The Westfield baseball team kept its record perfect in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference on Friday by taking care of Brownsburg 11-2 at the Shamrocks’ field.
With the victory, Westfield earned a sweep of the Bulldogs and is now 4-0 in league play. Brownsburg jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the ‘Rocks scored three in the bottom of the inning and never trailed again.
Keaton Mahan batted in Westfield’s first run, with his single sending Quentin Markle home. Trey Dorton was the next to score, getting home on Casey Fanelli’s sacrifice fly. Mahan went home on an RBI groundout by Cody South.
The Shamrocks increased their lead to 4-2 in the third inning when Mac Clarke scored on a passed ball. Clarke led off the inning with a double. Westfield then poured in five runs in the fourth inning, starting with a single by Dorton to send Markle home.
The ‘Rocks loaded the bases, and South drew a walk to score Mahan. Ryland Sutcliffe came up next, and his left field single scored Clarke and Fanelli. South later got home on a wild pitch.
Westfield added two more runs in the sixth inning. Sutcliffe scored on Dorton’s sacrifice fly, then Brayden Hibler stole home plate.
Dorton, Mahan and Sutcliffe all had two hits, with Collin Lindsey smacking a second-inning double. Logan Nickel pitched five innings for the win, striking out four and allowing four hits. Jacob Culp threw the final two innings; the ‘Rocks also turned a double play in the sixth.
“As well as we’re playing and the good wins that we’ve got, our ceiling is still pretty high,” said Westfield coach Ryan Bunnell. “I just want to see us get closer to that ceiling rather than staying where we’re at, and I feel like we haven’t progressed enough here lately, so I’d like to see that get a little bit better.
“But to their credit, the kids have put together good at-bats. To score 12 runs and 11 runs in a game back-to-back is really good. Brownsburg was on a roll and they’ve got some really good bats in their lineup. Logan adjusted to a tough first and I thought did a nice job making those adjustments, kept them off-balance and gave his offense a chance to get them back in it and break it open.”
Westfield is now 8-0-1 overall and plays at Carmel on Monday.
WESTFIELD 11, BROWNSBURG 2
Westfield AB R H RBI
Quentin Markle 3 2 1 0
Jack Woodard 1 0 1 0
Trey Dorton 3 1 2 2
Keaton Mahan 5 2 2 1
Mac Clarke 1 2 1 0
Carson Kessler 0 0 0 0
Casey Fanelli 2 1 0 1
Maximus Webster 1 0 0 0
Cody South 2 1 0 2
Ryland Sutcliffe 4 1 2 2
Collin Lindsey 2 0 1 0
Brayden Hibler 3 1 0 0
Totals 27 11 10 8
Score by Innings
Brownsburg 200 000 0 – 2 4 3
Westfield 301 502 x – 11 10 3
2B: Clarke, Lindsey. SB: Clarke, Dorton, Hibler, Mahan, Woodard. SAC: Dorton Fanelli. HBP: Lindsey.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Logan Nickel (W) 5 2 0 4
Jacob Culp 2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Nickel 4, Culp 3. Walks: Nickel 2, Culp 2.
Fishers turned an outstanding pitching effort from Jack Brown into an 11-0, six-inning Hoosier Crossroads Conference win over Noblesville Friday night at the Millers’ Don Dunker Field.
Brown went the distance for the Tigers, throwing all seven innings and allowing only one hit while striking out 12.
Fishers scored three runs in the first inning. Caulin Brown singled in Joey Brenczewski, Matt Bryant scored on an RBI groundout by Grant Moritz, and Kaden Gorak (running for Caulin Brown) got home on an error.
The Tigers added four more runs in the second inning, with Jack Braun getting home to make the score 4-0. Brenczewski’s RBI groundout scored Zach Cox, then Jack Brown batted in Carson Dunn and Caulin Brown brought home Bryant.
Dom Oliverio got a third-inning run on Braun’s sacrifice fly to put Fishers ahead 8-0. In the sixth inning, Dunn got on base with a double, then Brenczewski was hit by a pitch. Jack Brown came up next, and he sent everyone home with a three-run home run.
