Friday, July 17, 2026 · Regions Field · Final

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49-48 · L10 5-5

5–3
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38-60 · L10 4-6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
RCT 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 13 0
BIR 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0
WP Austin Gordon (4-6) LP Lucas Gordon (3-6) SV Luke Murphy (18)

Stars of the game

Austin Gordon Dylan Campbell Nick Rodriguez

Season matchup

RCT leads 7 of 8 categories

RCT Metric BIR
Offense
4.79 26th Runs scored per game 5.13 17th
Pitching
4.67 2nd Runs allowed per game 6.01 29th
Roster
25.0 6th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 24.4 15th
Results
.505 16th Winning percentage .388 28th
12 13th Run differential -86 26th
.512 13th Pythagorean winning percentage .428 26th
.387 26th Winning percentage in one-run games .333 30th
.520 16th Home winning percentage .426 27th
.489 15th Road winning percentage .353 29th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Nick Rodriguez 2B 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 .271 .721
2 Raudi Rodriguez CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 .266 .804
3 Tucker Flint LF 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 .246 .768
4 Caleb Bartolero 1B 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 .219 .665
5 Juan Flores C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .659
6 Jake Thompson RF 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 .255 .867
7 Cole Fontenelle 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 .190 .542
8 David Calabrese DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .625
9 Mac McCroskey SS 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 .215 .632
Team 37 5 13 0 5 3 9 .351 .859
LOB:
19
3B:
Fontenelle, McCroskey
SB:
Rodriguez, Thompson, McCroskey
GIDP:
Bartolero 2
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Austin Gordon W 5.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 72-45 4.86 1.35
Blake Weiman 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 30-18 2.57 1.00
Camden Minacci 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9-8 2.60 1.12
Luke Murphy SV 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24-18 0.71 0.82
Team 9.0 6 3 3 4 11 2 135-89 3.00 1.11

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Jacob Burke CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254 .704
2 Alec Briley 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .258 .830
3 Caleb Bonemer 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .283 .931
4 Anthony DePino DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .265 .837
5 Boston Smith C 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 .286 1.165
6 Dylan Campbell RF 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 .228 .706
7 Colby Shelton 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .209 .703
8 Brenden Dixon SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .678
9 Samuel Zavala LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .215 .700
Team 30 3 6 2 3 4 11 .200 .694
LOB:
5
HR:
Smith, Campbell
CS:
Bonemer, Shelton
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Lucas Gordon L 4.2 7 2 2 0 5 0 72-46 5.15 1.34
Jackson Kelley 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17-8 2.77 1.23
Mathias LaCombe 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 26-18 21.21 3.21
Phil Fox 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 17-10 3.23 1.27
Pierce George 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20-9 11.12 2.12
Team 9.0 13 5 5 3 9 0 152-91 5.00 1.78