Fishers won its Hoosier Crossroads Conference opener in extra innings Thursday at Zionsville by a score of 1-0.
Locked in a pitchers’ duel between Tigers starter Jon Vore and Eagles starter Justin Castetter, Fishers finally crossed the plate in the top of the eighth inning. With one out, Grant Whetsel doubled down the left field line. Charlie Walker followed it up on the very next pitch with the game-winning RBI single to center field.
Vore (2-0), who was brilliant all night, return to the mound in the bottom of the eighth and worked a perfect 1-2-3 inning to secure the two-hit complete game shutout victory. Vore only faced two batters over the minimum and ended the game with a strikeout, his 14th of the night. Overall, Vore only faced more than three batters in an inning twice and never faced more than four batters in an inning.
The Tigers host the Eagles at 6 p.m. tonight for Game 2 of the series. This will also be Fishers’ home opener.
Fishers 1, Zionsville 0
(8 innings)
Fishers AB R H RBI
JJ Woolwine 4 0 1 0
Nick Lukac 4 0 1 0
Kiel Brenczewski 3 0 0 0
Kaid Muth 3 0 1 0
Dominic Oliverio 2 0 0 0
Jack Braun 3 0 0 0
Daniel Owens 3 0 0 0
Grant Whetsel 3 1 1 0
Charlie Walker 3 0 1 1
Tristan Baker 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 5 1
Score by innings
Fishers 000 000 01 – 1 6 1
Zionsville 000 000 00 – 0 3 1
2B: Whetsel. SB: Baker, Oliverio.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Jon Vore 8 0 0 2
Strikeouts: Vore 14. Walks: none.