On Monday night, the Westfield Shamrocks headed down to Greenwood to face the Greenwood Christian Academy Cougars.
It took just one big inning offensively for the Shamrocks, as they held the host Cougars to just one hit to secure the 6-1 road win.
The Cougars got on the board first in the bottom of the third, but that would only fuel the ‘Rocks at the plate.
A two-out rally got Westfield going offensively. Alex Rudolph grounded a hit to center. Then, with two outs, Ben Wasserstrom lined a single up the middle to plate Tyler Gentry to tie it 1-1. Ethan Colling drove in Wasserstrom for what proved to be the game-winning run and a 2-1 lead. Nick Fero kept it going with a base hit to left, scoring Colling.
Drew Law’s triple to right sent Fero home and Brayden Hibler’s single drove in Law for a 5-1 advantage through four.
Jake Russell scored the final run in the top of the seventh for the final of 6-1.
Nathan Bodenberg (2-0) threw three innings, striking out four. He allowed the lone hit and run (unearned) to GCA.
Drew Law, Alex Rudolph and Ben Wasserstrom led Westfield in hitting, each with two hits.
Westfield (11-9) was slated to play Columbus North Tuesday night, but the weather had other things in mind, postponing the game with the Bulldogs. The Shamrocks get back to Hoosier Crossroads Conference play on Friday on the road at Hamilton Southeastern (9-12, 3-7 HCC).
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Hamilton Heights also hit the road to begin the week on Monday with a trip to Fairmount to face the Madison-Grant Argylls.
The Huskies scored early and often, showing the host Argylls they can hit and did so with consistency in an 8-1 win.
Two runs in the first got the hosts on their heels from the get-go. Phoenix Vondersaar scored first on a John Irion sacrifice fly. Dillon Pitts drove in Dean Mason for 2-0 on a line drive to center field.
A fielder’s choice from Mason scored Owen Robey to put the Huskies up 3-0 in the second.
Another run was put on the board in the third when Kyle Michael singled on the ground to left to score Irion for a 4-0 lead through three.
Pitts grabbed another RBI in the fifth, doubling home Irion to make it 5-0.
Madison-Grant scored one in the bottom of the sixth, but that gave Heights an urge to score some insurance runs.
Heights touched home three more times in the top of the seventh. Irion drove in Nick Hulen. Pitts got his third run batted in, lining a hit to center and scoring Irion. Vondersaar scored Pitts on an infield single for the final score of 8-1.
Nick Hulen (3-2) got the win on the mound, throwing four innings, striking out six and giving up just two hits.
Vondersaar and Pitts each had three hits, while Irion had two to lead the Huskies at the plate.
Hamilton Heights (11-9) gets a big test tomorrow night when it hosts Class 4A No. 5 McCutcheon (16-2) for a 5:30 p.m. first pitch.
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Sheridan cruised to a 10-5 win over Indy Genesis HomeSchool in a Monday home game.
The Blackhawks put up two runs in the bottom of the first. Cole Mackintosh doubled in Dayne Voege for the first run, then scored when Jack Oland reached on error.
Indy Genesis tied the game with a second inning run. Sheridan came back with three runs in the third inning: Mackintosh batted in Cole Alexander with a left field hit, then Oland blasted a double to bring in Zach Bales and Mackintosh.
Indy Genesis tied things up again with three runs in the top of the fourth, but the Hawks scored three in the bottom of the inning and held the lead from there. Voege got home on Oland’s sacrifice fly, then Bales scored on an error. Mackintosh scored his third run of the game on a passed ball.
Mackintosh wasn’t done yet. He led off the sixth inning with a triple, then scored his fourth run on Oland’s right field hit. Oland got home on a Clinton Slopsema single.
Oland finished the game with five RBIs, while Mackintosh was 4-for-4 at the plate. Bales went five innings for the win, striking out six.
Sheridan is 9-7; its Hoosier Heartland Conference game with Taylor that was scheduled for Tuesday was rained out. The Blackhawks play Delphi this afternoon in another conference game.
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Fishers beat Yorktown 3-2 in a Monday home game.
The Tigers got on the board in the first inning when Ben Hammond singled Deagan Repp home. Yorktown scored two in the top of the second inning, but Trevor Hall immediately tied the game to lead off the bottom of the second, hitting a solo home run.
Noah McPeek batted in the go-ahead run in the third inning with a left field singled to score Mayo Fernandez. McPeek had two hits for Fishers. Jace Johnson went four innings for the pitching win.
The Tigers are 17-7 and hosts Franklin Central Thursday to begin an HCC series.
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Carmel dropped a Monday game at Zionsville 7-0.
Parker Heaney had two hits for the Greyhounds. Adam Buczkowski pitched five innings, throwing five strikeouts.
Carmel is 10-9 and plays Friday at Roncalli.