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Merrillville Wheeler

Pirates

Bearcats

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 10-9.

Game Details: Wheeler High School, Baseball Diamond

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	2	1	0	0	0	1	6	10	-	-
Wheeler	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	9	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Merrillville (17-18)

Merrillville has not entered stats for this game.

Wheeler (17-18)

Wheeler

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.344	40	32	9	11	9	1	1
5	Rex Stills (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
8	J. Armentrout (Sr)	.667	5	3	2	2	3	1	1
9	Sam Beier (Sr)	.600	5	5	2	3	1	0	0
9	Nate Gosbin (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	J. Stephens (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Mason Diaz (Jr)	.250	5	4	0	1	2	0	0
13	Adam Wagoner (Sr)	.333	5	3	1	1	2	0	0
22	Clayton Sanders (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0	0
24	Danny Klimczak (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0	0

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	6	1	3	15	.436	.500	.936
5	Rex Stills (Fr)	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
8	J. Armentrout (Sr)	0	0	2	0	1	2	.800	2.333	3.133
9	Sam Beier (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.600	1.200
9	Nate Gosbin (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
10	J. Stephens (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	1	.250	.000	.250
11	Mason Diaz (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.250	.450
13	Adam Wagoner (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
22	Clayton Sanders (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
24	Danny Klimczak (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000

Wheeler

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
8	J. Armentrout (Sr)	1

Wheeler

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	18	4	1
8	J. Armentrout (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	Nate Gosbin (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Mason Diaz (Jr)	1.000	10	10	0	0
13	Adam Wagoner (Sr)	.750	4	1	2	1
18	H. Catherman (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
22	Clayton Sanders (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
24	Danny Klimczak (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Wheeler

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.00	1	.000	3
5	Rex Stills (Fr)	4.67	0		1
10	J. Stephens (Sr)	13.36	1	.000	1
24	Danny Klimczak (Sr)	0.00	0		1

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	11	10	9	7	9	41	33
5	Rex Stills (Fr)	3	4	3	2	2	5	16	14
10	J. Stephens (Sr)	3.2	7	7	7	4	3	22	18
24	Danny Klimczak (Sr)	.1	0	0	0	1	1	3	1

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.463	1	163	5
5	Rex Stills (Fr)	.286	.375	0	75	5
10	J. Stephens (Sr)	.389	.500	0	75	0
24	Danny Klimczak (Sr)	.000	.667	1	13	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Wheeler can't hold off Merrillville

May 11, 2018: Valparaiso, IN 46385

In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Merrillville Pirates baseball team scored a tight 10-9 victory over the Wheeler Bearcats.

The Pirates (2-12) will now prepare for their game against Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN). The Warriors go into the non-league game with a 11-8 record.

The Bearcats (14-4) will now prepare for their game against Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN). The Warriors go into the Greater Southshore game with a 11-8 record.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (17-18)

National	IN	Class
8,257	219	82

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-15-1	1-10	3-7	2-7-1	0-1	.262	.091	71	183

Wheeler (17-18)

National	IN	Class
3,178	81	25

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-6	12-2	6-3	11-2	1-1	.750	.857	257	97

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Merrillville	.5	.6	1.0	.2	.5	.4	2.0	0	1.0	3.4	5.8	3.2
Wheeler	2.3	2.2	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.2	.7	-	-	10.7	8.9	1.0

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Wheeler
-	Batting Average	.363
-	On Base Percentage	.482
-	Slugging Percentage	.464
-	Fielding Percentage	.927
-	Win Loss Percentage	.750

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Wheeler	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#9 Sam Beier.512	.254
-	On Base Percentage	#17 Danny Lira1.000	.370
-	Slugging Percentage	#9 Sam Beier.662	.316
-	Fielding Percentage	#1 Spencer Tipold1.000	.855
-	Win Loss Percentage	#13 Adam Wagoner1.000	.529

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	3-1		Wheeler	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/26/18	Hobart	Merrillville	(L) 11-8	5/22/18	Wheeler	Hobart	(W) 7-5
4/12/18	Lowell	Merrillville	(W) 5-0	5/4/18	Wheeler	Lowell	(L) 4-1
4/23/18	Merrillville	Hammond Clark	(W) 5-4	4/12/18	Wheeler	Hammond Clark	(W) 13-0
5/8/18	Crown Point	Merrillville		5/22/18	Crown Point	Wheeler	(L) 6-1
5/9/18	Merrillville	Crown Point
5/18/18	Hammond Bishop Noll	Merrillville	(W) 4-1	5/14/18	Hammond Bishop Noll	Wheeler	(W) 10-0
				5/15/18	Wheeler	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 13-2

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (17-18)		Wheeler (17-18)
5-15-1	Overall	18-6
1-10	League	12-2
4-4-1	Non-League	5-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-1	Common Opponent	4-2
3-7	Home	6-3
2-7-1	Away	11-2
0-1	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
5-15-1	In-State	18-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0