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Slaton Merkel

Tigers

Badgers M

The Merkel (TX) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Slaton (TX) by a score of 9-3.

Game Details: Greenwood March Classic @ Greenwood High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Slaton	2	0	3	3	0	1	-	9	6	3
Merkel	0	2	1	0	0	0	-	3	3	5

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Slaton (23-24)

Slaton has not entered stats for this game.

Merkel (23-24)

Merkel

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.143	26	21	3	3	2
3	Grant McGill	.000	3	2	0	0	0
5	Trey Alexander	.000	3	2	0	0	0
6	Connor Willyerd	.000	3	3	0	0	0
8	B. Stewart	.000	3	3	0	0	1
10	Bronson Lloyd	.500	3	2	1	1	0
12	Aiden Jackson	.333	3	3	0	1	0
13	Tyler Warfield	.000	2	2	0	0	0
24	CJ Walcott	.000	3	2	1	0	0
32	Ryland Pittman	.500	3	2	1	1	1

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	4	2	3	1	5	.308	.142	.451
3	Grant McGill	0	1	1	0	1	3	.333	.000	.333
5	Trey Alexander	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
6	Connor Willyerd	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
8	B. Stewart	0	1	0	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000
10	Bronson Lloyd	1	0	0	0	0	2	.667	.500	1.167
12	Aiden Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
13	Tyler Warfield	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	CJ Walcott	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333
32	Ryland Pittman	1	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167

Merkel

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
12	Aiden Jackson	1
24	CJ Walcott	1

Merkel

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.828	29	17	7	5
5	Trey Alexander	.500	4	1	1	2
6	Connor Willyerd	1.000	3	3	0	0
10	Bronson Lloyd	.667	3	0	2	1
12	Aiden Jackson	1.000	2	1	1	0
13	Tyler Warfield	1.000	2	0	2	0
24	CJ Walcott	.800	5	3	1	1
32	Ryland Pittman	.900	10	9	0	1

Merkel

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	7.41	1	.000	1
3	Grant McGill	11.67	1	.000	1
13	Tyler Warfield	2.62	0		1

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5.2	6	9	6	7	4	34	26
3	Grant McGill	3	4	8	5	5	3	21	15
13	Tyler Warfield	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	13	11

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.412	2	1	129	1	9
3	Grant McGill	.267	.476	1	1	77	0	8
13	Tyler Warfield	.182	.308	1	0	52	1	1

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Game Story

Texas High School Baseball - Merkel loses to Slaton

March 9, 2024: Slaton, TX 79364

The Slaton Tigers baseball team scored 9 runs and limited the visiting Merkel Badgers to 3 in the Tigers non-league victory on Saturday.

The Tigers (2-3) will now prepare for their match against Shallowater (Shallowater, TX). The Mustangs go into the 3A Region I District 2 match with a 9-5 record. In their last match, Shallowater edged Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, TX), 8-2, in a non-league match.

The Badgers (4-8) will now prepare for their match against Fort Stockton (Fort Stockton, TX). The Panthers go into the non-league match with a 2-1 record. In their last match, Fort Stockton edged Kress (Kress, TX), 17-6, in a non-league match.

Rankings & Records

Slaton (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
818	174	111

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-13-1	3-5	2-5	0-4	7-4-1	.413	.375	121	162

Merkel (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
973	210	151

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-18	6-8	3-6	4-7	2-5	.333	.429	139	229

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Slaton	1.4	.4	1.2	.4	.6	.6	0	5.3	4.4	2.3
Merkel	.9	.7	1.3	1.4	.4	1.7	.5	5.1	7.0	3.7

Team Stat Comparison

Slaton		Merkel
-	Batting Average	.272
-	On Base Percentage	.392
-	Slugging Percentage	.323
-	Fielding Percentage	.839
-	Win Loss Percentage	.389

Team Leaders

Slaton		Merkel	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#24 CJ Walcott.453	.240
-	On Base Percentage	#24 CJ Walcott.565	.378
-	Slugging Percentage	#4 Eli Delgado.777	.301
-	Fielding Percentage	#4 Kaden Blubaugh.952	.862
-	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Trey Alexander.667	.538

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Slaton	1-3-1		Merkel	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/22/24	Slaton	Lubbock Christian	(L) 9-2	3/8/24	Merkel	Lubbock Christian	(W) 9-7
2/23/24	Slaton	Sweetwater	(W) 7-1	3/1/24	Sweetwater	Merkel	(L) 9-3
3/8/24	Slaton	Sweetwater	(T) 1-1	3/14/24	Sweetwater	Merkel
				3/14/24	Sweetwater	Merkel
3/5/24	Slaton	Idalou		2/29/24	Idalou	Merkel	(W) 8-1
3/5/24	Slaton	Idalou	(L) 14-2
3/28/24	Idalou	Slaton
3/7/24	Slaton	Greenwood	(L) 5-1	3/8/24	Greenwood	Merkel	(L) 14-2

Record Breakdown

Slaton (23-24)		M Merkel (23-24)
9-13-1	Overall	9-18
3-5	League	6-8
1-0	Non-League	1-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-3-1	Common Opponent	2-2
2-5	Home	3-6
0-4	Away	4-7
7-4-1	Neutral	2-5
0-2	Playoff	0-2
9-13-1	In-State	9-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0