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Vista Grande Empire

Spartans

Ravens

The Empire (Tucson, AZ) varsity baseball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Vista Grande (Casa Grande, AZ) by a score of 7-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vista Grande	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	10	2
Empire	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	11	0

Final score provided by G. Strebing.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Empire (23-24)

Vista Grande

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.323	36	31	4	10	4	1
1	S. Hidrogo Delcid (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
2	Aiden Montiel (So)	1.000	2	1	0	1	0	0
6	Matthew Osuna (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
7	Jordyn Rael (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
9	Nicholas Valdez (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0
12	Jonathan Reyna (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
13	Andres Serna (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
16	Zekiel Lopez (Fr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0
18	Ivan Lara (Sr)	.500	4	4		2	1	0
19	Joshua Haddox (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1

Empire

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.344	35	32	7	11	6
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1
5	James Blocker (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1.000	4	2	0	2	1
15	Vincent Zizzo (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	.250	4	4	2	1	0
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	.750	4	4	0	3	1
	Brady Carey (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	1

Vista Grande

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	4	2	17	.417	.354	.772
1	S. Hidrogo Delcid (Sr)	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
2	Aiden Montiel (So)	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
6	Matthew Osuna (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.500
7	Jordyn Rael (Sr)	1	1	0	3	.500	.333	.833
9	Nicholas Valdez (Jr)	0	0	2	0	.750	.500	1.250
12	Jonathan Reyna (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
13	Andres Serna (Sr)	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
16	Zekiel Lopez (Fr)	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
18	Ivan Lara (Sr)	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
19	Joshua Haddox (Sr)	0	0	0	4	.500	.750	1.250

Empire

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	5	1	1	7	.400	.343	.744
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
5	James Blocker (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	0	1	0	0	6	.250	.250	.500
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.250	.500
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500
	Brady Carey (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

Vista Grande

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
1	S. Hidrogo Delcid (Sr)	1

Empire

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	1
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	1
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	1
	Brady Carey (So)	1

Vista Grande

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.926	27	21	4	2	1
1	S. Hidrogo Delcid (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0	0
2	Aiden Montiel (So)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
5	Preston Abel (Sr)	1.000	4	3	1	0	0
6	Matthew Osuna (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
7	Jordyn Rael (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
9	Nicholas Valdez (Jr)	1.000	6	5	1	0	1
12	Jonathan Reyna (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
13	Andres Serna (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
18	Ivan Lara (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0

Empire

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	28	21	7
3	Asher Bird (Fr)	1.000	3	1	2
5	James Blocker (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2
8	Micah Tiggas (So)	1.000	1	1	0
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1
10	Ian Lemus (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1
11	Kaden Mercer (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0
13	Z. Breinlinger (So)	1.000	4	4	0
18	C. Lopez (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0
22	Ben Savage (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1

Vista Grande

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	.000	3
5	Preston Abel (Sr)	26.25	1	.000	1
10	Aiden Valencia (Jr)	10.50	0		1
18	Ivan Lara (Sr)	0.00	0		1

Empire

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	0.00	1
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	7.64	1

Vista Grande

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	11	7	6	2	5	35	32
5	Preston Abel (Sr)	1.1	4	5	5	1	0	10	8
10	Aiden Valencia (Jr)	.2	3	1	1	0	1	5	5
18	Ivan Lara (Sr)	5	4	1	0	1	4	20	19

Empire

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	4	4	3	4	36	31
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	3.1	4	0	0	1	2	15	14
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	3.2	6	4	4	2	2	21	17

Vista Grande

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.344	.400	1	1	113	4
5	Preston Abel (Sr)	.500	.600	0	1	34	2
10	Aiden Valencia (Jr)	.600	.600	0	0	14	0
18	Ivan Lara (Sr)	.211	.250	1	0	65	2

Empire

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.323	.417	2	2	114	4
7	Chance Bird (Jr)	.286	.333	1	0	47	0
9	Jeremy Watson (Jr)	.353	.476	1	2	67	4

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Empire's stats are presented by GameChanger: live mobile scorekeeping for baseballGameChanger Media, Inc (ai)

Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - Empire gets by Vista Grande

March 14, 2024: Casa Grande, AZ 85122

Spectators at Thursday's non-league battle between the Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ) and the host Vista Grande Spartans (Casa Grande, AZ), saw Empire's baseball squad knock off Vista Grande by a count of 7-4.

Coming up next, the Ravens play the Flagstaff Eagles (Flagstaff, AZ) in a non-league battle, on Friday, March 15. Empire will attempt to move on its 4-9 season record. The Eagles enter the battle with a 9-3 record after their 8-7 non-league loss to San Luis (San Luis, AZ).

The Spartans now possess a 2-7 record. They take the field next when they host Cortez for a 4A Black Canyon battle on Monday, March 18. Vista Grande will play a Colts squad coming off a 18-6 non-league loss to Independence (Glendale, AZ). The Colts record now stands at 2-8.

Rankings & Records

Vista Grande (23-24)

AZ	Div.
107	24

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
15-11	10-0	7-2	7-5	1-4	.577	1.000	178	85

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

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Vista Grande	.9	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.2	.3	0	6.8	7.5	1.3
Empire	1.7	.6	.6	.7	.4	.7	1.1	1.0	5.3	7.4	2.0

Team Stat Comparison

Vista Grande		Empire
.294	Batting Average	.290
.401	On Base Percentage	.395
.404	Slugging Percentage	.371
.931	Fielding Percentage	.917
.600	Win Loss Percentage	.538

Team Leaders

Vista Grande		Empire	National Avg.
#4 Diego Portillo.524	Batting Average	#10 Ian Lemus.422	.241
#22 Ricardo Valenzuela Jr..667	On Base Percentage	#14 Austin Mittness1.000	.380
#4 Diego Portillo.714	Slugging Percentage	#10 Ian Lemus.609	.303
#1 Sebastian Hidrogo Delcid1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Santino Gigliotti1.000	.861
#12 Jonathan Reyna1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Santino Gigliotti1.000	.545

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Vista Grande	1-2		Empire	0-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/4/24	Walden Grove	Vista Grande	(L) 2-1	3/21/24	Walden Grove	Empire	(L) 9-5
3/13/24	Vista Grande	Tanque Verde	(L) 12-1	3/6/24	Empire	Tanque Verde	(L) 13-3
				4/9/24	Tanque Verde	Empire	(L) 9-1
3/21/24	Vista Grande	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	(W) 4-1	4/17/24	Empire	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	(L) 8-2

Record Breakdown

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