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Highland Merrillville

Trojans

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) JV baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Highland (IN) by a score of 21-10.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland	1	0	0	9	3	6	2	21	11	3
Merrillville	1	2	6	1	0	0	0	10	9	7

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

Highland

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.323	50	31	21	10	17	3	2
1	Jake Gericke (So)	.000	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	Austin Tucker (Fr)	.000	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
5	Ayden Bouchee (Fr)	.250	5	4	1	1	1	0	0
6	Aidan Williams (So)	.667	5	3	2	2	4	1	0
9	Logan Kidd (Fr)	.500	4	2	3	1	2	1	0
10	Alex Tishey (So)	.500	6	2	3	1	1	1	0
11	Griffin McHugh (So)	.333	6	3	2	1	2	0	0
12	Carlos Almaraz (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	Aaron McCormack (Fr)	.400	6	5	2	2	4	0	1
	Caleb Downs (Fr)	.250	6	4	2	1	1	0	1

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.310	39	29	10	9	7	2	1
1	M. Austin-Strong	.667	4	3	2	2	4	1	0
2	J. Hernandez	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
3	Cordell Bennett	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ashton Earls	.333	4	3	2	1	1	0	1
7	Tim Strickland		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Pedro Anaya	1.000	3	2	2	2	0	0	0
10	Manolo Gomez		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	William Riddell	.000	4	3	1	0	1	0	0
12	Jerimiah Bibbs	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	N. Marrero	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	Raiden Johnson	.333	4	3	1	1	0	1	0
20	D. Tanzymore	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	Alphonso Royal	.250	5	4	0	1	0	0	0
22	Matthew Marrero	.333	3	3	2	1	1	0	0

Highland

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	15	1	1	4	1	8	.520	.548	1.068
1	Jake Gericke (So)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
3	Austin Tucker (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
5	Ayden Bouchee (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	.400	.250	.650
6	Aidan Williams (So)	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.600	1.000	1.600
9	Logan Kidd (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
10	Alex Tishey (So)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.833	1.000	1.833
11	Griffin McHugh (So)	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.667	.333	1.000
12	Carlos Almaraz (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
14	Aaron McCormack (Fr)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.800	1.133
	Caleb Downs (Fr)	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.750	1.250

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	11	2	3	10	.487	.448	.935
1	M. Austin-Strong	1	0	0	0	3	.750	1.000	1.750
2	J. Hernandez	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
3	Cordell Bennett	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
6	Ashton Earls	0	2	1	0	3	.500	1.000	1.500
7	Tim Strickland	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
8	Pedro Anaya	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Manolo Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
11	William Riddell	1	2	0	1	2	.250	.000	.250
12	Jerimiah Bibbs	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	N. Marrero	1	2	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
16	Raiden Johnson	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.667	1.167
20	D. Tanzymore	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
21	Alphonso Royal	1	2	0	0	2	.400	.250	.650
22	Matthew Marrero	0	1	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666

Highland

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	19
1	Jake Gericke (So)	2
3	Austin Tucker (Fr)	3
5	Ayden Bouchee (Fr)	2
6	Aidan Williams (So)	3
9	Logan Kidd (Fr)	1
10	Alex Tishey (So)	2
11	Griffin McHugh (So)	4
14	Aaron McCormack (Fr)	1
	Caleb Downs (Fr)	1

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	7
1	M. Austin-Strong	3
6	Ashton Earls	1
11	William Riddell	1
16	Raiden Johnson	2

Highland

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.821	28	18	5	5
1	Jake Gericke (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
5	Ayden Bouchee (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
9	Logan Kidd (Fr)	.667	3	1	1	1
10	Alex Tishey (So)	.333	3	1	0	2
11	Griffin McHugh (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0
14	Aaron McCormack (Fr)	1.000	13	11	2	0
	Caleb Downs (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.788	33	21	5	7
1	M. Austin-Strong	.600	5	0	3	2
2	J. Hernandez	1.000	3	3	0	0
6	Ashton Earls	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Pedro Anaya	1.000	2	2	0	0
11	William Riddell	.833	6	5	0	1
13	N. Marrero	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	Raiden Johnson	.857	7	5	1	1
21	Alphonso Royal	.667	3	2	0	1
22	Matthew Marrero	.667	3	1	1	1

