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St. Francis Chicago Christian

Spartans

Knights

The Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against St. Francis (Wheaton, IL) by a score of 8-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Francis	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	8	-	-
Chicago Christian	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Chicago Christian (21-22)

St. Francis

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.400	33	30	8	12	7	2	1
1	Will Gilroy	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0	0
2	Adam Criter	.500	3	2	0	1	1	0	0
3	Trey Kiesler	.500	4	4	1	2	0	0	0
4	Jacob Smagacz	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Adam Wiborg	.250	4	4	0	1	1	1	0
7	Andrew Mueller	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Nick Duzansky	.500	4	4	1	2	3	0	0
11	Justin Lifka		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Vince Polizzi	.667	3	3	2	2	0	1	0
26	Joey Gainer (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	Thomas Smith	.667	3	3	1	2	1	0	1
32	Rocco Tenuta	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0	0

Chicago Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.125	34	24	5	3	4	1	1
2	Daniel Moro	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cam Vahldick	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	Ben VantLand (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Rafe Slager	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Josh Sluis		1	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Jon Castor	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	C. Schaafsma	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	E. VanderWerken (Jr)		1	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	Adam Stuursma	.333	4	3	0	1	0	1	0
20	Micah Buikema (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	Matt Stevens	.250	4	4	1	1	2	0	0
24	Sam Vis	.333	4	3	2	1	2	0	1

St. Francis

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	2	1	4	.455	.566	1.022
1	Will Gilroy	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
2	Adam Criter	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
3	Trey Kiesler	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
4	Jacob Smagacz	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Adam Wiborg	0	0	0	2	.250	.500	.750
7	Andrew Mueller	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Nick Duzansky	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
11	Justin Lifka	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
23	Vince Polizzi	0	1	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
30	Thomas Smith	0	0	0	0	.667	1.666	2.334
32	Rocco Tenuta	0	0	1	2	.500	.333	.833

Chicago Christian

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	10	2	1	8	.382	.291	.674
2	Daniel Moro	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
4	Cam Vahldick	2	1	0	1	1	.500	.000	.500
5	Ben VantLand (Jr)	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
6	Rafe Slager	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
8	Josh Sluis	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
9	Jon Castor	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
10	C. Schaafsma	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
13	E. VanderWerken (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
15	Adam Stuursma	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.666	1.167
20	Micah Buikema (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
21	Matt Stevens	0	2	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
24	Sam Vis	0	0	1	0	2	.500	1.333	1.833

St. Francis

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Will Gilroy	1
2	Adam Criter	2
10	Jacob Castaldo	1
30	Thomas Smith	2

Chicago Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
15	Adam Stuursma	1

St. Francis

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.955	22	21	1
1	Will Gilroy	1.000	1	1	0
2	Adam Criter	1.000	2	2	0
3	Trey Kiesler	1.000	11	11	0
6	Brady Piper	1.000	1	1	0
11	Justin Lifka	.667	3	2	1
32	Rocco Tenuta	1.000	4	4	0

Chicago Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.880	25	21	1	3	1
2	Daniel Moro	.333	3	1	0	2	0
4	Cam Vahldick	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
5	Ben VantLand (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
6	Rafe Slager	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
10	C. Schaafsma	1.000	3	2	1	0	0
15	Adam Stuursma	1.000	5	5	0	0	1
20	Micah Buikema (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
21	Matt Stevens	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
24	Sam Vis	.800	5	4	0	1	0

St. Francis

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1
13	Ryan Shannon	21.00	1
15	B. Wordekemper	3.32	1

Chicago Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	.000	1
11	Quinn Sytsma	0.00	0		1
12	Jacob Schaafsma	14.00	1	.000	1

St. Francis

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	3	5	5	8	10	1	34	24
13	Ryan Shannon	.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	5	5
15	B. Wordekemper	6.1	0	3	3	8	9	0	29	19

Chicago Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	11	8	6	3	2	1	33	30
11	Quinn Sytsma	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	14	12
12	Jacob Schaafsma	3	10	8	6	1	0	1	19	18

St. Francis

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.125	.382	1	2	123
13	Ryan Shannon	.600	.600	0	0	16
15	B. Wordekemper	.000	.345	1	2	107

Chicago Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.367	.424	98	5
11	Quinn Sytsma	.083	.214	46	3
12	Jacob Schaafsma	.556	.579	52	2

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - St. Francis gets by Chicago Christian

April 21, 2022: Palos Heights, IL 60463

Spectators at Thursday's league battle between the St. Francis Spartans (Wheaton, IL) and the host Chicago Christian Knights (Palos Heights, IL), observed St. Francis's baseball squad beat Chicago Christian by a margin of 8-5.

