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Merrillville Wheeler

Pirates

Bearcats

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 15-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	1	1	2	1	0	0	-	5	6	4
Wheeler	2	0	0	0	6	7	-	15	15	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Wheeler (23-24)

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.250	31	24	5	6	4	1	1
1	Darien Wiggins (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	James Wood (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	2	1	0
10	Kaleb Henry (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
11	Derrick Nelson (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
15	Trevor Goodwin (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0	0
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	1
20	Arerion Hoover (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0

Wheeler

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.375	38	32	15	12	11	3
1	Nick Micciche (So)	.500	5	4	2	2	1	0
3	Keegan Kuehl (So)	.500	4	4	2	2	2	0
8	Lucas McNamara (Sr)	.333	5	3	2	1	2	0
10	Nick Bravo (Jr)	.667	4	3	2	2	2	1
11	Christian Cutka (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
18	David Lindlow (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0
19	Braden Olson (So)	.000	4	3	2	0	0	0
27	Braydon Prskalo (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2	1
34	Jackson Smith (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	1	1

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	8	2	1	1	18	.387	.375	.762
1	Darien Wiggins (So)	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.000	.250
3	James Wood (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.750	1.000	1.750
10	Kaleb Henry (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
11	Derrick Nelson (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	.500	.000	.500
15	Trevor Goodwin (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.250	.500
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	1.000	1.333
20	Arerion Hoover (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	6	2	5	1	5	.474	.468	.943
1	Nick Micciche (So)	0	1	1	0	0	2	.600	.500	1.100
3	Keegan Kuehl (So)	0	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
8	Lucas McNamara (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	2	.600	.333	.933
10	Nick Bravo (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
11	Christian Cutka (So)	1	0	0	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833
18	David Lindlow (So)	0	1	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500
19	Braden Olson (So)	1	2	0	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
27	Braydon Prskalo (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	2	.250	.500	.750
34	Jackson Smith (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.750	1.250

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
11	Derrick Nelson (Sr)	1
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	3

Wheeler

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
10	Nick Bravo (Jr)	1
19	Braden Olson (So)	1
34	Jackson Smith (Sr)	1

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.739	23	16	1	6
1	Darien Wiggins (So)	.500	2	0	1	1
3	James Wood (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1
6	Davion Turner (Jr)	.000	2	0	0	2
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
10	Kaleb Henry (So)	.333	3	1	0	2
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Trevor Goodwin (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0
20	Arerion Hoover (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Wheeler

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.920	25	18	5	2
1	Nick Micciche (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
9	C. McLaughlin (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Christian Cutka (So)	1.000	3	1	2	0
18	David Lindlow (So)	.833	6	3	2	1
19	Braden Olson (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
27	Braydon Prskalo (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
34	Jackson Smith (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	3.94	0	1	.000	2	0
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	4.20		1	.000	1
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	0.00	0	0		1	0

Wheeler

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.33	1	1.000	1
9	C. McLaughlin (So)	0.00	1	1.000	1
19	Braden Olson (So)	4.67	0		1

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5.1	15	15	3	4	6	38	32
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	5	10	8	3	3	6	29	25
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	.1	5	7	0	1	0	9	7

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	5	2	5	8	31	25
9	C. McLaughlin (So)	3	2	0	0	0	3	12	11
19	Braden Olson (So)	3	2	5	2	5	5	19	14

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.469	.553	6	2	131	4
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	.400	.483	1	1	100	3
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	.714	.778	5	1	31	1

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.160	.323	2	1	122
9	C. McLaughlin (So)	.182	.250	0	1	43
19	Braden Olson (So)	.143	.368	2	0	79

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Wheeler wallops Merrillville

April 18, 2024: Valparaiso, IN 46385

In Thursday's non-league challenge, the Wheeler Bearcats (Valparaiso, IN) baseball squad triumphed over the visiting Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), by a margin of 15-5.

With the win, Wheeler betters its record to 6-3 on the season. The Bearcats travel to Lowell (Lowell, IN) to encounter the Red Devils in a non-league challenge on Friday, April 19. The Red Devils come into the challenge with a record of 4-2. Lowell lost 3-2 in their recent league challenge against Highland (Highland, IN)

With the defeat, Merrillville falls to 1-9 on the season. The Pirates travel to Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) to encounter the Wolves in a non-league challenge on Monday, April 22. The Wolves come into the challenge with a record of 3-3. Hammond Central won 18-0 in their recent league challenge against Gary West Side (Gary, IN)

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (23-24)

IN	Class
272	83

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
2-14	0-10	1-7	1-7	.125	.000	40	184

Wheeler (23-24)

IN	Class
194	46

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-8	6-2	6-4	3-4	.529	.750	141	114

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	.6	.8	.5	.1	.2	.6	0	2.5	3.5	2.6
Wheeler	1.0	1.5	1.5	.4	1.7	1.9	1.8	8.3	8.1	2.9

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Wheeler
.182	Batting Average	.311
.316	On Base Percentage	.428
.249	Slugging Percentage	.401
.864	Fielding Percentage	.893
.100	Win Loss Percentage	.529

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Wheeler	National Avg.
#20 Arerion Hoover.273	Batting Average	#6 Chase Yanek.462	.241
#20 Arerion Hoover.500	On Base Percentage	#19 Braden Olson.593	.379
#12 Tre'Von Stephens.421	Slugging Percentage	#7 Blake Laba.600	.302
#12 Tre'Von Stephens1.000	Fielding Percentage	#3 Keegan Kuehl1.000	.861
#10 Kaleb Henry.333	Win Loss Percentage	#2 Tyler Hughes1.000	.543

Common Opponents

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

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/25/24	Hobart	Merrillville	(L) 10-0	5/10/24	Hobart	Wheeler
3/28/24	Washington Township	Merrillville	(L) 24-5	5/2/24	Washington Township	Wheeler	(L) 8-4
4/13/24	Whiting	Merrillville	(W) 11-1	4/15/24	Wheeler	Whiting	(W) 17-13
4/16/24	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 16-10	5/13/24	Wheeler	Portage
4/17/24	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 5-2

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (23-24)		Wheeler (23-24)
2-14	Overall	9-8
0-10	League	6-2
2-4	Non-League	3-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-4	Common Opponent	1-1
1-7	Home	6-4
1-7	Away	3-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-14	In-State	9-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0