Carmel found itself on the wrong side of a comeback Friday, as the Greyhounds lost to Class 4A No. 4 Roncalli 8-5 at the Rebels’ field.
Carmel jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, thanks to Drew Kelly’s two-RBI single. Roncalli scored one in the bottom of the first, but the ‘Hounds added two more in the third. Jack Van Remortel doubled in Jared Greene, then Jackson Adams hit a sacrifice fly to get Van Remortel home and make the score 4-1.
The Rebels scored five runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-4 lead. Robbie Levine scored on a sixth-inning wild pitch to cut Roncalli’s lead to 6-5, but a two-out double scored two runs for the Rebels in the bottom of the sixth.
Greene went 2-for-4 on the night, with both of his hits doubles.
Carmel is now 0-2 and plays another ranked team this afternoon: The Greyhounds travel to Penn for a 2 p.m. game with the 4A No. 8 Kingsmen.
Roncalli 8, Carmel 5
Carmel AB R H RBI
Jared Greene 4 1 2 0
Jack Van Remortel 4 1 1 1
Will Richter 3 1 1 0
Urbanowski 1 0 0 0
Jackson Adams 2 1 0 1
Drew Kelly 2 0 1 2
Robbie Levine 0 1 0 0
Drew Harding 3 0 0 0
Evan Petruzzi 3 0 1 0
Tanner Simmons 0 0 0 0
Ethan Pryor 1 0 0 0
Alex Brooks 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 6 4
Score by innings
Carmel 202 001 0 – 5 6 4
Roncalli 100 502 x – 8 9 2
2B: Greene 2, Van Remortel. SB: Adams. SAC: Adams. HBP: Kelly, Simmons.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Drew Olssen 3.1 4 3 3
Aiden Bradbury 2.0 4 2 5
Brooks 0.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Olssen 2, Bradbury 2, Brooks 1. Walks: Olssen 2, Bradbury 2, Brooks 1.