Hamilton Southeastern split its doubleheader with Fishers Saturday at Ken Seitz Field, but it was enough to give the Royals the Mudsock baseball trophy.
After winning the first game of the series Friday night, Southeastern dropped Game 2 to the Tigers 2-1. The Royals rebounded to win Game 3 8-3, thus taking the series 2-1. The first two games of the series counted as Hoosier Crossroads Conference games, so both teams went 1-1 in conference play.
“I’m really glad we got the series, but I really felt like we let one get away,” said HSE coach Jeremy Sassanella. “All credit to Fishers, they did a great job and we didn’t hit much. But, we’ll take the two of the three. We’re Mudsock champs. That’s a quality thing, but certainly would have liked to have gotten the second one and gotten the second conference win.”
The Tigers scored the first run of Saturday’s first game, with Daniel Owens batting in JJ Woolwine in the top of the first inning. Southeastern tied things up in the bottom of the second, when Jake Huston smacked a double to score Greyson Droste. But Fishers got the winning run in the third inning, with Kiel Brenczewski’s center field line drive bringing in Woolwine.
Tristan Baker pitched a complete game victory for Fishers, striking out five and allowing only four hits and no walks. Baker retired 14 of the final 16 batters he faced. Tyler Schweitzer also went the distance for HSE, striking out eight.
Southeastern got up early in the second game, with Matthew Buckingham brining in Anthony Eggers on a right field line drive in the first inning. Cole DeWael cracked a two-RBI single in the second inning, scoring Huston and Jordan Millikan.
The Tigers got on the board in the top of the fourth, with Dominic Oliverio heading home after Owens drew a bases-loaded walk. But the Royals responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning. DeWael singled in Huston and Millikan, Eggers scored on a sacrifice fly by Droste, and DeWael got home after Buckingham reached on error.
Southeastern added one more run in the sixth inning, with Eggers scoring on Buckingham’s RBI groundout. Fishers got two runs in the seventh, with Jeffrey Simmons getting home after Ethan Davies reached on error, then JP Preston scored on a wild pitch.
Griffin Lohmann got the pitching win for the Royals with seven strikeouts in four innings; he allowed only one hit. Cole Graverson struck out six in two innings of relief. DeWael had two hits.
Southeastern is 9-4, while Fishers is 8-11. Both teams are back in action on Monday: The Royals host Lawrence North and the Tigers play at Carmel.
Fishers 2, Hamilton Southeastern 1
Fishers AB R H RBI
Nick Lukac 4 0 1 0
Dominic Oliverio 4 0 0 0
JJ Woolwine 2 2 1 0
Kiel Brenczewski 3 0 1 1
Daniel Owens 3 0 1 1
Kaid Muth 3 0 0 0
Jackson Preston 1 0 0 0
Ethan Davies 2 0 0 0
Grant Whetsel 3 0 1 0
Charlie Walker 3 0 0 0
Jack Minns 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
SB: Krenczewski, Whetsel, Woolwine.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Tristan Baker 7 1 1 4
Strikeouts: Baker 5. Walks: none.
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Anthony Eggers 3 0 1 0
Cole DeWael 3 0 1 0
Matthew Buckingham 3 0 0 0
Brayton Harrison 3 0 0 0
Greyson Droste 1 1 1 0
Tyler Rhoades 0 0 0 0
Jack DeWolf 3 0 0 0
Jake Huston 3 0 1 1
Cam Bolling 3 0 0 0
Jordan Millikan 1 0 0 0
Michael Cherry 1 0 0 0
Caden Ruhnow 1 0 0 0
Totals 25 1 4 1
2B: DeWael, Droste, Huston. SB: Bolling, DeWael, Rhoades. HBP: Droste.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Tyler Schweitzer 7 2 1 5
Strikeouts: Schweitzer 8. Walks: Schweitzer 1.
Score by innings
Fishers 101 000 0 – 2 5 2
Southeastern 010 000 0 – 1 4 3
Hamilton Southeastern 8, Fishers 3
Fishers AB R H RBI
Nick Lukac 3 0 1 0
Dominic Oliverio 2 1 0 0
JJ Woolwine 2 0 0 0
Kiel Brenczewski 3 0 0 0
Daniel Owens 1 0 0 1
Jeffrey Simmons 0 1 0 0
Kaid Muth 2 0 0 0
Jackson Preston 0 1 0 0
Grant Whetsel 3 0 0 0
Ethan Davies 2 0 0 1
Jack Braun 1 0 0 0
Charlie Walker 3 0 0 0
Joey Brenczewski 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 3 1 2
SB: Lukac.
Fishers pitching IP R ER H
Anthony Castellani 3.2 7 4 4
Jack Minns 1.1 0 0 1
Mason Sweeney 1.0 1 1 0
Strikeouts: Castellani 3, Minns 3, Sweeney 2. Walks: Castellani 5, Sweeney 1.
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Anthony Eggers 1 3 0 0
Cole DeWael 3 1 2 4
Greyson Droste 3 0 0 1
Matthew Buckingham 4 0 1 2
Brayton Harrison 4 0 1 0
Jack DeWolf 3 0 0 0
Jake Huston 2 2 1 0
Jake Stout 2 0 0 0
Caden Ruhnow 1 0 0 0
Jordan Millikan 1 2 0 0
Totals 24 8 5 7
SB: Huston 2, DeWael, Harrison. SAC: Droste. HBP: Eggers.
Southeastern pitching IP R ER H
Griffin Lohman (W) 4 1 1 1
Cole Graverson 2 0 0 0
Zach Dziennik 1 2 0 0
Strikeouts: Lohman 7, Graverson 6, Dziennik 1. Walks: Lohman 4, Dziennik 2.
Score by innings
Fishers 000 100 2 – 3 1 3
Southeastern 120 401 x – 8 5 1
The Hamilton Southeastern baseball team won the Mudsock series over Fishers, clinching the Mudsock trophy Saturday at Ken Seitz Field. The Royals dropped Game 2 of the series Saturday morning, but rebounded to win Game 3 8-3 that afternoon. (Richie Hall)
JJ Woolwine scored a run for Fishers in the Saturday morning game. Woolwine is shown here in the second game. (Richie Hall)