Hamilton Heights lost to a tough Kokomo team on Saturday morning by the score of 9-0.
The Wildkats were in control from the beginning, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. The Huskies could only manage four hits, one each from Isabella Neiling, Adyson Baber, Alayna Baber and Faith Hittle.
“Our bats have gone a little silent here the last couple games,” said Heights coach Ken Olovich. This was after the Huskies scored 30 runs in their first three games, but Olovich was confident that his team’s offense would get back on track.
“We’ll get it going,” said Olovich. “Our defense has gotten a lot better, our pitching’s gotten a lot better. So we’ll get it all together here real soon.”
Heights is 1-4 and will play at Western on Tuesday.
Kokomo 9, Hamilton Heights 0
Heights AB R H RBI
Bayleigh Runner 3 0 0 0
Isabella Neiling 3 0 1 0
Hayley Greene 2 0 0 0
Adyson Baber 3 0 1 0
Alayna Baber 3 0 1 0
Meredith Diller 3 0 0 0
Faith Hittle 2 0 1 0
Sydney Massicotte 1 0 0 0
Lia Williams 2 0 0 0
Kelsie Albright 2 0 0 0
Totals 24 0 4 0
Score by innings
Kokomo 410 022 0 – 9 11 1
Heights 000 000 0 – 0 4 4
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Ad. Baber 5 9 3 11
Albright 2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Ad. Baber 1. Walks: Ad. Baber 1.
Hamilton Southeastern finished 2-1 in Saturday play at the Terre Haute South Bash.
The Royals beat North Central Farmersburg 12-2 in six innings for their first win, scoring in each inning. Abby Taylor went 3-for-4, including a double, and scored the Royals’ first run of the game, in the first inning. Nicole Lang led off the third inning with a home run.
Kaelin Wincek hit two doubles. She led off the second inning with her first double, then was doubled home by Ella Lewis. In the sixth inning, Lillian Leiner hit an RBI double to score Abby Seifferlein, then Wincek’s center field double sent Leiner home. Ava Aguilar, Jordan Rager and Lewis all had two hits.
Olivia Bucher got the pitching win, throwing four strikeouts in five and a third innings.
Southeastern beat West Vigo 11-1 in its second game. The Royals poured in eight runs in the first inning. Lang batted in Aguilar for the first run, then Wincek blasted a left field single to score three runs (Rager, Lang and Leiner). Wincek got home after Olivia Capuano reached on error, Ratliff scored after Taylor reached on error, Chase got home on a passed ball, and Rager singled in Taylor.
Kennedy Morgan scored in the third inning to put HSE up 9-0. In the seventh inning, Morgan hit a two-RBI double, sending Reece Massey and Lauren Jaynes home. Massey hit two doubles, with Lang, Rager and Morgan all totaling two hits.
Jaylah Guilliam pitched six innings for the win, tossing eight strikeouts.
The Royals dropped their third game of the day, falling to Martinsville 9-5. Southeastern trailed 2-0 early, then scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead. Leiner batted in Rager, then Wincek’s center field single brought Lang and Leiner in to score.
The Artesians scored seven runs in the seventh inning to go ahead 9-3. Taylor and Aguilar both scored runs in the bottom of the seventh, but Martinsville was able to hang on.
Wincek finished the game 3-for-4; both she and Lang hit a double. Aguilar and Rager each had two hits.
The Royals are 3-3 and host Mount Vernon on Monday.
Hamilton Southeastern 12, North Central Farmersburg 2
(6 innings)
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Abby Taylor 4 2 3 2
Lauren Jaynes 0 0 0 0
Ava Aguilar 4 1 2 0
Jordan Rager 4 0 2 1
Abby Seifferlein 0 1 0 0
Nicole Lang 3 1 1 1
Kristin Albers 0 0 0 0
Lillian Leiner 4 1 1 1
Kaelin Wincek 3 3 2 1
Ella Lewis 4 0 2 2
Libby Ratliff 2 1 1 0
Madi Smith 1 1 1 0
Emma Chase 3 0 1 2
Ayana Karner 1 0 0 0
Reece Massey 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 12 16 10
Score by innings
Southeastern 131 223 – 12 16 0
North Central 020 000 – 2 5 4
HR: Lang. 2B: Wincek 2, Lewis, Taylor, Leiner. SB: Aguilar, Taylor. HBP: Ratliff.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Olivia Bucher (W) 5.1 2 2 5
Chelsea Ransom 0.2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Bucher 4. Walks: Bucher 2.
Hamilton Southeastern 11, West Vigo 1
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Abby Taylor 4 1 0 0
Lauren Jaynes 1 1 1 0
Ava Aguilar 2 1 1 0
Kennedy Morgan 2 1 2 2
Jordan Rager 3 1 2 1
Madi Smith 1 0 0 0
Nicole Lang 4 1 2 1
Lillian Leiner 4 1 1 0
Kaelin Wincek 4 1 1 3
Olivia Capuano 2 0 0 1
Ella Lewis 1 0 0 0
Kristin Albers 1 0 0 0
Libby Ratliff 2 1 1 0
Reece Massey 2 1 2 0
Emma Chase 3 1 1 0
Ayana Karner 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 8
Score by innings
Southeastern 801 000 2 – 11 14 0
West Vigo 000 000 1 – 1 7 5
2B: Massey 2, Morgan. HBP: Aguilar, Rager.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Jaylah Guilliam (W) 6 0 0 4
Chelsea Ransom 1 1 1 3
Strikeouts: Guilliam 8, Ransom 1. Walks: Guilliam 2.
Martinsville 9, Hamilton Southeastern 5
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Abby Taylor 3 1 0 0
Ava Aguilar 4 1 2 0
Jordan Rager 4 1 2 0
Nicole Lang 3 1 1 1
Madi Smith 0 0 0 0
Lillian Leiner 3 1 1 2
Kaelin Wincek 4 0 3 2
Ella Lewis 2 0 0 0
Reece Massey 1 0 0 0
Libby Ratliff 3 0 1 0
Emma Chase 2 0 0 0
Kennedy Morgan 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
Score by innings
Martinsville 101 000 7 – 9 8 2
Southeastern 000 300 2 – 5 10 2
2B: Lang, Wincek. SB: Leiner. SAC: Leiner. HBP: Taylor.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Jaylah Guilliam 6.1 9 8 8
Olivia Bucher 0.2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Guilliam 4, Bucher 1. Walks: Guilliam 3.
Hamilton Heights’ Faith Hittle hit a fifth-inning single for the Huskies during their Saturday game with Kokomo. (Richie Hall)