Jack Brown and Caulin Brown both had two hits for the Tigers, with Cox also hitting a double. Jack Brown totaled four RBIs.
Noblesville’s Conner Bloss got the Millers’ lone hit in the fourth inning. Ty Haley pitched five innings in relief, striking out five.
Fishers improved to 2-2 in the HCC and 5-5 overall, and play a doubleheader at Greenfield-Central starting at 11 a.m. today. Noblesville is also 2-2 in conference play and 3-6 overall. The Millers play at 1 p.m. today at Carmel.
FISHERS 11, NOBLESVILLE 0
(6 innings)
Fishers AB R H RBI
Joey Brenczewski 2 2 0 1
Jack Brown 3 1 2 4
Caulin Brown 4 0 2 2
Grant Moritz 3 0 0 1
Tate Warner 1 0 0 0
Dom Oliverio 3 1 0 0
JP Preston 3 0 0 0
Jack Braun 1 1 0 1
Zach Cox 2 1 1 0
Carson Dunn 2 2 1 0
Kaden Gorak 0 1 0 0
Matt Bryant 0 2 0 0
Totals 24 11 6 9
HR: J. Brown. 2B: Cox, Dunn. SB: Braun, Bryant, Dunn, Gorak. SAC: Dunn, Braun. HBP: Brenczewski 2, J. Brown.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
J. Brown 6 0 0 1
Strikeouts: J. Brown 12. Walks: J. Brown 3.
Noblesville AB R H RBI
Kolbi Kazmierski 3 0 0 0
Drew Niswonger 3 0 0 0
Dean White 3 0 0 0
Bryce Adams 3 0 0 0
Jacob Weiler 2 0 0 0
Mason Bohland 1 0 0 0
Conner Bloss 3 0 1 0
Josh Kern 2 0 0 0
Luke Wilson 2 0 0 0
Aidan Shoemaker 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 0 1 0
NHS pitching IP R ER H
Michael Stremlaw 1 5 4 1
Ty Haley 5 6 3 5
Strikeouts: Haley 5. Walks: Stremlaw 2.
Score by Innings
Fishers 341 003 – 11 6 2
Noblesville 000 000 – 0 1 4
Carmel cruised to an 8-0 victory over Roncalli Friday at Hartman Field.
The Class 4A No. 8 Greyhounds opened their scoring with two runs in the first inning. Daniel Cunningham’s right field doubled sent Nick Mitchell and JD Rogers home. In the third inning, it was Jackson Micheels’ turn to hit a two-RBI double, and his right field hit got Mitchell and Cody Kantz home.
Carmel added a run in the fifth inning when Rogers scored on a wild pitch. Alex Richter smacked a sixth-inning triple to bring in Evan Neukam; Richter later got home on an error. Rogers completed the scoring with a center field double that scored Mitchell; it was Mitchell’s third run of the game.
Mitchell had two hits for the game, while Neukam hit a fourth-inning double. Cunningham went four innings for the win, striking out five and allowing only two hits.
The Greyhounds are 5-1-1 and host Noblesville at 1 p.m. this afternoon.
CARMEL 8, RONCALLI 0
Carmel AB R H RBI
Nick Mitchell 4 3 2 0
Cody Kantz 2 1 0 0
JD Rogers 2 2 1 1
Jackson Micheels 4 0 1 2
Daniel Cunningham 2 0 1 2
Jack Bruington 1 0 0 0
Cameron Heaney 0 0 0 0
Evan Neukam 2 1 1 0
Cam Carmichael 2 0 0 0
Alex Richter 1 1 1 1
Lleyton Lukoswki 2 0 0 0
Griffin Wolf 1 0 0 0
Nathan MacLaren 1 0 0 0
Tim Haas 0 0 0 0
Winston Berglund 1 0 1 0
Adam Buczkowski 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 8 7 6
Score by Innings
Roncalli 000 000 0 – 0 2 2
Carmel 202 013 x – 8 8 4
3B: Richter. 2B: Cunningham, Micheels, Neukam, Rogers. SB: Mitchell 2, Berglund, Haas, Kantz, Rogers. HBP: Rogers 2, MacLaren.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Cunningham (W) 4 0 0 2
Bruington 2 0 0 0
Heaney 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Cunningham 5, Bruington 2. Walks: Cunningham 1, Bruington 1.
