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The Merrillville (IN) varsity baseball team won Thursday's neutral playoff game against Hammond Morton (Hammond, IN) by a score of 7-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hammond Morton	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	3
Merrillville	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	7	7	1

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Game Stats

Merrillville (23-24)

Hammond Morton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.240	32	25	4	6	3	1	1
1	David Shreve (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	Kendall Gibbs (So)		1	0	2	0	0	0	0
5	Nate George (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
7	Jacob Rodriguez (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
11	M. McQuay (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
13	Gerard Garnett (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	Alex Rodriguez (Jr)		2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	1.000	4	3	0	3	3	1	0
21	Kelvin Hawkins (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	1

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.258	32	31	7	8	5	1	1
1	Darien Wiggins (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2	0	0
8	Brady Barnett (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	Kaleb Henry (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
11	Derrick Nelson (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	.750	4	4	3	3	0	0	0
15	Trevor Goodwin (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	Arerion Hoover (Sr)	.667	3	3	2	2	1	1	1

Hammond Morton

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	11	1	2	7	.375	.360	.735
1	David Shreve (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	0	1	1	0	1	3	.250	.000	.250
3	Kendall Gibbs (So)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
5	Nate George (So)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
7	Jacob Rodriguez (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
11	M. McQuay (So)	0	1	1	0	0	3	.500	.333	.833
13	Gerard Garnett (Jr)	0	0	2	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
14	Alex Rodriguez (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.333	2.083
21	Kelvin Hawkins (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.333	1.000	1.333

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	12	2	8	.281	.419	.700
1	Darien Wiggins (So)	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	0	1	1	2	.250	.250	.500
8	Brady Barnett (Sr)	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Kaleb Henry (So)	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
11	Derrick Nelson (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	0	1	0	0	.750	.750	1.500
15	Trevor Goodwin (So)	0	2	1	2	.250	.250	.500
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	1	2	0	0	.333	.000	.333
20	Arerion Hoover (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.667	2.333	3.000

Hammond Morton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	2
4	Charles Murray (So)	1
5	Nate George (So)	1
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	1

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	6	2
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	1
10	Kaleb Henry (So)	1
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	2	2
15	Trevor Goodwin (So)	2

Hammond Morton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.875	24	21	3
1	David Shreve (Fr)	.500	2	1	1
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
5	Nate George (So)	1.000	2	2	0
11	M. McQuay (So)	1.000	12	12	0
12	Devin Singh (So)	1.000	1	1	0
13	Gerard Garnett (Jr)	.000	1	0	1
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
21	Kelvin Hawkins (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1
1	Darien Wiggins (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
7	Joshua Magallon (Sr)	1.000	11	11	0	0
11	Derrick Nelson (Sr)	1.000	4	3	1	0
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
16	Arvee'A Ford (So)	.667	3	2	0	1

Hammond Morton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	0.00	1
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	3.50	1

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	2
8	Brady Barnett (Sr)	8.40	0		1
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1

Hammond Morton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	7	3	1	12	32	31
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	5
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	6	7	6	3	1	11	27	26

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	4	4	5	11	32	26
8	Brady Barnett (Sr)	3.1	6	4	4	3	3	19	15
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	3.2	1	0	0	2	8	13	11

Hammond Morton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.258	.281	126	5
2	B. Vukobratovich (Sr)	.200	.200	14	2
17	Niko Rodriguez (Sr)	.269	.296	112	3

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.269	.406	1	1	126	3
8	Brady Barnett (Sr)	.400	.526	1	1	63	1
12	T. Stephens (Sr)	.091	.231	0	0	63	2

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Merrillville gets by Hammond Morton

May 23, 2024: Hammond, IN 46323

Spectators at Thursday's non-league battle between the Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) and the host Hammond Morton Governors (Hammond, IN), saw Merrillville's baseball squad knock off Hammond Morton by a count of 7-4.

Coming up next, the Pirates play the Lake Central Indians (St. John, IN) in a non-league battle, on Saturday, May 25. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 5-18 season record. The Indians enter the battle with a 19-9 record after their 7-1 non-league win over Munster (Munster, IN).

The Governors now possess a 15-11 record.

Players of the Game

Hammond Morton (23-24)

Hammond Morton has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merrillville (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Tre'Von Stephens for being selected the Merrillville Baseball Player of the Game.

HMHS vs Merrillville Baseball Game Info

Thu., May. 23, 2024 @ 5p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity baseball team won Thursday's neutral playoff game against Hammond Morton (Hammond, IN) by a score of 7-4.

This game is a part of the "2023-24 IHSAA Class 4A Baseball State Tournament - S1 | Munster ".

Rankings & Records

Hammond Morton (23-24)

IN	Class
245	82

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-11	6-0	9-5	5-5	1-1	.577	1.000	213	164

Merrillville (23-24)

IN	Class
226	76

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-19	1-13	2-8	2-10	1-1	.208	.071	74	248

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Hammond Morton	2.3	1.7	1.9	.7	.8	.5	1.8	2.0	8.2	6.6	2.7
Merrillville	.4	.7	.8	.3	.3	.9	.4	-	3.1	4.3	2.3

Team Stat Comparison

Hammond Morton		Merrillville
.292	Batting Average	.207
.456	On Base Percentage	.319
.387	Slugging Percentage	.274
.876	Fielding Percentage	.869
.000	Win Loss Percentage	.214

Team Leaders

Hammond Morton		Merrillville	National Avg.
#17 Niko Rodriguez.508	Batting Average	#15 Trevor Goodwin.295	.239
#14 Alex Rodriguez.676	On Base Percentage	#20 Arerion Hoover.431	.377
#17 Niko Rodriguez.676	Slugging Percentage	#20 Arerion Hoover.474	.299
#8 Roberto Favela1.000	Fielding Percentage	#5 Isaac Aguayo1.000	.862
#17 Niko Rodriguez0	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Kaleb Henry.250	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hammond Morton	3-5		Merrillville	2-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/11/24	Highland	Hammond Morton	(L) 4-1	4/25/24	Merrillville	Highland	(W) 2-1
4/20/24	Chesterton	Hammond Morton	(L) 14-1	4/9/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 10-0
4/20/24	Chesterton	Hammond Morton	(L) 14-1	4/10/24	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 13-2
4/27/24	Hammond Morton	Portage	(L) 11-1	4/16/24	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 16-10
				4/17/24	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 5-2
5/2/24	Whiting	Hammond Morton	(W) 10-9	4/13/24	Whiting	Merrillville	(W) 11-1
5/4/24	Hobart	Hammond Morton	(L) 11-6	3/25/24	Hobart	Merrillville	(L) 10-0
5/7/24	Hammond Central	Hammond Morton	(W) 11-1	4/22/24	Merrillville	Hammond Central	(L) 8-2
5/14/24	Hammond Morton	Hammond Central	(W) 10-2

Record Breakdown

Hammond Morton (23-24)		Merrillville (23-24)
15-11	Overall	5-19
6-0	League	1-13
9-10	Non-League	3-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-5	Common Opponent	2-6
9-5	Home	2-8
5-5	Away	2-10
1-1	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
14-10	In-State	5-19
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0