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The Merrillville (IN) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against West Lafayette (IN) by a score of 8-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Lafayette	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	8	6	1
Merrillville	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

West Lafayette

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.241	38	29	8	7	4	1
2	Ben Werth (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	.667	5	3	0	2	2	0
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
7	Colin Kastens (So)	1.000	4	2	1	2	0	0
10	Aiden Heap (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	1
16	Lincoln Furry (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
17	Joe Doty (So)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
18	Chase Ostrom (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
22	Evan Kain (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	.000	5	4	0	0	0	0
24	Calvin Snyder (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
29	Cal Elias (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.174	31	23	2	4
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	.000	3	1	0	0
3	James Wood (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0
4	Caleb Ayers (So)	1.000	3	1	1	1
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	.000	3	1	0	0
17	Cameron Fields (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0
23	Davion Turner (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1

West Lafayette

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	10	1	2	9	.405	.276	.681
2	Ben Werth (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	1	1	1	0	0	1	.750	.667	1.417
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	0	0	2	1	0	0	.500	.333	.833
7	Colin Kastens (So)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Aiden Heap (Sr)	0	1	2	0	0	2	.500	.667	1.167
16	Lincoln Furry (Sr)	0	1	1	0	1	3	.250	.000	.250
17	Joe Doty (So)	0	1	1	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.000	.200
24	Calvin Snyder (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	5	1	2	8	.387	.174	.561
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	0	2	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	2	1	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667
3	James Wood (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
4	Caleb Ayers (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	2	0	0	1	2	.667	.000	.667
17	Cameron Fields (Sr)	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
23	Davion Turner (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167

West Lafayette

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	8
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	2
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	1
7	Colin Kastens (So)	2
17	Joe Doty (So)	1
18	Chase Ostrom (Fr)	1
29	Cal Elias (So)	1

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	1
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	1
4	Caleb Ayers (So)	1
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	1
17	Cameron Fields (Sr)	1

West Lafayette

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.931	29	21	6	2	1
2	Ben Werth (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
7	Colin Kastens (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
10	Aiden Heap (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0	1
16	Lincoln Furry (Sr)	.857	7	6	0	1	0
17	Joe Doty (So)	.800	5	4	0	1	0
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
29	Cal Elias (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0	1

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.806	31	21	4	6
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
3	James Wood (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
4	Caleb Ayers (So)	.500	2	1	0	1
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	.500	2	0	1	1
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	.400	5	1	1	3
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	.833	6	5	0	1
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
23	Davion Turner (Sr)	1.000	10	10	0	0

West Lafayette

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	0.00	1
19	Oliver Crowell (Fr)	2.33	1
20	Maddox Bramer (Sr)	0.00	1

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	6.00	1	.000	1
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	4.50	1	.000	1
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	10.50	0		1
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	0.00	0		1

West Lafayette

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	2	1	8	5	31	23
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	3.2	2	0	0	2	4	13	11
19	Oliver Crowell (Fr)	3	2	2	1	4	1	15	11
20	Maddox Bramer (Sr)	.1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	8	6	7	10	38	30
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	4.2	2	4	3	5	8	23	18
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	2	3	4	3	1	2	12	10
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	.1	1	0	0	1	0	3	2

West Lafayette

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.174	.387	3	123	1	1
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	.182	.308	0	51	0	0
19	Oliver Crowell (Fr)	.182	.400	3	56	1	1
20	Maddox Bramer (Sr)	.000	.667	0	16	0	0

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.368	2	1	148	11
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	.111	.304	2	0	97	6
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	.300	.417	0	1	38	5
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	.500	.667	0	0	13	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Merrillville loses to West Lafayette

May 24, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

West Lafayette Red Devils (West Lafayette, IN) followers left the game pleased Saturday as they observed their baseball squad overcome the host Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), 8-2 in a non-league match.

With the triumph, West Lafayette moves its record to 11-11 on the season. The Red Devils travel to McCutcheon (Lafayette, IN) to battle the Mavericks in a non-league match on Monday, May 26. The Mavericks come into the match with a record of 13-11. McCutcheon lost 9-0 in their recent non-league match against Homestead (Fort Wayne, IN)

The Pirates now possess a 4-22 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Hammond Morton for a non-league match on Monday, May 26. Merrillville will battle a Governors squad coming off a 15-5 non-league loss to Andrean (Merrillville, IN). The Governors record now stands at 11-15.

WLHS @ Merrillville Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 24, 2025 @ 1p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against West Lafayette (IN) by a score of 8-2.

Rankings & Records

West Lafayette (24-25)

IN	Class
161	56

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-13	6-3	5-5	6-7	0-1	.458	.667	144	168

Merrillville (24-25)

IN	Class
244	68

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-23	1-13	2-11	3-11	0-1	.179	.071	99	316

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
West Lafayette	1.0	.6	.7	.8	.8	.9	1.2	1.7	1.0	6.0	6.7	2.3
Merrillville	.7	1.1	.7	.4	.3	.4	.3	-	-	3.5	5.0	3.2

Head-to-Head

West Lafayette won on 5/24/2025

5/24 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Lafayette 9 1 5 0 2 - - 17 11 2
Merrillville 2 1 0 0 0 - - 3 4 1

The West Lafayette (IN) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 17-3.
Box score
West Lafayette won on 5/24/2025

5/24 @ 1p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Lafayette 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 8 6 1
Merrillville 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6

The West Lafayette (IN) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 8-2.
Box score

5/24 @ 11a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Lafayette	9	1	5	0	2	-	-	17	11	2
Merrillville	2	1	0	0	0	-	-	3	4	1

Team Stat Comparison

West Lafayette		Merrillville
.268	Batting Average	.218
.401	On Base Percentage	.345
.329	Slugging Percentage	.270
.923	Fielding Percentage	.867
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.167

Team Leaders

West Lafayette		Merrillville	National Avg.
#2 Ben Werth.375	Batting Average	#15 Trevor Goodwin.338	.239
#22 Evan Kain.500	On Base Percentage	#10 Kaleb Henry.429	.379
#2 Ben Werth.500	Slugging Percentage	#15 Trevor Goodwin.481	.302
#1 Cade Kitchel1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 William Riddell1.000	.860
#2 Ben Werth1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Isaac Aguayo.429	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Lafayette	2-0		Merrillville	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
5/5/25	Rensselaer Central	West Lafayette	(W) 2-1		5/1/25	Rensselaer Central	Merrillville	(L) 10-2
5/6/25	West Lafayette	Rensselaer Central	(W) 10-2

Record Breakdown

West Lafayette (24-25)		Merrillville (24-25)
11-13	Overall	5-23
6-3	League	1-13
5-9	Non-League	4-9
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-0	Common Opponent	0-1
5-5	Home	2-11
6-7	Away	3-11
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-13	In-State	5-23
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0