Hamilton Heights overwhelmed Maconaquah 18-0 in a five-inning home game on Friday.
The Huskies scored in each inning, starting with five runs in the first. Brody Piel drove in two runs with a single, followed by an RBI hit by Lucas Letsinger and a two-RBI double by Joe Mayo.
In the second inning, Drew VanOeveren sent an RBI double into left field, then scored on an RBI groundout by Brayden Elkin. Letsinger then singled in his second RBI of the day.
Isaac Tuma scored a run in the third inning on a Sam Allen RBI groundout. Heights then exploded for nine runs in the fourth inning. Harrison Hochstedler drove in two runs with a center field single, then Tuma got his own two-RBI hit to make the score 13-0. Tuma later scored on a wild pitch.
Three consecutive singles finished the scoring for the Huskies. Elkin batted in two runs with his left field hit, then Hochstedler and Letsinger hit back-to-back RBI singles.
Letsinger was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate on Friday and batted in three runs. Elkin and Hochstedler both had three RBIs as well. Elkin and Jared Michael each scored three runs. Guy Griffey got the win, striking out five.
Heights is 2-6 and begins a Hoosier Conference series with Tipton on Tuesday at the Blue Devils’ field.
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 18, MACONAQUAH 0
(5 innings)
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 2 1 0 1
Erik Malott 0 1 0 0
Drew VanOeveren 4 2 1 1
Nate Hulen 0 1 0 0
Brayden Elkin 3 3 1 3
Brody Piel 2 1 1 2
Harrison Hochstedler 2 1 2 3
Lucas Letsinger 4 2 4 3
Joe Mayo 4 0 1 2
Isaac Tuma 2 2 1 2
Guy Griffey 2 0 0 0
Camden Crawford 0 1 0 0
Jared Michael 0 3 0 0
Totals 25 18 11 17
Score by Innings
Maconaquah 000 00 – 0 4 1
Heights 531 9x – 18 11 1
2B: Mayo, VanOeveren. SB: Letsinger 2, Elkin, Michael, Tuma. HBP: Hulen 2, Allen, Crawford, Malott.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Griffey (W) 3 0 0 2
Crawford 2 0 0 2
Strikeouts: Griffey 5, Crawford 3. Walks: Griffey 1, Crawford 1.
Hamilton Southeastern dropped a 9-3 HCC game at Zionsville on Friday.
The Royals scored all three of their runs in the first inning. Peyton Lusby scored on an error after getting on base with a hit. J.T. Mutchner singled in Hunter Dilts, while Noah Wolf also scored.
Mutchner finished the game 2-for-2 at the plate.
Southeastern is 0-4 in conference play and 3-6-1 overall. The Royals host Kokomo in a doubleheader at Ken Seitz Field this morning, with the first game starting at 11 a.m.
ZIONSVILLE 9, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 3
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Peyton Lusby 4 1 1 0
Noah Wolf 3 1 0 0
Colin St. Clair 1 0 1 0
J.T. Mutchner 2 0 2 1
Hunter Dilts 3 1 0 0
Cole Earlewine 4 0 0 0
Payton Hilfiker 3 0 0 0
Landon Riekhof 1 0 0 0
Christian Beal 2 0 0 0
Griffen Haas 2 0 0 1
Totals 25 3 4 1
Score by Innings
Zionsville 101 302 2 – 9 12 1
Southeastern 300 000 0 – 3 4 3
SB: Haas. HBP: Dilts.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Eli Lantz 1.0 2 2 3
Ty Bradle 3.1 4 3 5
Sam Reagan 2.2 3 2 4
Strikeouts: Reagan 2, Bradle 1. Walks: Bradle 4, Lantz 1.