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Merrill Ithaca

Vandals

Yellowjackets

The Ithaca (MI) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Merrill (MI) by a score of 14-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrill	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	5	6
Ithaca	2	4	6	0	2	-	-	14	13	5

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrill (25-26)

Merrill has not entered stats for this game.

Ithaca (25-26)

Ithaca

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.520	29	25	14	13	12	3
2	Brady Paradise	.750	4	4	2	3	4	2
4	Lucas Little	1.000	3	3	3	3	1	0
5	Justice McDaid	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
6	Connor McMurphy	1.000	4	3	4	3	2	0
7	B. Foglesong	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Landon Bratschi	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
13	Carsen Shankel	.667	3	3	1	2	3	1
17	Jacson Whitmore	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
18	Gunner McDaid	.500	3	2	2	1	1	0
19	Lincoln Peters	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Ithaca

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	7	2	1	2	.586	.640	1.226
2	Brady Paradise	0	0	0	0	1	.750	1.250	2.000
4	Lucas Little	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
5	Justice McDaid	1	1	1	0	1	.667	.000	.667
6	Connor McMurphy	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	B. Foglesong	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Landon Bratschi	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
13	Carsen Shankel	0	0	0	1	0	.667	1.000	1.667
17	Jacson Whitmore	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
18	Gunner McDaid	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
19	Lincoln Peters	0	3	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Ithaca

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
4	Lucas Little	2
6	Connor McMurphy	2
18	Gunner McDaid	1

Ithaca

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.800	25	15	5	5
2	Brady Paradise	.500	2	1	0	1
4	Lucas Little	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Justice McDaid	1.000	2	2	0	0
6	Connor McMurphy	.667	3	0	2	1
11	G. Merchant	.500	2	0	1	1
12	Landon Bratschi	1.000	1	0	1	0
13	Carsen Shankel	.889	9	7	1	1
17	Jacson Whitmore	1.000	4	4	0	0
19	Lincoln Peters	.000	1	0	0	1

Ithaca

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.40	1	1.000	1
11	G. Merchant	2.10	1	1.000	1
17	Jacson Whitmore	0.00	0		1

Ithaca

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	5	4	1	5	8	28	22
11	G. Merchant	3.1	4	4	1	4	4	21	16
17	Jacson Whitmore	1.2	1	0	0	1	4	7	6

Ithaca

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.227	.393	2	1	121	1
11	G. Merchant	.250	.429	2	1	89	1
17	Jacson Whitmore	.167	.286	0	0	32	0

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Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Ithaca wallops Merrill

May 20, 2026: Ithaca, MI 48847

In Wednesday's non-league game, the host Ithaca Yellowjackets baseball team scored a nice 14-4 victory over the Merrill Vandals.

The Yellowjackets (17-9) will now prepare for their game against Breckenridge (Breckenridge, MI). The Huskies enter the non-league game with a 18-5 record. In their last game, Breckenridge defeated Hemlock (Hemlock, MI), 16-10, in a non-league game.

Next, the Vandals face the Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy Dragons (Saginaw, MI) in a non-league game, on Saturday, May 30. Merrill will attempt to improve on its 6-10 season record. The Dragons enter the game with a 3-19 record after their 17-2 non-league loss to Ovid-Elsie (Elsie, MI).

Merrill @ Ithaca Baseball Game Info

Wed., May. 20, 2026 @ 6p

Ithaca High School

The Ithaca (MI) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Merrill (MI) by a score of 14-4.

Rankings & Records

Merrill (25-26)

MI	Class
490	84

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
7-11	4-5	4-4	3-7	.389	.444	94	149

Ithaca (25-26)

MI	Class
273	51

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
20-11	12-6	13-5	7-6	.645	.667	172	132

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Merrill	.6	.6	1.0	.7	.8	1.4	-	-	-	5.2	3.7	2.8
Ithaca	.9	.7	1.5	.6	1.2	.7	.7	.3	2.3	5.5	7.0	2.2

Head-to-Head

Ithaca won last month

5/20 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merrill 0 0 1 - - - - 1 3 0
Ithaca 9 0 7 - - - - 16 6 0

The Merrill (MI) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against Ithaca (MI) by a score of 16-1.
Box score
Ithaca won last month

5/20 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merrill 1 1 0 2 0 - - 4 5 6
Ithaca 2 4 6 0 2 - - 14 13 5

The Merrill (MI) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against Ithaca (MI) by a score of 14-4.
Box score

5/20 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrill	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	0
Ithaca	9	0	7	-	-	-	-	16	6	0

Team Stat Comparison

Merrill		Ithaca
-	Batting Average	.286
-	On Base Percentage	.399
-	Slugging Percentage	.344
-	Fielding Percentage	.915
-	Win Loss Percentage	.680

Team Leaders

Merrill		Ithaca	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#11 Greyson Merchant.421	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#6 Connor McMurphy.509	.385
-	Slugging Percentage	#6 Connor McMurphy.511	.312
-	Fielding Percentage	#18 Gunner McDaid1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Greyson Merchant1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrill	0-4		Ithaca	6-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/9/26	Merrill	Fulton	(L) 9-3	4/8/26	Fulton	Ithaca	(L) 11-0
5/1/26	Merrill	Carson City-Crystal	(L) 4-2	5/27/26	Carson City-Crystal	Ithaca	(W) 8-0
				5/27/26	Carson City-Crystal	Ithaca	(W) 10-0
5/15/26	Breckenridge	Merrill	(L) 3-0	5/7/26	Ithaca	Breckenridge
				5/26/26	Ithaca	Breckenridge	(L) 6-4
5/30/26	Merrill	Nouvel Catholic Central	(L) 8-3	4/20/26	Nouvel Catholic Central	Ithaca
				4/20/26	Nouvel Catholic Central	Ithaca	(W) 6-4
				4/20/26	Nouvel Catholic Central	Ithaca	(W) 7-6
				5/15/26	Ithaca	Nouvel Catholic Central	(W) 4-1
				5/15/26	Ithaca	Nouvel Catholic Central	(W) 8-4

Record Breakdown

Merrill (25-26)		Ithaca (25-26)
7-11	Overall	20-11
4-5	League	12-6
3-5	Non-League	8-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-4	Common Opponent	6-2
4-4	Home	13-5
3-7	Away	7-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
7-11	In-State	20-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0