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The Merrillville (IN) JV baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) by a score of 18-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Kankakee Valley	7	1	7	2	1	-	-	18	7	1
Merrillville	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	2	4	13

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

Kankakee Valley

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
Team Totals	.381	38	21	18	8	5	3	1
Caleb Wiers (Jr)	.667	4	3	0	2	1	0	0
Carlos Cruz (Jr)	1.000	4	1	3	1	1	0	0
Drew Przybylski (Fr)	.333	4	3	2	1	1	0	0
Eddy Lira (So)		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Munoz (Jr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
J. Fitzpatrick (Jr)	1.000	4	1	3	1	0	1	0
Nolan Eggers (Fr)	.000	5	3	2	0	0	0	0
Pierce Scott (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Pedroza (Jr)	.500	4	2	3	1	0	1	0
Zack Mikash (Jr)	1.000	4	2	3	2	2	1	1

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.211	26	19	2	4	2
1	M. Austin-Strong	.000	3	2	1	0	0
2	J. Hernandez	.000	2	2	0	0	0
3	Cordell Bennett	.000	1	1	0	0	0
5	Edwin Otero	.333	3	3	0	1	1
6	Ashton Earls	.500	2	2	0	1	0
8	Pedro Anaya	.333	3	3	0	1	0
13	N. Marrero	.000	2	1	1	0	0
16	Raiden Johnson	1.000	3	1	0	1	1
20	D. Tanzymore	.000	1	1	0	0	0
21	Alphonso Royal	.000	3	1	0	0	0
22	Matthew Marrero	.000	3	2	0	0	0

Kankakee Valley

Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	13	7	4	5	.658	.619	1.277
Caleb Wiers (Jr)	1	1	0	0	.750	.667	1.417
Carlos Cruz (Jr)	2	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Drew Przybylski (Fr)	0	0	1	1	.500	.333	.833
Eddy Lira (So)	0	0	1	0	1.000		1.000
Hunter Munoz (Jr)	2	0	0	4	.500	.000	.500
J. Fitzpatrick (Jr)	2	0	1	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Nolan Eggers (Fr)	2	2	0	6	.400	.000	.400
Pierce Scott (So)	0	3	0	3	.000	.000	.000
Xavier Pedroza (Jr)	2	1	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
Zack Mikash (Jr)	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	9	1	9	.423	.211	.634
1	M. Austin-Strong	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
2	J. Hernandez	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
3	Cordell Bennett	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Edwin Otero	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
6	Ashton Earls	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
8	Pedro Anaya	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
13	N. Marrero	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
16	Raiden Johnson	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
20	D. Tanzymore	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
21	Alphonso Royal	2	0	1	1	.667	.000	.667
22	Matthew Marrero	1	1	0	5	.333	.000	.333

Kankakee Valley

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	19
	Caleb Wiers (Jr)	2
	Carlos Cruz (Jr)	2
	Drew Przybylski (Fr)	1
	Hunter Munoz (Jr)	1
	J. Fitzpatrick (Jr)	5
	Nolan Eggers (Fr)	3
	Xavier Pedroza (Jr)	3
	Zack Mikash (Jr)	2

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
1	M. Austin-Strong	1

Kankakee Valley

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
Team Totals	.938	16	15	1
Drew Przybylski (Fr)	.667	3	2	1
Eddy Lira (So)	1.000	1	1	0
Hunter Munoz (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
Nolan Eggers (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0
Xavier Pedroza (Jr)	1.000	9	9	0

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.567	30	15	2	13	1
3	Cordell Bennett	.000	1	0	0	1	0
6	Ashton Earls	.286	7	0	2	5	0
8	Pedro Anaya	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
16	Raiden Johnson	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
21	Alphonso Royal	.500	14	7	0	7	0
22	Matthew Marrero	1.000	3	3	0	0	1

Kankakee Valley

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
Team Totals	1.40	1	1.000	1	1
Eddy Lira (So)	0.00	0		1	1
J. Fitzpatrick (Jr)	2.33	1	1.000	1	0

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	21.00	1
6	Ashton Earls	24.00	1
16	Raiden Johnson	18.38	1

