Merrillville was the 10-5 winner over West Lafayette when they last played one another on Saturday, but their luck changed this time around. The Merrillville Pirates fell just short of the West Lafayette Red Devils by a score of 9-8 on Saturday.
Trevor Goodwin was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Boaz Rice, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
On West Lafayette's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Werth, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Colin Kastens, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Merrillville's defeat dropped their record down to 4-18. As for West Lafayette, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-13 record this season.
Merrillville will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Hammond Morton at 5:00 p.m. Hammond Morton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season. As for West Lafayette, they will square off against North Montgomery at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Montgomery will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something West Lafayette surely won't give up without a fight.
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