Merrillville is on a five-game streak of home losses, and West Lafayette a four-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The Merrillville Pirates will be playing at home against the West Lafayette Red Devils at 11:00 a.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
On Friday, Merrillville came up short against Hammond Bishop Noll and fell 6-3.
Merrillville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Darien Wiggins, who went 1-for-3 with three stolen bases and one run.
Meanwhile, West Lafayette might've scored the first runs on Thursday, but it was Lafayette Jefferson who claimed the real prize. The Red Devils fell just short of the Bronchos by a score of 5-4.
Ben Werth put in work while hitting and pitching. He tossed 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. He is becoming a predictor of West Lafayette's success: when he posts at least three hits the team is 3-1 (and 6-10 when he doesn't).
Merrillville's loss dropped their record down to 4-20. As for West Lafayette, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-11.
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