Hamilton Heights was dealt two frustrating losses to start the week.
The Huskies dropped an away game Monday at Logansport, 11-1 in six innings. Heights scored its run in the third inning, when Erik Malott batted in Sam Allen. Both hit one double; Malott totaled two hits.
On Tuesday, the Huskies fell to Shelbyville 10-9 in a back-and-forth game that the Golden Bears won on the last bat.
Heights scored in the top of the first inning, with Sam Fulton hitting a double to score Allen and Malott. Shelbyville tied it right back up at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning.
The Huskies answered that with two runs in the top of the second. Allen doubled in Luke Thesier and Alex Hewitt. That lead held until the bottom of the third, when the Golden Bears scored five runs to lead 7-4.
Heights tied the game right back in the fourth inning. Luke Stohler scored on a passed ball, then Allen hit a sacrifice fly to get Thesier home. Sam Wahl batted in Hewitt, and the score was 7-7.
In the fifth inning, the Huskies took an 8-7 lead when Andrew VanOeveren got home on Stohler’s RBI groundout. Shelbyville scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to go up 9-8. Hewitt singled in Issiac Hickok to tie the game in the top of the seventh, but the Golden Bears scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the inning.
Allen, Wahl and Hewitt each had two hits. Allen, Hewitt and Thesier each had one double, in addition to Fulton’s double.
“I am really proud of the way our guys battled tonight,” said Huskies coach JR Moffatt. “We got it handed to us pretty good last night at Logansport and they showed quite a bit of resolve to come out and grind for seven innings in a back and forth contest.”
The Huskies are 6-8 and host Eastern on Thursday.
Logansport 11, Hamilton Heights 1
(6 innings)
Heights AB R H RBI
Alex Hewitt 3 0 0 0
Lucas Letsinger 2 0 0 0
Erik Malott 3 0 2 1
Sam Fulton 3 0 0 0
Sam Wahl 3 0 1 0
Luke Thesier 2 0 0 0
Harrison Hochstedler 1 0 0 0
Issiac Hickok 1 0 0 0
Andrew VanOeveren 2 0 0 0
Sam Allen 2 1 1 0
Brody Piel 1 0 0 0
Totals 23 1 4 1
Score by innings
Heights 001 000 – 1 5 2
Logansport 207 002 – 11 13 0
2B: Allen, Malott. HBP: Hickok.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Letsinger 2.2 9 4 9
Hewitt 3.0 2 2 4
Strikeouts: Letsinger 4, Hewitt 3. Walks: Letsinger 2, Hewitt 1.
Shelbyville 10, Hamilton Heights 9
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 5 1 2 3
Sam Wahl 4 0 2 1
Erik Malott 3 1 1 0
Sam Fulton 4 0 1 2
Andrew VanOeveren 4 1 1 0
Isaac Hickok 3 1 1 0
Luke Stohler 2 1 0 1
Luke Thesier 2 2 1 0
Alex Hewitt 3 2 2 1
Alex Roth 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 9 11 8
Score by innings
Heights 220 310 1 – 9 11 3
Shelbyville 205 002 0 – 9 17 0
2B: Allen, Fulton, Hewitt, Thesier. SB: Allen, Thesier. HBP: Hickok, Thesier.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Dylan Zachary 3.0 7 7 12
Brody Piel 2.2 1 1 1
Fulton 1.0 2 0 5
Strikeouts: Zachary 2, Piel 2, Fulton 2. Walks: Piel 3.
Tigers start the week with two wins
Fishers picked up two big wins to start the week, and improve its record to 12-12 for the season.
On Monday, the Tigers beat defending Class 1A state champion Daleville 13-8 at home. The Broncos scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Fishers got two back in the bottom of the inning: Grant Whetsel made a delayed steal for second base that allowed JJ Woolwine to steal home plate. Later, Kiel Brenczewski hit a sacrifice fly to score Whetsel.
Daleville scored two runs in the third inning to take a 5-2 advantage, but the Tigers scored seven runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. Woolwine doubled in Kaid Muth and Dominic Oliverio to cut the lead to 5-4. Then in a wild sequence of events, Jack Braun scored on a wild pitch, Woolwine got home on an error and Brenczewski batted in Nick Lukac. Brenczewski later scored on an error, and Daniel Owens got home on a balk.
With that, Fishers led 9-5. The Broncos got within 9-8 in the fifth inning, but Fishers added four runs in the sixth. Whetsel led off with a triple, and Brenczewski singled home. Oliverio cracked a bases-loaded triple to bring in Tristan Baker, Jeffrey Simmons and Muth.
