Hamilton Southeastern got off to a solid start at the Super Preps tournament, cruising past Louisville Ballard 11-0 in five innings on Wednesday.
The Royals, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, scored four runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back. Jacob Daftari got Southeastern on the board with a two-RBI single. That was followed by an RBI double for Jake Stout, then Zach Boyle hit a single to score another run.
The Royals scored two runs in the third. Stout sent Daftari home on a single, then later scored himself after Boyle reached on error. This was followed by four more HSE runs in the fourth: Cole DeWael had an RBI single, then Daftari smacked a triple into center field to score two runs. Stout sent Daftari home on a single.
Cam Bolling scored the Royals’ final run of the game in the fifth inning, after getting on base with a double.
Daftari and Stout both finished the game 3-for-3, with Daftari totaling four RBIs and Stout batting in three runs. DeWael was 2-for-3 at the plate.
Tyler Schweitzer got the win, tossing four strikeouts in three innings.
Southeastern is 2-2 and will play Louisville Trinity at 5 p.m. today.
Southeastern 11, Ballard 0
(5 innings)
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Anthony Eggers 1 1 0 0
Drew Switzer 1 0 0 0
Cole DeWael 3 1 2 1
Brayton Harrison 1 0 0 0
Matt Buckingham 3 1 0 0
Jake Houston 1 0 0 0
Greyson Droste 2 2 0 0
Jacob Daftari 3 3 3 4
Jake Stout 3 1 3 3
Zach Boyle 3 0 1 1
Jack Dewolf 3 0 0 0
Jacob Garcia 1 1 1 0
Cam Bolling 1 1 1 0
Totals 26 11 11 9
Score by Quarters
Southeastern 402 41 – 11 11 0
Ballard 000 00 – 0 3 4
3B: Daftari. 2B: Bolling, Stout. SB: Buckingham, Stout. HBP: Droste.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Tyler Schweitzer (W) 3 0 0 0
Nathan Goodsell 2 0 0 3
Strikeouts: Schweitzer 4, Goodsell 3. Walks: Schweitzer 4, Goodsell 1.