Noblesville held off a comeback by Westfield on Tuesday, eventually winning the all-county and Hoosier Crossroads Conference game 9-8 at the Shamrocks’ field.
The Millers scored seven runs in the top of the first inning. Chloe Tragesser hit a left field double for the first run, scoring Ella White. Julia Furiak batted in Tragesser, then scored later in the inning after Abby Brown reached on error.
Emily Minett put Noblesville ahead 4-0 after scoring on a wild pitch. White finished the first-inning scoring with a triple to send Rylie Moore, Brown and Myah Stuckey home.
Natalie Deck got Westfield’s first run in the bottom of the first inning, batting in Avery Parker. In the third inning, Lexi Martin doubled home Brooklyn Carey. The Shamrocks then cut the Millers’ lead to one with four runs in the fourth: Khloe Miller scored on an error, then Parker hit a three-run home run, also scoring Caroline Maymon and Reghan Oland.
Noblesville got back up 8-6 in the fifth inning, as Tragesser scored after Abigail Harvey reached on error. Westfield tied the game in the sixth inning; Martin singled in Carey, then Deck scored on a wild pitch. But the Millers scored the winning run in the top of the seventh, as Shea Sterrett batted in Tragesser.
White and Tragesser both had three hits, while Furiak, Minett and Sterrett all had two. Baily Ryan pitched five innings for the win. Deck, Martin and Maymon each had two hits for the Shamrocks.
MONDAY GAMES
Noblesville easily scored its biggest win of the year on Monday, upsetting Class 3A No. 1 New Palestine 8-3 at the Dragons’ field.
The Millers’ win ended a 30-game win streak for New Palestine, a team that had not lost a home game in almost four years – its last defeat at home was April 30, 2015. The Dragons are ranked No. 5 in the country according to USA Today, and lost only once in the past year, to Center Grove.
New Pal scored first, in the bottom of the first, but Noblesville got two runs in the top of the second to take the lead. Emily Minett doubled to get on base, and Rylie Moore smacked a home run into center field to score them both. That was just the beginning.
The Dragons tied the game in the bottom of the second, but Moore struck again in the top of the third. She hit another homer to center field, this one scoring three runs, including Alyssa Solomon and Minett. Noblesville led from that point forward.
Abby Brown scored on an error in the top of the fourth, and then it was Ella White’s turn to be the big hitter. Her two-run home run put the Millers up 8-2. Myah Stucky also scored.
New Palestine got another run in the sixth inning, but that was it. The Millers’ Maddie Taylor pitched a perfect seventh inning to finish the upset. Taylor struck out five and allowed only four hits. The Dragons’ top five hitters averaged over .500, but Noblesville held them to 3-for-16 at the plate.
Westfield won an all-county game with Sheridan on Monday 10-9 at Biddle Park, the Blackhawks’ home field.
The Shamrocks scored four runs in the top of the first inning. Avery Parker stole home, then Sara Harmeyer hit a center field double to send Emily Revercomb in. Natalie Deck and Harmeyer both later scored runs, both on steals of home plate.
Sheridan got two runs in the bottom of the second, when Allie Delph doubled in Breanna Bouse and Katy Crail. Westfield got one of those runs back in the top of the fourth; Caroline Maymon’s center field double sent Savannah Arvin home.
The Blackhawks blasted ahead 9-5 by scoring seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. Crail doubled home Emma Went, Delph got Crail in with a single, and Taylor Bates hit a bases-loaded single to score Addyson Ream and tie the game. That brought Bouse back to the plate, and she cracked a grand slam home run over center field. Caitlin Neese, Jayden Warren and Bates also scored.
The Shamrocks answered that in the top of the sixth. Reghan Oland got on base with a single, and advanced to second on the throw, during which time Arvin scored. Avery Parker was next, and she knocked a three-run homer in to tie the game. Maymon and Oland also scored. Shortly thereafter, Deck got Westfield in front with a solo home run to right field.
Arvin, Maymon and Oland all had two hits. Avery Wagner pitched five innings for the win, striking out seven. Delph, Bates and Bouse all had two hits for Sheridan.
Sheridan bounced back on Tuesday with a 5-2 win over Clinton Central. The Blackhawks started with two runs in the first inning: Addyson Ream hit a double to score Crail, then Neese doubled in Ream.
In the third inning, Delph got on base with a triple, and was quickly home, as Ream hit an 0-1 pitch over the center field fence for a home run. Sheridan got another run in the fourth, when Crail hit a sacrifice fly to score Mia Brooks.
Neese was 3-for-3, including two doubles. Crail and Ream both had two hits. Bouse got the win, with four strikeouts over four innings. Ream pitched the other three innings, striking out six.
