The Westfield baseball team scored a Hoosier Crossroads Conference sweep on Friday when it beat Hamilton Southeastern 7-2 at the Royals’ Ken Seitz Field.
Southeastern scored the game’s first run in the bottom of the first inning; Jason Dettman was sent home by JT Mutchner’s left field hit. The Class 4A No. 4 Shamrocks tied the game in the second inning after Cody South got home on a wild pitch.
Westfield added one run in each of the next two innings. Trey Dorton scored in the third inning after Maximus Webster reached on error, then Isaac Minder got home on a wild pitch in the fourth inning.
The ‘Rocks then scored four runs in the fifth inning: Mac Clarke doubled in Casey Fanelli and South, then Dorton’s left field hit sent Minder and Clarke home. Noah Wolf scored HSE’s second run when he batted in Peyton Lusby in the fifth inning.
Dorton and Fanelli both had two hits for the game. Logan Nickel pitched five innings for the win, striking out seven.
Lusby hit a double for the Royals, while Wolf was 2-for-2 at the plate.
Westfield is 16-3-1 and plays Monday at Kokomo. Southeastern is 10-15-1 and hosts Franklin Central on Thursday.
WESTFIELD 7, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 2
Westfield AB R H RBI
Trey Dorton 5 1 2 2
Quentin Markle 3 0 1 0
Keaton Mahan 2 0 0 0
Maximus Webster 4 0 1 0
Casey Fanelli 3 1 2 0
Cody South 2 2 0 0
Isaac Minder 3 2 1 0
Collin Lindsey 3 0 0 0
Jack Woodard 2 0 0 0
Mac Clarke 2 1 1 2
Brayden Hibler 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 8 4
2B: Clarke, Minder. SB: Dorton, Hibler, South. HBP: South.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Logan Nickel (W) 5 2 2 5
Kade Robinson 1 0 0 0
Austin Murphy 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Nickel 7, Robinson 1. Walks: none.
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Jason Dettman 3 1 1 0
Logan Callaghan 0 0 0 0
Hunter Dilts 3 0 0 0
JT Mutchner 2 0 1 1
Hunter Wright 2 0 0 0
Colin St. Clair 1 0 0 0
Payton Hilfiker 3 0 0 0
J. Bush 3 0 0 0
Peyton Lusby 3 1 1 0
Henry Kerr 3 0 0 0
Noah Wolf 2 0 2 1
Totals 25 2 5 2
2B: Lusby. HBP: Mutchner.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
John McCall 4 4 1 5
Dettman 2 3 3 3
Callaghan 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: McCall 3. Walks: McCall 5, Dettman 2.
Score by Innings
Westfield 011 140 0 – 7 8 0
Southeastern 100 010 0 – 2 5 3
Fishers picked up a 4-0 HCC win over Franklin Central in a Friday home game, earning a split with the Flashes.
The Tigers scored two runs in the first inning. Joey Brenczewski got the first run, heading home on Caulin Brown’s RBI groundout. Brenczewski had gotten on base with a double. Tate Warner then singled in Dom Oliverio. In the fifth inning, Jack Braun’s RBI groundout sent Oliverio home again. Oliverio scored a third run in the sixth inning, this time on Carson Dunn’s RBI groundout.
Jack Brown and Warner both had two hits. Jack Brown also was dominant on the mound, pitching a complete-game win with nine strikeouts against five hits and no walks.
Fishers is 14-12 and hosts Columbus North on Monday.
FISHERS 4, FRANKLIN CENTRAL 0
Fishers AB R H RBI
Carson Dunn 3 0 1 1
Joey Brenczewski 3 1 1 0
Jack Brown 3 0 2 0
Caulin Brown 3 0 0 1
Tate Warner 3 0 2 1
Jack Braun 2 0 0 1
JP Preston 3 0 0 0
Gavin Clayton 2 0 0 0
Dom Oliverio 0 3 0 0
Matt Bryant 2 0 0 0
Totals 24 4 6 4
Score by Innings
Franklin Central 000 000 0 – 0 5 1
Fishers 200 011 x – 4 6 0
2B: Brenczewski. SB: Oliverio 4, Warner. HBP: Brenczewski.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
J. Brown 7 0 0 5
Strikeouts: J. Brown 9. Walks: none.
Hamilton Heights, ranked No. 9 in 3A, was edged out in the Hoosier Conference championship game by the host, 2A No. 3 Lafayette Central Catholic, 3-2 on Friday.
The Huskies scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning. Jared Michael got home on Dean Mason’s RBI groundout. The Knights tied the game in the second inning, then went ahead 2-1 in the third.
