The following are high school baseball recaps from Thursday, April 7. All games are varsity unless noted otherwise. There may be updates, so please check back.
For a second time this week, Batesville beat Connersville 1-0.
Both starting pitchers went the distance. Jacob Meer of the host Bulldogs gave up three hits and four walks while striking out five in the win. The Spartans Braxton Myers sat down six and scattered seven hits and walked just one in the loss.
The only run of the game was scored by the Dogs in the first. Zach Wade doubled in Max Baumer with two outs. Baumer and Jack Grunkemeyer both had two hits. BHS is 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the EIAC.
The Batesville JV saw Jackson Tracy pitch a five-inning no hitter against the Spartans which included six strikeouts, one walk and two hit batters. Fellow Bulldog Alex Baumer was 3-for-3 at the plate. Eli Loichinger, Carter Bohman, Bobby Weiler, Alex Krekeler and Carson Schneider all recorded an RBI during a seven-run first inning.
East Central blanked Franklin County 10-0. Luke Vogelsang hit a two-run homer for the Trojans. EC pitchers Daniel Brayton and Max Hotze combined on the shutout.
Switzerland County lost 13-6 in its season opener to Scottsburg. The Pacers Bryce Turner smacked a grand slam.
Oldenburg suffered a 7-6 heartbreaking loss to Union County. The Twisters tallied 11 hits with four coming from Caleb Greiwe. That included a double. Cy Muckerheide and Jacob Hoff both had multiple hits OA as well. Jacob Stenger was the pitcher of record for the Twisters in the loss.
Milan got a 10-7 season opening victory over Shawe. Holden Acra, Eli Herd and Jeremiah Johnson each drove in two runs for the Indians. Dylan Thomas shut down the Hilltoppers in the final two innings to help preserve the win.
Shawe finished with 13 hits in the loss. Philip Kahn and Jacob Hertz both logged three with an RBI each. Tyler Hill had a pair of hits with two ribbies.
North Decatur fell 2-1 to Morristown. The Charger offense was stymied by Yellow Jacket pitcher Grant Kessler who struck out 19 batters.
The Chargers Reid Messer and Nolan Burkhart had the team’s only hits. Jacob Mirick threw a complete game for ND and struck out 11 in the loss.
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