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Merced Central Valley

Bears

Hawks

The Central Valley (Ceres, CA) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 13-12.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merced	0	1	0	0	6	2	4	13	13	10
Central Valley	1	1	0	1	1	6	2	12	13	4

Final score provided by J. Bates.

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Game Stats

Central Valley (23-24)

Merced

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.382	41	34	13	13	11
1	M. Rodriquez (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0
3	Kayleigh Thorp (Sr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	.667	4	3	0	2	2
7	Calista Ramos (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0
10	Madison Cabral (So)	1.000	5	2	2	2	3
11	Angelina Vargas (Sr)	.000	4	4	1	0	0
15	Antonia Lejarde (Fr)	.400	5	5	2	2	1
16	Bree Pimentel (So)	.000	4	4	1	0	0
21	A. Ramirez (So)	.400	5	5	1	2	3
22	L. Gallegos (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
34	Aleatha Buchner (Sr)	.600	5	5	3	3	2

Central Valley

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.400	44	40	12	16	10	2
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)	.500	5	4	1	2
6	Abigail Krauss (So)	.250	5	4		1	2
7	V. Espinoza (Fr)	.400	5	5	2	2
10	Reylena Herrera (Fr)	.250	5	4	1	1	1
13	G. Delatorre (So)	.400	5	5	3	2	1	1
14	B. Steeley (Fr)	.250	5	4		1	1
15	P. Hamidat (Sr)	.400	5	5	1	2	4
16	P. McConnell (So)	.500	4	4	1	2	1
18	Alicia Espinoza (So)	.600	5	5	3	3		1

Merced

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	4	2	1	3	3	7	.439	.382	.821
3	Kayleigh Thorp (Sr)	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.750	.500	1.250
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.666	1.167
7	Calista Ramos (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.500	.333	.833
10	Madison Cabral (So)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.800	1.000	1.800
11	Angelina Vargas (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.000	.000
15	Antonia Lejarde (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.800
16	Bree Pimentel (So)	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.000	.000	.000
21	A. Ramirez (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.400	.800
22	L. Gallegos (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
34	Aleatha Buchner (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.600	.600	1.200

Central Valley

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	4	1	4	3	.409	.450	.859
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)		1					.600	.500	1.100
6	Abigail Krauss (So)	1		2				.200	.250	.450
7	V. Espinoza (Fr)						1	.400	.400	.800
10	Reylena Herrera (Fr)	1						.200	.250	.450
13	G. Delatorre (So)					3		.400	.600	1.000
14	B. Steeley (Fr)			2	1			.400	.250	.650
15	P. Hamidat (Sr)						1	.400	.400	.800
16	P. McConnell (So)					1	1	.500	.500	1.000
18	Alicia Espinoza (So)							.600	.800	1.400

Merced

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
10	Madison Cabral (So)	3
16	Bree Pimentel (So)	2

Central Valley

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	9	9
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)	3	3
7	V. Espinoza (Fr)	2	2
13	G. Delatorre (So)	2	2
16	P. McConnell (So)	2	2

Merced

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.688	32	20	2	10
1	M. Rodriquez (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	.333	3	1	0	2
7	Calista Ramos (Sr)	.000	4	0	0	4
10	Madison Cabral (So)	.667	3	2	0	1
11	Angelina Vargas (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
15	Antonia Lejarde (Fr)	.778	9	6	1	2
16	Bree Pimentel (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
21	A. Ramirez (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0
34	Aleatha Buchner (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Central Valley

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.966	29	17	11	1
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
6	Abigail Krauss (So)	1.000	7	7
7	V. Espinoza (Fr)	.800	5	2	2	1
10	Reylena Herrera (Fr)	1.000	2	2
13	G. Delatorre (So)	1.000	5	2	3
14	B. Steeley (Fr)	1.000	5		5
15	P. Hamidat (Sr)	1.000	1	1
16	P. McConnell (So)	1.000	1	1
18	Alicia Espinoza (So)	1.000	1	1

Merced

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.45	1	1.000	1
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	21.00	0		1
21	A. Ramirez (So)	8.17	1	1.000	1

Central Valley

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	13.00	1	.000	2
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)	14.00			1
14	B. Steeley (Fr)	12.83	1	.000	1

Merced

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	13	12	9	1	3	43	41
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	.2	3	2	2	0	0	6	5
21	A. Ramirez (So)	6	10	10	7	1	3	37	36

Central Valley

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	12	13	13	4	2	43	36
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)	1	2	2	2		1	5	4
14	B. Steeley (Fr)	6	10	11	11	4	1	38	32

Merced

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.317	.349	1	1	127
5	A. Richardson (Sr)	.600	.667	0	1	14
21	A. Ramirez (So)	.278	.297	1	0	113

Central Valley

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	#P
	Team Totals	.333	.395	1	1	2	134
1	Jannet Valencia (Sr)	.500	.400			1	16
14	B. Steeley (Fr)	.312	.395	1	1	1	118

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Game Story

California High School Softball - Central Valley edged by Merced

March 13, 2024: Ceres, CA 95307

In Wednesday's league outing, the visiting Merced Bears softball team scored a close 13-12 win over the Central Valley Hawks.