Central Catholic doubled in a run in the sixth inning for a 3-1 lead. Heights got a run back in the top of the seventh: Michael doubled on to base, then Cooper Vondersaar came in to run for him. Mason batted Vondersaar in with a right field hit to get the Huskies within one run, but the Knight got a strikeout to end the game.
Michael was 2-for-4 at the plate, while Sam Allen also hit a double.
Heights finishes second in the Hoosier Conference and is 14-8 for the season. The Huskies’ next game is next Friday at Sheridan.
LAF. CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 2
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 4 0 1 0
Jared Michael 4 1 2 0
Erik Malott 3 0 1 0
Nate Hulen 2 0 0 0
Dean Mason 4 0 1 2
Joe Mayo 0 0 0 0
Drew VanOeveren 4 0 0 0
Brayden Elkin 3 0 1 0
Lucas Letsinger 2 0 1 0
Harrison Hochstedler 2 0 0 0
Cooper Vondersaar 0 1 0 0
Totals 28 2 7 2
Score by Innings
Heights 100 000 1 – 2 7 2
LCC 011 001 x – 3 7 1
2B: Allen, Michael. HBP: Hochstedler.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Letsinger 4 2 0 6
Michael 2 1 1 1
Strikeouts: Letsinger 2, Michael 2. Walks: Letsinger 3, Michael 2.
Noblesville dropped a 6-5 HCC game to Brownsburg Friday at Don Dunker Field.
The Millers scored a run in the first inning when Conner Bloss doubled home Kolbi Kazmierski. Noblesville added three runs in the third inning: Dean White scored on an error, then Kazmierski got home on a passed ball. Luke Wilson hit a double to score Bryce Adams, and the Millers led 4-0.
The Bulldogs came back in the fifth inning to tie the game at 4-4. Noblesville jumped back in front in the bottom of the inning when Adams hit a sacrifice fly to score Mason Bohland. But Brownsburg scored twice in the sixth inning and held the lead from there.
Bloss was 3-for-4 at the plate, while White batted 2-for-3. Michael Stremlaw pitched four innings, striking out six.
The Millers are 11-14 and play tonight at Northwestern.
BROWNSBURG 6, NOBLESVILLE 5
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Dean White 3 1 2 0
Kolbi Kazmierski 3 2 1 0
Mason Bohland 3 1 0 0
Conner Bloss 4 0 3 1
Bryce Adams 3 1 0 1
Luke Wilson 4 0 1 1
Josh Kern 2 0 0 0
Drew Niswonger 3 0 0 0
Bryce Riggs 2 0 0 0
Jacob Weiler 1 0 1 0
Keegan Speek 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 8 3
Score by Innings
Brownsburg 000 042 0 – 6 5 2
Noblesville 103 010 0 – 5 8 2
2B: Bloss, Weiler, White, Wilson. SB: Kazmierski 2, White 2, Kern. SAC: White, Adams.
NHS pitching IP R ER H
Michael Stremlaw 4.0 1 1 1
Lucas Stephen 0.1 3 3 3
Jared Crandall 0.2 2 1 0
Ty Haley 2.0 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Stremlaw 6, Haley 4, Stephen 1, Crandall 1. Walks: Stremlaw 2, Crandall 3, Haley 2, Stephen 1.
Sheridan dropped an 8-6 game at Tipton Thursday.
The Blue Devils scored five runs in the second inning and held the lead from there. The Blackhawks got two runs in the third; Silas DeVaney hit a sacrifice fly to send Corbin Murray home, then Collin McNair singled in Cameron Hovey.
Tipton added three runs in the sixth inning. Sheridan began a comeback with two outs in the seventh inning, starting when DeVaney got home on a dropped third strike with the bases loaded. Camden Spencer was then hit by a pitch, sending Christian Clausen home. Cole Macintosh hit a single to score Clausen and Preston Weir, but a groundout ended the game.
Hovey and Macintosh both had two hits.
The Blackhawks are 8-13 and play at Madison-Grant this morning.
TIPTON 8, SHERIDAN 6
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Corbin Murray 4 1 0 0
Cameron Hovey 3 1 2 0
Silas DeVaney 2 1 1 1
Collin McNair 2 1 1 1
Cole Bales 3 0 1 0
Christian Clausen 3 1 0 0
Preston Weir 4 1 0 1
Cole Macintosh 4 0 2 2
Camden Spencer 2 0 1 1
Totals 27 6 8 6
Score by Innings
Sheridan 002 000 4 – 6 8 4
Tipton 050 003 x – 8 9 1
SB: C. Bales, DeVaney, Murray. SAC: C. Bales, DeVaney. HBP: McNair, Spencer.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
C. Bales 2.0 5 1 5
DeVaney 3.1 3 1 3
Zach Bales 0.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: C. Bales 2, DeVaney 2. Walks: C. Bales 1, DeVaney 1.