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The Michigan Lutheran (St. Joseph, MI) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against New Buffalo (MI) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
New Buffalo	0	0	0	2	2	-	-	4	6	0
Michigan Lutheran	3	2	0	0	-	-	-	5	9	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Michigan Lutheran (24-25)

New Buffalo

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.250	24	20	4	5	3	1
1	A. Rodriguez-Sanchez	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	Colten Lijewski	.500	3	2	0	1	1	0
5	Vaughn Nikkel	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
11	B. Bergerson	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
21	Drew Bowen	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
34	Jeffrey Tertel	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
45	Nicholas Wolfe	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
	Lucas Forker	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
	Miles Casper	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

Michigan Lutheran

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.429	21	21	5	9	5	2	1
4	Anthony Ealey (Jr)	1.000	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
7	Owen Heston (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	D. Vander Lugt (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ty Johnson (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	1	0
10	Micah Herbst (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	1	0	0
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0	0
15	K. Hamilton (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	Ethan Eggert (So)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
31	Colton Stegman (Sr)	1.000	2	2	1	2	2	1	1

New Buffalo

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	5	1	2	5	.375	.400	.775
1	A. Rodriguez-Sanchez	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
2	Colten Lijewski	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
5	Vaughn Nikkel	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
11	B. Bergerson	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
21	Drew Bowen	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
34	Jeffrey Tertel	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
45	Nicholas Wolfe	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
	Lucas Forker	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
	Miles Casper	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Michigan Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	2	4	.429	.667	1.096
4	Anthony Ealey (Jr)	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	Owen Heston (Sr)	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
8	D. Vander Lugt (So)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Ty Johnson (Sr)	0	0	3	.333	.667	1.000
10	Micah Herbst (Sr)	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	0	1	3	.333	.333	.666
15	K. Hamilton (So)	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
19	Ethan Eggert (So)	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
31	Colton Stegman (Sr)	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	4.000

New Buffalo

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	7
2	Colten Lijewski	1
5	Vaughn Nikkel	2
21	Drew Bowen	1
45	Nicholas Wolfe	1

Michigan Lutheran

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
4	Anthony Ealey (Jr)	1
8	D. Vander Lugt (So)	1
10	Micah Herbst (Sr)	1
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	1
19	Ethan Eggert (So)	1

New Buffalo

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.857	14	12	2
1	A. Rodriguez-Sanchez	.750	4	3	1
2	Colten Lijewski	1.000	1	1	0
5	Vaughn Nikkel	1.000	4	4	0
45	Nicholas Wolfe	1.000	3	3	0

Michigan Lutheran

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.947	19	15	3	1
4	Anthony Ealey (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
6	Lincoln Coburn (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	Owen Heston (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Ty Johnson (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
10	Micah Herbst (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
19	Ethan Eggert (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
31	Colton Stegman (Sr)	1.000	7	6	1	0

New Buffalo

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1	.000	1
11	B. Bergerson	0.00	0		1
21	Drew Bowen	14.00	1	.000	1

Michigan Lutheran

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	5.60	1	1.000	1	1
7	Owen Heston (Sr)	6.46	1	1.000	1	0
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	0.00	0		1	1

New Buffalo

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	6	5	4	4	1	21	21
11	B. Bergerson	2	2	0	0	2	0	9	9
21	Drew Bowen	2	4	5	4	2	1	12	12

Michigan Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	6	4	4	3	5	1	24	20
7	Owen Heston (Sr)	4.1	6	4	4	2	4	1	22	19
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1

New Buffalo

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.286	.286	67	4
11	B. Bergerson	.222	.222	29	1
21	Drew Bowen	.333	.333	38	3

Michigan Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.300	.417	4	1	85	4
7	Owen Heston (Sr)	.316	.409	4	1	75	4
13	Ben Liebich (Sr)	.000	.500	0	0	10	0

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Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Michigan Lutheran sneaks past New Buffalo

April 22, 2025: St. Joseph, MI 49085

The crowd at Tuesday's league battle between the Michigan Lutheran Titans (St. Joseph, MI) and the visiting New Buffalo Bison (New Buffalo, MI), saw Michigan Lutheran's baseball team get by New Buffalo by a tally of 5-4.

The Titans (5-3) will now prepare for their battle against Paw Paw (Paw Paw, MI). The Red Wolves enter the non-league battle with a 10-4 record. In their last battle, Paw Paw held off Edwardsburg (Edwardsburg, MI), 7-2, in a league battle.

Next, the Bison face the Climax-Scotts Panthers (Climax, MI) in a non-league battle, on Friday, April 25. New Buffalo will attempt to upgrade on its 6-2 season record. The Panthers enter the battle with a 4-2 record after their 10-0 non-league win over Mendon (Mendon, MI).

New Buffalo @ MLHS Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 22, 2025 @ 6:15p

Michigan Lutheran High School

The Michigan Lutheran (St. Joseph, MI) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against New Buffalo (MI) by a score of 5-4.

