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Mercer West Middlesex

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The West Middlesex (PA) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 8-4.

Game Details: West Middlesex Junior/Senior High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mercer	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	8	8	4
West Middlesex	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	4

Final score provided by M. Julock.

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Game Stats

West Middlesex (22-23)

Mercer

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.267	36	30	8	8	5	1
5	Adam Dupuis (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
10	Evan Julock (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
11	Parker Puskar (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	.333	4	3	0	1	2	1
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
19	Aedan Ryhal (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	0
87	Gabe Martin (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0

West Middlesex

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.259	33	27	4	7	1	1
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1
11	Blaze Knight (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
21	Bowen Briggs (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
22	Tyler Blanton (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
32	Evan Gilson (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	6	4	4	7	.371	.300	.671
10	Evan Julock (So)	0	1	1	1	0	0	.500	.333	.833
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	0	0	2	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	2	.500	.666	1.167
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
19	Aedan Ryhal (So)	0	0	0	2	0	4	.000	.000	.000
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
87	Gabe Martin (So)	1	0	1	0	1	3	.333	.333	.666
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.333	.833

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	5	1	3	25	.394	.296	.690
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	1	2	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	2	0	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	0	0	1	1	2	.500	.750	1.250
11	Blaze Knight (Sr)	1	1	0	0	2	.667	.500	1.167
21	Bowen Briggs (Jr)	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
22	Tyler Blanton (Fr)	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.000	.333
32	Evan Gilson (Jr)	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
40	Kyle Gilson (Fr)	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	1	1	0	1	2	.500	.333	.833

Mercer

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
5	Adam Dupuis (Fr)	1
11	Parker Puskar (Fr)	1
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	1

West Middlesex

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	3	3
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	1	1
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	1	1
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	1	1

Mercer

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.879	33	21	8	4	2
10	Evan Julock (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
13	Cole Fisher (Fr)	1.000	6	5	1	0	1
14	Jayden Amos (Fr)	1.000	5	4	1	0	0
17	Ben Godfrey (Fr)	.800	5	4	0	1	0
19	Aedan Ryhal (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
33	Ethan Christie (Fr)	.333	3	0	1	2	1
34	Jake Mattocks (Sr)	.800	5	2	2	1	2
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0	1

West Middlesex

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.882	34	21	9	4
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	.833	6	2	3	1
10	Julian Trott (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Blaze Knight (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
21	Bowen Briggs (Jr)	.667	9	3	3	3
22	Tyler Blanton (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
42	Richie Preston (Sr)	1.000	8	7	1	0

Mercer

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1	1
10	Evan Julock (So)	0.00	0		1	1
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	3.23	1	1.000	1	0

West Middlesex

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	.000	2
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	5.60	1	.000	1
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	7.00	0		1

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	4	2	6	5	33	27
10	Evan Julock (So)	2.2	0	0	0	2	1	9	7
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	4.1	7	4	2	4	4	24	20

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	8	6	5	6	36	31
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	5	6	5	4	3	3	25	22
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	2	2	3	2	2	3	11	9

Mercer

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.259	.394	2	140	3
10	Evan Julock (So)	.000	.222	0	48	0
99	Troy Bachman (Sr)	.350	.458	2	92	3

West Middlesex

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.258	.361	1	129	1	4
1	Gio Rococi (Sr)	.273	.360	0	88	1	3
4	Devin Gruver (Sr)	.222	.364	1	41	0	1

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Baseball - West Middlesex loses to Mercer

May 9, 2023: West Middlesex, PA 16159

The West Middlesex Big Reds baseball team (West Middlesex, PA), was overwhelmed 8-4 in Tuesday's league outing with the visiting Mercer Mustangs (Mercer, PA)

The Mustangs now hold a 7-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Sharpsville for a District 10 Region 1 outing on Wednesday, May 10. Mercer will confront a Blue Devils team coming off a 17-0 league win over Kennedy Catholic (Hermitage, PA). The Blue Devils record now stands at 8-4.

Next, the Big Reds confront the Lakeview Sailors (Stoneboro, PA) in a District 10 Region 1 outing, on Wednesday, May 10. West Middlesex will attempt to advance on its 8-5 season record. The Sailors go into the outing with a 12-3 record after their 6-2 league win over Mercer (Mercer, PA).

