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Bishop Ward Columbus

Cyclones

Titans

The Columbus (KS) varsity baseball team won Thursday's neutral playoff game against Bishop Ward (Kansas City, KS) by a score of 9-8.

This game is a part of the "2023 Kansas Baseball State Championships (KSHSAA) - Class 3A" tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bishop Ward	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	8	-	-
Columbus	0	0	2	1	5	1	0	9	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Bishop Ward (22-23)

Bishop Ward

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
Team Totals	.276	33	29	8	8	8	1
Chris Mancinas	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0
Connor Taylor	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
Damon Esparza	.750	4	4	0	3	3	0
Dustin Rector	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
J. Hendricks	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
K. Yarbrough		0	0	1	0	0	0
Keylan Overton	.333	4	3	1	1	1	1
Manny Dunn	.000	4	2	3	0	1	0
R. Calderon	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
Timothy Hughes	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0

Bishop Ward

Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	2	4	2	2	2	4	.364	.310	.674
Chris Mancinas	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
Connor Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
Damon Esparza	0	0	0	0	1	2	.750	.750	1.500
Dustin Rector	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
J. Hendricks	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
Keylan Overton	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.666	1.167
Manny Dunn	1	1	1	0	1	1	.500	.000	.500
R. Calderon	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Timothy Hughes	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666

Bishop Ward

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
	Chris Mancinas	2

Bishop Ward

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
Team Totals	.947	19	18	1
Chris Mancinas	1.000	1	1	0
Connor Taylor	.500	2	1	1
Damon Esparza	1.000	1	1	0
Dustin Rector	1.000	2	2	0
J. Hendricks	1.000	2	2	0
Keylan Overton	1.000	3	3	0
R. Calderon	1.000	5	5	0
Timothy Hughes	1.000	3	3	0

Bishop Ward

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	APP
Team Totals	9.33	1
Chris Mancinas	7.00	1
Damon Esparza	8.75	1
Timothy Hughes	14.00	1

Bishop Ward

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
Team Totals	6	11	9	8	4	3	1	35	31
Chris Mancinas	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	4
Damon Esparza	4	8	6	5	2	1	1	24	22
Timothy Hughes	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	6	5

Bishop Ward

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	BK	SB
Team Totals	.355	.429	1	117	1	1
Chris Mancinas	.250	.400	0	17	0	1
Damon Esparza	.364	.417	0	76	0	0
Timothy Hughes	.400	.500	1	24	1	0

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Columbus (22-23)

Columbus has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Kansas High School Baseball - Columbus sneaks past Bishop Ward

May 25, 2023: Kansas City, KS 66102

Spectators at Thursday's non-league battle between the Columbus Titans (Columbus, KS) and the host Bishop Ward Cyclones (Kansas City, KS), saw Columbus's baseball squad edge Bishop Ward by a count of 9-8.

Coming up next, the Titans play the Santa Fe Trail Chargers (Carbondale, KS) in a non-league battle, on Friday, May 26. Columbus will attempt to move on its 18-2 season record. The Chargers enter the battle with a 20-2 record after their 3-2 non-league win over Goodland (Goodland, KS).

The Cyclones now possess a 17-7 record.

Rankings & Records

Bishop Ward (22-23)

KS	Class
32	4

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
18-7	11-2	5-4	2-1	.720	178	107

Columbus (22-23)

KS	Class
12	2

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
21-3	6-0	13-1	6-0	2-2	.875	1.000	254	69

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bishop Ward	.9	1.8	.7	.5	2.2	1.3	1.8	7.1	10.0	0
Columbus	1.0	.5	2.0	.3	2.3	.3	0	10.6	5.0	0

Team Stat Comparison

Bishop Ward		Columbus
.363	Batting Average	-
.508	On Base Percentage	-
.490	Slugging Percentage	-
.924	Fielding Percentage	-
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Bishop Ward		Columbus	National Avg.
Aaron Guess1.000	Batting Average	-	.243
Aaron Guess1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.375
Aaron Guess1.000	Slugging Percentage	-	.307
Javion Braden1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.861
Timothy Hughes1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bishop Ward	0-1		Columbus	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
4/28/23	St. Mary's-Colgan	Bishop Ward	(L) 6-5		4/24/23	St. Mary's-Colgan	Columbus	(W) 13-3
					4/24/23	Columbus	St. Mary's-Colgan	(W) 11-2

Record Breakdown

Bishop Ward (22-23)		Columbus (22-23)
18-7	Overall	21-3
0-0	League	6-0
17-6	Non-League	13-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	2-0
11-2	Home	13-1
5-4	Away	6-0
2-1	Neutral	2-2
1-1	Playoff	2-1
16-6	In-State	20-2
2-1	Out-of-State	1-1