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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 17-3.

	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

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

West Lafayette

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.565	39	23	17	13	14	2
2	Ben Werth (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	1	0
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	1.000	5	1	3	1	1	0
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0
7	Colin Kastens (So)	1.000	4	3	2	3	2	1
10	Aiden Heap (Sr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0	0
16	Lincoln Furry (Sr)	.667	4	3	0	2	1	0
17	Joe Doty (So)	.000	4	1	1	0	2	0
18	Chase Ostrom (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	.333	5	3	1	1	2	0
24	Calvin Snyder (Fr)	.667	4	3	3	2	3	1
27	Andrew Kolb (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	Cal Elias (So)		0	0	2	0	0	0

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.222	22	18	3	4	2
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
3	James Wood (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	1
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0
17	Cameron Fields (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
23	Davion Turner (Sr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0

West Lafayette

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	4	6	7	.692	.652	1.344
2	Ben Werth (Jr)	1	1	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	0	1	0	3	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
7	Colin Kastens (So)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333
10	Aiden Heap (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
16	Lincoln Furry (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	.750	.667	1.417
17	Joe Doty (So)	1	2	1	0	3	.500	.000	.500
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	0	1	1	1	3	.600	.333	.933
24	Calvin Snyder (Fr)	0	0	0	1	0	.750	1.000	1.750
27	Andrew Kolb (Jr)	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	3	1	4	.364	.222	.586
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	James Wood (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	1	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
17	Cameron Fields (Sr)	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
23	Davion Turner (Sr)	1	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500

West Lafayette

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	1
6	Braylon Crisp (Fr)	1
24	Calvin Snyder (Fr)	2

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
15	Trevor Goodwin (Jr)	1

West Lafayette

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.885	26	15	8	3	1
2	Ben Werth (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1	0
3	LJ Whitford (Fr)	1.000	4	1	3	0	1
7	Colin Kastens (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
10	Aiden Heap (Sr)	.857	7	6	0	1	1
16	Lincoln Furry (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
17	Joe Doty (So)	1.000	3	1	2	0	1
22	Evan Kain (Sr)	.500	2	0	1	1	0
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	1.000	3	1	2	0	0

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.957	23	15	7	1	1
1	Darien Wiggins (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
2	Darnell Bowles (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
3	James Wood (Sr)	1.000	5	2	3	0	0
5	Isaac Aguayo (So)	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
10	Kaleb Henry (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	1
17	Cameron Fields (Sr)	1.000	6	5	1	0	1
23	Davion Turner (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	1

West Lafayette

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.40	1	0	1.000	1				0
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	1.40	1	0	1.000	1				0

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	21.00	1	.000	1
3	James Wood (Sr)	11.31	0		1
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	168.00	1	.000	1
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	0.00	0		1

West Lafayette

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	4	3	1	4	3			0	22	18
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	5	4	3	1	4	3			0	22	18

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	11	17	15	8	4	39	25
3	James Wood (Sr)	4.1	7	9	7	4	3	29	19
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	.1	4	8	8	4	0	9	5
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	.1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

West Lafayette

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.222	.364	1	0			86	0	0	1
23	Korbyn Keen (Fr)	.222	.364	1	0			86	0	0	1

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.440	.641	4	6	132	1	1
3	James Wood (Sr)	.368	.586	0	6	96	1	0
16	Arvee'A Ford (Jr)	.800	.889	4	0	33	0	1
18	Raiden Johnson (Jr)	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - West Lafayette wallops Merrillville

May 24, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

In Saturday's non-league game, the visiting West Lafayette Red Devils baseball team scored a nice 17-3 win over the Merrillville Pirates.

The Red Devils (10-11) will now prepare for their game against Merrillville (Merrillville, IN). The Pirates go into the non-league game with a 4-19 record. In their last game, Merrillville was overwhelmed by Lake Central (St. John, IN), 18-0, in a league game.

Next, the Pirates play the West Lafayette Red Devils (West Lafayette, IN) in a non-league game, on Saturday, May 24. Merrillville will attempt to improve on its 4-21 season record. The Red Devils go into the game with a 9-11 record after their 5-4 non-league loss to Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, IN).

WLHS @ Merrillville Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 24, 2025 @ 11a

The Merrillville (IN) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against West Lafayette (IN) by a score of 17-3.

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 @ 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

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