THE REPORTER
The Carmel baseball team won an all-county game with Fishers 3-2 Friday at Hartman Field.
The Tigers got on the board in the fourth inning when Gavin Clayton hit a leadoff home run. Fishers added another run in the fifth inning: Noah McPeek drew a walk, moved to second base on Jack Brown’s single, then scored when Clayton got a right field base hit.
The Greyhounds came back in the sixth inning, when they scored all three of their runs. Cam Carmichael got the first run on Tyler Walkey’s RBI fielder’s choice. Gabe Mathison tied the game on Case Sullivan’s sacrifice fly, then Walkey was sent home on JD Stein’s single.
Mathison was 2-for-2 at the plate. Adam Buczkowski went six innings for the win, striking out five.
Clayton batted 2-for-3 for Fishers, with Ben Hammond striking out six in a complete game.
Carmel is 11-5 and hosts Zionsville Monday. The Tigers are 14-9 and also plays Monday, at Yorktown.
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Hamilton Heights fell to Western Boone 8-4 in a Friday away game.
The Stars led 4-0 after two innings. The Huskies scored all four of their runs in the third inning to tie the game. Alex Eubanks hit a one-out double, and was quickly brought home by Nick Hulen’s left field hit.
Heights loaded the bases, and Hulen scored when Phoenix Vondersaar was hit by a pitch. James Lacey was walked to bring in Adam Hughes, then Alex Rickey was hit by a pitch, and that scored Logan Hickman.
With that, the game was tied at 4-4. But the Stars took the lead in the fifth inning and held it from there.
Hulen and Dillon Pitts both had two hits. Hickman, Hulen and Pitts all hit one double. Pitts pitched four innings, striking out seven.
The Huskies are 10-7 and hosts Madison-Grant on Monday.