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Mesa Ridge Liberty

Grizzlies

Lancers

The Liberty (Colorado Springs, CO) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Mesa Ridge (Colorado Springs, CO) by a score of 9-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mesa Ridge	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	5	7	2
Liberty	0	5	0	2	0	2	-	9	9	1

Final score provided by D. Matlock.

Recap
Box Score
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Game Stats

Liberty (23-24)

Mesa Ridge

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.259	34	27	5	7	3	1	1
1	Locklen Lemley (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0	0
2	Ozcar Walker (So)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	1	0
4	Olivier Walker (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	Austin Higgins (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
7	Gabe Montijo (So)	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0	0
8	Brandon Bittner (Fr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0	0
9	Zander Iwanski (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
13	Issac Mercedes (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0	1
24	Mykah Clark (Jr)	.500	4	2	0	1	0	0	0

Liberty

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.370	36	27	9	10	8	4
2	M. Naftanal (Sr)	1.000	4	3	4	3	1	0
4	David Jensen (Jr)	.500	4	4	2	2	1	1
6	Evan Esquibel (So)	1.000	4	2	1	2	2	2
8	Cohen Holiday (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	3	0
9	Bradley Ciro (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	1
10	Aidan Montoya (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
11	David Kempf (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	Jacob Rinard (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
20	Austin Vasquez (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0
21	Emmett Lujan (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
25	Trent Burns (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0	0

Mesa Ridge

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	13	1	1	8	.412	.370	.782
1	Locklen Lemley (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
2	Ozcar Walker (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.750	1.250
4	Olivier Walker (Sr)	0	3	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
5	Austin Higgins (Sr)	1	3	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
7	Gabe Montijo (So)	1	0	1	0	2	.500	.000	.500
8	Brandon Bittner (Fr)	1	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
9	Zander Iwanski (Jr)	1	1	0	1	3	.250	.000	.250
13	Issac Mercedes (Sr)	0	3	0	0	4	.250	.750	1.000
24	Mykah Clark (Jr)	2	1	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	5	2	1	9	.500	.518	1.019
2	M. Naftanal (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
4	David Jensen (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.750	1.250
6	Evan Esquibel (So)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
8	Cohen Holiday (Sr)	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
9	Bradley Ciro (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
10	Aidan Montoya (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
11	David Kempf (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Jacob Rinard (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
20	Austin Vasquez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500
21	Emmett Lujan (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
25	Trent Burns (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000

Mesa Ridge

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
24	Mykah Clark (Jr)	1

Liberty

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	M. Naftanal (Sr)	1
6	Evan Esquibel (So)	1
9	Bradley Ciro (Jr)	2

Mesa Ridge

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.917	24	18	4	2
1	Locklen Lemley (Jr)	.500	2	0	1	1
2	Ozcar Walker (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
4	Olivier Walker (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	0
5	Austin Higgins (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
7	Gabe Montijo (So)	.667	3	2	0	1
8	Brandon Bittner (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	Zander Iwanski (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
13	Issac Mercedes (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Mykah Clark (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Liberty

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.967	30	21	8	1
2	M. Naftanal (Sr)	1.000	4	0	4	0
6	Evan Esquibel (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
8	Cohen Holiday (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
9	Bradley Ciro (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
10	Aidan Montoya (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
15	Jacob Rinard (Jr)	.933	15	12	2	1

Mesa Ridge

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1	.000	1
7	Gabe Montijo (So)	9.33	1	.000	1
9	Zander Iwanski (Jr)	6.00	0		1
12	Gavin Vargas (So)	0.00	0		1

Liberty

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1
11	David Kempf (Jr)	0.00	1
21	Emmett Lujan (Sr)	7.00	1

Mesa Ridge

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	9	9	6	5	5	35	28
7	Gabe Montijo (So)	3	5	4	4	2	2	18	14
9	Zander Iwanski (Jr)	2.1	4	4	2	1	2	13	12
12	Gavin Vargas (So)	.2	0	0	0	2	1	5	3

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	4	6	12	33	26
11	David Kempf (Jr)	3	4	0	0	0	6	13	13
21	Emmett Lujan (Sr)	4	3	5	4	6	6	20	13