Coming up next, the Bears battle the Buhach Colony Thunder (Atwater, CA) in a Central California Conference outing, on Friday, March 15. Merced will attempt to upgrade on its 4-4 season record. The Thunder enter the outing with a 3-5 record after their 11-3 league loss to Patterson (Patterson, CA).

The Hawks (4-8) will now prepare for their outing against Atwater (Atwater, CA). The Falcons enter the Central California Conference outing with a 2-8 record. In their last outing, Atwater tipped El Capitan (Merced, CA), 22-6, in a league contest.

Rankings & Records

Merced (23-24)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
543	77	75

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
12-11-1	8-4	6-2	4-7-1	2-2	.521	.667	138	118

Central Valley (23-24)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
645	89	87

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
9-16	4-8	5-5	2-4	2-7	.360	.333	153	190

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Merced	1.1	.8	.7	.5	1.6	1.1	.9	-	5.8	6.4	2.7
Central Valley	1.0	.6	.7	.7	.9	1.1	1.3	.5	6.1	7.3	1.9

Head-to-Head

Merced won on 3/13/2024

3/13 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merced 0 1 0 0 6 2 4 13 13 10
Central Valley 1 1 0 1 1 6 2 12 13 4

The Merced (CA) varsity softball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Central Valley (Ceres, CA) by a score of 13-12.
Box score
Merced won on 4/17/2024

4/17 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Central Valley 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 3
Merced 2 0 1 2 1 1 - 7 5 4

The Central Valley (Ceres, CA) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Merced (CA) by a score of 7-4.
Box score

4/17 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Valley	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	3
Merced	2	0	1	2	1	1	-	7	5	4

Team Stat Comparison

Merced		Central Valley
.261	Batting Average	.315
.352	On Base Percentage	.375
.346	Slugging Percentage	.439
.860	Fielding Percentage	.905
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.360

Team Leaders

Merced		Central Valley	National Avg.
#15 Antonia Lejarde.444	Batting Average	#18 Alicia Espinoza.417	.287
#15 Antonia Lejarde.526	On Base Percentage	#18 Alicia Espinoza.500	.403
#15 Antonia Lejarde.698	Slugging Percentage	#14 Brooklynn Steeley.628	.391
#2 Chelsea Calderon1.000	Fielding Percentage	#14 Brooklynn Steeley1.000	.832
#21 Annalise Ramirez.500	Win Loss Percentage	#14 Brooklynn Steeley.444	.562

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merced	7-5		Central Valley	4-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/24	Hughson	Merced	(W) 13-3	3/1/24	Hughson	Central Valley	(L) 5-1
				3/11/24	Hughson	Central Valley	(L) 9-8
3/15/24	Buhach Colony	Merced	(W) 14-4	3/27/24	Buhach Colony	Central Valley	(W) 14-4
4/19/24	Merced	Buhach Colony	(W) 11-0	5/1/24	Central Valley	Buhach Colony	(L) 9-8
3/20/24	Golden Valley	Merced	(L) 2-1	4/10/24	Central Valley	Golden Valley	(L) 6-0
4/26/24	Merced	Golden Valley	(W) 4-3	5/3/24	Golden Valley	Central Valley	(L) 4-3
3/22/24	Merced	Patterson	(L) 5-4	4/12/24	Patterson	Central Valley	(L) 4-0
4/24/24	Merced	Patterson	(L) 10-6	5/8/24	Central Valley	Patterson	(L) 12-11
4/1/24	East Union	Merced	(L) 9-0	3/5/24	Central Valley	East Union	(L) 12-1
4/10/24	Merced	Atwater	(L) 5-0	3/15/24	Central Valley	Atwater	(W) 11-3
5/3/24	Atwater	Merced	(W) 7-3	4/19/24	Atwater	Central Valley	(L) 5-4
4/12/24	El Capitan	Merced	(W) 11-1	3/20/24	El Capitan	Central Valley	(W) 10-9
5/8/24	Merced	El Capitan	(W) 8-2	4/26/24	Central Valley	El Capitan	(W) 16-8

Record Breakdown

Merced (23-24)		Central Valley (23-24)
12-11-1	Overall	9-16
8-4	League	4-8
2-3-1	Non-League	3-1
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-5	Common Opponent	4-9
6-2	Home	5-5
4-7-1	Away	2-4
2-2	Neutral	2-7
0-1	Playoff	0-0
12-11-1	In-State	9-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0