Westfield won the first game of a Hoosier Crossroads Conference series with Hamilton Southeastern Thursday, 4-2 at the Shamrocks’ field.
Westfield got on the board first with two runs in the second inning, as Jack Lawrence singled in Kyle Pepiot and Quentin Markle. The Royals got a run back in the top of the sixth; Cole DeWael got on base with a triple, and stole home.
But Lawrence struck again in the bottom of the inning, smacking a double to bring in Pepiot and Payton Tamm. Matt Buckingham batted another run in for Southeastern in the seventh, with a single to score Tyler Rhoades, who was courtesy running for Jack DeWolf after he hit a double.
Westfield close the game with three straight outs after that, including two strikeouts from Parker Bard, who pitched a complete game. Bard finished with 11 strikeouts.
“Parker Bard was really good for us tonight,” said Shamrocks coach Ryan Bunnell. “He had a good tempo and pounded the zone with all of his pitches.”
Tamm was 3-for-3 at the plate, while Lawrence went 2-for-3 and drove in all four Westfield runs.
The ‘Rocks and the Royals are tied atop the HCC standings with 7-4 records. The two teams will play each other again tonight at HSE’s Ken Seitz Field to conclude the series, with first pitch at 6 p.m.
Westfield 4, Hamilton Southeastern 2
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Anthony Eggers 4 0 0 0
Cole DeWael 3 1 1 0
Brayton Harrison 2 0 1 0
Greyson Droste 3 0 1 0
Jake Stout 0 0 0 0
Jack DeWolf 3 0 1 0
Matthew Buckingham 2 0 1 1
Jordan Millikan 3 0 0 0
Caden Ruhnow 2 0 0 0
Tyler Rhoades 0 1 0 0
Totals 22 2 5 1
3B: DeWael. 2B: DeWolf. SB: DeWael, Harrison. SAC: Ruhnow. HBP: Harrison.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Michael Dillon 5.1 4 4 8
Cole Graverson 0.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Dillon 4. Walks: Dillon 1.
Westfield AB R H RBI
Bryce Dorton 3 0 1 0
Trey Anderson 2 0 1 0
Zach Collins 3 0 0 0
Tyler Smitherman 3 0 0 0
Kyle Pepiot 2 2 1 0
Payton Tamm 3 1 3 0
Quentin Markle 2 1 0 0
Jack Lawrence 3 0 2 4
Austin Wessel 3 0 1 0
Totals 24 4 9 4
2B: Anderson, Lawrence, Tamm. SB: Lawrence, Markle, Pepiot, Tamm, Wessel. SAC: Markle. HBP: Anderson.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Parker Bard 7 2 2 5
Strikeouts: Bard 11. Walks: Bard 1.
Score by innings
Southeastern 000 001 1 – 2 5 0
Westfield 020 002 x – 4 9 2
Huskies cruise to Senior Night win
Hamilton Heights cruised to a win on Senior Night Thursday, beating Eastern 11-4.
The Comets scored two runs in the top of the third inning, but the Huskies came back with four runs in the bottom of the third, and led for the remainder of the game. Alex Hewitt scored the first run on a passed ball, then Sam Fulton smacked a three-run home run, also bringing in Sam Wahl and Erik Malott.
Heights added four more runs in the fourth inning. Malott doubled in Alex Roth and Wahl, then Andrew VanOeveren hit a triple to score Malott and Fulton. Brody Piel led off the fifth inning with a triple, and scored on Hewitt’s RBI groundout.
Piel batted in the Huskies’ last two runs of the game, sending VanOevaeren and Nate Hulen. Fulton, VanOeveren, Hulen and Piel all had two hits. Luke Thesier pitched four and a third innings for the win.
“Happy for our seniors tonight as we got a win that we really needed,” said Heights coach JR Moffatt. Alex Roth, Wahl and Fulton are the seniors on this year’s Huskies team.
Heights will travel to Twin Lakes today for a Hoosier Conference placement game. First pitch is at 6 p.m.
Hamilton Heights 11, Eastern 4
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 2 0 0 0
Sam Wahl 3 2 0 0
Erik Malott 3 2 1 2
Sam Fulton 3 2 2 3
Andrew VanOeveren 4 1 2 2
Nate Hulen 4 1 2 0
Luke Thesier 2 0 0 0
Brody Piel 2 1 2 2
Alex Roth 4 1 1 0
Alex Hewitt 3 1 0 1
Totals 30 11 10 10
Score by innings
Eastern 002 020 0 – 4 7 2
Heights 004 412 x – 11 10 1
HR: Fulton. 3B: Piel, VanOeveren. 2B: Malott. SB: Wahl 2. HBP: Allen.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Thesier (W) 4.1 4 4 6
Piel 2.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Thesier 2, Piel 2. Walks: Thesier 3.
Millers fall to Brownsburg
Noblesville dropped a 6-0 Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at Brownsburg on Friday.
The Millers were held to two hits, one each for Cole Barnes and Lucas Williams. Clay Holzworth pitched five innings, striking out eight.
Noblesville is 6-5 in the conference and 13-11 overall. The Millers host Brownsburg at 6 p.m. tonight at Don Dunker Field to complete the HCC series.
Brownsburg 6, Noblesville 0
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Ethan Imel 2 0 0 0
CJ Stuckey 0 0 0 0
DJ Owens 3 0 0 0
Clay Holzworth 3 0 0 0
Cade Nelis 2 0 0 0
Matt Peek 3 0 0 0
Brady Walden 1 0 0 0
Zach Gruver 3 0 0 0
Cole Barnes 3 0 1 0
Lucas Williams 2 0 1 0
Jackson Hancock 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 0 2 0
Score by innings
Noblesville 000 000 0 – 0 2 3
Brownsburg 402 000 x – 6 9 3
SB: Walden. HBP: Nelis.
Noblesville pitching IP R ER H
Holzworth 5 6 6 7
Stuckey 1 0 0 2
Strikeouts: Holzworth 8. Walks: Holzworth 2, Stuckey 1.