The Westfield baseball team made some noise at the first game of the Kokomo-Western Invitational Friday evening, as the Class 4A No. 1 Shamrocks beat 4A No. 10 Andrean 6-2.
The victory not only kept Westfield’s record perfect at 5-0 for the season, but it also ended the 59ers’ 39-game win streak, which had been the longest in the country. The ‘Rocks got an early lead, then after Andrean came back to tie the game, pulled away in the later innings.
Westfield batted first and wasted no time getting on the board. Quentin Markle drew a walk, then Trey Dorton blasted a triple into a center field to get Markle home. Dorton scored on the next at-bat, as Keaton Mahan sent an RBI base hit into center field.
The 59ers got a run back in the bottom of the second inning, then tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth inning. The Shamrocks responded with two runs in the top of the fifth. Westfield loaded the bases, then Cody South drew a walk to send Mahan home. Casey Fanelli got the Shamrocks’ next run on an RBI fielder’s choice by Mac Clarke.
Westfield added two more runs in the sixth inning. Jack Woodard got home on a wild pitch, then Quentin Markle scored on Fanelli’s RBI fielder’s choice. Markle finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate.
Meanwhile, Gage Stanifer was pitching a tremendous game. Stanifer got the win, going six innings with eight strikeouts and allowing only one hit. Jackson Bieghler threw a perfect seventh inning to close the game.
The Shamrocks are scheduled to play their second game of the invitational at 10 a.m. today, taking on Western, the top-ranked team in Class 3A.
WESTFIELD 6, ANDREAN 2
Westfield AB R H RBI
Quentin Markle 3 2 2 0
Trey Dorton 2 1 1 1
Keaton Mahan 3 1 1 1
Casey Fanelli 3 1 0 1
Isaac Minder 3 0 1 0
Cody South 2 0 0 1
Kade Robinson 1 0 1 0
Mac Clarke 3 0 1 1
Jack Woodard 1 1 0 0
Collin Lindsey 3 0 1 0
Brayden Hibler 3 0 1 0
Jackson Bieghler 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 9 5
Score by Innings
Westfield 200 022 0 – 6 9 5
Andrean 010 100 0 – 2 1 1
3B: Dorton. SB: Clarke, Fanelli, Mahan, Minder. SAC: Hibler. HBP: Lindsey.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Gage Stanifer (W) 6 2 0 1
Robinson 1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Stanifer 8, Robinson 1. Walks: Robinson 2.
Fishers picked up its second win in a row Friday, also at the Kokomo-Western Invitational, by beating Kokomo 12-0 in six innings.
The Tigers began with three runs in the first inning. Joey Brenczewski opened the game with a double, then later scored on a passed ball. Grant Moritz hit a double to send Dom Oliverio home, and Moritz scored on the next at-bat when Jack Brown hit a right field single.
The second inning opened in the same way for Fishers. Kaden Gorak started it with a double into left field, then eventually scored on an RBI fielder’s choice by Carson Dunn. Matt Bryant got home next, scoring on Oliverio’s RBI fielder’s choice. Jack Braun came up next, and his double sent Oliverio home.
The score would stay 6-0 until the sixth inning, when the Tigers let loose for six more runs. Brenczewski tripled in Zach Cox and Bryant, then scored on a passed ball. Dunn got on base with a single, then scored on an error. Fishers’ final two runs came from a single by Jack Brown, which scored Braun and Moritz.
Brenczewski, Moritz and Brown all had two this, with Brown driving in three runs. Cox hit a sixth-inning double. Brown also got the pitching win, throwing all six innings, striking out five and allowing only three hits.
The Tigers are 3-4 and play two games at the Invitational today. Fishers takes on 4A No. 4 Lake Central at 10 a.m. and 4A No. 10 Andrean at 12:30 p.m.
FISHERS 12, KOKOMO 0
(6 innings)
Fishers AB R H RBI
Joey Brenczewski 3 2 2 2
Carson Dunn 2 1 1 1
Dom Oliverio 3 2 0 1
Jack Braun 3 1 1 1
Grant Moritz 4 2 2 1
Jack Brown 3 0 2 3
Zach Cox 3 1 1 0
Caulin Brown 1 0 1 0
Kaden Gorak 3 1 1 0
Joe Hietpas 1 0 0 0
Matt Bryant 1 2 0 0
Gavin Kuzniewski 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 12 11 9
Score by Innings
Fishers 330 006 – 12 11 0
Kokomo 000 000 – 0 3 3
3B: Brenczewski. 2B: Braun, Brenczewski, Cox, Gorak, Moritz. SB: Dunn 2, Braun, Bryant, Oliverio. SAC: Dunn. HBP: Dunn.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
J. Brown 6 0 0 3
Strikeouts: J. Brown 5. Walks: J. Brown 3.
Hamilton Heights played its first home game of the season on Friday, falling to Anderson 2-0.
The Indians scored one run each in the first and fourth innings. The Huskies threatened several times, loading the bases in the sixth inning, but Anderson held them off.
Sam Allen hit a double in the fifth inning, part of 2-for-3 day at the plate for him. Lucas Letsinger pitched four and a third innings, with Jared Michael relieving him for the final two and two-thirds innings. Both threw five strikeouts and neither issued any walks.
“Offensively we were very sub-par today,” said Heights coach Ryan VanOeveren. “Taking way too many strikes at the plate and just not giving ourselves a chance to get base runners on base so we can score some runs. I thought we pitched really well. It was a 2-0 game, so there wasn’t a ton of offense. We got a lot of room to grow on offense. We’re looking forward to getting back to practice here soon.”
The Huskies begin Hoosier Conference play on Tuesday when they travel to Western, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 3A.
ANDERSON 2, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 0
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 3 0 2 0
Brayden Elkin 3 0 0 0
Erik Malott 4 0 1 0
Nate Hulen 2 0 1 0
Jared Michael 3 0 0 0
Drew VanOeveren 2 0 0 0
Brody Piel 1 0 0 0
Guy Griffey 3 0 0 0
Harrison Hochstedler 2 0 0 0
Dean Mason 1 0 0 0
Totals 24 0 4 0
Score by Innings
Anderson 100 100 0 – 2 6 2
Heights 000 000 0 – 0 4 4
2B: Allen. SB: Allen, Hulen, Michael.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Lucas Letsinger 4.1 2 1 6
Michael 2.2 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Letsinger 5, Michael 5. Walks: none.