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Merrillville Wheeler

Pirates

Bearcats

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 15-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	2	1	0	0	0	-	-	3	5	3
Wheeler	5	9	1	0	-	-	-	15	12	0

Final score provided by S. Pressley.

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Matchup

Game Stats

Wheeler (20-21)

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.294	25	17	3	5	3	1
1	Austin Pupek (Sr)	1.000	3	1	1	1	0	1
2	R. Richardson (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
6	Jay Powers (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
8	Colin Rogers (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	Vince Medina (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	0
11	Derrick Nelson (Fr)	.000	2	1	0	0	1	0
13	Nikko Knight (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0
17	Gage Adams (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
22	Andrew Early (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
23	Kendall Fields (Jr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
24	Colin Early (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0

Wheeler

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.542	30	24	15	13	13	3	2
2	Damian Ruoff (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0	0
4	Sean Conroy (Sr)	1.000	4	2	3	2	4	1	1
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0	0	0
11	Trevor Kunst (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	2	0	0
12	Max Mortimer (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
16	Alex Hutman (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	N. Parrish (Jr)	.667	3	3	2	2	2	0	0
27	Alex Sweitzer (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	2	3	0	1
29	Danny Lira (Sr)	.500	3	2	2	1	1	0	0
34	Jackson Smith (Fr)	.667	3	3	2	2	1	2	0

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	6	2	7	.520	.352	.873
1	Austin Pupek (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
2	R. Richardson (So)	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
6	Jay Powers (Jr)	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
8	Colin Rogers (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Vince Medina (Sr)	0	1	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
11	Derrick Nelson (Fr)	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
13	Nikko Knight (Sr)	0	0	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
17	Gage Adams (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
22	Andrew Early (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
23	Kendall Fields (Jr)	1	1	1	0	.667	.000	.667
24	Colin Early (So)	1	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	3	2	1	1	11	.633	.833	1.466
2	Damian Ruoff (Sr)	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
4	Sean Conroy (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
11	Trevor Kunst (So)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
12	Max Mortimer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.333	.666
16	Alex Hutman (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
21	N. Parrish (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.666	1.334
27	Alex Sweitzer (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
29	Danny Lira (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
34	Jackson Smith (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.667	1.333	2.000

Merrillville

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
2	R. Richardson (So)	1
9	Vince Medina (Sr)	1
13	Nikko Knight (Sr)	1

Wheeler

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	1
12	Max Mortimer (Jr)	1
27	Alex Sweitzer (Sr)	1

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.800	15	12	3	1
1	Austin Pupek (Sr)	.500	2	1	1	0
2	R. Richardson (So)	.667	3	2	1	0
6	Jay Powers (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
9	Vince Medina (Sr)	.500	2	1	1	0
16	Julian Medina (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Gage Adams (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	1

Wheeler

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	17	15	2
2	Damian Ruoff (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	1.000	4	4	0
8	Lucas McNamara (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1
11	Trevor Kunst (So)	1.000	1	1	0
13	Dylan Passauer (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0
27	Alex Sweitzer (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
29	Danny Lira (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
34	Jackson Smith (Fr)	1.000	4	3	1

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	17.50	1	.000	1
8	Colin Rogers (Jr)	3.00	0		1
22	Andrew Early (Jr)	37.80	1	.000	1

Wheeler

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.40	1	1.000	3
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	0.00	0		1
8	Lucas McNamara (Fr)	3.50	1	1.000	1
18	Mason Leckrone (So)	0.00	0		1

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	12	15	10	4	3	30	24
8	Colin Rogers (Jr)	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	10	9
22	Andrew Early (Jr)	1.2	9	14	9	3	1	20	15

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	4	1	1	5	6	23	16
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4
8	Lucas McNamara (Fr)	2	1	1	1	3	0	10	5
18	Mason Leckrone (So)	2	2	0	0	2	4	9	7

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.500	.600	2	102	2
8	Colin Rogers (Jr)	.333	.400	0	31	0
22	Andrew Early (Jr)	.600	.700	2	71	2

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.250	.478	1	2	106	2
5	Mark Johnson (Fr)	.250	.250	0	0	17	1
8	Lucas McNamara (Fr)	.200	.600	1	2	50	1
18	Mason Leckrone (So)	.286	.444	0	0	39	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Merrillville loses to Wheeler

May 1, 2021: Valparaiso, IN 46385

In Saturday's non-league game, the host Wheeler Bearcats baseball squad scored a good 15-3 win over the Merrillville Pirates.

With the win, Wheeler betters its record to 11-2 on the season. The Bearcats host Griffith (Griffith, IN) to encounter the Panthers in a Greater Southshore challenge on Monday, May 3. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 7-3. Griffith won 6-4 in their recent league challenge against Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN)

With the defeat, Merrillville falls to 1-10 on the season. The Pirates travel to Munster (Munster, IN) to encounter the Mustangs in a non-league challenge on Thursday, May 6. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a record of 12-5.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (20-21)

IN	Class
241	81

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
4-16	0-4	0-8	3-7	1-1	.200	.000	108	174

Wheeler (20-21)

IN	Class
122	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
19-10	10-4	8-5	8-4	3-1	.655	.714	231	156

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	1.3	1.1	1.4	.6	.6	.2	.5	5.4	6.7	3.2
Wheeler	1.9	1.7	.6	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.1	8.0	7.3	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Wheeler
.255	Batting Average	.336
.383	On Base Percentage	.434
.302	Slugging Percentage	.442
.850	Fielding Percentage	.928
.167	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Wheeler	National Avg.
#13 Nikko Knight.439	Batting Average	#4 Sean Conroy.473	.253
#13 Nikko Knight.529	On Base Percentage	#10 Colin Howell1.000	.378
#13 Nikko Knight.526	Slugging Percentage	#4 Sean Conroy.662	.318
#7 Josh Magallon1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Trevor Kunst1.000	.860
#4 Dylan Coty1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#8 Lucas McNamara1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	2-3		Wheeler	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/29/21	Merrillville	Hobart	(L) 14-4	5/13/21	Hobart	Wheeler	(L) 18-10
4/1/21	Washington Township	Merrillville	(L) 6-2	5/6/21	Wheeler	Washington Township	(L) 10-0
4/9/21	Merrillville	Lowell	(L) 7-3	4/10/21	Lowell	Wheeler	(W) 11-7
4/17/21	Merrillville	Whiting	(W) 19-7	4/22/21	Whiting	Wheeler	(W) 9-2
				5/20/21	Wheeler	Whiting	(W) 9-0
				5/29/21	Whiting	Wheeler	(W) 11-6
5/21/21	Merrillville	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 12-4	5/17/21	Wheeler	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 3-1
				5/18/21	Hammond Bishop Noll	Wheeler	(W) 12-5

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (20-21)		Wheeler (20-21)
4-16	Overall	19-10
0-4	League	10-4
3-11	Non-League	6-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-3	Common Opponent	5-3
0-8	Home	8-5
3-7	Away	8-4
1-1	Neutral	3-1
1-1	Playoff	3-1
4-16	In-State	19-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1