Baseball Game Preview: Harrison Raiders vs. Westfield Shamrocks

The Harrison Raiders will face off against the Westfield Shamrocks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Harrison 3.5, Westfield 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Harrison is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Fishers, who was ranked first at the time (Harrison was ranked 13th). The Raiders came up short against the Tigers on Saturday, falling 7-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Raiders were not able to get on the board.

Blake Scales was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over 6.1 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.

Meanwhile, Westfield came into Monday's contest having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Pendleton Heights by a score of 5-2 on Monday.

Aiden Grabowski looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ian Wilson, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Fero, who earned one RBI, one run, and two stolen bases.

This is the second loss in a row for Harrison and nudges their season record down to 11-3. As for Westfield, their win bumped their record up to 11-6.

Everything went Harrison's way against Westfield when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Harrison made off with a 10-1 victory. Do the Raiders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Shamrocks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.