Baseball Recap: West Lafayette Turns Things Around After Road Loss

There's no place like home for West Lafayette, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Tipton Blue Devils on Friday as they made off with a 10-2 win. The Red Devils haven't had any issues with the Blue Devils recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Korbyn Keen

Earned Runs

04/22/25 @ Lafayette Central Catholic	6
04/15/25 @ Twin Lakes	6
04/11/25 @ Delphi Community	3
05/16/25 vs Tipton	1
05/05/25 vs Rensselaer Central	1

Korbyn Keen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. West Lafayette is 3-1 when Keen allows one or fewer earned runs, but 6-9 otherwise. Keen was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one triple and two RBI. That triple was his first of the season.

In other batting news, Colin Kastens was incredible, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of LJ Whitford, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

West Lafayette's win bumped their record up to 9-10. As for Tipton, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-15 record.

Coming up, West Lafayette will challenge Lafayette Jefferson at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Tipton, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Elwood at 5:00 p.m.