Salem vs Marion | Softball

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Salem Marion

Wildcats

The Marion (IL) varsity softball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Salem (IL) by a score of 3-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Salem	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
Marion	1	0	1	0	0	1	-	3	6	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Salem (23-24)

Salem

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.192	27	26	1	5	1
4	Natalie Lee (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
6	Bria Murray (So)	.500	4	4	0	2	0
8	Olivia Paulson (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
9	Lilly Blagoue (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
11	Alivia Rasul (So)	.000	2	2	1	0	0
13	Marah Johnson (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
24	Isabella Decker (Fr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0

Salem

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	2	5	.222	.192	.414
4	Natalie Lee (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
6	Bria Murray (So)	0	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
11	Alivia Rasul (So)	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
13	Marah Johnson (So)	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	Isabella Decker (Fr)	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167

Salem

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	28	18	10
4	Natalie Lee (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
8	Olivia Paulson (Sr)	1.000	6	5	1
9	Lilly Blagoue (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3
11	Alivia Rasul (So)	1.000	1	1	0
13	Marah Johnson (So)	1.000	11	10	1
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1
23	Mya Russell (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1
24	Isabella Decker (Fr)	1.000	3	0	3

Salem

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.50	0	1	.000	1				0
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	3.50	0	1	.000	1				0

Salem

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	6	3	3	3	4			0	27	24
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	6	6	3	3	3	4			0	27	24

Salem

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.333	0	0			93
20	Breanna Thurman (Jr)	.250	.333	0	0			93

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Marion (23-24)

Marion has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Marion holds off Salem

March 30, 2024: Marion, IL 62959

The crowd at Saturday's non-league match between the Marion Wildcats (Marion, IL) and the visiting Salem Wildcats (Salem, IL), saw Marion's softball squad nip Salem by a count of 3-1.

The Wildcats now sport a 11-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Trico for a non-league match on Monday, April 1. Marion will face a Pioneers squad coming off a 7-6 non-league win over Chester (Chester, IL). The Pioneers record now stands at 4-1.

With the loss, Salem falls to 7-2 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Freeburg (Freeburg, IL) to face the Midgets in a Cahokia - Mississippi match on Tuesday, April 2. The Midgets enter the test with a record of 10-1. Freeburg won 8-1 in their recent non-league test against Mascoutah (Mascoutah, IL)

Rankings & Records

Salem (23-24)

IL	Class
69	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
25-8	8-2	8-3	14-4	3-1	.758	.800	225	98

Marion (23-24)

IL	Class
30	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
30-7	8-0	14-3	11-3	5-1	.811	1.000	293	104

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Salem	1.3	.6	1.3	1.4	1.0	.9	1.0	-	6.8	8.4	1.3
Marion	.9	.8	1.6	1.6	.7	1.3	.8	1.0	7.9	9.4	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Salem		Marion
.297	Batting Average	-
.361	On Base Percentage	-
.515	Slugging Percentage	-
.948	Fielding Percentage	-
.750	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Salem		Marion	National Avg.
#8 Olivia Paulson.500	Batting Average	-	.287
#8 Olivia Paulson.544	On Base Percentage	-	.403
#9 Lilly Blagoue.980	Slugging Percentage	-	.391
#8 Olivia Paulson.992	Fielding Percentage	-	.832
#20 Breanna Thurman.800	Win Loss Percentage	-	.562

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Salem	5-2		Marion	7-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/19/24	Mt. Vernon	Salem	(L) 4-2	4/4/24	Marion	Mt. Vernon	(W) 14-4
4/22/24	Salem	Mt. Vernon	(W) 9-3	5/7/24	Mt. Vernon	Marion	(W) 5-0
				5/23/24	Mt. Vernon	Marion	(W) 10-0
3/28/24	Columbia	Salem	(W) 7-5	3/23/24	Columbia	Marion	(W) 1-0
4/24/24	Salem	Columbia	(W) 6-2
4/6/24	Salem	Trico	(W) 15-0	4/1/24	Marion	Trico	(W) 2-1
5/10/24	Salem	Pinckneyville	(L) 5-1	3/11/24	Pinckneyville	Marion	(W) 5-2
5/15/24	Salem	Mattoon	(W) 7-0	4/12/24	Marion	Mattoon	(W) 20-0

Record Breakdown

Salem (23-24)		Marion (23-24)
25-8	Overall	30-7
8-2	League	8-0
13-4	Non-League	15-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-2	Common Opponent	7-0
8-3	Home	14-3
14-4	Away	11-3
3-1	Neutral	5-1
1-1	Playoff	2-1
25-8	In-State	29-7
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0