In a much anticipated rematch of the 2014 Class 4A State Championship game, it took a couple extra days to get Terre Haute North and Noblesville on the baseball field to meet up once again.
The Patriots were to play in the Miller Classic on Saturday, but with a constant rain that soaked The Dunk, the 4-game day of baseball that we all were hoping for, was washed out by our unfortunate Central Indiana weather. Crown Point and St. Xavier (Ohio) were also slated to be a part of this year's highly-touted Miller Classic lineup.
With the main goal of North's invitation to Saturday's lineup being able to get the Patriots and Millers matched up, the coaches made it happen on each team's day off on Monday, May 2nd. The slight misting rain wasn't going to keep this game from being played.
Simac scores lone run on wild pitch, Conway fans 8 in relief to secure win
Noblesville 1, Terre Haute North 0 - at The Dunk, Noblesville (Mon. May 2, 2016)
Patriots 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
Millers 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 1 4 1
Clayton Marowski got the start and seemed confident to show the potentially powerful offensive lineup. Leadoff hitter Nick Barrett lined a single to right to get the North bats going early. But, soon enough, Marowski caught Barrett napping on his lead off of 1st base, picking him off with a throw and a short chase for the tag by Ty Lindstrand. Aric Wisbey struck out and TJ Collett walked on five pitches, but was stranded at second.
Marowski was relieved in the top of the 4th by Miller staff ace Cory Conway. It wasn't that Mouse didn't have great stuff tonight, but that he might have been on a pitch count with a huge HCC series coming up Thursday through Saturday with Hamilton Southeastern.
Noblesville took advantage of some shaky pitching at this point in the game by Colten Panaranto. Jackson Thurman grounded out to put the Millers in a slight hole, but knew that could easily be dug out of. Bryce Masterson managed some patience, walking on an 8-pitch at-bat and was relieved on the base path at second base by Julian Simac, but not until Masterson advanced to second on a Connor Christman line drive single to center.
Simac managed to show his wheels and sprint all the way home on a Panaranto wild pitch that catcher TJ Collett lost track of, plating the only run that the Millers would need for a 1-0 victory.
Mouse struck out a trio of Patriots in his three innings of starting pitching, allowing four hits and also walking a pair. Conway came in fresh to start the top of the 4th inning and found his groove right away, looking like the crafty lefty that we are all familiar with.
The senior southpaw was in a zone and it didn't matter who stepped into the batter's box for Terre Haute North. Conway gave up just one hit and a walk, while striking out 8 Patriot batters on his way to improving his season mark to 5-1 and helping he and his Miller teammates move the team record to 12-5 overall. Terre Haute North's loss drops them to 7-8 on the year.
Next up for Noblesville, they'll host the 2A #2 Wapahani Raiders (14-1) on Tuesday, May 3 at The Dunk for a 6 p.m. start.
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