The Westfield baseball team cruised past Frankfort 13-2 in a five-inning away game Tuesday in the Class 4A No. 5 Shamrocks’ regular-season finale.
Maximus Webster led the way for Westfield, hitting two home runs, including a grand slam in the fifth inning. Webster also hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning. Webster was 3-for-4 at the plate, also hitting a double, totaled seven RBIs and scored three runs.
Keaton Mahan smacked a two-run homer in the fourth inning as well, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Casey Fanelli also scored three runs. Gage Stanifer got the pitching win.
Westfield finished the regular season 21-3-1 and hosts Sectional 8 beginning tonight. The ‘Rocks got a bye and play Noblesville in the Friday night semi-finals.
WESTFIELD 13, FRANKFORT 2
(5 innings)
Westfield AB R H RBI
Trey Dorton 4 2 0 0
Casey Fanelli 4 3 2 0
Keaton Mahan 3 2 2 3
Joey Wolfe 1 0 0 0
Mac Clarke 1 1 1 1
Carson Kessler 0 1 0 0
Maximus Webster 4 3 3 7
Ryland Sutcliffe 3 0 1 0
Isaac Minder 2 0 1 0
Jackson Bieghler 0 0 0 0
Collin Lindsey 2 0 0 0
Nick Alm 1 0 0 0
Brayden Hibler 0 1 0 0
Jack Woodard 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 13 10 11
Score by Innings
Westfield 410 44 – 13 10 2
Frankfort 000 20 – 2 3 4
HR: Webster. 2, Mahan. 2B: Fanelli, Mahan, Webster. SB: Fanelli, Hibler: SAC: Clarke. HBP: Clarke.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Gage Stanifer (W) 1 0 0 0
Logan Nickel 1 0 0 0
Austin Murphy 1 0 0 1
Jacob Culp 1 2 0 2
Kade Robinson 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Stanifer 3, Nickel 3, Culp 2, Murphy 1, Robinson 1. Walks: Robinson 1.
Guerin Catholic was swept by Terre Haute South in a Saturday away doubleheader.
In their first game, the Golden Eagles fell to Terre Haute South 2-1. The Braves scored their first run in the first inning. Guerin Catholic scored its run in the top of the sixth; Clay Patton got home after Davis Wagner hit an RBI lineout to center field. But Terre Haute South walked off with a win in the seventh inning on an RBI flyout.
Starting pitcher Spencer Wilt threw five strikeouts.
The Braves won the second game 7-4, scoring three runs in the first inning. The Golden Eagles scored two runs in the second inning, as Anthony Ferrucci and Aidan Morse both stole home plate.
Guerin Catholic tied the game at 4-4 in the fourth inning. Adam Novelen hit a double to send JD Haskett and Braden Reel in to score. But Terre Haute South scored a run in the bottom of the fourth and held the lead from there.
Reel and Novelen both had two hits.
The Golden Eagles finished the regular season 9-18 and play Jay County at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the first round of the Class 3A Yorktown sectional.
TERRE HUATE SOUTH 2, GUERIN CATHOLIC 1
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Braden Reel 4 0 1 0
Adam Novelen 3 0 1 0
Clay Patton 3 1 1 0
Aidan Morse 2 0 0 0
Anthony Ferrucci 2 0 0 0
Davis Wagner 3 0 1 1
Sam Tabor 2 0 0 0
Josh Schaff 2 0 0 0
Daniel Donahue 1 0 0 0
Bryson Dorsey 1 0 0 0
Sam Miller 1 0 0 0
Evan Brong 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 1 4 1
Score by Innings
Guerin Catholic 000 001 0 – 1 4 2
TH South 100 000 1 – 2 2 1
SAC: Ferrucci, Tabor..
GC pitching IP R ER H
Spencer Wilt 4.0 1 1 2
Cuinn Morrow 2.1 1 0 0
Ferrucci 0.1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Wilt 5. Walks: Wilt 3, Morrow 1.
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 7, GUERIN CATHOLIC 4
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Braden Reel 4 1 2 0
Adam Novelen 4 0 2 2
Clay Patton 2 0 1 0
Davis Wagner 4 0 0 0
Anthony Ferrucci 3 1 1 0
Aidan Morse 3 1 1 0
Cuinn Morrow 1 0 0 0
Sam Tabor 2 0 0 0
Josh Schaff 2 0 0 0
Bryson Dorsey 1 0 0 0
Sam Miller 1 0 0 0
Ty Schwegman 0 0 0 0
Spencer Wilt 0 0 0 0
JD Haskett 0 1 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 2
Score by Innings
Guerin Catholic 020 200 0 – 4 7 3
TH South 301 210 x – 7 8 0
2B: Novelen, Reel. SB: Patton 3, Morse 2, Ferrucci. HBP: Schwegman.
GC pitching IP R ER H
Wagner 2.0 4 4 5
Reel 2.2 2 0 1
Patton 0.1 0 0 1
Morse 1.0 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Reel 2, Wagner 1, Morse 1. Walks: Wagner 1, Reel 1.