The Noblesville baseball team split its two games at the Noblesville Invitational on Saturday.
The Millers fell to Zionsville 6-5 in their first game, then won a marathon contest with Fishers 14-13 in nine innings. Noblesville’s Bryce Adams hit a walkoff sacrifice fly to clinch the Millers’ first win of the season.
The Noblesville-Fishers game was a roller coaster. The Millers scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning; Kolbi Kazmierski hit an RBI single into center field for the first run, then Adams got home on a wild pitch and Kazmierski later scored on an error.
The Tigers loaded the bases in the top of the third inning. JP Preston drew a walk to get the first run home, then Fishers added two more runs when Jack Braun and Jack Brown were both hit by pitches. The game was now tied at 3-3, and two more bases-loaded walks from Caulin Brown and Zach Cox, put the Tigers in the lead.
Matt Bryant then smacked a single into center field for two more runs, and Cox later scored on a passed ball. With that, Fishers led 8-3. Noblesville got two of those runs back in the bottom of the third, with Mason Bohland getting home on an RBI groundout by Jacob Weiler. Adams then scored on the next at-bat.
Both teams added a run in the fourth inning. Fishers’ Caulin Brown singled home Preston, then the Millers’ Keegan Speek got home from Bryce Riggs’ RBI groundout; Speek came into run for Conner Bloss, who got on base with a triple. The score was now 9-6, Tigers.
Fishers added four more runs in the top of the sixth. Jack Braun doubled in Dom Oliverio, then was batted in by Caulin Brown. Grant Moritz came up next and blasted a two-run home run, scoring himself and Tate Warner, who came in to run for Caulin Brown.
But Noblesville stormed back in the bottom of the sixth, scoring seven runs to tie the game at 13-13. Riggs drew a bases-loaded walk for the first score. Drew Niswonger sent a two-RBI hit into right field. Kazmierski smacked a two-RBI double into center field, Adams scored on a wild pitch, then Weiler’s RBI single tied the game.
The score stayed tied at 13-13 until the bottom of the ninth. Dean White got on base with a single, then moved to third base on an error. Two walks loaded the bases, then Adams hit a fly to center field. It was caught, but White made it home.
White, Kazmierski and Weiler all had two hits, with Kazmierski and White each hitting a double. Kazmierski totaled three RBIs.
Bryant was 3-for-5 at the plate for the Tigers, with Caulin Brown batting in three runs. Kyle Manship came into pitch during the later innings and threw five strikeouts. Starter Gavin Kuzniewski struck out four.
In the earlier game, Zionsville got up 2-0 on the Millers in the top of the first inning. Noblesville scored its first run in the bottom of the second inning, with Caden David’s sacrifice fly sending Adams home.
The Eagles added a run in the top of the third, but Noblesville came back to tie it with two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Speek and Kazmierski both scored on separate wild pitches.
The Millers jumped ahead 5-3 in the fifth inning when Kazmierski hit a two-RBI double, scoring Bohland and Adams, who got on base with a double. But the Eagles came back and scored three runs in the top of the sixth, and held the lead from there.
Kazmierski finished the game 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Michael Stremlaw pitched four and two-thirds innings, striking out four.
Both Noblesville and Fishers are 1-3 for the season.
ZIONSVILLE 6, NOBLESVILLE 5
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Dean White 4 0 0 0
Drew Niswonger 4 0 1 0
Mason Bohland 3 1 0 0
Bryce Adams 3 2 1 0
Jacob Weiler 4 0 1 0
Kolbi Kazmierski 3 1 3 2
Josh Kern 2 0 0 0
Caden David 1 0 0 1
Bryce Riggs 2 0 0 0
Keegan Speek 0 1 0 0
Luke Wilson 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 6 3
Score by Innings
Zionsville 201 003 0 – 6 8 0
Noblesville 010 220 0 – 5 6 5
2B: Adams, Kazmierski. SB: Kazmierski, Kern. SAC: David. HBP: Kern, Riggs.
NHS pitching IP R ER H
Michael Stremlaw 4.2 3 3 4
Nick Golden 0.1 3 2 3
Niswonger 2.0 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Stremlaw 4, Niswonger 2. Walks: Stremlaw 4, Golden 1.
