Holding an ace: Bertuccio in the hunt for state 'K' crown, plus other stat leaders

Editor's note: The FrontRowPreps.com statistical leaders, presented by Joaquin Painting, will publish every Monday during the regular season. Only athletes who have statistics entered into MaxPreps will appear on the leaderboards. Statistics as of Monday, April 22, 2019.

Hitting

Batting Average (minimum of 45 plate appearances): Madison Clark (Calaveras), .651; Lexie Webb (Oakdale), .644; Julianna Lassiter (Weston Ranch), .629; Alana Cardon (Calaveras), .622; Morgan McDearmid (Bret Harte), .622; Lilly Mejia (Ripon), .617; Chloe Koll (Amador), .615; Chloe Agueda (East Union), .600.

Hits: Vanessa Saltos (Golden Valley), 39; Kali Gose (Hughson), 38; Yosselin Castillo (Pacheco), 37; Marissa Bertuccio (Golden Valley), 36; Katie Thornsberry (Hughson), 35; Elizabeth Thomas (Ripon Christian), 34; Sheridan Gulley (Davis), 33; Caitlyn Cole (Stone Ridge Christian), 33; Kiya Smith (Mariposa), 33; Amber Aguilar (Los Banos), 32; Vanessa Langan (Hughson), 32; Kai DeLeon (Pitman), 30.

Home Runs: Elizabeth Thomas (Ripon Christian), 7; Kiya Smith (Mariposa), 7; Lexie Webb (Oakdale), 7; Marissa Bertuccio (Golden Valley), 6; Sarah Millan (Orestimba), 6; Lilly Mejia (Ripon), 6; Mackenzie Hutchinson (Ripon), 6; Chloe Agueda (East Union), 5; Harleigh Braswell (Amador), 5; Chloe Koll (Amador), 5; Delihla Garcia (Patterson), 5.

Runs Batted In: Elizabeth Thomas (Ripon Christian), 48; Sharionna Gray (Davis), 38; Kristyn Dexter (Big Valley Christian), 36; Sheridan Gulley (Davis), 33; Julianna Lassiter (Weston Ranch), 33; Kiya Smith (Mariposa), 31; Vanessa Saltos (Golden Valley), 30; Katie Aragona (Los Banos), 30; Lexie Webb (Oakdale), 30.

Stolen Bases: Yosselin Castillo (Pacheco), 47; Alexis Parra (Pacheco), 31;  Cassidy Kuden (Gustine), 31; Caitlyn Cole (Stone Ridge Christian), 24; Karlee Juarez (Bret Harte), 20; Kristyn Dexter (Big Valley Christian), 18; Giana Miller (Beyer), 17; Rhylee Magazinovic (Ripon), 16; Kaitlyn Rau (Big Valley Christian), 16; Sydney Shaw (Stone Ridge Christian), 16; Sara Garcia (Pacheco), 16.

Pitching

Earned Run Average (minimum of 60 innings pitched): Lexie Webb (Oakdale), 0.41; Marissa Bertuccio (Golden Valley), 0.42; Megan Escobar (Atwater), 0.63; Shelby Frutoz (Turlock), 0.67; Raquel Chaidez (Enochs), 1.02; Maikyla Nelson (Gregori), 1.16.

Wins: Marissa Bertuccio (Golden Valley), 20; Sydney Thomason (Ripon), 16; Tawni McCarty (Waterford), 14; Madison de Graaf (Ripon Christian), 12; Leila Ruiz (Davis), 12; Emma Hicks (Pacheco), 12, Lexie Webb (Oakdale), 11; Shelby Frutoz (Turlock), 11.

Strikeouts: Marissa Bertuccio (Golden Valley), 231; Tawni McCarty (Waterford), 186; Shelby Frutoz (Turlock), 158; Paige Fisher (Beyer), 143; Lexie Webb (Oakdale), 138; Trisha McCleskey (Merced), 115; Arabella Strach (Escalon), 114; Madison de Graaf (Ripon Christian), 107.

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