Noblesville 8, New Palestine 3
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Ella White 4 1 1 2
Chloe Tragesser 4 0 0 0
Julia Furiak 4 0 1 0
Emily Minett 2 2 1 0
Rylie Moore 3 2 2 5
Maddie Taylor 2 0 0 0
Alyssa Solomon 1 1 0 0
Abby Brown 2 1 0 0
Kyleigh Lowry 2 0 0 0
Myah Stuckey 2 1 0 0
Abigail Harvey 1 0 1 0
Totals 27 8 6 7
Score by innings
Noblesville 023 300 0 – 8 6 2
New Palestine 110 001 0 – 3 4 1
HR: Moore 2, White. 2B: Minett. SB: Brown.
Noblesville pitching IP R ER H
Taylor 7 3 2 4
Strikeouts: Taylor 5. Walks: Taylor 8.
Westfield 10, Sheridan 9
Westfield AB R H RBI
Avery Parker 3 2 1 3
Emily Revercomb 4 1 1 0
Brooklyn Carey 1 0 0 0
Natalie Deck 3 2 1 1
Lexi Martin 4 0 1 0
Madeline Hunter 0 0 0 0
Sara Harmeyer 3 1 1 1
Zoe Klink 4 0 0 0
Savannah Arvin 4 2 2 0
Caroline Maymon 4 1 2 1
Reghan Oland 4 1 2 1
Totals 34 10 11 7
HR: Deck, Parker. 2B: Harmeyer, Maymon, Revercomb. SB: Arvin, Hunter, Parker. HBP: Deck.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Avery Wagner (W) 5 4 4 5
Alexis McClure 2 5 5 6
Strikeouts: Wagner 7, McClure 2. Walks: Wagner 6, McClure 1.
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Katy Crail 3 2 1 1
Riley Reed 2 0 0 0
Allie Delph 3 0 2 3
Addyson Ream 3 1 1 0
Caitlin Neese 4 1 1 0
Jayden Warren 3 1 1 0
Taylor Bates 4 1 2 1
Breanna Bouse 4 2 2 4
Emma Went 4 1 1 0
Totals 30 9 11 9
HR: Bouse. 3B: Went. 2B: Crail, Delph. SB: Crail, Neese, Ream. SAC: Reed. HBP: Delph.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
Delph 3 5 3 4
Ream 4 5 3 7
Strikeouts: Delph 2, Ream 1. Walks: Delph 2, Ream 1.
Score by innings
Westfield 400 105 0 – 10 11 1
Sheridan 020 700 0 – 9 11 0
Noblesville 9, Westfield 8
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Ella White 4 1 3 3
Chloe Tragesser 5 3 3 1
Julia Furiak 3 1 2 1
Baily Ryan 1 0 0 0
Emily Minett 3 1 2 0
Rylie Moore 2 1 0 0
Shea Sterrett 2 0 2 1
Abby Brown 1 1 0 0
Abigail Harvey 4 0 1 0
Alyssa Solomon 2 0 0 0
Kyleigh Lowry 2 0 0 0
Myah Stuckey 3 1 0 0
Lauren DeRolf 4 0 1 0
Totals 36 9 14 6
3B: White. 2B: Tragesser. SB: White, DeRolf. SAC: Furiak. HBP: Moore.
Noblesville pitching IP R ER H
Ryan (W) 5 6 5 8
Clara Bodinus 2 2 2 2
Strikeouts: Ryan 1. Walks: Bodinus 4, Ryan 2.
Westfield AB R H RBI
Avery Parker 4 2 1 3
Emily Revercomb 1 0 0 0
Brooklyn Carey 2 2 1 0
Natalie Deck 5 1 2 1
Lexi Martin 4 0 2 2
Zoe Klink 3 0 1 0
Alexis McClure 3 0 1 0
Savannah Arvin 3 0 0 0
Caroline Maymon 3 1 2 0
Reghan Oland 3 1 0 0
Khloe Miller 0 1 0 0
Totals 31 8 10 6
HR: Parker. 2B: Martin, McClure. SB: Carey 2, Maymon, Miller. SAC: McClure, Revercomb.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Avery Wagner 0.2 7 3 3
McClure 6.1 2 1 11
Strikeouts: McClure 1. Walks: Wagner 3, McClure 2.
Score by innings
Noblesville 700 010 1 – 9 14 3
Westfield 101 402 0 – 8 10 4
Sheridan 5, Clinton Central 2
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Katy Crail 4 1 2 1
Riley Reed 4 0 0 0
Allie Delph 3 1 1 0
Addyson Ream 3 2 2 3
Caitlin Neese 3 0 3 1
Taylor Bates 2 0 1 0
Jayden Warren 3 0 0 0
Breanna Bouse 2 0 0 0
Emma Went 3 0 1 0
Mia Brooks 0 1 0 0
Totals 27 5 10 5
Score by innings
Clinton Central 001 100 0 – 2 7 0
Sheridan 202 100 x – 5 10 0
HR: Ream. 3B: Delph. 2B: Neese 2, Ream. SB: Crail 2, Bates.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
Bouse (W) 4 2 2 6
Ream 3 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Ream 6, Bouse 4. Walks: none.
Noblesville’s Ella White runs in to score during the first inning of the Millers’ game at Westfield on Tuesday. Also pictured is Shamrocks catcher Savannah Arvin. (Richie Hall)