A walk-off sacrifice fly from Collin Lindsey led Westfield to an exciting Hoosier Crossroads Conference victory over Brownsburg on Thursday.
The Class 4A No. 2 Shamrocks won 5-4, keeping their record perfect for the season at 6-0. Westfield manufactured its run in the bottom of the seventh inning, leading off with a single by Brayden Hibler. He then advanced to second on Trey Dorton’s base hit.
Keaton Mahan grounded out on the next at-bat, but he did move the runners, sending Hibler to third base and Dorton to second. Lindsey only needed one pitch, sending a fly ball to right field. Hibler ran home to secure the win.
The Shamrocks scored one run in both of the first two innings. Dorton started the game with a triple, and was eventually batted in by Maximus Webster’s single. Westfield then got another big leadoff hit in the second inning, as Evan Russ cracked a home run into center field.
The score stayed 2-0 until the sixth inning, when the Bulldogs stormed ahead 4-2. The ‘Rocks got two of those runs back when Lindsey scored on a passed ball, then Cole Ballard hit an RBI single to send in Mac Clarke. That made the score 4-4, and Westfield took care of Brownsburg three up, three down in the top of the seventh.
Dorton and Ballard both had two hits. Gage Stanifer threw the first four innings and was perfect, striking out all 12 batters. Ty Anderson pitched the last inning and a third to get the win.
The Shamrocks complete the HCC series this evening at the Bulldogs’ field.
WESTFIELD 5, BROWNSBURG 4
Westfield AB R H RBI
Trey Dorton 4 1 2 0
Keaton Mahan 4 0 0 0
Collin Lindsey 3 1 1 1
Maximus Webster 3 0 1 1
Mac Clarke 1 1 0 0
Evan Russ 2 1 1 1
Cole Ballard 3 0 2 1
Luke Starr 0 0 0 0
Tyler Gentry 3 0 0 0
Brayden Hibler 3 1 1 0
Totals 26 5 8 4
Score by Innings
Brownsburg 000 004 0 – 4 3 1
Westfield 110 002 1 – 5 8 0
HR: Russ. 3B: Dorton. SB: Hibler, Lindsey. SAC: Lindsey. HBP: Clarke 2, Russ.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Gage Stanifer 4.0 0 0 0
Jacob Culp 1.2 4 4 2
Ty Anderson (W) 1.1 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Stanifer 12, Culp 3, Anderson 2. Walks: Stanifer 3, Culp 2.
Sheridan held off a huge run by Clinton Prairie in the later innings of a Thursday Hoosier Heartland Conference game, which finished with the Blackhawks winning 10-9.
Sheridan scored all 10 of its runs in the first three innings, starting with four in the first. Zach Bales doubled home Silas Devaney, then Bales scored on a Dayne Voege double. The hit parade continued with Camden Spencer batting in Voege, then Nathan Henshaw’s line drive double scored Spencer.
The ‘Hawks added two more runs in the second inning, with Evan Grinstead getting home after Cole Macintosh reached on error. Macintosh later scored to give Sheridan a 6-1 lead.
The Gophers added another run in the top of the third, but the Blackhawks answered with four in the bottom of the inning. Spencer scored after Grinstead reached on error. Henshaw got home to make the score 8-2, then Sebastian Salazar doubled home Ty Macy and Grinstead.
Sheridan now led 10-2. Prairie began its comeback with three runs in the fifth inning, then scored two runs each in the sixth and seventh. But Macintosh induced a fly ball to get the third out.
Macintosh got the pitching win, throwing the last two innings. Bales started the game, striking out five.
The Blackhawks are 2-1 and host Clinton Central Saturday morning in an HHC doubleheader.
SHERIDAN 10, CLINTON PRAIRIE 9
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Sebastian Salazar 4 0 1 2
Cole Macintosh 4 1 1 0
Silas DeVaney 4 1 1 0
Zach Bales 4 1 1 1
Dayne Voege 3 1 1 1
Camden Spencer 2 2 1 1
Nathan Henshaw 3 1 1 1
Ty Macy 2 1 0 0
Evan Grinstead 3 2 1 0
Ryker Ream 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 10 8 6
Score by Innings
Clinton Prairie 011 032 2 – 9 10 3
Sheridan 424 000 x – 10 8 1
2B: Bales, Henshaw, Salazar, Voege. SB: Macy, Grinstead.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
Bales 5 5 4 5
Macintosh (W) 2 4 4 5
Strikeouts: Bales 5, Macintosh 1. Walks: Bales 2.
Hamilton Southeastern dropped an HCC game with 4A No. 8 Zionsville 2-1 Thursday at Ken Seitz Field.
The Eagles scored both of their runs in the top of the first inning. The Royals got their run in the fourth inning; Cole Earlewine hit a double, then scored on Ty Bradle’s base hit.
Bradle finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate. Ethan Lund pitched four innings, striking out eight, while Sam Reagan tossed five strikeouts. The two pitchers held Zionsville to three hits.
Southeastern is 0-3 in the conference and 2-4 overall. The Royals play at the Eagles’ field today to complete the HCC series.
ZIONSVILLE 2, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 1
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Eli Miller 4 0 1 0
Harrison Dilts 2 0 0 0
Griffen Haas 4 0 1 0
Landon Riekhof 3 0 0 0
Cole Earlewine 3 1 1 0
Ian Bucher 2 0 0 0
Ty Bradle 3 0 2 1
Chugga Rosario 3 0 0 0
Hunter Wright 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 5 1
Score by Innings
Zionsville 200 000 0 – 2 3 2
Southeastern 000 100 0 – 1 5 1
2B: Earlewine. SB: Haas.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Ethan Lund 4 2 2 2
Sam Reagan 3 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Lund 8, Reagan 5. Walks: Lund 3.
Hamilton Heights lost at 3A No. 6 Western 8-3 on Friday, giving the Panthers a Hoosier Conference sweep.
The Huskies scored twice in the top of the first inning, as Drew VanOeveren’s left field single batted in Colin Kuhn and Sam Allen. Western scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.
Heights took a 3-2 lead in the second inning; Isaac Tuma led off with a double, then scored on Dean Mason’s base hit. But Western took over in the bottom of the third by scoring four runs.
Braulio Pena threw four strikeouts for the Huskies in three and two-thirds innings.
Heights is 2-3 and plays tonight at Maconaquah.
WESTERN 8, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 3
Heights AB R H RBI
Dean Mason 2 0 1 1
Nick Hulen 1 0 0 0
Braulio Pena 1 0 0 0
Sam Allen 2 1 0 0
Drew VanOeveren 3 0 1 2
Harrison Hochstedler 3 0 0 0
Alex Eubanks 2 0 0 0
Landon Hurley 2 0 0 0
Colin Kuhn 1 1 0 0
Isaac Tuma 3 1 1 0
Kaleb Murry 3 0 0 0
Cooper Vondersaar 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 3 3 3
Score by Innings
Heights 210 000 0 – 3 3 0
Western 204 002 x – 8 9 1
2B: Tuma.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Hulen 2.0 6 6 5
Pena 3.2 2 2 4
James Lacey 0.1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Pena 4, Hulen 1. Walks: Hulen 4, Pena 3.