With the win, St. Francis betters its record to 10-5 on the season. The Spartans host Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook, IL) to encounter the Raiders in a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 23. The Raiders come into the challenge with a record of 2-11. Bolingbrook lost 7-4 in their recent non-league challenge against Andrew (Tinley Park, IL)

With the defeat, Chicago Christian falls to 5-9 on the season. The Knights travel to Timothy Christian (Elmhurst, IL) to encounter the Trojans in a Metro Suburban - Red challenge on Friday, April 22. The Trojans come into the challenge with a record of 7-6. Timothy Christian won 11-5 in their recent non-league challenge against Aurora Central Catholic (Aurora, IL)

Rankings & Records

St. Francis (21-22)

IL	Class
130	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
23-12	11-3	15-6	8-4	0-2	.657	.786	270	210

Chicago Christian (21-22)

IL	Class
365	92

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-18-1	6-7	9-11-1	2-7	.383	.462	177	193

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
St. Francis	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.0	7.7	7.5	3.0
Chicago Christian	.9	1.0	1.4	.6	.5	1.3	.6	5.0	5.9	8.1	2.4

Team Stat Comparison

St. Francis		Chicago Christian
.337	Batting Average	.274
.448	On Base Percentage	.402
.477	Slugging Percentage	.345
.919	Fielding Percentage	.910
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.370

Team Leaders

St. Francis		Chicago Christian	National Avg.
#44 Kyle Ston1.000	Batting Average	#21 Matt Stevens.419	.249
#44 Kyle Ston1.000	On Base Percentage	#21 Matt Stevens.495	.375
#44 Kyle Ston1.000	Slugging Percentage	#21 Matt Stevens.488	.315
#13 Ryan Shannon1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Connor Schaafsma1.000	.857
#12 Zac Maslona1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Connor Schaafsma1.000	.539

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Francis	8-3		Chicago Christian	5-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/7/22	St. Francis	St. Edward	(W) 20-5	5/9/22	St. Edward	Chicago Christian	(W) 5-4
				5/10/22	Chicago Christian	St. Edward	(W) 15-10
4/14/22	IC Catholic Prep	St. Francis	(W) 7-6	4/25/22	Chicago Christian	IC Catholic Prep	(L) 13-3
				4/26/22	IC Catholic Prep	Chicago Christian	(W) 14-8
4/27/22	Aurora Central Catholic	St. Francis	(W) 7-2	5/12/22	Chicago Christian	Aurora Central Catholic	(L) 9-4
5/13/22	St. Francis	Aurora Central Catholic	(L) 12-11
4/28/22	Bishop McNamara	St. Francis	(W) 10-0	4/11/22	Chicago Christian	Bishop McNamara	(L) 2-1
				4/12/22	Bishop McNamara	Chicago Christian	(L) 7-0
5/2/22	St. Francis	Wheaton Academy	(W) 1-0	4/28/22	Chicago Christian	Wheaton Academy	(L) 1-0
5/3/22	Wheaton Academy	St. Francis	(L) 8-6
5/9/22	Riverside-Brookfield	St. Francis	(W) 7-6	4/14/22	Chicago Christian	Riverside-Brookfield	(L) 15-0
5/10/22	St. Francis	Riverside-Brookfield	(L) 11-3
5/12/22	Westmont	St. Francis	(W) 5-4	3/29/22	Westmont	Chicago Christian	(W) 7-5
				3/29/22	Chicago Christian	Westmont	(W) 12-3
5/14/22	St. Francis	Stagg	(W) 5-3	3/14/22	Stagg	Chicago Christian	(L) 10-2

Record Breakdown

St. Francis (21-22)		Chicago Christian (21-22)
23-12	Overall	11-18-1
11-3	League	6-7
10-8	Non-League	4-11-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
8-3	Common Opponent	5-7
15-6	Home	9-11-1
8-4	Away	2-7
0-2	Neutral	0-0
2-1	Playoff	1-0
22-9	In-State	11-17-1
1-3	Out-of-State	0-1