Rankings & Records

New Buffalo (24-25)

MI	Class
407	44

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-9	8-4	7-4	6-5	.591	.667	213	108

Michigan Lutheran (24-25)

MI	Class
418	47

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
19-14	15-2	8-6	10-7	1-1	.576	.882	239	203

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
New Buffalo	2.5	2.3	1.6	1.8	1.9	.9	.6	0	9.7	8.3	1.7
Michigan Lutheran	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	.6	1.0	.5	7.2	8.6	1.7

Head-to-Head

Michigan Lutheran won on 4/22/2025

4/22 @ 4:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E

New Buffalo 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 1
MLHS 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1

The New Buffalo (MI) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Michigan Lutheran (St. Joseph, MI) in extra innings by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Michigan Lutheran won on 4/22/2025

4/22 @ 6:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

New Buffalo 0 0 0 2 2 - - 4 6 0
MLHS 3 2 0 0 - - - 5 9 1

The New Buffalo (MI) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Michigan Lutheran (St. Joseph, MI) by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Michigan Lutheran won on 5/13/2025

5/13 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

MLHS 0 4 0 3 5 - - 12 6 2
New Buffalo 3 0 0 4 0 - - 7 7 4

The Michigan Lutheran (St. Joseph, MI) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against New Buffalo (MI) by a score of 12-7.
Box score
Michigan Lutheran won on 5/13/2025

5/13 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

MLHS 0 4 0 3 5 - - 12 7 2
New Buffalo 3 0 0 4 0 - - 7 8 3

The Michigan Lutheran (St. Joseph, MI) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against New Buffalo (MI) by a score of 12-7.
Box score

4/22 @ 4:15p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
New Buffalo	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	1
MLHS	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	1

5/13 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MLHS	0	4	0	3	5	-	-	12	6	2
New Buffalo	3	0	0	4	0	-	-	7	7	4

5/13 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MLHS	0	4	0	3	5	-	-	12	7	2
New Buffalo	3	0	0	4	0	-	-	7	8	3

Team Stat Comparison

New Buffalo		Michigan Lutheran
.380	Batting Average	.363
.506	On Base Percentage	.451
.507	Slugging Percentage	.462
.896	Fielding Percentage	.917
.588	Win Loss Percentage	.600

Team Leaders

New Buffalo		Michigan Lutheran	National Avg.
#11 B Bergerson1.000	Batting Average	#13 Ben Liebich.571	.239
#1 A Rodriguez1.000	On Base Percentage	#13 Ben Liebich.611	.379
#5 V Nikkel2.000	Slugging Percentage	#9 Ty Johnson.780	.302
Trevor James1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Micah Herbst1.000	.860
#11 Braedan Bergerson1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#21 Logan Becker1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Buffalo	8-2		Michigan Lutheran	12-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/11/25	New Buffalo	Eau Claire	(W) 12-1	4/15/25	Eau Claire	Michigan Lutheran	(W) 6-1
4/11/25	New Buffalo	Eau Claire		4/15/25	Eau Claire	Michigan Lutheran	(W) 11-1
5/2/25	New Buffalo	Eau Claire		5/6/25	Michigan Lutheran	Eau Claire	(W) 16-0
5/2/25	New Buffalo	Eau Claire		5/6/25	Michigan Lutheran	Eau Claire	(W) 20-1
4/15/25	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	New Buffalo	(W) 11-2	4/29/25	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	Michigan Lutheran	(W) 15-1
4/15/25	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	New Buffalo	(W) 9-2	4/29/25	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	Michigan Lutheran	(W) 16-1
5/6/25	New Buffalo	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	(W) 17-8	5/12/25	Michigan Lutheran	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	(L) 3-2
5/6/25	New Buffalo	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	(W) 17-8	5/12/25	Michigan Lutheran	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	(W) 13-7
				5/27/25	Michigan Lutheran	Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	(W) 9-2
4/18/25	New Buffalo	River Valley	(W) 12-0	5/9/25	Michigan Lutheran	River Valley	(L) 10-7
4/29/25	River Valley	New Buffalo	(W) 10-0	5/9/25	Michigan Lutheran	River Valley	(W) 16-1
4/29/25	River Valley	New Buffalo	(W) 2-1	5/17/25	Michigan Lutheran	River Valley
				5/17/25	Michigan Lutheran	River Valley
				5/19/25	River Valley	Michigan Lutheran	(W) 10-4
				5/19/25	River Valley	Michigan Lutheran	(W) 6-0
5/17/25	New Buffalo	Brandywine	(L) 9-4	5/5/25	Michigan Lutheran	Brandywine	(W) 4-3
5/17/25	New Buffalo	Brandywine	(L) 17-7	5/5/25	Michigan Lutheran	Brandywine	(L) 7-5

Record Breakdown

New Buffalo (24-25)		Michigan Lutheran (24-25)
13-9	Overall	19-14
8-4	League	15-2
4-5	Non-League	3-11
0-4	Head to Head	4-0
8-2	Common Opponent	12-3
7-4	Home	8-6
6-5	Away	10-7
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
13-9	In-State	19-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0