NOBLESVILLE 14, FISHERS 13
(9 innings)
Fishers AB R H RBI
Joey Brenczewski 6 1 0 0
Dom Oliverio 3 2 1 0
JP Preston 4 2 1 1
Jack Braun 4 2 1 2
Jack Brown 4 1 2 1
Caulin Brown 4 0 2 3
Zach Cox 1 1 0 1
Grant Moritz 3 1 1 2
Matt Bryant 5 1 3 2
Carson Dunn 1 0 0 0
Kaden Gorak 0 1 0 0
Tate Warner 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 13 11 12
HR: Moritz. 2B: J. Braun, Oliverio. SB: Bryant 3, Dunn 2, Brenczewski, Oliverio, Warner. SAC: Dunn. HBP: Dunn 2, Braun, J. Brown, Oliverio
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Gavin Kuzniewski 3.0 4 3 2
Joey Wilmoth 2.0 1 1 1
Evan Allbright 0.0 4 4 1
Oliverio 0.2 3 3 3
Kyle Manship 3.0 1 0 0
Strikeouts: Manship 5, Kuzniewski 4, Wilmoth 4, Oliverio 1. Walks: Kuzniewski 4, Manship 4, Allbright 3, Oliverio 2.
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Dean White 6 1 2 0
Drew Niswonger 4 1 1 2
Mason Bohland 3 2 0 0
Bryce Adams 2 3 0 1
Kolbi Kazmierski 5 2 2 3
Jacob Weiler 4 1 2 2
Josh Kern 3 1 0 0
Conner Bloss 4 1 1 0
Bryce Riggs 4 1 0 2
Keegan Speek 0 1 0 0
Luke Wilson 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 14 8 10
3B: Bloss. 2B: Kazmierski, White. HBP: Adams.
NHS pitching IP R ER H
Jared Crandall 2.2 7 7 1
Nick Golden 0.0 1 1 1
Nolan Decker 3.1 5 5 8
Lucas Stephen 3.0 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Stephen 3, Decker 2, Crandall 1. Walks: Crandall 4, Golden 1.
Score by Innings
Fishers 008 104 000 – 13 11 4
Noblesville 302 107 001 – 14 8 0
Hamilton Southeastern split a pair of games at its own Royals Classic on Saturday.
In their first game, the Royals beat DeKalb 10-7. The Barons hit a grand slam in the top of the first inning to immediately go up 4-0. Southeastern scored one run in the bottom of the inning, with Jason Dettman getting home.
DeKalb scored on a two-run double in the top of the second. The Royals answered with their own two-RBI double, with Payton Hilfiker hit into right field. Hilfiker later scored on a wild pitch, cutting the Barons’ lead to 6-4.
Southeastern tied the game in the third inning. Hunter Dilts got home on Landon Riekhof’s RBI groundout, then Peyton Lusby doubled in a run to make the score 6-6. HSE added another run in the fourth inning when J.T. Mutchner hit an RBI single.
DeKalb tied the game at 7-7 in the top of the sixth by hitting an inside-the-park home run. But the Royals took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning when Dilts blasted a three-run homer. Dilts finished the game 3-for-3 at the plate.
Mutchner and Colin St. Clair both had two hits, with Dilts and St. Clair each scoring two runs. Dettman scored three runs and also got the pitching win, striking out six in four innings.
In its evening game, Southeastern lost to McCutcheon 5-1. The Royals scored their run in the third inning, with Hunter Dilts batting in Landon Riekhof.
John McCall threw three innings, striking out eight. Colin St. Clair also pitched three innings, tossing six strikeouts.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 10, DEKALB 7
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Noah Wolf 3 1 1 0
Jason Dettman 2 3 1 0
Hunter Dilts 3 2 3 3
J.T. Mutchner 4 0 2 1
Landon Riekhof 4 0 0 1
Colin St. Clair 3 2 2 0
Peyton Lusby 4 0 1 1
J. Bush 2 1 0 0
Payton Hilfiker 3 1 1 2
Griffen Haas 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 10 11 8
Score by Innings
DeKalb 420 001 0 – 7 6 0
Southeastern 132 103 x – 10 11 6
HR: Dilts. 2B: Lusby, Dettman, Wolf, St. Clair, Hilfiker. SB: Wolf 2, Dettman. HBP: Bush, Dettman.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Cam Howard 2 6 3 3
Dettman (W) 4 1 1 3
Sam Reagan 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Dettman 6, Howard 1. Walks: Howard 2, Dettman 1, Reagan 1.
