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Merrillville Portage

Pirates

Indians

The Portage (IN) JV baseball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 11-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	1	2	5
Portage	3	3	1	2	2	-	-	11	8	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Merrillville (23-24)

Merrillville has not entered stats for this game.

Portage (23-24)

Portage

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.364	30	22	11	8	6
1	Gavin Wisler (So)		0	0	3	0	0
2	Brody Braden (Fr)	.500	4	2	3	1	0
3	Hunter Petri (Fr)	.000	4	3	2	0	0
5	John Garcez (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0
9	Jacob Gonzalez (So)	1.000	3	1	1	1	2
12	W. De Gracia (Jr)	.667	3	3	1	2	2
15	S. Djordjevich (So)	.000	3	1	0	0	0
16	Diego Mendez (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
17	Matt Ramian (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2
22	Justin Osborne (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0

Portage

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	3	1	3	6	.533	.363	.897
2	Brody Braden (Fr)	1	0	1	1	0	.750	.500	1.250
3	Hunter Petri (Fr)	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.000	.250
5	John Garcez (Jr)	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.666	1.334
9	Jacob Gonzalez (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
12	W. De Gracia (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
15	S. Djordjevich (So)	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
16	Diego Mendez (So)	0	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.666
17	Matt Ramian (Fr)	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
22	Justin Osborne (So)	0	2	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000

Portage

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	11
1	Gavin Wisler (So)	1
2	Brody Braden (Fr)	4
3	Hunter Petri (Fr)	2
9	Jacob Gonzalez (So)	1
12	W. De Gracia (Jr)	2
16	Diego Mendez (So)	1

Portage

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.952	21	15	5	1
2	Brody Braden (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
5	John Garcez (Jr)	1.000	7	6	1	0
12	W. De Gracia (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
15	S. Djordjevich (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
16	Diego Mendez (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
17	Matt Ramian (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
22	Justin Osborne (So)	1.000	5	5	0	0

Portage

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
15	S. Djordjevich (So)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Portage

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	2	1	0	1	9			0	18	17
15	S. Djordjevich (So)	5	2	1	0	1	9			0	18	17

Portage

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.118	.167	0	0			68	0	0	2
15	S. Djordjevich (So)	.118	.167	0	0			68	0	0	2

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Portage wallops Merrillville

April 17, 2024: Portage, IN 46368

Portage Indians (Portage, IN) fans exited the stadium thrilled Wednesday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the visiting Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), 11-1 in a league test.

With the win, Portage upgrades its record to 2-2 on the season. The Indians travel to Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) to battle the Kougars in a non-league test on Friday, April 19. The Kougars come into the test with a record of 1-4. Kankakee Valley lost 11-0 in their recent non-league test against Crown Point (Crown Point, IN)

With the defeat, Merrillville falls to 0-4 on the season. The Pirates host Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) to battle the Bearcats in a non-league test on Thursday, April 18. The Bearcats come into the test with a record of 2-3. Wheeler lost 17-5 in their recent non-league test against Andrean (Merrillville, IN)

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
0-6	0-4	0-4	0-2	.000	.000	7	73

Portage (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
4-11	2-8	3-4	1-7	.267	.200	80	106

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	.2	0	.2	.3	.5	0	0	1.2	2.8	4.3
Portage	1.4	.5	.4	.6	1.1	.6	.6	5.3	5.6	2.9

Head-to-Head

Portage won on 4/16/2024

4/16 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Portage 10 1 1 0 1 - - 13 8 2
Merrillville 0 0 0 0 2 - - 2 2 2

The Portage (IN) JV baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 13-2.
Box score
Portage won on 4/17/2024

4/17 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Merrillville 0 0 1 0 0 - - 1 2 5
Portage 3 3 1 2 2 - - 11 8 1

The Merrillville (IN) JV baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Portage (IN) by a score of 11-1.
Box score

4/16 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Portage	10	1	1	0	1	-	-	13	8	2
Merrillville	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	2	2	2

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Portage
-	Batting Average	.234
-	On Base Percentage	.387
-	Slugging Percentage	.295
-	Fielding Percentage	.889
-	Win Loss Percentage	.200

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Portage	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#18 Mason Conrad.667	.265
-	On Base Percentage	#18 Mason Conrad.778	.417
-	Slugging Percentage	#18 Mason Conrad1.833	.328
-	Fielding Percentage	#9 Jacob Gonzalez1.000	.851
-	Win Loss Percentage	#15 Stephen Djordjevich.500	.589

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	0-3		Portage	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/5/24	Lowell	Merrillville		5/3/24	Lowell	Portage
4/9/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 17-0	5/14/24	Chesterton	Portage	(L) 12-2
4/10/24	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 15-0	5/15/24	Portage	Chesterton	(L) 6-5
5/10/24	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(L) 7-1	4/19/24	Portage	Kankakee Valley	(L) 9-5

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (23-24)		Portage (23-24)
0-6	Overall	4-11
0-4	League	2-8
0-2	Non-League	2-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-3	Common Opponent	0-3
0-4	Home	3-4
0-2	Away	1-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-6	In-State	4-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0