Merrillville Pirates - 5
Hobart Brickies - 11

Merrillville 140 000 0 - 5 4 1
Hobart 220 520 x - 11 13 0 

2B — Jacob McDonald (M); Ryan Earp, Matthew Benton 2 (H).

Pitching summary — Merrillville — Sven Strom (3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO), Jordan Santana (0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO), Vince Altieri (1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO), Armon Peloza (2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO). Hobart — Matthew Benton (2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO), Tyler Schultz (5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 SO).

Leading hitters — Merrillville — Jacob McDonald (2-3, 2B, 3 RBIs), Austin Pupek (2 R), Sven Strom (R, RBI), Brandon Lucero (RBI). Hobart — Matthew Benton (2-2, 2 2Bs, 2 R, 2 RBI), Jaden Deel (2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI), Tyler Schultz (2-4, R, 3 RBI), Benny Guevara (2-4, R, RBI), Ryan Earp (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI), Ivan Balboa (2 R), Brandon Marciniak (2-3, 2 R).

Record: Merrillville 0-1

The Pirates will be back in action for their home opener on Thursday, March 28th when they host the Washington Township Senators, start time 4:30pm.