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Empire Benson

Ravens

Bobcats

The Benson (AZ) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Empire (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 13-10.

Game Details: Benson High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Empire	2	1	3	0	0	4	3	13	13	2
Benson	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	10	14	3

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Box Score
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Game Stats

Benson (23-24)

Empire

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.394	37	33	13	13	13	4	1
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	.800	5	5	2	4	2	1	0
5	James Blocker (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	.500	4	4	3	2	3	1	1
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	2	1	0
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	1	0
14	Austin Mittness (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	.750	4	4	3	3	1	0	0
	Brady Carey (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0	0

Batting

Benson has not entered any batting stats.

Empire

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	6	1	2	3	.459	.606	1.065
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	.800	1.000	1.800
5	James Blocker (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	0	0	0	1	2	.500	1.500	2.000
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.666	1.167
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	.750	.750	1.500
	Brady Carey (So)	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833

Benson has not entered any batting stats.

Empire

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	3
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	3

Baserunning

Benson has not entered any baserunning stats.

Empire

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.935	31	21	8	2
2	RJ Friend (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
5	James Blocker (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	.833	6	2	3	1
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1.000	7	7	0	0
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	1.000	4	1	3	0

Fielding

Benson has not entered any fielding stats.

Empire

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	10.00	1	1.000	1
5	James Blocker (Sr)	8.40	0		1
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	0.00	1	1.000	1
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	14.00	0		1
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	42.00	0		1

Benson

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	3
5	Kellen Deskins (So)	1
9	Dawson Judd (So)	1
11	D. Crockett (Sr)	1

Empire

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	14	10	10	1	6	39	35
5	James Blocker (Sr)	3.1	6	4	4	1	3	19	16
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	2	5	4	4	0	3	11	11
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	.1	3	2	2	0	0	5	4

Benson has not entered any pitching stats.

Empire

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.400	.462	3	3	134
5	James Blocker (Sr)	.375	.474	1	2	56
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	.000	.000	0	0	18
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	.455	.455	1	0	48
12	Travis Linkous (Jr)	.750	.800	1	1	12

Benson

#	Athlete Name	#P
	Team Totals	122
5	Kellen Deskins (So)	48
9	Dawson Judd (So)	29
11	D. Crockett (Sr)	45

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Benson loses to Empire

March 20, 2024: Benson, AZ 85602

The Empire Ravens baseball team scored 13 runs and limited the host Benson Bobcats to 10 in the Ravens non-league victory on Wednesday.

The Ravens (6-9) will now prepare for their match against Walden Grove (Sahuarita, AZ). The Red Wolves go into the non-league match with a 10-5 record. In their last match, Walden Grove by Rio Rico (Rio Rico, AZ), 8-6, in a league match.

The Bobcats (5-9) will now prepare for their match against Willcox (Willcox, AZ). The Cowboys go into the 2A East match with a 6-6 record. In their last match, Willcox by Bisbee (Bisbee, AZ), 13-6, in a league match.

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

Benson (23-24)

AZ	Div.
135	9

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
13-13-1	6-6	6-4	4-4	3-5-1	.500	.500	193	151

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Empire	1.7	.6	.6	.7	.4	.7	1.1	1.0	5.3	7.4	2.0
Benson	.7	.8	.8	1.4	1.1	1.1	.2	0	7.1	6.9	2.2

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

Empire		Benson	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	2-5		Benson	2-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/24/24	Empire	St. Augustine Catholic	(W) 7-2	3/2/24	Benson	St. Augustine Catholic	(W) 19-5
3/6/24	Empire	Tanque Verde	(L) 13-3	2/27/24	Benson	Tanque Verde	(L) 8-0
4/9/24	Tanque Verde	Empire	(L) 9-1
3/21/24	Walden Grove	Empire	(L) 9-5	3/15/24	Benson	Walden Grove	(L) 11-8
4/3/24	Thatcher	Empire	(L) 4-1	2/24/24	Thatcher	Benson	(L) 9-5
4/4/24	Willcox	Empire	(W) 8-2	3/23/24	Willcox	Benson	(W) 9-2
				4/8/24	Benson	Willcox	(L) 15-13
4/11/24	Empire	Pima	(L) 15-5	3/8/24	Pima	Benson	(L) 8-0
				4/5/24	Benson	Pima	(L) 2-0
				5/3/24	Benson	Pima

Record Breakdown

Empire (23-24)		Benson (23-24)
11-15	Overall	13-13-1
0-1	League	6-6
6-10	Non-League	3-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-5	Common Opponent	2-6
5-6	Home	6-4
3-7	Away	4-4
3-2	Neutral	3-5-1
0-0	Playoff	1-0
11-13	In-State	12-13
0-2	Out-of-State	1-0-1