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West Rusk Van

Raiders

Vandals

The Van (TX) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against West Rusk (New London, TX) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Rusk	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	2	-	-
Van	1	0	2	0	0	0	-	3	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

West Rusk (23-24)

West Rusk has not entered stats for this game.

Van (23-24)

Van

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.227	26	22	3	5	3	2
1	Grady Baetz (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
4	Jon Alexander (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
8	Colten Grier (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	1	0
9	Wyatt Dale (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
12	Landon Smith (Jr)	.667	3	3	1	2	0	1
16	A. Stephenson (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
17	Gabriel Bachert (Sr)	1.000	3	1	0	1	2	1
22	G. Phillips (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
25	Connor Mccurley (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
26	Carter Admire (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

Van

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	1	2	1	5	.320	.318	.638
1	Grady Baetz (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
4	Jon Alexander (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
8	Colten Grier (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Wyatt Dale (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Landon Smith (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
16	A. Stephenson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
17	Gabriel Bachert (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
22	G. Phillips (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
25	Connor Mccurley (So)	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
26	Carter Admire (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Van

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
1	Grady Baetz (Jr)	1
4	Jon Alexander (Jr)	1
12	Landon Smith (Jr)	1
17	Gabriel Bachert (Sr)	1

Van

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.920	25	18	5	2
4	Jon Alexander (Jr)	1.000	6	4	2	0
8	Colten Grier (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
9	Wyatt Dale (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
10	Austin Johnson (Sr)	1.000	7	4	3	0
16	A. Stephenson (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
17	Gabriel Bachert (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
25	Connor Mccurley (So)	.000	1	0	0	1

Van

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	1.17	1	1.000	1	1
10	Austin Johnson (Sr)	1.75	1	1.000	1	0
25	Connor Mccurley (So)	0.00	0		1	1

Van

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	3	2	1	2	4	27	23
10	Austin Johnson (Sr)	4	3	2	1	2	3	19	17
25	Connor Mccurley (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	6

Van

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.130	.259	2	110	1	2
10	Austin Johnson (Sr)	.176	.263	0	77	1	2
25	Connor Mccurley (So)	.000	.250	2	33	0	0

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Game Story

Texas High School Baseball - Van nips West Rusk

February 23, 2024: New London, TX 75682

Van Vandals (Van, TX) fans exited the stadium thrilled Friday as they observed their baseball squad hold off the host West Rusk Raiders (New London, TX), 3-2 in a non-league test.

With the win, Van upgrades its record to 3-1 on the season. The Vandals travel to Rusk (Rusk, TX) to battle the Eagles in a non-league test on Saturday, February 24. The Eagles come into the test with a record of 2-1. Rusk won 2-1 in their recent non-league test against Mabank (Mabank, TX)

With the defeat, West Rusk falls to 0-1 on the season. The Raiders travel to Mabank (Mabank, TX) to battle the Panthers in a non-league test on Saturday, February 24. The Panthers come into the test with a record of 2-4. Mabank lost 5-4 in their recent non-league test against Malakoff (Malakoff, TX)

Rankings & Records

West Rusk (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
453	172	46

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-14-1	7-5	6-5	7-4	5-5-1	.561	.583	200	116

Van (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
365	145	45

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
24-11-2	8-2	5-6	8-4-1	11-1-1	.676	.800	242	152

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
West Rusk	1.0	.9	.6	.5	1.3	1.2	.7	-	6.1	6.7	1.3
Van	1.2	.7	1.7	1.5	1.2	.7	.5	1.5	6.5	7.2	1.4

Team Stat Comparison

West Rusk		Van
-	Batting Average	.290
-	On Base Percentage	.422
-	Slugging Percentage	.386
-	Fielding Percentage	.940
-	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

West Rusk		Van	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#44 Cayden Bond1.000	.239
-	On Base Percentage	#44 Cayden Bond1.000	.377
-	Slugging Percentage	#26 Carter Admire1.000	.299
-	Fielding Percentage	#22 Garrett Phillips1.000	.862
-	Win Loss Percentage	#4 Jon Alexander1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Rusk	1-4		Van	5-1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/22/24	Garrison	West Rusk	(L) 9-1	2/22/24	Garrison	Van	(W) 7-1
2/23/24	Rusk	West Rusk	(L) 3-2	2/24/24	Van	Rusk	(W) 4-1
				2/24/24	Van	Rusk	(T) 7-7
2/24/24	West Rusk	Mabank	(L) 6-5	2/22/24	Mabank	Van	(L) 4-1
2/24/24	Malakoff	West Rusk	(L) 6-3	2/23/24	Malakoff	Van	(W) 9-3
2/26/24	West Rusk	Chapel Hill	(W) 10-3	3/26/24	Chapel Hill	Van	(W) 8-7
				3/28/24	Van	Chapel Hill	(W) 6-5

Record Breakdown

West Rusk (23-24)		Van (23-24)
18-14-1	Overall	24-11-2
7-5	League	8-2
2-1	Non-League	3-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-4	Common Opponent	5-1-1
6-5	Home	5-6
7-4	Away	8-4-1
5-5-1	Neutral	11-1-1
4-3	Playoff	0-2
18-14-1	In-State	23-11-2
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0