Whetsel finished the game with three hits, while Woolwine, Brenczewski and Oliverio all had two hits. Jack Minns got the win, throwing four strikeouts in one and two-thirds innings. Michael Hart got the save.
On Tuesday, the Tigers won at New Palestine 5-3. Fishers got on the board in the top of the first inning, when Brenczewski singled in Whetsel.
The Dragons got on the board in the bottom of the third inning, tying the game at 1-1. The Tigers picked up two runs in the top of the fifth with a two-RBI single from Lukac, scoring Collin Shelton and Whetsel. The score stayed 3-1 before New Pal tied the game at 3-3.
But Fishers quickly scored in the top of the eighth inning. Muth singled in Baker and Oliverio batted in Muth. The Dragons got runners on first and second in the bottom of the eighth, but the Tigers stopped any run by setting down the next three batters.
Cory Wolter got the win, pitching the final two innings. Mason Sweeney threw the first six innings, striking out four.
Fishers will play Thursday at Franklin Central to begin a Hoosier Crossroads Conference series.
Fishers 13, Daleville 8
Fishers AB R H RBI
JJ Woolwine 4 2 2 2
Grant Whetsel 5 2 3 0
Nick Lukac 3 1 1 0
Kiel Brenczewski 3 1 2 3
Daniel Owens 3 1 0 0
Jackson Preston 2 0 1 0
Jeffrey Simmons 1 1 0 0
Kaid Muth 2 2 1 0
Ethan Davies 1 0 0 0
Dominic Oliverio 3 1 2 3
Charlie Walker 1 0 0 0
Jack Braun 1 1 0 0
Tristan Baker 0 1 0 0
Totals 29 13 12 8
Score by innings
Daleville 302 030 0 – 8 5 4
Fishers 200 704 x – 13 12 6
3B: Oliverio, Whetsel. 2B: Woolwine. SB: Baker 2, Lukac, Whetsel, Woolwine. SAC: Brenczewski. HBP: Muth 2, Owens.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Anthony Castellani 2.2 5 1 2
Jack Minns (W) 1.2 3 2 3
Michael Hart (S) 2.2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Minns 4, Castellani 1, Hart 1. Walks: Castellani 2, Minns 1, Hart 1.
Fishers 5, New Palestine 3
(8 innings)
Fishers AB R H RBI
JJ Woolwine 5 0 0 0
Grant Whetsel 4 2 2 0
Nick Lukac 4 0 2 2
Kiel Brenczewski 4 0 2 1
Daniel Owens 2 0 1 0
Tristan Baker 0 1 0 0
Jackson Preston 3 0 1 0
Kaid Muth 3 1 2 1
Ethan Davies 1 0 0 0
Dominic Oliverio 3 0 1 1
Collin Shelton 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 12 5
Score by innings
Fishers 100 020 02 – 5 11 0
New Palestine 001 000 20 – 3 4 2
2B: Whetsel. SB: Muth, Whetsel. SAC: Muth, Preston. HBP: Owens.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Mason Sweeney 6 3 3 3
Cory Wolter (W) 2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Sweeney 4, Wolter 1. Walks: Sweeney 4, Wolter 2.
University’s comeback falls just short
University nearly came all the way back against Lafayette Central Catholic on Monday, making a seventh-inning run before the Knights held on for a 7-5 win at RoundTripper Academy.
The Trailblazers scored all five of their runs in the seventh inning. Adam Oxley singled in Nate Shatkowski for the first run, then Jacob Lange hit a sacrifice fly to score Ben Westerkamm. Dawson Estep batted in Oxley. Alex Washlock hit a two-RBI single to get Matt Moore and Estep home, but a strikeout ended the game.
University is 7-9-1 and hosts Anderson Prep Academy at 5:30 p.m. today.
Lafayette Central Catholic 7, University 5
University AB R H RBI
Dawson Estep 4 1 1 1
Ben Ewer 2 0 1 0
Alex Washlock 4 0 1 2
Nate Shatkowski 3 1 0 0
Ben Westerkamm 3 1 1 0
Adam Oxley 3 1 1 1
Kolton Stevens 3 0 1 0
Jacob Lange 2 0 1 1
Matt Moore 2 1 0 0
Ethan Johnson 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 7 5
Score by innings
Central Catholic 001 050 1 – 7 8 0
University 000 000 5 – 5 7 1
SB: Ewer. SAC: Lange.
University pitching IP R ER H
Tyler Galyean 4.1 4 3 3
Shatkowski 2.2 3 3 5
Strikeouts: Galyean 3, Shatkowski 1. Walks: Galyean 2, Shatkowski 1.