Highland

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1
8	Noah Ladewski (So)	5.25	1
12	Carlos Almaraz (So)	0.00	1
24	Q. Anderson (Fr)	7.00	1

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	15.00	1	.000	1
1	M. Austin-Strong	15.75	0		1
6	Ashton Earls	13.36	1	.000	1
8	Pedro Anaya	28.00	0		1
10	Manolo Gomez		0		1
11	William Riddell	7.00	0		1

Highland

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	10	3	8	11	39	29
8	Noah Ladewski (So)	2.2	4	9	2	1	7	19	17
12	Carlos Almaraz (So)	2.1	3	0	0	3	3	12	9
24	Q. Anderson (Fr)	1	0	1	1	4	1	8	3

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	11	21	15	15	1	50	34
1	M. Austin-Strong	1.1	3	6	3	5	0	13	8
6	Ashton Earls	3.2	5	7	7	5	1	21	16
8	Pedro Anaya	1	2	6	4	3	0	9	6
11	William Riddell	1	1	2	1	2	0	7	4

Highland

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.241	.436	3	2	169	9
8	Noah Ladewski (So)	.235	.316	0	1	80	6
12	Carlos Almaraz (So)	.333	.500	0	0	54	0
24	Q. Anderson (Fr)	.000	.625	3	1	35	3

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.324	.540	5	1	186	17
1	M. Austin-Strong	.375	.615	0	0	51	6
6	Ashton Earls	.312	.476	3	0	71	5
8	Pedro Anaya	.333	.556	2	0	35	5
11	William Riddell	.250	.571	0	1	29	1

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Highland wallops Merrillville

May 15, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

In Thursday's non-league game, the visiting Highland Trojans baseball team scored a nice 21-10 victory over the Merrillville Pirates.

The Trojans (5-12) will now prepare for their game against Chesterton (Chesterton, IN). The Trojans enter the non-league game with a 15-6 record. In their last game, Chesterton defeated Portage (Portage, IN), 4-0, in a league game.

Highland @ Merrillville Baseball Game Info

Thu., May. 15, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Merrillville (IN) JV baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Highland (IN) by a score of 21-10.

Rankings & Records

Highland (24-25)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-13-1	1-10-1	0-9	5-4-1	.289	.125	118	208

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	R	H	E
Highland	.9	1.1	.8	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.1	6.2	5.0	3.7
Merrillville	1.2	1.1	1.5	.3	.6	1.0	2.3	5.6	4.6	7.1

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Merrillville
.217	Batting Average	.231
.393	On Base Percentage	.415
.280	Slugging Percentage	.285
.843	Fielding Percentage	.725
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.100

Team Leaders

Highland		Merrillville	National Avg.
Caleb Downs.476	Batting Average	#1 Maurice Austin-Strong.310	.258
Caleb Downs.633	On Base Percentage	#12 Jerimiah Bibbs.571	.413
Caleb Downs.714	Slugging Percentage	#21 Alphonso Royal.448	.322
#14 Aaron McCormack.978	Fielding Percentage	#11 William Riddell.850	.848
#6 Aidan Williams1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Raiden Johnson.250	.587

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	1-5		Merrillville	1-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/1/25	Highland	Michigan City	(W) 9-0	5/13/25	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 17-7
				5/14/25	Merrillville	Michigan City	(L) 22-21
4/3/25	Portage	Highland	(L) 11-0	4/15/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 10-0
				4/16/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 25-3
5/6/25	Highland	Kankakee Valley	(L) 10-0	4/19/25	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(L) 18-2
5/7/25	Kankakee Valley	Highland	(L) 24-15	4/19/25	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(L) 24-2
5/10/25	Valparaiso	Highland	(L) 20-2	4/29/25	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 14-0
				4/30/25	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 16-2
5/17/25	Chesterton	Highland	(L) 11-3	4/8/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 29-2
				4/9/25	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 15-0

Record Breakdown

Highland (24-25)		Merrillville (24-25)
5-13-1	Overall	1-13
1-10-1	League	1-7
4-3	Non-League	0-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-5	Common Opponent	1-9
0-9	Home	1-8
5-4-1	Away	0-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-13-1	In-State	1-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0