On Tuesday, Hamilton Southeastern faced Noblesville in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Hamilton Southeastern Royals had just enough and edged the Noblesville Millers out 5-4. Winning may never get old, but Hamilton Southeastern sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Grace Swedarsky tossed a big game, striking out 15 batters over ten innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Lani Wyrick, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her six plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Addy Justice, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
On Noblesville's side, they got a good showing from Lulu Van Beek, who struck out six batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off five hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Noblesville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Delaney Rundle, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-5. Another player making a difference was Gabby Fowler, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Hamilton Southeastern's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3. As for Noblesville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8.
Hamilton Southeastern will head out on the road to face off against Zionsville at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The last three games Hamilton Southeastern has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Noblesville, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Kokomo at 5:30 p.m. Noblesville has given up an average of 6.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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