Kankakee Valley

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
Team Totals	5	3	2	1	7	9	26	19
Eddy Lira (So)	2	1	1	0	2	2	10	8
J. Fitzpatrick (Jr)	3	2	1	1	5	7	16	11

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	7	18	15	13	7	38	21
6	Ashton Earls	2.1	0	11	8	10	4	21	8
16	Raiden Johnson	2.2	7	7	7	3	3	17	13

Kankakee Valley

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
Team Totals	.158	.385	2	112	2
Eddy Lira (So)	.125	.300	1	43	1
J. Fitzpatrick (Jr)	.182	.438	1	69	1

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.333	.632	3	4	174	1	9
6	Ashton Earls	.000	.619	2	3	98	0	4
16	Raiden Johnson	.538	.647	1	1	76	1	5

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Merrillville loses to Kankakee Valley

April 19, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Kankakee Valley Kougars triumphed over the host Merrillville Pirates baseball squad by a score of 18-2 in Saturday's non-league outing.

Next up, the Kougars battle the Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, April 19. Kankakee Valley will attempt to advance on its 3-4 season record. The Pirates come into the outing with a 0-5 record after their 25-3 league loss to Portage (Portage, IN).

The Pirates (0-6) will now prepare for their outing against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN). The Kougars come into the non-league outing with a 2-4 record. In their last outing, Kankakee Valley was overwhelmed by Portage (Portage, IN), 9-5, in a non-league outing.

KVHS @ Merrillville Baseball Game Info

Sat., Apr. 19, 2025 @ 10a

Game 1 of doubleheader

The Merrillville (IN) JV baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) by a score of 18-2.

Rankings & Records

Kankakee Valley (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-7	5-5	9-2	6-5	.682	.500	246	125

Merrillville (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
1-13	1-7	1-8	0-5	.071	.125	78	254

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Kankakee Valley	2.7	1.5	2.1	2.2	2.2	1.5	1.6	1.0	11.2	9.1	2.0
Merrillville	1.2	1.1	1.5	.3	.6	1.0	2.3	-	5.6	4.6	7.1

Head-to-Head

Kankakee Valley won on 4/19/2025

4/19 @ 10a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Kankakee Valley 7 1 7 2 1 - - 18 7 1
Merrillville 1 0 0 1 0 - - 2 4 13

The Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) JV baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 18-2.
Box score
Kankakee Valley won on 4/19/2025

4/19 @ 12:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Kankakee Valley 5 5 1 6 7 - - 24 18 2
Merrillville 1 0 1 0 0 - - 2 4 9

The Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) JV baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 24-2.
Box score

4/19 @ 12:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Kankakee Valley	5	5	1	6	7	-	-	24	18	2
Merrillville	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	2	4	9

Team Stat Comparison

Kankakee Valley		Merrillville
.352	Batting Average	.231
.504	On Base Percentage	.415
.468	Slugging Percentage	.285
.900	Fielding Percentage	.725
.824	Win Loss Percentage	.100

Team Leaders

Kankakee Valley		Merrillville	National Avg.
Hunter Munoz.524	Batting Average	#1 Maurice Austin-Strong.310	.258
Hunter Munoz.697	On Base Percentage	#12 Jerimiah Bibbs.571	.413
Hunter Munoz.810	Slugging Percentage	#21 Alphonso Royal.448	.322
Hunter Munoz1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 William Riddell.850	.848
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Raiden Johnson.250	.587

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kankakee Valley	4-1		Merrillville	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/17/25	Kankakee Valley	Portage	(L) 9-5	4/15/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 10-0
				4/16/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 25-3
5/6/25	Highland	Kankakee Valley	(W) 10-0	5/15/25	Highland	Merrillville	(L) 21-10
5/7/25	Kankakee Valley	Highland	(W) 24-15
5/10/25	Michigan City	Kankakee Valley	(W) 23-6	5/13/25	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 17-7
5/10/25	Michigan City	Kankakee Valley	(W) 23-3	5/14/25	Merrillville	Michigan City	(L) 22-21

Record Breakdown

Kankakee Valley (24-25)		Merrillville (24-25)
15-7	Overall	1-13
5-5	League	1-7
10-2	Non-League	0-6
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-1	Common Opponent	1-4
9-2	Home	1-8
6-5	Away	0-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-7	In-State	1-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0