The Westfield baseball team got the week off to a good start with two victories.
On Monday, the Class 4A No. 5 Shamrocks won at Kokomo 3-1. Westfield scored all three of its runs in the first inning: Maximus Webster doubled in Trey Dorton and Keaton Mahan, then Cody South hit a double to send Webster home.
Casey Fanelli also hit a double in the third inning. Jacob Culp got the pitching win, while South got the save.
The Shamrocks cruised past Avon 11-1 Tuesday in a five-inning Hoosier Crossroads Conference home game. Westfield scored six runs in the first inning; Webster smacked a two-run double, Ryland Sutcliffe singled in a run and Brayden Hibler hit a three-RBI single.
Hibler and Webster were both 2-for-3 at the plate, with Hibler driving in four runs total. Keaton Mahan scored three runs. Gage Stanifer pitched a complete game, striking out eight and allowing only two hits.
Westfield is 18-3-1 and plays at Avon this afternoon to complete the HCC series.
WESTFIELD 3, KOKOMO 1
Westfield AB R H RBI
Trey Dorton 4 1 0 0
Keaton Mahan 3 1 1 0
Quentin Markle 3 0 0 0
Casey Fanelli 3 0 1 0
Maximus Webster 3 1 1 2
Cody South 3 0 1 1
Isaac Minder 2 0 0 0
Collin Lindsey 1 0 0 0
Nick Alm 1 0 0 0
Brayden Hibler 3 0 0 0
Jack Woodard 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 4 3
Score by Innings
Westfield 300 000 0 – 3 4 2
Kokomo 000 001 0 – 1 2 1
2B: Fanelli, South, Webster. SB: Minder, South.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Kade Robinson 1.0 0 0 0
Jacob Culp (W) 2.0 0 0 1
Austin Murphy 1.2 0 0 0
South (S) 2.1 1 1 1
Strikeouts: Culp 2, Murphy 2, Robinson 1, South 1. Walks: Culp 3, Robinson 1, Murphy 1, South 1.
WESTFIELD 11, AVON 1
(5 innings)
Westfield AB R H RBI
Trey Dorton 4 0 0 0
Keaton Mahan 2 3 1 0
Quentin Markle 2 1 0 0
Casey Fanelli 2 2 1 1
Jackson Bieghler 0 0 0 0
Maximus Webster 3 2 2 2
Kade Robinson 0 0 0 0
Cody South 1 2 1 0
Ryland Sutcliffe 2 1 1 1
Collin Lindsey 3 0 1 2
Brayden Hibler 3 0 2 4
Isaac Minder 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 11 9 10
Score by Innings
Avon 001 00 – 1 2 3
Westfield 610 31 – 11 9 2
2B: Webster. SB: Mahan 3, Hibler, Webster. HBP: Fanelli.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Gage Stanifer 5 1 0 2
Strikeouts: Stanifer 8. Walks: Stanifer 4.
Fishers scored an upset win on Monday, beating 4A No. 2 Columbus North 4-3 in a home game.
The Tigers never trailed, starting the game with two runs in the first inning. Carson Dunn got the first run on Tate Warner’s RBI fielder’s choice, then Joey Brenczewski scored on an error.
Dom Oliverio hit a solo home run in the fourth inning to put Fishers up 3-0. After the Bull Dogs scored two runs in the top of the fifth, the Tigers got one back in the bottom of the inning when Jack Brown doubled in Brenczewski. Columbus North scored in the seventh inning, but Fishers made a groundout for the third out.
Jack Brown finished the game with two hits. Mason Sweeney got the win, tossing eight strikeouts and allowing only one hit in four and two-thirds innings. Kyle Manship got the save.
Fishers is 15-12 and begins an HCC series this evening at Brownsburg.
FISHERS 4, COLUMBUS NORTH 3
Fishers AB R H RBI
Carson Dunn 2 1 0 0
Joey Brenczewski 2 2 1 0
Jack Brown 3 0 2 1
Caulin Brown 3 0 0 0
Tate Warner 2 0 0 1
Jack Braun 3 0 0 0
JP Preston 3 0 0 0
Gavin Clayton 2 0 0 0
Dom Oliverio 3 1 1 1
Matt Bryant 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 4 4 3
Score by Innings
Columbus North 000 020 1 – 3 3 2
Fishers 200 110 x – 4 4 2
HR: Oliverio. 2B: J. Brown. SB: Bryant. HBP: Brenczewski, Clayton, Dunn.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Mason Sweeney (W) 4.2 2 2 1
Kyle Manship (S) 2.1 1 0 2
Strikeouts: Sweeney 8, Manship 2. Walks: Sweeney 6, Manship 1.
University cruised past Speedway 6-2 in a Tuesday home game.
The 2A No. 7 Trailblazers got on the board in the third inning when Adam Oxley hit a two-run home run, also scoring Jake Hooker. Thomas Price followed that with a double, then went home on Matt Moore’s RBI groundout.
Hooker tripled in a fifth-inning run, sending Luke Hellman home. Hooker then scored on a pitcher’s balk. Seth Hogg completed University’s scoring in the sixth inning, getting home on Weber Morse’s RBI groundout.
Oxley was 2-for-3 at the plate. Matt Moore went three innings for the pitching win, allowing only one hit. Hogg relieved him, striking out five in four innings.
The ‘Blazers are 17-8 and play Friday at Covenant Christian.
UNIVERSITY 6, SPEEDWAY 2
University AB R H RBI
Luke Hellman 2 1 1 0
Jake Hooker 3 2 1 1
Adam Oxley 3 1 2 2
Thomas Price 3 1 1 0
Matt Moore 3 0 1 1
Seth Hogg 3 1 1 0
Weber Morse 3 0 1 1
Grayson Knight 2 0 0 0
Brady Redman 1 0 0 0
Owen Schellhase 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 8 5
Score by Innings
Speedway 000 000 2 – 2 4 1
University 003 021 x – 6 8 0
HR: Oxley. 3B: Hooker, Hogg. 2B: Price, Morse. SB: Hellman. HBP: Hellman 2.
University pitching IP R ER H
Moore (W) 3 0 0 1
Hogg 4 2 2 3
Strikeouts: Hogg 5, Moore 4. Walks: Moore 5, Hogg 3.
Sheridan dropped a 15-0 Hoosier Heartland Conference game to Rossville on Tuesday.
Cole Bales had two hits for the Blackhawks, including a double.
Sheridan is 9-15 and plays at Rossville tonight to complete the HHC series.
ROSSVILLE 15, SHERIDAN 0
(5 innings)
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Silas DeVaney 2 0 0 0
Brentley Alexander 1 0 0 0
Cole Bales 3 0 2 0
Cameron Hovey 1 0 0 0
Collin McNair 2 0 0 0
Gavin Reners 1 0 0 0
Preston Weir 2 0 0 0
Cole Macintosh 2 0 0 0
Camden Spencer 2 0 0 0
Corbin Murray 0 0 0 0
Ty Macy 1 0 0 0
Totals 17 0 2 0
Score by Innings
Rossville 521 16 – 15 13 0
Sheridan 000 00 – 0 2 4
2B: Bales. SB: Reners.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
Hovey 2 7 6 7
Murray 2 7 7 5
Bales 1 1 0 1
Strikeouts: Hovey 2, Bales 1. Walks: Murray 4, Hovey 2, Bales 1.