Hamilton Heights won its season opener on Thursday, beating Anderson 4-0 at the Indians’ Memorial Field.
The Huskies got on the board right away with three runs in the first inning. Luke Thesier reached on error, and was moved to second base on a single by Luke Stohler. Sam Fulton then hit a triple to score both of them. Brody Piel came in to run for Fulton, and was sent home when Alex Hewitt hit a sacrifice fly.
Heights added one more run in the second inning, with Thesier’s line drive scoring Dylan Zachary.
Fulton pitched a tremendous game, going five innings for the win, throwing eight strikeouts and allowing just one hit. Piel pitched the last two innings; the Huskies ended the game with a double play.
“We did a great job tonight,” said Huskies coach JR Moffatt. “I’m really happy for our kids.” The coach said this year’s team is young and wasn’t sure what to expect for the season opener. But he was pleased that his team didn’t look young on the field.
“Anderson is a really good team and they are gonna win a lot of games, Coach Heim does a great job with them,” said Moffatt. “We should have a shot at winning any time Sam pitches. He’s headed to the University of Tennessee next year and he’s been through the battles for us.
“We put the bat on the ball pretty well. For us it will just be one day at a time. We just need to get a little better each day out whether a practice or a game. I believe this is gonna be a really solid group by the end of the year. We’ve seen a lot of growth already and we’ve only had a handful of practices.”
Heights will play Anderson again, at 5 p.m. today. The game was to be played at the Huskies field, but has been moved to Memorial Field.
Hamilton Heights 4, Anderson 0
Heights AB R H RBI
Luke Thesier 4 1 1 1
Lucas Letsinger 4 0 1 0
Luke Stohler 4 1 1 0
Sam Fulton 3 0 1 2
Brody Piel 1 1 0 0
Alex Hewitt 2 0 0 1
Issiac Hickok 3 0 0 0
Erik Malott 3 0 1 0
Andrew VanOeveren 3 0 0 0
Sam Allen 3 0 0 0
Dylan Zachary 0 1 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 4
Score by innings
Heights 310 000 0 – 4 5 0
Anderson 000 000 0 – 0 1 6
3B: Fulton. SAC: Hewitt.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Fulton (W) 5 0 0 1
Piel 2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Fulton 8, Piel 4. Walks: Fulton 5, Piel 2.