Tippy Valley Baseball Splits With Defending State Champ
Tippy Valley Baseball Splits With Defending State Champ
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Tippy Valley Baseball Splits With Defending State ChampAKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley baseball team earned a split during its doubleheader against defending Class 4A state champion Elkhart Central. After losing the first game 13-3 in the five innings, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings bounced for a 15-3 five-inning win of its own against the Elkhart Central Blue Blazers. In Game 1, Isaac Shewman went 2 for 3, while scoring a run, along with Gavin Bussard and Alec Craig. Getting back on the field in Game 2, the Vikings hammered out 18 hits, led by three each from Bussard, Craig and Luke Helton, with one of Helton’s being a home run. Helton had four RBIs in the victory, as did Shewman and Tommy Alexander finished with three. Eric Hammer was the Game 2 winner, going 3-2/3 innings, striking out seven and allowing three hits. The 1-2 Vikings host Triton today, then travel to Warsaw for a Wednesday contest. ELKHART CENTRAL 13, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 3 (5 innings) (Game 1) EC 034 60 – 13 9 4 TV 210 00 – 3 6 2 EC – Kyle Short (W, 3IP, 3R, 2ER, 3H, 4K, 6BB), Micah Boyer (4, 2IP, 0R, 3H, 3K, 0BB). Valley – Drake Hyden (L, 3IP, 8R, 8ER, 6H, 3K, 5BB, 2HB), Garrett Paxton (4, 1IP, 5R, 4ER, 3H, 0K, 3BB), Alec Craig (5, 1IP, 0R, 0H, 1K, 1BB). 2B – Short (EC), Brandon Terry (EC), Jon Hill (EC), Luke Helton (TV). TIPPECANOE VALLEY 15, ELKHART CENTRAL 3 (5 innings) (Game 2) EC 011 10 – 3 4 4 TV 382 2x – 15 18 1 Valley – Eric Hammer (W, 3-2/3IP, 3R, 3ER, 3H, 7K, 5BB, 1HB), Alec Craig (4, 1-1/3IP, 0R, 1H, 0K, 0BB). EC – Andrew Salmon (L, 1-1/3IP, 7R, 7ER, 6H, 1K, 2BB, 1HB), Zack Ottavi (2, 1-2/3IP, 6R, 6ER, 9H, 1K, 2BB, 1HR), Kyle Smith (4, 1IP, 2R, 2ER, 3H, 2K, 1BB). 2B – Gavin Bussard (TV), Drake Hyden (TV), Tommy Alexander (TV), Short (EC), Jesse Zepeda (EC). HR – Luke Helton (TV). Valley Record: 1-2.