Players of the Game

Mercer (22-23)

Mercer has not selected any Players of the Game.

West Middlesex (22-23)

Congratulations to #10 Julian Trott for being selected the West Middlesex Baseball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Mercer (22-23)

PA	Class
282	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-11	9-7	4-4	5-6	0-1	.450	.562	136	98

West Middlesex (22-23)

PA	Class
169	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-10	9-7	11-3	4-6	0-1	.600	.562	173	117

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Mercer	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.5	.9	.9	.8	2.0	6.8	5.8	3.2
West Middlesex	1.6	1.7	1.0	1.2	.7	.8	.3	-	6.9	6.0	1.7

Head-to-Head

Mercer won on 4/3/2023

4/3 @ 4:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Middlesex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Mercer 4 0 0 2 0 3 - 9 - -

The West Middlesex (PA) varsity baseball team lost Monday's away conference game against Mercer (PA) by a score of 9-0.
Box score
Mercer won on 5/9/2023

5/9 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

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

The Mercer (PA) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against West Middlesex (PA) by a score of 8-4.
Box score

4/3 @ 4:15p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Middlesex	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Mercer	4	0	0	2	0	3	-	9	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Mercer		West Middlesex
.264	Batting Average	.301
.412	On Base Percentage	.426
.384	Slugging Percentage	.399
.918	Fielding Percentage	.930
.444	Win Loss Percentage	.600

Team Leaders

Mercer		West Middlesex	National Avg.
#99 Troy Bachman.441	Batting Average	#7 Logan Kent.500	.243
#14 Jayden Amos.537	On Base Percentage	#7 Logan Kent.600	.375
#99 Troy Bachman.794	Slugging Percentage	#10 Julian Trott.535	.307
#18 Ben Struthers1.000	Fielding Percentage	#25 Devyn Bell1.000	.861
#34 Jake Mattocks.600	Win Loss Percentage	#32 Evan Gilson.833	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mercer	7-8		West Middlesex	10-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/23	Mercer	Reynolds	(W) 11-0	4/14/23	West Middlesex	Reynolds	(W) 14-0
4/26/23	Reynolds	Mercer	(W) 11-1	5/8/23	Reynolds	West Middlesex	(W) 5-3
				5/22/23	Reynolds	West Middlesex	(W) 7-1
4/5/23	Wilmington	Mercer	(L) 6-5	4/12/23	Wilmington	West Middlesex	(W) 10-0
5/6/23	Mercer	Wilmington	(W) 4-0	5/14/23	West Middlesex	Wilmington	(L) 11-5
5/22/23	Mercer	Wilmington	(L) 6-5
4/12/23	Mercer	Greenville	(L) 12-2	4/25/23	Greenville	West Middlesex	(W) 5-4
5/5/23	Greenville	Mercer	(L) 10-8	5/17/23	West Middlesex	Greenville	(L) 15-8
4/14/23	Lakeview	Mercer	(L) 4-1	4/20/23	West Middlesex	Lakeview	(L) 8-3
5/8/23	Mercer	Lakeview	(L) 6-2	5/10/23	Lakeview	West Middlesex	(W) 4-2
4/19/23	Kennedy Catholic	Mercer	(W) 6-1	3/29/23	Kennedy Catholic	West Middlesex	(W) 3-1
5/15/23	Mercer	Kennedy Catholic	(W) 12-1	5/16/23	West Middlesex	Kennedy Catholic	(W) 11-0
4/20/23	Mercer	Sharpsville	(L) 6-2	3/28/23	Sharpsville	West Middlesex	(L) 2-1
5/10/23	Sharpsville	Mercer	(L) 7-3	4/26/23	West Middlesex	Sharpsville	(L) 9-3
4/25/23	Jamestown	Mercer	(W) 10-0	4/5/23	West Middlesex	Jamestown	(W) 18-6
5/17/23	Mercer	Jamestown	(W) 21-10	5/11/23	Jamestown	West Middlesex	(W) 12-2

Record Breakdown

Mercer (22-23)		West Middlesex (22-23)
9-11	Overall	15-10
9-7	League	9-7
0-3	Non-League	2-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-8	Common Opponent	10-5
4-4	Home	11-3
5-6	Away	4-6
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	4-1
9-11	In-State	15-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0