Baseball Game Preview: Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots vs. Terre Haute South Vigo Braves

By Team Reports May 8, 2025, 1:16am

Baseball Preview: Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots vs. Terre Haute South Vigo Braves

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A classic North v. South matchup is on the schedule. The Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Terre Haute South Vigo Braves at 6:00 p.m. Terre Haute North Vigo is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.

Terre Haute North Vigo took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They never let Danville get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory.

Brady Stepp

Batters Struck Out

04/01/25 @ Riverton Parke3
04/22/25 vs Bloomington North4
04/28/25 @ Parke Heritage4
05/02/25 @ Terre Haute South Vigo4
04/07/25 @ Shakamak5

Not much got past Brady Stepp, who gave up just five hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Danville off the board. Those nine strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Stepp.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nate Millington, who went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Terre Haute South Vigo waltzed into their game on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Lakers as they made off with a 13-2 win.

Mckade Griese looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

At the plate, Terre Haute South Vigo let Hayden McCord and Noah Fields run wild. McCord went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, and one run, while Fields went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Those two doubles gave McCord a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tyler Leek, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.

Terre Haute South Vigo was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They are 2-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Terre Haute North Vigo pushed their record up to 10-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Terre Haute South Vigo, their victory bumped their record up to 8-10.

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