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Washington Township Merrillville

Senators

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Washington Township (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Washington Township	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	5	-	-
Merrillville	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Merrillville (22-23)

Washington Township

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.241	39	29	5	7	3	1
7	Nathan Weimer (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
9	Gavin Kukler (Jr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
10	Liam Schott (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Carson Wheat (Jr)	.600	5	5	1	3	2	0
17	Aiden Armstrong (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
18	Logan Armstrong (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
19	Ian Batthauer (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Jaxson Garzella (Sr)	.333	5	3	1	1	0	1
24	Ethan Girton (Sr)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0
44	Hunter Lang (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
45	Nathan Winchip (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.167	30	24	4	4	1	2
2	R. Richardson (Sr)		4	3	1
7	Joshua Magallon (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1		1
8	Brady Barnett (Jr)		3	3
10	Kaleb Henry (Fr)		3	2
12	T. Stephens (Jr)	.667	4	3	2	2		1
15	Trevor Goodwin (Fr)		3	2
20	Arerion Hoover (Jr)		3	2			1
22	Arvee'A Ford (Fr)		3	2
24	Colin Early (Sr)	.333	3	3		1

Washington Township

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	10	3	3	1	13	.436	.275	.712
7	Nathan Weimer (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Gavin Kukler (Jr)	1	0	1	1	0	2	.500	.000	.500
10	Liam Schott (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Carson Wheat (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	3	.600	.600	1.200
18	Logan Armstrong (Sr)	0	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
19	Ian Batthauer (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
20	Jaxson Garzella (Sr)	2	0	0	1	0	5	.600	.666	1.267
24	Ethan Girton (Sr)	1	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
44	Hunter Lang (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
45	Nathan Winchip (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	9	.333	.250	.583
2	R. Richardson (Sr)	1	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Joshua Magallon (Jr)		1	.250	.500	.750
8	Brady Barnett (Jr)		2	.000	.000	.000
10	Kaleb Henry (Fr)	1	1	.333	.000	.333
12	T. Stephens (Jr)	1		.750	1.000	1.750
15	Trevor Goodwin (Fr)	1	1	.333	.000	.333
20	Arerion Hoover (Jr)	1	1	.333	.000	.333
22	Arvee'A Ford (Fr)	1	2	.333	.000	.333
24	Colin Early (Sr)			.333	.333	.666

Washington Township

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
9	Gavin Kukler (Jr)	2
20	Jaxson Garzella (Sr)	1

Baserunning

Merrillville has not entered any baserunning stats.

Washington Township

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1
7	Nathan Weimer (Jr)	1.000	10	10	0	0
9	Gavin Kukler (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	Carson Wheat (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Aiden Armstrong (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	Jaxson Garzella (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
44	Hunter Lang (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1
45	Nathan Winchip (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Fielding

Merrillville has not entered any fielding stats.

Washington Township

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
12	Carson Wheat (Jr)	0.00	0		1
24	Ethan Girton (Sr)	2.33	0		1
45	Nathan Winchip (Sr)	3.00	1	1.000	1

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	2
2	R. Richardson (Sr)	5.60	1
12	T. Stephens (Jr)		1

Washington Township

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	4	2	6	10	31	25
12	Carson Wheat (Jr)	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	8	6
24	Ethan Girton (Sr)	3	3	3	1	2	6	14	12
45	Nathan Winchip (Sr)	2.1	2	1	1	2	2	9	7

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	Team Totals	7	9	1	4	7	9
2	R. Richardson (Sr)	5	7		4	5	7
12	T. Stephens (Jr)	2	2	1		2	2

Washington Township

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.240	.387	138	1	2
12	Carson Wheat (Jr)	.167	.375	37	0	0
24	Ethan Girton (Sr)	.250	.357	58	0	0
45	Nathan Winchip (Sr)	.286	.444	43	1	2

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	1.900	3	149
2	R. Richardson (Sr)	1.875	3	116
12	T. Stephens (Jr)	2.000		33

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Merrillville edged by Washington Township

March 30, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Washington Township Senators got by the host Merrillville Pirates baseball team by a count of 5-4 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Senators now possess a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to New Prairie for a non-league bout on Tuesday, April 4.

Next, the Pirates face the Lake Central Indians (St. John, IN) in a Duneland bout, on Tuesday, April 4. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 0-2 season record. The Indians enter the bout with a 2-1 record after their 6-1 non-league loss to Bloomington South (Bloomington, IN).

Rankings & Records

Washington Township (22-23)

IN	Class
218	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-13	4-3	6-5	4-7	1-1	.458	.571	145	156

Merrillville (22-23)

IN	Class
277	86

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-23	2-12	2-11	3-11	0-1	.179	.143	82	322

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Washington Township	.7	.6	.7	1.5	.7	1.8	1.1	6.0	6.7	1.7
Merrillville	.6	.5	.3	.3	.4	.8	1.0	2.9	3.5	4.0

Team Stat Comparison

Washington Township		Merrillville
.268	Batting Average	.195
.405	On Base Percentage	.343
.313	Slugging Percentage	.237
.915	Fielding Percentage	-
.455	Win Loss Percentage	.000

Team Leaders

Washington Township		Merrillville	National Avg.
#19 Ian Batthauer.500	Batting Average	#12 Tre'Von Stephens.441	.243
#19 Ian Batthauer.667	On Base Percentage	#12 Tre'Von Stephens.553	.375
#19 Ian Batthauer.500	Slugging Percentage	#12 Tre'Von Stephens.544	.307
#10 Liam Schott1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.861
#17 Aiden Armstrong1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#24 Colin Early0	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Washington Township	2-3		Merrillville	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/23	Hobart	Washington Township	(L) 12-3	3/27/23	Merrillville	Hobart	(L) 7-6
				5/25/23	Merrillville	Hobart	(L) 14-3
4/8/23	Washington Township	Highland	(L) 9-2	4/6/23	Highland	Merrillville	(L) 15-8
4/13/23	Washington Township	Portage	(L) 13-4	4/18/23	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 11-1
				4/19/23	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 27-2
5/4/23	Wheeler	Washington Township	(W) 12-1	4/21/23	Merrillville	Wheeler	(W) 2-0
5/11/23	Whiting	Washington Township	(W) 13-3	4/15/23	Merrillville	Whiting	(L) 7-4

Record Breakdown

Washington Township (22-23)		Merrillville (22-23)
11-13	Overall	5-23
4-3	League	2-12
5-8	Non-League	3-10
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-3	Common Opponent	1-6
6-5	Home	2-11
4-7	Away	3-11
1-1	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
11-13	In-State	5-23
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0