Mesa Ridge

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.321	.457	2	2	112	2
7	Gabe Montijo (So)	.357	.500	1	2	57	2
9	Zander Iwanski (Jr)	.333	.385	1	0	37	0
12	Gavin Vargas (So)	.000	.400	0	0	18	0

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.269	.424	5	1	136	1
11	David Kempf (Jr)	.308	.308	1	0	48	0
21	Emmett Lujan (Sr)	.231	.500	4	1	88	1

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Game Story

Colorado High School Baseball - Mesa Ridge loses to Liberty

April 4, 2024: Colorado Springs, CO 80920

The Liberty Lancers baseball team scored 9 runs and limited the visiting Mesa Ridge Grizzlies to 5 in the Lancers non-league victory on Thursday.

The Lancers (4-5) will now prepare for their match against Doherty (Colorado Springs, CO). The Spartans go into the 5A CSML match with a 4-5 record. In their last match, Doherty edged Gateway (Aurora, CO), 13-2, in a non-league match.

The Grizzlies (2-6) will now prepare for their match against Palmer (Colorado Springs, CO). The Terrors go into the 4A CSML South match with a 2-4 record. In their last match, Palmer was overwhelmed by Pueblo Centennial (Pueblo, CO), 25-0, in a non-league match.

Rankings & Records

Mesa Ridge (23-24)

CO	Class
101	31

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-10	6-4	6-4	7-6	.565	.600	221	159

Liberty (23-24)

CO	Class
105	42

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
9-12	4-6	6-4	1-7	2-1	.429	.400	147	166

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Mesa Ridge	2.2	1.3	2.5	2.1	1.3	.9	.9	2.0	-	-	-	-	9.6	8.3	2.1
Liberty	.8	1.0	1.2	1.4	.7	.8	1.7	0	0	0	0	6.0	7.0	7.5	1.3

Team Stat Comparison

Mesa Ridge		Liberty
.362	Batting Average	.283
.515	On Base Percentage	.413
.552	Slugging Percentage	.365
.910	Fielding Percentage	.946
.500	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Mesa Ridge		Liberty	National Avg.
Cody Cody.750	Batting Average	#11 David Kempf .435	.239
Cody Cody.750	On Base Percentage	#2 Michael Naftanal.536	.376
#13 Issac Mercedes.864	Slugging Percentage	#6 Evan Esquibel .509	.299
Micheal Hinkle1.000	Fielding Percentage	#3 Masyn Simmons 1.000	.862
#12 Gavin Vargas1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mesa Ridge	4-4		Liberty	4-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/7/24	Vista Ridge	Mesa Ridge	(L) 9-5	4/11/24	Vista Ridge	Liberty	(W) 11-1
				4/29/24	Liberty	Vista Ridge	(W) 15-9
3/22/24	Mesa Ridge	Lewis-Palmer	(L) 13-3	4/2/24	Liberty	Lewis-Palmer	(L) 17-7
3/26/24	Palmer Ridge	Mesa Ridge	(W) 14-13	3/21/24	Palmer Ridge	Liberty	(L) 12-5
4/2/24	Discovery Canyon	Mesa Ridge	(L) 21-6	3/9/24	Liberty	Discovery Canyon	(L) 8-5
4/12/24	Coronado	Mesa Ridge	(W) 9-6	3/12/24	Coronado	Liberty	(W) 12-2
4/30/24	Mesa Ridge	Coronado	(W) 14-8
5/2/24	Coronado	Mesa Ridge	(L) 1-0
4/13/24	Mesa Ridge	Fountain-Fort Carson	(W) 9-3	5/3/24	Liberty	Fountain-Fort Carson	(L) 7-3
				5/9/24	Fountain-Fort Carson	Liberty	(W) 7-4

Record Breakdown

Mesa Ridge (23-24)		Liberty (23-24)
13-10	Overall	9-12
6-4	League	4-6
3-5	Non-League	3-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-4	Common Opponent	4-4
6-4	Home	6-4
7-6	Away	1-7
0-0	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-10	In-State	9-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0