McCUTCHEON 7, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 1
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Peyton Lusby 3 0 0 0
Noah Wolf 4 0 1 0
Colin St. Clair 3 0 0 0
J.T. Mutchner 3 0 0 0
Hunter Dilts 2 0 1 1
Payton Hilfiker 2 0 1 0
Landon Riekhof 3 1 1 0
Christian Beal 2 0 0 0
Griffen Haas 3 0 1 0
Totals 25 1 4 1
Score by Innings
McCutcheon 021 011 0 – 5 3 1
Southeastern 001 000 0 – 1 5 5
SB: Wolf. HPB: Beal.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
St. Clair 3 2 0 1
Logan Callaghan 1 0 0 0
John McCall 3 3 0 2
Strikeouts: McCall 8, St. Clair 6. Walks: St. Clair 2, Callghan 2, McCall 1.
Hamilton Heights dropped a 6-4 game to Christian Academy of Knoxville Saturday in the Huskies’ final game of the DeMarini Tennessee Tournament.
The Huskies scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Sam Allen got home on Nate Hulen’s RBI groundout, then Jared Michael singled in Erik Malott. Christian Academy got on the board with a three-run triple in the bottom of the first inning and led the game from there.
Heights scored its other two runs in the sixth inning. Malott got on base with a single, then moved to third on a double by Hulen. Malott scored on Michael’s RBI groundout, then Hulen got home on a dropped third strike.
Michael pitched a complete game, tossing three strikeouts.
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 6, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 4
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 3 1 1 0
Brayden Elkin 1 0 0 0
Erik Malott 3 2 1 0
Nate Hulen 3 1 1 1
Jared Michael 3 0 1 2
Drew VanOeveren 3 0 1 1
Guy Griffey 3 0 0 0
Lucas Letsinger 2 0 0 0
Dean Mason 1 0 0 0
Harrison Hochstedler 2 0 0 0
Isaac Tuma 1 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 5 4
Score by Innings
Heights 200 002 0 – 4 5 3
Christian Academy 301 002 x – 6 6 1
2B: Hulen. SB: Michael. SAC: Elkin 2.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Michael 6 6 4 6
Strikeouts: Michael 3. Walks: Michael 4.
The University baseball team dropped their final games at the Super Prep Tournament on Saturday.
First, the Trailblazers fell to Lafayette, the No. 14-ranked team in Kentucky, 7-0. Lafayette held University to three hits: Doubles from Tyler Galyean and Matt Moore and a single by Jake Hooker.
In their second game, the ‘Blazers lost to North Oldham 4-2. North Oldham scored two runs in both the first and fifth innings. University got its runs in the sixth inning when Adam Oxley hit a two-run home run, also scoring Galyean.
Oxley also hit a double, making him 2-for-2 at the plate.
LAFAYETTE (KY.) 7, UNIVERSITY 0
University AB R H RBI
Jake Hooker 2 0 1 0
Seth Hogg 3 0 0 0
Tyler Galyean 2 0 1 0
Thomas Price 1 0 0 0
Matt Moore 3 0 1 0
Adam Oxley 2 0 0 0
Brady Redman 1 0 0 0
Weber Morse 1 0 0 0
Cam Greenawald 1 0 0 0
Owen Schellhase 2 0 0 0
Zane Kampmeier 1 0 0 0
Grayson Knight 1 0 0 0
Jasper Owens 1 0 0 0
Jackson Bledsoe 1 0 0 0
Grady Hay 2 0 0 0
Quincy Harper 1 0 0 0
Totals 25 0 3 x
Score by Innings
University 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
Lafayette 401 200 x – 7 8 0
2B: Galyean, Moore.
University pitching IP R ER H
Galyean 3.1 7 5 6
Price 2.2 0 0 2
Strikeouts: Galyean 5, Price 5. Walks: Price 1.
NORTH OLDHAM 4, UNIVERSITY 2
University AB R H RBI
Jake Hooker 4 0 0 0
Seth Hogg 4 0 0 0
Tyler Galyean 3 1 0 0
Matt Moore 3 0 1 0
Adam Oxley 2 1 2 2
Thomas Price 3 0 1 0
Grayson Knight 3 0 0 0
Jasper Owens 1 0 1 0
Weber Morse 1 0 0 0
Grady Hay 2 0 0 0
Quincy Harper 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
Score by Innings
University 000 002 0 – 2 5 1
North Oldham 200 020 x – 4 5 1
HR: Oxley. 2B: Oxley.
University pitching IP R ER H
Hooker 4.1 4 4 5
Oxley 1.2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Hooker 3, Oxley 3. Walks: Hooker 3.