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Empire Rio Rico

Ravens

Hawks

The Rio Rico (AZ) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Empire (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 10-3.

Game Details: Rio Rico High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Empire	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	2
Rio Rico	0	4	2	0	0	4	-	10	6	0

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Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Empire (23-24)

Empire

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.185	32	27	3	5	2	2
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
5	James Blocker (Sr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	1
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	.667	4	3	0	2	2	1
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0

Empire

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	6	2	1	7	.312	.259	.571
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
5	James Blocker (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.000	.500
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.500	.750
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	1	1	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000

Empire

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	1

Empire

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.900	20	18	2
5	James Blocker (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	.500	2	1	1
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1.000	3	3	0
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	.667	3	2	1

Empire

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	0.00	1
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	10.50	1
5	James Blocker (Sr)	14.00	1
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	0.00	1

Empire

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	6	10	6	7	5	35	26
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	5	5
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	8	6
5	James Blocker (Sr)	2	4	4	4	3	2	13	10
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	1	1	4	0	3	0	9	5

Empire

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.429	4	2	133	1	2
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	.000	.000	0	0	17	0	0
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	.167	.375	0	1	22	0	0
5	James Blocker (Sr)	.400	.538	3	0	53	0	2
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	.200	.556	1	1	41	1	0

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Rio Rico (23-24)

Rio Rico has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Rio Rico defeats Empire

March 7, 2024: Rio Rico, AZ 85648

Rio Rico Hawks (Rio Rico, AZ) fans exited the stadium thrilled Thursday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the visiting Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ), 10-3 in a non-league test.

With the win, Rio Rico upgrades its record to 3-4 on the season. The Hawks travel to Pueblo (Tucson, AZ) to battle the Warriors in a non-league test on Monday, March 11. The Warriors come into the test with a record of 3-5. Pueblo lost 8-6 in their recent non-league test against Douglas (Douglas, AZ)

With the defeat, Empire falls to 1-8 on the season. The Ravens travel to Cienega (Vail, AZ) to battle the Bobcats in a non-league test on Monday, March 11. The Bobcats come into the test with a record of 5-3. Cienega won 7-2 in their recent non-league test against Flowing Wells (Tucson, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Empire (23-24)

AZ	Div.
131	19

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
11-15	0-1	5-6	3-7	3-2	.423	.000	139	167

Rio Rico (23-24)

AZ	Div.
46	9

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
18-10	8-2	7-2	6-7	5-1	.643	.800	220	157

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Empire	1.7	.6	.6	.7	.4	.7	1.1	1.0	-	-	5.3	7.4	2.0
Rio Rico	1.4	1.0	.9	1.0	.7	2.6	1.1	1.0	0	2.0	7.9	9.0	1.1

Team Stat Comparison

Empire		Rio Rico
.290	Batting Average	-
.395	On Base Percentage	-
.371	Slugging Percentage	-
.917	Fielding Percentage	-
.538	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Empire		Rio Rico	National Avg.
#10 Ian Lemus.422	Batting Average	-	.241
#14 Austin Mittness1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.380
#10 Ian Lemus.609	Slugging Percentage	-	.303
#1 Santino Gigliotti1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.861
#1 Santino Gigliotti1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.545

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Empire	1-7		Rio Rico	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/27/24	Empire	Sahuarita	(L) 4-0	4/2/24	Rio Rico	Sahuarita	(W) 7-6
				4/18/24	Sahuarita	Rio Rico	(W) 7-5
3/1/24	Douglas	Empire	(L) 14-4	3/27/24	Douglas	Rio Rico	(W) 14-4
				4/17/24	Rio Rico	Douglas	(L) 8-4
3/4/24	Empire	Sahuaro	(L) 10-0	3/15/24	Rio Rico	Sahuaro	(W) 11-1
3/6/24	Empire	Tanque Verde	(L) 13-3	4/13/24	Rio Rico	Tanque Verde	(L) 12-2
4/9/24	Tanque Verde	Empire	(L) 9-1
3/21/24	Walden Grove	Empire	(L) 9-5	3/20/24	Rio Rico	Walden Grove	(W) 8-6
				4/9/24	Walden Grove	Rio Rico	(W) 11-3
4/2/24	Sabino	Empire	(L) 5-3	3/4/24	Sabino	Rio Rico	(W) 10-0
4/22/24	Amphitheater	Empire	(W) 5-2	3/25/24	Amphitheater	Rio Rico	(W) 19-4
				4/11/24	Rio Rico	Amphitheater	(W) 19-0

Record Breakdown

Empire (23-24)		Rio Rico (23-24)
11-15	Overall	18-10
0-1	League	8-2
6-10	Non-League	2-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-7	Common Opponent	9-2
5-6	Home	7-2
3-7	Away	6-7
3-2	Neutral	5-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
11-13	In-State	17-10
0-2	Out-of-State	1-0