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The Andrean (Merrillville, IN) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Illiana Christian	1	4	0	0	0	0	-	5	4	0
Andrean	1	0	0	3	0	0	-	4	4	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Illiana Christian (24-25)

Illiana Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.182	28	22	5	4	5
3	S. Bandstra (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0
5	Luke Passo (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	1
7	Caleb Kieft (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
12	Luke Smith (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
19	Jon Sitter (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
24	Jake Scott (Sr)	1.000	2	2	1	2	2
26	Gavin Meyer (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
27	Tanner Post (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
34	Ayden VanKuiken (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	2
56	Nick Neibert (Jr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0

Illiana Christian

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	8	2	5	.321	.182	.503
3	S. Bandstra (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
5	Luke Passo (Sr)	1	1	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Caleb Kieft (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Luke Smith (Sr)	0	1	1	1	3	.333	.000	.333
19	Jon Sitter (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
24	Jake Scott (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
26	Gavin Meyer (Sr)	0	0	2	1	3	.000	.000	.000
27	Tanner Post (Jr)	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
34	Ayden VanKuiken (Sr)	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
56	Nick Neibert (Jr)	0	2	1	0	0	.667	.000	.667

Illiana Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
6	Connor Krause (Jr)	1
12	Luke Smith (Sr)	1

Illiana Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	20	18	2
2	Gabe Soto (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
3	S. Bandstra (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0
5	Luke Passo (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
12	Luke Smith (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1
24	Jake Scott (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1
34	Ayden VanKuiken (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0
56	Nick Neibert (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0

Illiana Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1
7	Caleb Kieft (Jr)	0.00	1
24	Jake Scott (Sr)	7.64	1

Illiana Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	4	4	8	3	34	22
7	Caleb Kieft (Jr)	2.1	1	0	0	2	2	11	8
24	Jake Scott (Sr)	3.2	3	4	4	6	1	23	14

Illiana Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.182	.471	4	139	1
7	Caleb Kieft (Jr)	.125	.364	1	49	0
24	Jake Scott (Sr)	.214	.522	3	90	1

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Andrean (24-25)

Andrean has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Illiana Christian sneaks past Andrean

May 16, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

The crowd at Friday's non-league battle between the Illiana Christian Vikings (Dyer, IN) and the host Andrean Fighting 59ers (Merrillville, IN), saw Illiana Christian's baseball team get by Andrean by a tally of 5-4.

The Vikings (18-4) will now prepare for their battle against Munster (Munster, IN). The Mustangs enter the non-league battle with a 13-11 record.

Next, the Fighting 59ers face the Hanover Central Wildcats (Cedar Lake, IN) in a Northwest Crossroads battle, on Monday, May 19. Andrean will attempt to upgrade on its 23-2 season record. The Wildcats enter the battle with a 19-4 record after their 13-3 non-league win over Shakamak (Jasonville, IN).

ICHS @ Andrean Baseball Game Info

Fri., May. 16, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Andrean (Merrillville, IN) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN) by a score of 5-4.

Rankings & Records

Illiana Christian (24-25)

IN	Class
58	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-6	10-0	8-1	10-4	0-1	.750	1.000	214	64

Andrean (24-25)

National	IN	Class
53	1	1

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
31-3	11-0	17-2	6-1	8-0	.912	1.000	335	90

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Illiana Christian	2.0	2.2	1.0	1.7	1.4	.8	.6	8.9	8.4	.9
Andrean	1.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	1.6	2.7	.8	9.9	8.3	.9

Team Stat Comparison

Illiana Christian		Andrean
.324	Batting Average	-
.452	On Base Percentage	-
.454	Slugging Percentage	-
.953	Fielding Percentage	-
.625	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Illiana Christian		Andrean	National Avg.
#4 Armaan Sen.750	Batting Average	-	.239
#4 Armaan Sen.857	On Base Percentage	-	.379
#4 Armaan Sen1.000	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
#13 Hudson Post1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860
#10 Jack McDonald1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Illiana Christian	7-4		Andrean	13-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/14/25	Wheeler	Illiana Christian	(W) 23-0	4/10/25	Wheeler	Andrean	(W) 12-0
4/17/25	Hobart	Illiana Christian	(W) 1-0	4/21/25	Hobart	Andrean	(W) 6-0
				4/22/25	Andrean	Hobart	(W) 11-1
4/19/25	Illiana Christian	Lowell	(W) 11-1	5/5/25	Andrean	Lowell	(W) 15-2
4/19/25	Illiana Christian	Lowell	(L) 1-0	5/6/25	Lowell	Andrean	(W) 7-3
4/22/25	River Forest	Illiana Christian	(W) 16-0	5/31/25	River Forest	Andrean	(W) 22-1
5/2/25	Illiana Christian	Highland	(W) 5-0	4/28/25	Highland	Andrean	(W) 20-0
				4/29/25	Andrean	Highland	(W) 10-2
				6/7/25	Highland	Andrean	(W) 9-0
5/8/25	Illiana Christian	Hanover Central	(L) 7-5	5/19/25	Hanover Central	Andrean	(W) 11-5
5/29/25	Hanover Central	Illiana Christian	(L) 9-1	6/2/25	Andrean	Hanover Central	(W) 5-2
5/12/25	Illiana Christian	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 10-3	4/8/25	Hammond Bishop Noll	Andrean	(W) 13-3
5/13/25	Hammond Bishop Noll	Illiana Christian	(W) 10-3
5/15/25	Illiana Christian	Portage	(L) 10-9	5/1/25	Portage	Andrean	(W) 4-0

Record Breakdown

Illiana Christian (24-25)		Andrean (24-25)
18-6	Overall	31-3
10-0	League	11-0
8-5	Non-League	14-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-4	Common Opponent	13-0
8-1	Home	17-2
10-4	Away	6-1
0-1	Neutral	8-0
0-1	Playoff	6-0
18-5	In-State	26-1
0-1	Out-of-State	5-2