Noblesville roared back in the late stages of its Hoosier Crossroads Conference game with Hamilton Southeastern on Friday, eventually winning 6-2 at Don Dunker Field and evening up the series at one game each.
The Royals led 2-0 after four innings. Jacob Daftari batted in Cole DeWael in the first inning, then Cam Bolling’s right field single scored Brayton Harrison in the fourth inning.
The Millers jumped ahead in the fifth inning, scoring three runs. Mark Goudy hit a two-RBI double to tie things up; his left field hit sent Jackson Ramey and Tyler Owens home. Goudy then scored on an error to put Noblesville ahead 3-2.
In the sixth inning, the Millers added three more runs. Reese Sharp cracked a home run into left field, also getting Bryce Randolph home. Up next, Zac Tuinei hit a triple, then scored right away as Ramey’s left field hit sent him home.
Ramey finished the game 3-for-3, while Owens hit a double and pitched six innings for the win, tossing five strikeouts.
Daftari was 2-for-3 for the Royals. Rutger Poiry threw five and a third innings, striking out five.
Noblesville is 4-7 in the conference and 12-10 overall, while Southeastern is 3-11 in the HCC and 6-13 overall. The two teams will finish the series at 7 p.m. tonight at HSE’s Ken Seitz Field.
Tigers hold off Carmel
Fishers held off a rally by Carmel to win 9-7 Friday at the Tigers’ field.
Fishers started out solid, scoring five runs in the first inning. Kiel Brenczewski hit a two-RBI single to score JJ Woolwine and Craig Yoho, then Matt Wolff doubled in Grant Richardson. Tristan Baker (running for Brenczewski) got home on a passed ball, then Jack Roudebush hit a sacrifice fly to score Wolff.
The Greyhounds got on the board in the top of the third inning. Drew Olssen got Carmel’s first run after Will Richter reached on error. Richter was home quickly, after Jack Van Remortel sent a triple into center field. Van Remortel also wasted no time scoring, as he was sent home by Drew Kelly’s center field hit.
With their lead cut to 5-3, the Tigers responded with two runs in the bottom of the third. Roudebush doubled Wolff home, then scored on a wild pitch.
Carmel answered right back, getting two more runs in the fourth. Olssen got home on a passed ball, then Van Remortel struck again, hitting Alex Brooks in with a single.
The ‘Hounds tied the game at 7-7 in the fifth inning, as Tanner Simmons scored on a passed ball and Evan Petruzzi got home on a wild pitch. But Fishers took the lead for good in the sixth inning: Craig Yoho singled TJ Ratliff in for the go-ahead run, then Richardson hit a double to score Yoho.
Woolwine, Yoho and Wolff all finished with two hits; Woolwine and Yoho both hit one double. Jon Vore pitched four innings and struck out four, with Daniel Owens throwing the last two innings to get the win.
Van Remortel collected two hits for Carmel.
Fishers is 16-6 and hosts New Palestine on Monday. The Greyhounds are 7-11 and begin a Metropolitan Conference series at North Central on Tuesday.
‘Blazers beat Sheridan in all-county game
University won an all-county baseball game with Sheridan 9-2 on Friday.
The Trailblazers got on the board in the first inning, when Brock Moore’s single got Dawson Estep home. In the second inning, Asher Thompson got home on an error, then Kolton Stevens batted in Ben Westerkamm.
The Blackhawks got their first run in the fourth inning, as Kyle Archer’s left field single scored Sean Speck. University answered with an RBI single of its own, as Ryan Williams hit Westerkamm in for his second run of the game.
Cole Cummings got Sheridan’s second run, as he was sent home by a single from Zach Mannies in the fifth inning. The ‘Blazers added two runs in the bottom of the fifth, with Garrett Hill stealing home and Moore scoring on an error.
University got three more runs in the sixth inning: Westerkamm started things with his third run of the day, then Stevens was batted in by Estep’s RBI groundout. Williams scored on a Hill RBI groundout.
Moore finished the game 3-for-3 at the plate. Zach Jannsen pitched a complete game, striking out nine and allowing just four hits.
The Trailblazers are 13-5 and will play at the North Miami Tournament today. Sheridan is 6-4 and hosts Eastern on Tuesday.
Huskies drop tough game to Cardinal Ritter
Hamilton Heights lost a tough nine-inning game on Friday, falling to Cardinal Ritter 12-9.
The Huskies scored the game’s first run, with Cole Meyer getting home in the bottom of the first inning. The Raiders tied things up in the second inning, then went ahead 2-1 in the third on a sacrifice fly.
Heights took the lead back in the bottom of the third. Luke Thesier scored on a passed ball, then GAbe Reel’s sacrifice fly got Meyer home for his second run of the game.
A two-RBI single put Ritter back on top 4-3 in the fourth inning. The Huskies answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth: Luke Stohler sent Michael Cross home on a right field hit, then Meyer knocked a triple to score Cobe Koors and Thesier. Heights now led 6-4.
Sam Fulton made the score 7-4 with a solo home run in the fifth inning. Ritter got a run back in the top of the sixth, then poured in four runs to take a 9-7 lead in the top of the seventh.
The Huskies answered in the bottom of the seventh: Fulton singled Sam Wahl home, then Reel scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 9-9. The score would stay there until the ninth inning, when the Raiders got three runs.
“I hurt for our kids right now,” said Heights coach JR Moffatt. “It’s been a rough week. A couple of games we were in a position to win and couldn’t quite finish. Offensively we are definitely improving. Thirteen hits against good pitching tonight. I’m really happy with our progress at the plate.
“Our issue is overall consistency. We do nothing easy. We put ourselves in a lot of unnecessary stressful situations. We’ve got to be better at mastering the routine plays. Some of it is inexperience, some of it is lack of focus and just not finishing plays. But tonight we had a lot more fight. There were several times we could have folded against a very good Ritter team. They have the majority of their guys back from last year’s state championship team, they are very solid. So for us to keep fighting back and be in a position to win even in spite of our own miscues is pretty good. These guys are proud, they will figure it out.”
Meyer finished the game 3-for-4, and also pitched five and a third innings, with eight strikeouts.
The Huskies are 8-8 and play at Madison-Grant on Monday.