Baseball Game Preview: Peru Tigers vs. Logansport Berries

Tigers

Runs

05/26/25 vs Warsaw	7
05/24/25 @ Lafayette Central Catholic	0
05/23/25 @ Whitko	11
05/19/25 @ Northwestern	10
05/17/25 vs North Miami	10
+ 19 more games

The Peru Tigers will face off against the Logansport Berries at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Peru is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.

Warsaw hit Peru with a five-run sixth inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. Peru fell 12-7 to Warsaw. That's two games in a row now that Peru has lost by exactly five runs.

Peru saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Musser, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI and one double.

Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Logansport had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 10-4 victory. Considering the Berries' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Logansport also got a great performance from Carson Dubes as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits. That's the most strikeouts Dubes has posted since back in April.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Aiden Swank, who went 2-for-4 with three runs and one stolen base. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Taylor Albright, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

Logansport kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Twin Lakes only managed six hits.

Logansport's win bumped their record up to 16-13. As for Peru, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-10.

Everything went Peru's way against Logansport when the teams last played back in April, as Peru made off with an 11-1 victory. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Berries have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.