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	7	2	1	8	.500	.461	.962
2	Andre Mercado (Jr)	2	1	1	0	1	.750	.000	.750
3	Rowen Garcia (So)	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.666	1.000
5	A. Villarreal (Fr)	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
6	MICHAEL BANDA (Sr)	1	1	1	0	2	.500	.000	.500
7	N. Gonzales (Jr)	0	2	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
9	G. Sandoval (Sr)	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.250	.500
12	Bryan Lopez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.666
24	M. Padilla (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
27	A. Hernandez (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Vela

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	24	18	6	1
1	Carlos Pena (Sr)	1.000	4	1	3	1
5	J. Perez, Jr (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
6	Rudy Gonzalez (Jr)	1.000	8	7	1	0
11	David Pena (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	Diego Cortez (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	1
14	James Canning (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	Ivan Mendoza (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
24	Matthew Perez (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	1

San Benito

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	32	21	11
3	Rowen Garcia (So)	1.000	1	0	1
5	A. Villarreal (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
6	MICHAEL BANDA (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
7	N. Gonzales (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2
9	G. Sandoval (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
12	Bryan Lopez (Sr)	1.000	12	11	1
24	M. Padilla (Jr)	1.000	5	0	5
27	A. Hernandez (Jr)	1.000	5	4	1

Vela

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1	.000	1
3	Bobby Garcia (So)	3.50	1	.000	1
8	David White (Jr)	7.00	0		1

San Benito

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	3.00	1	1.000	1	1
6	MICHAEL BANDA (Sr)	21.00	0		1	0
7	N. Gonzales (Jr)	2.10	1	1.000	1	1

Vela

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	10	5	5	4	7	32	26
3	Bobby Garcia (So)	2	1	1	1	0	2	8	7
8	David White (Jr)	4	9	4	4	4	5	24	19

San Benito

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	4	3	3	4	29	26
6	MICHAEL BANDA (Sr)	.1	1	2	1	3	0	5	2
7	N. Gonzales (Jr)	6.2	5	2	2	0	4	24	24

Vela

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.385	.500	1	2	107
3	Bobby Garcia (So)	.143	.250	1	1	33
8	David White (Jr)	.474	.583	0	1	74

San Benito

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	BK
	Team Totals	.231	.310	108	1
6	MICHAEL BANDA (Sr)	.500	.800	25	1
7	N. Gonzales (Jr)	.208	.208	83	0

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Game Story

Texas High School Baseball - Vela nudged by San Benito

May 8, 2021: San Benito, TX 78586

The San Benito Greyhounds baseball team scored 5 runs and limited the visiting Vela Sabercats to 4 in the Greyhounds non-league victory on Saturday.

The Greyhounds (15-12) will now prepare for their match against Vela (Edinburg, TX). The Sabercats go into the non-league match with a 18-3 record. In their last match, Vela edged San Benito (San Benito, TX), 10-0, in a non-league match.

The Sabercats (19-4) will now prepare for their bout against San Benito (San Benito, TX). The Greyhounds enter the non-league bout with a 14-11 record. In their last bout, San Benito was tipped by Vela (Edinburg, TX), 10-0, in a non-league bout.

Rankings & Records

Vela (20-21)

TX	Section	State Div.
196	43	66

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
21-5	13-3	10-1	9-4	2-0	.808	.812	203	79

San Benito (20-21)

TX	Section	State Div.
547	128	149

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
15-12	9-5	5-4	9-8	1-0	.556	.643	186	156

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vela	1.9	1.7	1.0	1.1	1.2	.8	.6	7.8	10.0	1.6
San Benito	1.3	1.0	.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	.8	6.9	6.9	2.9

Head-to-Head

Vela won on 5/7/2021

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

San Benito 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 - -
Vela 1 0 1 5 3 - - 10 - -

The San Benito (TX) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away playoff game against Vela (Edinburg, TX) by a score of 10-0.
Box score
San Benito won on 5/8/2021

5/8 @ 1p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Vela 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 - -
San Benito 1 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 - -

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away playoff game against San Benito (TX) by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Vela won on 5/8/2021

5/8 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Vela 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 9 - -
San Benito 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 - -

The Vela (Edinburg, TX) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away playoff game against San Benito (TX) by a score of 9-3.
Box score

5/7 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
San Benito	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	-	-
Vela	1	0	1	5	3	-	-	10	-	-

5/8 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vela	0	5	0	2	2	0	0	9	-	-
San Benito	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Vela		San Benito
.326	Batting Average	.297
.457	On Base Percentage	.447
.447	Slugging Percentage	.402
.946	Fielding Percentage	.898
.808	Win Loss Percentage	.556

Team Leaders

Vela		San Benito	National Avg.
#32 Zander Sotelo1.000	Batting Average	#14 Cruz Tapia.600	.253
#32 Zander Sotelo1.000	On Base Percentage	#14 Cruz Tapia.600	.378
#30 Aleck Castro1.000	Slugging Percentage	#29 Ian Vasquez.714	.318
#10 Nolan Salinas1.000	Fielding Percentage	#14 Cruz Tapia1.000	.860
#17 AJ Reyes1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#6 MICHAEL BANDA1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Vela	1-1		San Benito	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/27/21	Rowe	Vela	(W) 8-6	2/25/21	San Benito	Rowe	(W) 11-7
				2/26/21	San Benito	Rowe	(W) 12-5
5/21/21	Vela	Los Fresnos	(L) 2-1	3/18/21	San Benito	Los Fresnos	(W) 13-7
				4/12/21	Los Fresnos	San Benito	(L) 11-1

Record Breakdown

Vela (20-21)		San Benito (20-21)
21-5	Overall	15-12
13-3	League	9-5
4-0	Non-League	1-5
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
1-1	Common Opponent	3-1
10-1	Home	5-4
9-4	Away	9-8
2-0	Neutral	1-0
4-2	Playoff	1-2
21-5	In-State	15-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0