Guerin Catholic made it a Circle City Conference sweep of Covenant Christian on Wednesday, beating the Trojans 11-1 in six innings.
Covenant Christian scored its run in the top of the first inning, but the Golden Eagles immediately answered back with five runs in the bottom of the inning. Keenan Taylor hit a double on the first pitch of Guerin’s first at-bat, and was sent home by Nate Bingman’s double for GC’s first run.
Braden Reel batted in Bingman, then Sam Lewandowski’s single scored Luke Godfrey and Reel. Wes Gingerich then nailed a double to send Lewandowski home.
The Golden Eagles scored one run each in the second and third innings. Engelking’s RBI groundout scored Ely, then Bingman smacked his second double of the game to send Taylor home.
Guerin Catholic added three runs in the fifth, starting with Gingerich, who scored when Ely reached on error. Engelking singled home Taylor, then Ely scored on a wild pitch. In the sixth inning, Taylor hit his second double of the game to score Dominic Ferrucci and end the game.
Taylor went 3-for-4 at the plate, with Bingman, Engelking and Gingerich all getting two hits. Matt Parenteau pitched all six innings, totaling seven strikeouts.
The Golden Eagles are 4-0 in the conference and 7-1 overall. They will host New Castle on Friday.
Guerin Catholic 11, Covenant Christian 1
(6 innings)
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Keenan Taylor 4 3 3 1
Bennett Ely 2 2 1 1
Nate Bingman 4 1 2 2
Luke Godfrey 3 1 0 0
Braden Reel 2 1 1 1
Max Engelking 4 0 2 2
Sam Lewandowski 3 1 1 2
Gavin Morrow 3 0 1 0
Dominic Ferrucci 0 1 0 0
Wes Gingerich 4 1 2 1
Totals 29 11 13 10
Score by innings
Covenant Christian 100 000 – 1 7 2
Guerin Catholic 511 031 – 11 13 1
2B: Bingman 2, Taylor 2, Gingerich. SB: Gingerich 2, Engelking, Reel. HBP: Reel 2, Ely, Ferrucci, Lewnadowski.
Guerin Catholic pitching IP R ER H
Matt Parenteau 6 1 0 7
Strikeouts: Parenteau 7. Walks: Parenteau 1.
Greyhounds fall to Trojans for MIC split
Carmel dropped the second game of a Metropolitan Conference series with Center Grove on Wednesday, falling 6-2 at the Trojans’ field.
Center Grove scored its first run in the first inning. The Greyhounds tied it up in the fifth, when Jackson Adams got home on an RBI groundout by Alex Brooks. But the Trojans poured in four runs in the bottom of the fifth and held the lead from there.
Carmel’s second run came in the sixth inning, when JD Rogers singled home Christian Williams. Jared Greene hit a seventh-inning double for the ‘Hounds. Aiden Bradbury pitched the first four innings, striking out five.
Carmel is 3-4 and will next play at Roncalli on Friday.
Center Grove 6, Carmel 2
Carmel AB R H RBI
Christian Williams 2 1 0 0
Brayden Lentz 4 0 1 0
JD Rogers 3 0 1 1
Dryden Schroeder 3 0 0 0
Jackson Adams 3 1 0 0
Alex Brooks 3 0 0 1
Logan Urbanowski 2 0 0 0
Zach Vogt 2 0 0 0
Jared Greene 3 0 1 0
Totals 25 2 3 2
Score by innings
Carmel 000 011 0 – 2 3 2
Center Grove 100 041 x – 6 7 3
2B: Greene. SAC: Vogt.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Aiden Bradbury 4.0 1 1 4
Cole Lindley 0.1 3 2 1
Drew Harding 0.2 1 0 0
Michael Uhrig 1.0 1 1 2
Strikeouts: Bradbury 5. Walks: Bradbury 2, Lindley 2, Harding 2, Uhrig 1.
Huskies take tough loss from Western
Hamilton Heights took a tough loss from Hoosier Conference opponent Western on Wednesday, falling to the Class 3A No. 2 Panthers 12-1 at the Huskies’ field.
Western scored a run in the first inning, then took control with four runs in the top of the third. Heights scored its lone run in the bottom of the third, when Sam Allen scored on an error.
“We looked our age tonight,” said Huskies coach JR Moffatt. “Western is a veteran team and I think they came in a little grumpy after last night’s tough loss. Coach Berryman does a great job with them and they are a veteran group who really took it to us.”
Heights beat the Panthers 4-3 on Tuesday, thus earning a series split.
“We are happy to come out with a split of the series against them, happy but not satisfied,” said Moffatt. “I didn’t think we showed much fight tonight. Once we got down we sort of took the mindset of a summer little league team playing an opponent sponsored by Gary’s Home and Garden. We have to grow up from that. Not much enthusiasm and that starts with us as coaches.
“We passed the test of winning a big game against a great team. We failed the test of responding with grit and toughness the day after winning a big game. With three more games this week we don’t have time to mope around, we will get back at it tomorrow at practice.”
The Huskies are 2-2 overall and will host Maconaquah on Friday.
Western 12, Hamilton Heights 1
Heights AB R H RBI
Luke Thesier 4 0 1 0
Lucas Letsinger 2 0 0 0
Alex Hewitt 2 0 0 0
Sam Fulton 2 0 0 0
Brody Piel 2 0 0 0
Luke Stohler 4 0 0 0
Erik Malott 2 0 1 0
Issiac Hickok 3 0 1 0
Andrew VanOeveren 2 0 0 0
Sam Allen 3 1 1 0
Harrison Hochstedler 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 4 0
Score by innings
Western 104 121 3 – 12 14 1
Heights 001 000 0 – 1 4 4
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Dylan Zachary 3 6 3 8
Letsinger 2 2 2 3
Allen 2 4 3 3
Strikeouts: Letsinger 2, Allen 2, Zachary 1. Walks: Allen 2, Letsinger 1.
Sheridan wins at Tindley
Sheridan defeated Tindley 19-0 in a four-inning road game on Wednesday.
The Blackhawks scored 14 runs in the first inning. Sean Speck hit a two-RBI single, while Zach Oberle had two hits in the inning that totaled three RBIs. Cameron Hovey also drove in three runs, including an RBI double in the third inning, and scored three runs. Corbin Went hit a two-RBI double in the fourth inning.
Hovey, Oberle and Spencer all had two hits. Spencer and Kyle Archer both hit RBI singles as well.
Bryce Brown pitched all four innings, tossing nine strikeouts and allowing just two hits.
Sheridan is 3-1 and will play a doubleheader at Western Boone on Saturday morning.
Sheridan 19, Tindley 0
(4 innings)
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Steve Smith 2 2 1 1
Jake O’Hara 5 2 1 2
Cameron Hovey 3 3 2 3
Sean Speck 2 2 1 2
Jake Vita 2 1 1 0
Bryce Brown 1 0 0 0
Kyle Archer 1 2 1 2
Drake Delph 1 1 1 0
Lucas Chesney 2 2 0 1
Dakota Doty 1 0 0 0
Zach Oberle 3 1 2 3
Nolan Buckner 0 1 0 0
Caine Spencer 3 1 2 1
Corbin Went 1 1 1 2
Totals 27 19 13 17
Score by innings
Sheridan (14)11 3 – 19 13 1
Tindley 000 0 – 0 2 4
2B: Hovey, Smith, Went. SB: Delph, O’Hara, Went. SAC: Smith, Speck. HBP: Buckner.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
Brown 4 0 0 2
Strikeouts: Brown 9. Walks: Brown 1.