Saturday, April 25, 2026 · City Stadium · Final

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55-39 · L10 7-3

4–2
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42-56 · L10 5-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
HIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 0
HC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
WP Moises Morales (6-2) LP Luke Fernandez (6-3)

Stars of the game

Harrison Bodendorf Moises Morales Jake Jekielek

Season matchup

HIC leads 7 of 8 categories

HIC Metric HC
Offense
5.36 18th Runs scored per game 5.09 27th
Pitching
4.23 1st Runs allowed per game 6.27 25th
Roster
20.4 29th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 20.4 27th
Results
.587 4th Winning percentage .433 24th
104 3rd Run differential -114 28th
.607 1st Pythagorean winning percentage .406 28th
.500 15th Winning percentage in one-run games .625 2nd
.682 1st Home winning percentage .444 27th
.500 12th Road winning percentage .419 22nd

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 Paulino Santana LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .257 .802
2 Yolfran Castillo SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282 .797
3 Esteban Mejia 1B 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .246 .787
4 Hector Osorio CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .309 1.018
5 Luis Marquez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207 .568
6 Daniel Flames DH 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265 .679
7 Josh Springer C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .280 .680
8 Deward Tovar RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225 .717
9 Angel Arredondo 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243 .763
Team 33 4 4 0 3 2 7 .121 .293
LOB:
9
SB:
Castillo, Tovar
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
AJ Russell 2.0 2 2 2 1 3 0 44-26 3.04 1.16
Jake Jekielek 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 29-16 4.36 1.30
Moises Morales W 5.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 62-43 3.95 1.05
Team 9.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 135-85 2.00 0.78

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Dauri Fernandez SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280 .755
Yaikel Mijares 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .150 .451
2 Robert Arias CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .291 .859
3 Riley Nelson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .632
4 Anthony Martinez DH 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .284 .924
5 Yeiferth Castillo LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .239 .608
6 Jonathan Martinez SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .791
7 Jose Pirela RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .215 .662
8 Jhorvic Abreus 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .184 .606
9 Victor Izturis C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .179 .558
Team 28 2 5 0 2 2 10 .179 .464
LOB:
7
2B:
Fernandez
SB:
Mijares, Nelson
CS:
Mijares, Martinez
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Harrison Bodendorf 5.2 0 0 0 1 6 0 82-52 2.35 1.08
Luke Fernandez L 1.2 3 4 2 1 0 0 46-28 4.76 1.62
Keegan Zinn 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 26-17 7.11 1.87
Team 9.0 4 4 2 2 7 0 154-97 2.00 0.67