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Newton Local Merritt Island Christian

Indians

Cougars

The Merritt Island Christian (Merritt Island, FL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Newton Local (Pleasant Hill, OH) by a score of 9-7.

Game Details: Launch Pad

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Newton Local	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	7	-	-
MICHS	3	0	0	0	6	0	-	9	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Newton Local (22-23)

Newton Local has not entered stats for this game.

Merritt Island Christian (22-23)

Merritt Island Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.250	33	24	9	6	7
4	A. Alessandrini (Jr)	.500	4	4	2	2	3
9	Brayden Murphy (So)		4	0	2	0	0
12	Hunter Bono (Fr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2
22	Micah Ott (So)	.000	4	2	2	0	0
23	Jayvon Morris (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
24	J. Montecalvo (Sr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0
33	Titus Bono (7th)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
99	Teagen Gorman (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2

Merritt Island Christian

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	6	6	.455	.250	.705
4	A. Alessandrini (Jr)	0	2	2	.500	.500	1.000
9	Brayden Murphy (So)	4	0	0	1.000		1.000
12	Hunter Bono (Fr)	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
22	Micah Ott (So)	2	1	2	.500	.000	.500
23	Jayvon Morris (Fr)	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	J. Montecalvo (Sr)	2	1	1	.667	.000	.667
33	Titus Bono (7th)	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
99	Teagen Gorman (Sr)	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.000

Merritt Island Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
9	Brayden Murphy (So)	3
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	1

Merritt Island Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.913	23	21	2
9	Brayden Murphy (So)	1.000	12	12	0
12	Hunter Bono (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
22	Micah Ott (So)	.750	4	3	1
23	Jayvon Morris (Fr)	.750	4	3	1
33	Titus Bono (7th)	1.000	1	1	0

Merritt Island Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	0.00	1
22	Micah Ott (So)	0.00	1
23	Jayvon Morris (Fr)	7.00	1

Merritt Island Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	7	4	7	11	39	32
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	1	2	2	0	0	2	6	6
22	Micah Ott (So)	2	0	1	0	3	5	10	7
23	Jayvon Morris (Fr)	4	7	4	4	4	4	23	19

Merritt Island Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.281	.410	161	1
21	Bode Handwork (Fr)	.333	.333	21	0
22	Micah Ott (So)	.000	.300	46	0
23	Jayvon Morris (Fr)	.368	.478	94	1

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Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Newton Local tipped by Merritt Island Christian

April 6, 2023: Merritt Island, FL 32952

In Thursday's non-league game, the host Merritt Island Christian Cougars baseball team scored a tight 9-7 victory over the Newton Local Indians.

The Cougars (9-3) will now prepare for their game against Melbourne Central Catholic (Melbourne, FL). The Hustlers go into the non-league game with a 16-3 record. In their last game, Melbourne Central Catholic tipped Bayside (Palm Bay, FL), 5-4, in a non-league game.

The Indians (1-1) will now prepare for their game against Dixie (New Lebanon, OH). The Greyhounds go into the Western Ohio Athletic game with a 2-1 record. In their last game, Dixie tipped Milton-Union (West Milton, OH), 12-2, in a non-league game.

Rankings & Records

Newton Local (22-23)

OH	Div.
324	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-7	10-2	11-2	4-5	.682	.833	136	88

Merritt Island Christian (22-23)

FL	Class
478	54

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
11-6	0-1	6-2	4-4	1-0	.647	.000	154	118

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Newton Local	2.1	1.6	.9	.9	.2	.7	.6	1.0	6.2	6.6	1.5
Merritt Island Christian	3.0	1.7	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.7	0	-	9.1	5.0	4.3

Team Stat Comparison

Newton Local		Merritt Island Christian
-	Batting Average	.296
-	On Base Percentage	.467
-	Slugging Percentage	.411
-	Fielding Percentage	.850

Team Leaders

Newton Local		Merritt Island Christian	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#21 Bode Handwork.431	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#23 Connor Zengler.667	.375
-	Slugging Percentage	#21 Bode Handwork.588	.307
-	Fielding Percentage	#1 Mason Vanslyke1.000	.861

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newton Local	1-0		Merritt Island Christian	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
4/4/23	Brevard HEAT	Newton Local	(W) 3-2		3/28/23	Brevard HEAT	Merritt Island Christian	(L) 17-3

Record Breakdown

Newton Local (22-23)		Merritt Island Christian (22-23)
15-7	Overall	11-6
10-2	League	0-1
5-4	Non-League	10-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	0-1
11-2	Home	6-2
4-5	Away	4-4
0-0	Neutral	1-0
0-1	Playoff	1-0
14-6	In-State	10-6
1-1	Out-of-State	1-0