Baseball Game Preview: Indianapolis Washington Continentals vs. Purdue Polytechnic Techies

For the first time this season, Indianapolis Washington will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will head out to square off against the Purdue Polytechnic Techies at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Indianapolis Washington can't be too happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season away from home two weeks ago. They lost 15-0 to Anderson Prep Academy. Sadly, the loss continues a streak the team started last season, making it four in a row.

Meanwhile, Purdue Polytechnic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Achaeans as they made off with a 12-2 win. The Techies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by seven runs or more this season.

Jordan Winkler was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and two RBI.

In other batting news, Jackson Jeffers was excellent, going 1-for-2 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Cornell Muse, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.

Purdue Polytechnic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .368 or higher in four consecutive matchups.

Indianapolis Washington might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Purdue Polytechnic in their previous matchup back in April of 2025. Can the Continentals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.