Noblesville got out to an early lead on Thursday, and that led to a 4-2 Hoosier Crossroads Conference win over Brownsburg at Don Dunker Field.
The Millers scored their first run in the first inning, when Tyler Owens got home on a wild pitch. Noblesville added three runs in the second inning, starting with a double by Jackson Ramey that scored Jacob Thieman and Bryce Randolph.
Cooper Miles hit a sacrifice fly to send Zac Tuinei home and put Noblesville up 4-0. The Bulldogs hit a two-run single with no outs in the fifth inning, but the Millers didn’t allow any more runs, getting nine straight outs after that.
Kade Gorman pitched six innings for the win, tossing five strikeouts. Miles initiated a double play in the third inning: With one out, Miles caught a line drive then tossed the ball to DJ Owens for a tag at second base.
Noblesville is 6-7 in the conference and 15-10 overall. The Millers travel to Brownsburg tonight for the second game of the three-game series.
Noblesville’s Cooper Miles (22) hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning and initiated a double play in the third inning of the Millers’ 4-2 win over Brownsburg Thursday at Don Dunker Field. (Richie Hall)
Fishers wins series opener over ‘Rocks
Fishers won the opening game of a Hoosier Crossroads Conference series with Westfield 4-2 Thursday at the Shamrocks’ field.
The Tigers scored on the very first pitch of the game: JJ Woolwine sent a home run over the right field fence. The Shamrocks tied the game in the second inning, with Bryce Dorton scoring on an RBI line drive by Trey Anderson.
Fishers jumped back in front 2-1 in the third inning, with Kiel Brenczewski’s left field hit getting Woolwine home. Matt Wolff stepped up in the fifth inning, hitting a single to score Craig Yoho.
The Tigers’ fourth run came in the seventh, when Yoho doubled into center field, getting Woolwine home. Westfield got one more run in the bottom of the seventh, with Zach Collins batting in Matthew Meyer.
Woolwine and Yoho both finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate. Luke Albright pitched six and a third innings for the win, striking out 10. Wolff got the save, getting the game’s last two outs.
Collins and Anderson both had two hits for the ‘Rocks.
The series continues at 6 p.m. tonight at Fishers.
Carmel comes back, beats Harrison
Carmel shrugged off an early deficit to beat Harrison 12-7 at Hartman Field on Thursday.
The Raiders led 3-0 midway through the second inning before the Greyhounds got on the board in the bottom of that inning. Jackson Adams batted in Evan Petruzzi for the first run, then JD Rogers hit a sacrifice fly to score Adams.
Carmel had to wait until the fourth inning to get the lead, but the ‘Hounds did so in big fashion, scoring eight runs.
Will Richter tied the game with an RBI single to score Robbie Levine. That brought up Jack Van Remortel, and he smashed a three-RBI double to left field. Drew Olssen, Rogers and Richter all got home.
Van Remortel scored when Petruzzi reached on error, then Drew Harding stole home. Petruzzi was the next to score, on a passed ball, then Adams got home when Levine reached on error. When the dust settled, Carmel led 10-3.
Rogers got another run in the fifth inning on an error. Adams scored in the sixth inning on a passed ball.
Adams finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate, with three runs scored. Alex Brooks got the pitching win.
Carmel is 9-12 and plays at Mount Vernon on Monday.
Bachman strikes out 15, leads HSE past Bull Dogs
A sensational pitching effort from Sam Bachman helped Hamilton Southeastern to beat Columbus North 3-1 Thursday at Ken Seitz Field.
Bachman pitched a complete game victory, tossing 15 strikeouts. He allowed just three hits and one walk in the entire game.
The Royals got on the board in the third inning, as Greyson Droste hit a double to score Zach Boyle. Southeastern added two more runs in the fifth, on another double. Daftari smacked a fly ball into right field, which sent Anthony Eggers and Boyle home.
Droste was 2-for-3, with both of his hits doubles.
The Royals are 8-14 and travel to Bloomington South today for a 6 p.m. game.
Huskies cruise past Eastern
Hamilton Heights cruised past Eastern 9-4 in a Thursday away game.
The Comets scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning, but the Huskies took control with four runs in the top of the second. Ike Peterson hit a sacrifice fly to score Sam Fulton, then Luke Thesier’s left field line drive got Sam Wahl home. Cole Meyer was next, and he smacked a two-RBI line drive to send Cobe Koors and Thesier home.
Heights kept the momentum going in the third inning. Sam Rupe’s left field hit scored Michael Cross, then Wahl sent a single up center field, which scored Fulton, his second run of the day.
The Huskies added two more runs in the sixth inning: Cross tripled in Meyer, then Gabe Reel batted Cross in. Peterson got an RBI single in the seventh inning, which scored Alex Roth.
Meyer finished the game 3-for-5, while Cross also hit a double. On the mound, Meyer pitched six innings for the win, with Cross closing the game in the seventh.
“It feels really good to play a solid game all the way around,” said Heights coach JR Moffatt. “We have had several games where we hit but didn’t field or vice versa. It’s taken us a while to get all three main areas in sync (hitting, fielding, pitching). We were tremendous in the field tonight. Michael and Luke made great plays up the middle to kill rallies. On top of that we turned two huge double plays. Cole really battled them on the mound. They were a really good hitting team all the way through their lineup. Cole’s a real fighter.”
“We hit the ball harder tonight than any game this year. We had two really good days of practice where we got a lot of swings. I could tell tonight. Some of the outs we made were really well hit. It’s a good time of year to really start swinging it well. We have West Lafayette tomorrow in a conference showdown and then we have five next week getting ready for the sectional.”
Heights is 10-8 and will host West Lafayette at 6 p.m. tonight in the Hoosier Conference crossover game.